In 0.14 version (the one in debian right now), the preferences option is in Preferences->Draft->DXF instead of Preferences->Import/export->DXF. This is already fixed upstream and will appear correctly in next versions.
The message also appears in the FreeCAD UI if you enable/show the output window. This is the normal behaviour of FreeCAD, all messages to the user are gathered there. Placing the files in $HOME/.FreeCAD should work, unless the macros path has been changed (Preferences->General->Macros) Yorik On 7 November 2014 11:10, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Package: freecad > Version: 0.14.3702+dfsg-3 > Followup-For: Bug #764814 > > Hello, > > I am unable to use DXF files in freecad. > > In the console(no UI!) there is this message: > DXF libraries not found. Downloading... > The DXF import/export libraries needed by FreeCAD to handle the DXF > format > were not found on this system. Please either enable FreeCAD to download > these > libraries (menu Edit > Preferences > Import-Export > DXF > Enable > downloads) or download > these libraries manually, as explained on > https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer > > > However, preferences dialog has no Import-Export section. > > The readme does not specify where exactly the DXF import files are to be > placed and just placing them in $HOME/.FreeCAD does not work. > > Thanks > > Michal >
