IAM Export to DWG File Size Extremely Large

[darinrice]

What is the best way to reduce the file size of an Inventor IAM 3D Model when exporting to a DWG format?  My client only needs a couple of 2D views in order to take measurements in AutoCAD.

[Cadmanto]

Welcome to the forum.

Try saving the .iam out as an igs file first.  Open up the iges file in the Inventor session then save that out as

a dwg.  I know the iges file will be smaller in size which should funnel down to the dwg.

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[kwilson_design]

• Create a new Inventor drawing (IDW or DWG doesn't matter).
• Create the 2D views your client needs.
• Export Inventor drawing to an AutoCAD drawing (select version if that matters).

This way your file is as flat as a pancake and consuming the least amount of file size.

[darinrice]

Kwilsonamerex,



Thanks for the tip. This helped immensely.



Respectfully Submitted,



Darin C. Rice

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[kwilson_design]

Glad it helped you out Darin.

[rhasell]

Not an answer for the OP's requirement, but for future reference,

I have found that Fasteners can make the DWG file incredibly heavy.

Create a LOD and suppress the fasteners from the model before exporting the 3d model.

This cuts the file size down tremendously.