When you import an AutoCAD file to use in the Drawing Manager environment, 2D entities are translated to corresponding Autodesk Inventor entities. 3D data is not translated.
If you do not require AutoCAD objects translated into Autodesk Inventor objects, you can directly open any AutoCAD DWG (.dwg) file in Autodesk Inventor. You can view, plot, and measure the file contents. Objects display 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 Use your AutoCAD geometry.
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DWG data |
Autodesk Inventor equivalent |
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3D face |
Not translated |
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3D solid |
Not translated Note: 3D solids can be translated separately from 2D data.
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Alternate units |
Dual dimensions |
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Angular dimension |
Angular dimension |
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Arc |
Arc |
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Attribute (Attrib) |
Prompted value |
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Attribute definition (Attdef) |
Prompted value definitions |
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Augmented line |
Line |
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Block Definition |
Sketched symbol resource |
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Block Instance |
Sketched symbol instance |
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Body |
Not translated |
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Circle |
Circle |
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Color |
Color |
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Diameter dimension |
Diameter dimension |
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Ellipse |
Ellipse |
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External reference (Xref) |
Sketched symbol |
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Font change |
Font override |
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Group |
Not translated |
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Hatch (Associative) |
Hatch |
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Hatch (Not Associative) |
Sketched symbol instance |
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Layer |
Translated to sketches in drawings. |
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Layout |
Sheet |
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Leader |
Callout symbol |
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Leader arrowheads |
Callout symbol leader arrowhead |
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Line |
Line |
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Linear dimensions (horizontal, vertical, rotated, aligned) |
Linear dimensions (horizontal, vertical, rotated, aligned) |
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Linetype |
Linetype |
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Mline |
NotTranslated |
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Mtext |
Sketch Text |
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Named view |
Not translated |
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Ole2frame |
Embedded Excel spreadsheet |
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Ordinate dimension |
Ordinate dimension |
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Part |
Not translated |
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Point |
Point |
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Polyline (2D polyline) |
Line |
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Polyline (3D mesh) |
Not translated |
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Polyline (3D polyline) |
Line |
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Polyline (lightweight) |
Line |
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Polyline (Polyface mesh) |
Not translated |
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Proxy Object |
Exploded and translated |
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Radius dimension |
Radius dimension |
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Ray |
Not translated |
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Region |
Not translated |
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Shape |
Hatch |
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Solid (2D) |
Hatch |
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Spline |
Spline |
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AutoCAD surface (such as Stitched, Trim, Extrude, Quilt, Quilted) |
Not translated |
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Surface |
Not translated |
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Text |
Text |
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Tiled viewport |
Not translated |
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Title block |
Title block |
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Tolerance |
Feature control frame |
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Trace |
Hatch |
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User Coordinate System (UCS) |
Not translated |
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Viewport (paper space) |
Not translated |
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Xline |
Not translated |