Geometry Editing Commands

Note on opening DWG files

If you do not require AutoCAD objects translated into Autodesk Inventor objects, you can directly open any AutoCAD DWG file in Autodesk Inventor. You can then view, plot, and measure the file contents. Objects displays exactly as they do in AutoCAD. In addition, all the AutoCAD data is selectable for copy and paste. You can open an AutoCAD DWG file in Autodesk Inventor, and then copy and paste AutoCAD entities into any Autodesk Inventor sketch.

For more information, see Working directly with DWG

You edit the 2D sketches in Autodesk Inventor using the 2D editing commands to update their 3D parts. You can also find a group of 3D editing commands to modify 3D parts.

This table compares AutoCAD Editing commands to their corresponding Autodesk Inventor 2D Editing commands.

AutoCAD		Autodesk Inventor
	Erase		Delete key
	Copy		Ctrl+C
	Mirror		Mirror
	Offset		Offset
	Array		Circular pattern
			Rectangular pattern
	Move		Move
	Rotate		Rotate
	Trim		Trim
	Extend		Extend
	Chamfer		Chamfer
	Fillet		Fillet
	Edit spline		Select a fit point and drag

Note: Use the Move and Rotate commands in Autodesk Inventor to copy at the same time.

In addition, some AutoCAD Editing commands have corresponding Autodesk Inventor commands that can only be used when modifying a 2D sketch in a drawing file (IDW).

AutoCAD		Autodesk Inventor
	Edit Hatch		Right-click and select Modify Hatch
	Edit Text		Right-click and select Edit text