Creating C2D file with layers directly with Python

[RickHarbaugh]

CC does not import layers but:

a) I have DXF files with one layer with hundreds of holes for cutting and another layer with hundreds of lines for etching, and another layer with lots of separated text, and I can’t separate them by hand in CC without a lot of time and a lot of mistakes
b) I need to do this with lots of files with slightly different content so I really don’t want to mess around in CC with combining different files to make layers - I will make mistakes
c) The content is generated by python and exported as a .DXF file (or .AI file if that is relevant)
d) CC does not import layers but it does allow layers created in CC

So can I just create C2D files with layers directly from python like I’m doing with DXF files? I would then open them in CC to set the contours using the layers already created. I don’t want to get more complicated like trying to set the contours directly with python. I just want an automated way for CC to read existing layers from DXF or other files and this seems like one workaround.

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

Alternately, couldn’t you save separate dxf files by layer? Then just import them to layers in CC.

[RickHarbaugh]

Thanks - that’s my backup plan. But there are a lot of files and this project is still evolving so that’s a lot of hassle and al lot of opportunity for messing up every time I do a new version. I’m creating the DXF files automatically so it would be nice to just jump straight to creating C2D files directly. Another option is to read the DXF files into Fusion with the layers from DXF and then use Fusion instead of CC to set the contours. I’m just starting to use a CNC router and the software and really don’t know what are the options and what is best. But it would be a lot simpler if CC could ready layers EDIT: Thanks again. I think I’ll just do this for now since I can’t find much info about the C2D file format. Probably not as simple as DXF anyway.