DXF import from footprint editor doesn't work

[PCB_Wiz]

@Gregory_Helton

OK, I’ve got it. The DXF output from VISO was 1000x too small, and the units were inches instead of mm. That is, my 39mm long part was 0.039" long when imported into DoubleCad. So I changed the units in DoubleCad, scaled x1000, and exported the DXF (R14 format), and it imported into KiCad just fine.

A useful enhancement for any DXF import would be a simple Extents-Sanity-report, and a means to set a scale factor, and maybe a new origin.

Some DXF’s can define units, but many do not, and it rather than dance through multiple CAD programs and tests, it is simpler if DXF import allows the simple housekeeping.