First run a simulation on your CAD plan using this guide: Simulate transports on CAD plans
Then add a reference point, which will later help you to align the swept path precisely on top of the original CAD plan (see screenshot below):
Choose the circular obstacle tool.
Double-click at the location of a prominent anchor point from the DXF. This will automatically create a tiny obstacle centred around that anchor point. (Note: If the CAD plan is not normalized, two reference points must be created).
Choose the checkbox "Ignore in simulation".
Then run the swept path simulation. The swept path appears as a separate layer in HeavyGoods on top of the CAD file. In our screenshot the green arrow indicates, where we placed the previously mentioned reference point:
Click the "CAD export" button to export your swept path as a DXF file. The reference point, which you marked in HeavyGoods, will be contained in that DXF file.
Now open the exported DXF in your CAD software and to the following in your CAD software:
Select all content and copy it to the clipboard,
open your original CAD file and paste the content from clipboard,
align the pasted content, so that the positions of the two reference points match.
The final result in your CAD software might look as in the screenshot. Once more we highlighted the reference point with a green arrow. The swept path is blue and has been exported from HeavyGoods as separate CAD layers.
Recommendation for a fast workflow:
In most CAD software you have a function called "Copy with reference", which allows you to directly choose a reference point, when you copy the swept path to the clipboard. So at that step simply select the reference point which you created in HeavyGoods and you can then directly paste the swept paths at the according anchor point of your original CAD. The two layers will then be aligned perfectly on top of each other, without the need to do any further offsetting.
In most CAD software you can also directly apply a scaling (e.g. scale 100) when you paste the clipboard content. This helps, if your original CAD should have a different scale.
