I have some Inventor drawing files that a client wants in an AutoCAD 2007 format. Ever time I try to convert the .idw to an autocad .dwg I get this message, "Problems encountered while saving the document." So far this is what I've tried:
1. Save copy as -> Save as type: AutoCAD DWG files (*.dwg) -> error message
2. Export to DWG -> Save as type: AutoCAD DWG files (*.dwg) -> error message
I am able to save as an Inventor DWG but I need it as an AutoCAD DWG... I think. I read somewhere that Autocad 2007 won't read the DWG unless its in an AutoCAD DWG format.
I am running Inventor 2014 on a Windows 7 64 bit machine.
Thanks Mike
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Solved by blair. Go to Solution.
I also tried this method
1) Press [Windows] key to open the Windows' start page
2) Type "cmd" to find "Command Prompt" > right mouse click on it
> select "Run as administrator"
3) On "Administrator: Command Proompt" window, type
cd "c:\program files\autodesk\Inventor 2014\bin"
then
inventor /install
4) Wait for 1 min (inventor will be executed background then exit silently)
Which did not work for me
Can you give more info on what your talking about. How do I go about doing this?
Use the export to DWG, change save as type to "autocad dwg" then click options and change to 2007 dwg. it should now work.
Sorry thats all i have got! mine works from idw and inventor dwg no errors.
Try running this ilogic from the drawing, as i use this to export dwg to 2007 and a pdf. You will need to change the path to where you want them to save to (in red below). The ilogic is from an autodesk blog that had lots of positive feed back and works fine for me.
if that dosent work then its probably your set up or instalation.
'------start of iLogic-------
oPath = ThisDoc.Path oFileName = ThisDoc.FileName(False) 'without extension
oRevNum = iProperties.Value("Project", "Revision Number") oPDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById _ ("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}") oDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium If oPDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDataMedium, oContext, oOptions) Then oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 0 oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 1 oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 1200 oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = Inventor.PrintRangeEnum.kPrintAllSheets 'oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 2'oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 4End If 'get PDF target folder path
oFolder = "F:\Leo\cad drgs\INVENTOR EXPORTS" PdfFolder = oFolder & "\PDF" 'Set the PDF target file nameoDataMedium.FileName = PdfFolder & "\" & oFileName & _ "-Rev-" & oRevNum & ".pdf" 'Publish documentoPDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDocument, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium) '------end of iLogic------- strDWFX = oFolder & "\DWFX\" ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs(strDWFX & oFileName & "-REV-" & oRevNum & (".dwfx"), True) strDWG = oFolder & "\DWG\" ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs(strDWG & oFileName & "-REV-" & oRevNum & (".dwg"), True)
I'm Sorry that nothing seems to work for you, and I'm sorry if this seems redundant, but this is a step by step.
1. I load a IDW file with multiple sheets.
2. I select EXPORT TO DWG.
3. I change SAVE AS TYPE: to AutoCAD DWG files (*.dwg)
4. I click on Options.
5. I change file version to Autocad 2007 Drawing.
6. I click next.
7. I click on ALL SHEETS.
8. I click Finish.
9. I change to the folder I want and click save.
This works every time and I use it nearly every day.
Best wishes
David Arnold
Designer-New Dies
Motor City Stamping Inc.
Desk: 586-949-8420 Ext. 184
Email: darnold@mcstamp.com
www.MCStamp.com
I've never really used iLogic before so I'm not familiar with it. So I was just clicking around on some of the things and I'm pretty sure something is screwed up.
1. I can't really do anthing with out a error message coming up. "Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue." -> I click continue and nothing happens. Attached is the details to the error message
2. I can't get out of the iLogic window once it pops up. I literally have to start task manager and end task for Inventor 2014.
Not sure if this is screen shot you want but here is the "option" button grayed out.
If you right click on a face of a model (ipt not assembly) and select "export face as" can you save to .dwg there and are the options still Grayed out?