Hi,
I need to open some DWG drawings of a building so that i can model the the space in Solidworks. I can get them open, but as soon as i try to edit or take dimensions Solidworks tends to crash.
Is there any known reason for this?
Thanks
Ryan
Hi,
I need to open some DWG drawings of a building so that i can model the the space in Solidworks. I can get them open, but as soon as i try to edit or take dimensions Solidworks tends to crash.
Is there any known reason for this?
Thanks
Ryan
Big fan of this software title. You can even use the same AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts.
Shad Thomas wrote:
Big fan of this software title. You can even use the same AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts.
I'm glad to hear that, but I'll have to take your word for it. I have AutoCAD installed, but it's just so I can open and print the occasional dwg file I get from clients. And even doing that little bit usually manages to p**s me off irritate me.
Acad Dwgs will open in edrawings also. As Glenn Schroeder and Shad Thomas mentioned, Draftsight is a good choice.
When open a DWG to a part model it opens to a sketch and sometimes DWG drawing are big and difficult to handle on a sketch.
Try to select only the layers you're interested at. You can choose layers to import during the DWG-->Part conversion process.
Thanks guys, i'll give it a look now
Jona Hoad wrote:
Hi,
I need to open some DWG drawings of a building so that i can model the the space in Solidworks. I can get them open, but as soon as i try to edit or take dimensions Solidworks tends to crash.
Is there any known reason for this?
Thanks
Ryan
When I bring them in I import to a new part as: 2D sketch.
Be sure to only import the layers you need as Sergio Monti suggests.
Then you can use the 2D to 3D tools to create sketches or extrusions as needed.
Hope this helps.
The files I have imported into SolidWorks from AutoCAD seem to have entities on top of each other. When I import, I also go through the sketch and delete lines that are top of one another. I don't know if this is related to line thickness or what.
Have you tried downloading Draftsight? It's a free program from the folks that make SW that I understand allows you to do pretty much anything you can with AutoCAD.