Dxf To Pat Best -

Example for a simple horizontal line: 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 10, -2 (Draws a 10-unit line, lifts pen for 2 units, repeats every 10 units vertically).

Draw a rectangle around the smallest repeating unit of your pattern. For a brick pattern, this is 1 brick + 1 mortar joint. Trim everything outside this rectangle. dxf to pat

Use the LIST command or ID point tool to get the X,Y coordinates of the start and end of every line segment within your cell. Example for a simple horizontal line: 0, 0,

Open your DXF in AutoCAD. Explode all blocks and polylines. Use OVERKILL to remove duplicate lines. You want only the minimal repeating unit. Trim everything outside this rectangle

Open Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac). The syntax is: *PatternName, Description Angle, X-origin, Y-origin, Delta-X, Delta-Y, Dash-1, Dash-2...