The following options are available when you are working with DWG files:
|
Open/Save as |
Use the Open command to open AutoCAD (.dwg) data directly in Inventor. When you open an AutoCAD DWG (.dwg) file in Inventor, AutoCAD data remains as AutoCAD data. You can then 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 Inventor, and then copy and paste AutoCAD entities into any Inventor sketch. |
|
You can save an Inventor drawings natively in DWG format without translation. Inventor drawing data remains associative to the model. When opening the file in AutoCAD the Inventor drawing data looks just like it does in Inventor. You can view, plot, measure and minimally edit the Inventor drawing data in AutoCAD. Portions of the Inventor data are reusable in AutoCAD as blocks. Open AutoCAD DWG files directly to view, plot, or measure native AutoCAD data in Inventor or when you want to translate (copy/paste) AutoCAD data selectively into an Inventor sketch. Use Inventor's native DWG format if you must have Inventor drawing files that can be viewed, plotted, or measured in AutoCAD and remain associative to the Inventor model data. |
|
|
Import/Export |
When you import an AutoCAD DWG file into Inventor the AutoCAD data is translated into an Inventor part or drawing file, based on your import settings. The original AutoCAD file is left intact and unchanged. When you export an Inventor file into AutoCAD DWG, the Inventor data is translated into AutoCAD objects in a new DWG file. Translated AutoCAD data is not associative back to the Inventor model, but the AutoCAD data is fully editable in AutoCAD. Use import or export if you need fully editable data in AutoCAD or Inventor. |