Re: DXF and arrows

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 16:11 -0400, Ben Abbott wrote:
> I came across dia when looking for a method to include a simple DXF  
> file into LaTeX. My DXF file contains many polylines which are  
> intended to be *closed* polygons. Dia is able to import the DXF fine  
> (nice job to those who contributed).
> 
> However, when displayed the last face of the polygon displays an  
> arrow. When exported to LaTeX using PGF macros, the arrows remain.
> 
> Is there a reason the arrows are present?
> 
> Is there a way to configure dia so that the arrows are not added?
> 
> I am able to select individual polylines and change their properties  
> under the "Objects" menu. However, my drawing has hundreds of  
> polylines. Selecting them one at a time and changing their individual  
> properties isn't practical.
> 
> I'm happy to email the original DXF file, dia file, and LaTeX files  
> to anyone who can help out.

It would be useful to have the files attached to a bug report at
bugzilla.gnome.org.  Nobody has done much to the DXF importer in a
while.  It sounds like it's just creating the wrong object, though I
don't know anything about DXF, so I can't say how hard it is to figure
out the right one.  Fixing this is not merely a configuration matter,
some C coding is required.  It does sound like a bug to me.

-Lars