I've recently purchased a new PC. While transferring files I took the opportunity to upgrade to AutoCAD 2018 and updated SW to service pack 3. Now I cannot copy and paste from AutoCAD into a SolidWorks sketch. I've tried: copy with base point, or copy, or ctrl 'C' and they do not insert the drawing into an open sketch. I read a suggestion to resave the AutoCAD file to a lower version but that didn't make a difference. Any ideas?
J.
Thank you for the idea. However, with the CAD files I already have it's less time consuming to cut and paste rather than redraw what I already have in AutoCAD.
J. Mather wrote:
use SolidWorks as your sketcher rather than AutoCAD.
SolidWorks is horrendous at 2D sketching.
Whenever I need even a moderately complex 2D sketch, I use KeyCreator and export as DXF. I then open DXF in SW directly to a new 2D sketch (just press finish after selecting radio buttons). In KeyCreator I move the sketch to put the appropriate geometry at coordinate 0,0,0 and it opens in SW just where I want it to.
Have you tried Insert > DXF/DWG... ?
Orient the drawing contents upon the origin in ACAD beforehand for easy placement into a SW sketch.
You can import a drawing. But the drawings I'd like to use already have other information elements in the file. I would need to copy each individual item into a separate cad file then import each one. If I wan to add another sketch to an existing drawing I would need to do the same process then copy it from a SolidWorks sketch into another SolidWorks sketch. The ability to just cut and paste without a work around is what they should put back.
My AutoCAD Data is usually arranged in the 1st quadrant, i.e. the origin is at lower left corner of content. I'm used to Copy with base point (as new origin loc), create a new DWG, and paste it at 0,0 then save as Item Front Source.dwg or such, prepared for import directly to a sketch. Repeat for Top, Right, Foot Mounting pattern, or whatever's relevant.
In other words, your workaround is my workflow. To each their own. I'm sorry that it's not working as expected, and have no repair suggestion.
Try to use DraftSight instead of AutoCAD. DraftSight is free, more friendly to SW and have virtually the same capabilities as AutoCAD.
James, I can have both SW2016 and SW2017 open on my computer at the same time.
If you can, Copy & Paste into SW2016, then Re-Copy & Paste in to SW2017.
It might be an extra step, but if it works you have a "Workaround" to call your own...
Have you tried to export the AutoCAD file as a dxf and then open it with SW?
I can import a file into SW. It's just easier and more efficient to cut from AutoCAD and paste it directly into a SW drawing. It was a nice feature and it would be nice to have operational.
I think it is not compatible yet with autocad 2018.
Save your autocad file in a previous version and open it in draftsight or open it in SW
In draftsicht you can select the geometry you want. copy it with ctrl-c.
then you can past it with ctrl-v in a sketch
I have the same issue and the only workaround currently is to re-save the AutoCAD DWG or DXF to a lower version than 2018.
Thank you Logan and to everyone else who has chimed in so far.
I've saved drawings to a lower version of AutoCAD but still have the same problem with cutting and inserting it into and open SW drawing.
Currently the best solution seems to be opening the drawings in DraftSight and doing it from there. As suggested in another reply. Perhaps SW will workout this issue soon.
James Spencer wrote:
Perhaps SW will workout this issue soon.
James, It seems to be Dassault's M.O. that once a "workaround" is developed (and you described it), no additional work is necessary to "workout" a permanent solution.
I find copy & pasting the entities I need into a new ACAD file is the easiest work around, then insert DXF/DWG onto the plane required.
Be careful on the datum points as the ACAD datum will be placed on the SW datum point.
Bit of a ball-ache though, but it gets me through.
Hi James,
Autodesk has changed their dwg file format in AutoCad 2018 (AC1032 version) and is currently not supported. It has been reported as SPR#1025782 - "Translator - DXF, DWG: Support AutoCAD 2018 (AC1032) file format".
There are few possible workarounds:
Phil.
no need for creating the block just put all the entities you need on a separate layer then insert that layer into a new sketch??
not sure about the fact that I always save my ACAD files as ACAD 2000, is this the difference??
I'm not sure on that one Jason sorry I don't have AutoCAD installed so cannot test it.
I would imagine that saving as 2000 would resolve the file format version.
Phil.
the saving as 200 makes it work,
I tried using a 2018 version drawing and it would not do that either.
lets hope for the SPR fix soon, because it is really annoying.
The only idea that I can come up with is - use SolidWorks as your sketcher rather than AutoCAD.