If any drawing views are active, you must lock sheet focus to select data in the When you activate the drawing sheet, drawing sheet data becomes selectable. The Open dialog box remembers the Preview check box state from the last time you opened a DWGĭata that does not belong to a viewport is imported to the drawing In AutoCAD, the bitmap preview option must Previews appear for DWG filesĬreated by both SOLIDWORKS and AutoCAD. When you import DWG files, you can see a thumbnail image of the file in the

A file to a new part as a 2D sketch or as curves in 3D.

Associative and non-associative crosshatches as area hatches.

Objects, or creates them as blocks of primitive geometry, as appropriate. The translator converts these imported items to equivalent SOLIDWORKS

AutoCAD Mechanical annotations, known as proxy entities, (suchĪs surface finish symbols or GTOL frames) and automatically drawn objects (suchĪs cams and springs) when you import DXF or DWG files as SOLIDWORKS drawingĭocuments.

If you import a DXF or DWG file that contains a large number ofīlocks (more than 200), you are prompted to enable the Explode Blocks option. When you import drawings, the most popular AutoCAD SHX or True Typeįonts are supported, even though you may not have the fonts installed.

Imported entities can become SOLIDWORKS blocks. In either paper space or model space are imported. In a drawing document, youĬan import the geometry to the drawing sheet or the drawing sheet format.

Translator also imports DXF 3D files without the wizard. The DXF/DWG translator imports DXF or DWG files, including Mechanicalĭesktop files, as SOLIDWORKS part or drawing documents, according to the option

Bobcad 21 dxf import options menu