7 Replies Latest reply on Feb 17, 2009 12:49 PM by Mike Philipps

dxf/dwg issue

Mike Philipps Feb 13, 2009 12:51 PM

I am trying to import a dxf or dwg into a solid model so I can cut out a design. This seemed to be an easy thing to do in the beginning and I follow the Solidworks tutorial, but I can not get the dwg/dxf to define. It seems that even the simpler items I import stall my computer. I can import a square, and that is about it. Is there a trick I can try, or a setting to check? I have tried using dxf's and dwg's and neither work.

The guy next to me using AutoCad has no problem doing this, so I am not looking good on this one.

dxf/dwg issue

1-521APD Feb 13, 2009 4:43 PM (in response to Mike Philipps)

I have had better luck to load the DXF into a sw draft and then
copy and paste to a sketch into a model.

Frank
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  Mike Philipps Feb 13, 2009 5:40 PM (in response to 1-521APD)
  
  Sorry,
  
  Can you explain what you mean by a solid works draft ?
  
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    Anna Wood Feb 13, 2009 7:16 PM (in response to Mike Philipps)
    
    Create a SW drawing and then from the drawing save as a dwg/dxf.
    
    You can save as a dxf/dwg out of a part file in SW2008 and newer if the part is a sheet metal part.
    
    Cheers,
    
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      1-521APD Feb 16, 2009 5:13 PM (in response to Anna Wood)
      
      Correct, what Anna said
      
      Frank
      
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        Jeff Hamilton Feb 16, 2009 5:21 PM (in response to 1-521APD)
        
        I have had beter luck saving a simple Autocad file of only what I need rather than an entire drawing. Too much unnecessary information.
        Autocad based sketches also tend to allow overlap of lines and tiny line segments that lay on top of other lines. So you get sketches that tend to fail when put into features. In such cases using the coutour select tool works wonders. Also, the fully define sketch tool helps alot too.
        
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        1-7JYGPT Feb 16, 2009 6:34 PM (in response to Jeff Hamilton)
        
        Try dwgeditor. I had same issue with a spline. Just open in dwgeditor copy and paste on a sketch.
        
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        Mike Philipps Feb 17, 2009 12:49 PM (in response to 1-7JYGPT)
        
        Thanks for the help. It seems that the splines were the actual problem, coming in with hundreds of little arcs each. Once I solved this problem, it still took a few minutes, but it worked.
        
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