# Seemingly Random Profile Changes From .dwg/.dxf

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/seemingly-random-profile-changes-from-dwg-dxf/36642 "2025-02-20T00:30:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cyre\_Sim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Cyre\_Sim](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cyre_Sim)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/seemingly-random-profile-changes-from-dwg-dxf/36642/20 "2025-02-23T16:40:52Z")

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I will definitely give Inkscape a try and I was able to get QCAD as well - idk if I randomly found them during server maintenance I tried getting it or what.

Doing an ‘on the road’ project yesterday I ran into the same issue again and I think that it clued me in to something; I suspect that when I experience this issue it is on curves that have used the contour tool in AD. When I have a single line I’ll want to extrude in S3D I use contour in AF to offset a clone a touch effectively giving the single line a width. The job I was working on yesterday I used this technique multiple times and the import was a mess but I think only on the contoured lines. The same with the wobble in what I poster earlier. That is a a circle in AF and I’m pretty sure I contoured it, connected at 1200 and 0900 and then trimmed the rest out. Not sure if that is relevant in helping solve the issue long term but I figured I’d share.

Also, which software is at fault here lol and why? If I can’t get good results with that extra middle step which end of my workflow do I need to consider changing?

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