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    KingDraw
    Posts: 6
    Registered: ‎03-07-2011

    Saving files as dwg

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    02-16-2013 11:22 PM

    Hi All,

     

    I have asked this question before on several forums without any resolution.  I have just purchased a new computer running Windows 7.  My Inventor is 2011 Professional - Student.  Now without anything else installed I installed my Inventor program, so everthing is clean and Inventor cannot be interferred with by anything else.

     

    Yet I still cannot save/export a drawing to Autocad dwg of dxf.  Why!!  Both programs are from the same stable - Autodesk.  Catia is there along with Parasolid, Pro/Engineer etc.  Surely there is something that either I'm not doing right or the program is faulty.

     

    WHAT PRAY IS THE ANSWER!!

     

    Dave R

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    Posts: 5
    Registered: ‎02-15-2013

    Re: Saving files as dwg

    02-17-2013 07:37 AM in reply to: KingDraw

    i do not believe the student version will allow you to do this. if it were to allow you, then you could remove the plot stamp about educational version blah blah... sorry:smileysad:

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    Posts: 21,727
    Registered: ‎04-20-2006

    Re: Saving files as dwg

    02-17-2013 09:16 AM in reply to: rbarnhill8138

    rbarnhill8138 wrote:

    i do not believe the student version will allow you to do this....


     

    There is no difference in functionality between the commercial license and the student license.
    I have run student license (as an instructor) for years and can save as dwg  or dxf just fine.

    Was Inventor installed with UAC and anti-virus off?
    Have you installed all Service Packs?
    Where is your instructor, it would be far easier to diagnose this problem sitting at the keyboard.

     

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    KingDraw
    Posts: 6
    Registered: ‎03-07-2011

    Re: Saving files as dwg

    02-18-2013 01:34 AM in reply to: KingDraw

    Hi There,

     

    YES, I made doublely sure that UAC was turned off and being a new computer I have not put any Anti-Virus programs on yet.  One thing I did notice when installing Inventor was a tick box that basically sain to install Inventor in default mode of with Autocad settings, or some such wording.  I opted for default mode thinking that this is only for the menu bars - Right or Wrong?

     

    Best Rgds,

    Dave R

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