# DWG DXF export problems

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935 "2019-11-01T11:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/sander/32/2625_2.png) [@sander](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sander)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935/1 "2019-11-01T11:26:09Z")

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I had some issues with my dxf /dwg files when I send them to the lasercutter and watercutter. In shapr the files seem perfectly closed , but when opening them in other software they are not. I therefor have to Fix all the drawings in another app before I can continue

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**Author:** ![DanielR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/danielr/32/582_2.png) [@DanielR](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DanielR)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935/2 "2019-11-01T11:29:07Z")

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Hi - sorry to hear this - can you please send one you had issues with to [support@shapr3d.com](mailto:support@shapr3d.com) and we will fix the problem asap

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**Author:** ![sander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/sander/32/2625_2.png) [@sander](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sander)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935/3 "2019-11-01T11:35:03Z")

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Thank you . I will do that.

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**Author:** ![brandon-ase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/brandon-ase/32/34791_2.png) [@brandon-ase](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/brandon-ase)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935/4 "2020-04-20T01:58:10Z")

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What’s the solution here? I too have a similar issue. My sketches look normal in Shapr, but when exported they do no translate properly, or show up at all.

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**Author:** ![sander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/sander/32/2625_2.png) [@sander](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/sander)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935/5 "2020-04-20T16:37:02Z")

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I fix the files in another program called deepnest. It is quite a hassle , but its to only way to make the files readable for external producers.

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**Author:** ![brandon-ase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/brandon-ase/32/34791_2.png) [@brandon-ase](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/brandon-ase)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/dwg-dxf-export-problems/5935/6 "2026-01-16T06:33:05Z")

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Circling back, I now know why this was an issue. It was operator error, i was not projecting the sketches in the correct plane. Back in 2020, I was very new to this, now a little better.