Open DWGs in AutoCAD

[Anonymous]

I feel like a newbie asking this one because I've seen so much discussion on
it but ignored it (as we don't deal with AutoCAD files much). I have read
several threads but have not found a definitive answer.

Currently if I have IV2008 open and try to double click on a DWG in explorer
it tries to open with Inventor. I want it to open with AutoCAD 2007 or 2008
I don't care.

I want Inventor and DWGs to divorce and never speak to one another again.
Inventor will get the house in Beverly Hills, the car and custody of the
iPart children. AutoCAD gets nothing (creep). 🙂

So how does the judge go about doing this? What is the definitive answer.

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Sean Dotson, PE
RND Automation & Engineering
www.RNDautomation.com
www.mcadforums.com

[Anonymous]

Sean,

Well apparently my divorce went well...because mine seems to be working like what you want. If you go in explorer and go into properties of a dwg...what does it say that it opens with? If it says IV, click the tab and change it to always open with Acad......Hope that works for ya.
Larry

[Anonymous]

See http://discussion.autodesk.com/adskcsp/thread.jspa?messageID=5567539

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Reply From: Chris Tuck \(Autodesk\) Date: Apr/27/07 - 19:58 (GMT)
Changes to Shell behavior for DWG files:



Starting with Autodesk 2008 DWG files, DWG files now include authoring
information used to launch in the software that created them, as opposed to
the old "last used" behavior.




The program providing this new functionality is the "AutoCAD DWG Launcher";
that program is run by the shell and it decides which Autodesk application
to launch to handle the DWG file.



One of the Autodesk applications installed on the machine will be the
'default DWG handling' application; it's the program that is launched to
handle DWG files that do not contain this authoring information (e.g.
AutoCAD 2007 files) or that were created by an application not installed on
the machine.



By design, the 'default DWG handling' application is the last installed
Autodesk application. Inventor is the 'default application' for DWG files
after installing the Inventor Suite (AIS/AIP) because Inventor is last
application installed.




Steps to make AutoCAD the default DWG file handler, but still have Inventor
run when opening Inventor-created DWG files:



Prior to installation:

a) Install all products from the Inventor suite, then follow step (b)
below after the applications are installed. Or you can install Inventor and
AutoCAD separately, installing AutoCAD last.



If both AutoCAD 2008 and Inventor 2008 are already installed:

b) Repair the installation of the AutoCAD-based application you want as
the 'default DWG handling' application (e.g AutoCAD, MDT, .).



Hope this wasn't too detailed.

Cheers!

Chris Tuck

Autodesk Inventor Developer

[Anonymous]

"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:5664408@discussion.autodesk.com...
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I want Inventor and DWGs to divorce and never speak to one another again.


Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

A change in habit, but you can dragNdrop the files into AutoCAD.

--
Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
260-399-6615
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr.
AIP 11SP3, AIP 2008 SP1
HP zv5000 AMD64 ( modified)
Geforce Go 440, Driver: .8185, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2, Windows Classic Theme

"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:5664408@discussion.autodesk.com...
I feel like a newbie asking this one because I've seen so much discussion on
it but ignored it (as we don't deal with AutoCAD files much). I have read
several threads but have not found a definitive answer.

Currently if I have IV2008 open and try to double click on a DWG in explorer
it tries to open with Inventor. I want it to open with AutoCAD 2007 or 2008
I don't care.

I want Inventor and DWGs to divorce and never speak to one another again.
Inventor will get the house in Beverly Hills, the car and custody of the
iPart children. AutoCAD gets nothing (creep). 🙂

So how does the judge go about doing this? What is the definitive answer.

--
Sean Dotson, PE
RND Automation & Engineering
www.RNDautomation.com
www.mcadforums.com

[Anonymous]

drag and drop is the way I do it, I have been reading a few posts on this , but deleting reg keys is somthing I dont wanna risk doing, I do think autodesk should release a hotfix for this as its a pain in the ***

[Anonymous]

Call me old fashioned, but I always open my Cad program first, then use the
"file>open" within the Cad program. That way I can have just my plain ACAD
or MDT version of my own choosing. Pretty soon they will be putting a Cruise
Control function in cars, then they will need an adaptive Cruise Control
because we can't find the Off/Resume switch...wait a minute they have
already done that.

--
Dell 670 dual Xeon - 3.2
3gb memory, SCSI320-15k
XP-Pro, sp2
Quadro FX3400: Driver: 91.85
IV2008-pro sp1, SpacePilot Rel V: 3.3.2 Dvr V: 6.3.3

wrote in message news:5664872@discussion.autodesk.com...
drag and drop is the way I do it, I have been reading a few posts on this ,
but deleting reg keys is somthing I dont wanna risk doing, I do think
autodesk should release a hotfix for this as its a pain in the ***

[Anonymous]

I have learned to right mouse click and pick the program that I need to use.

[Anonymous]

Me too... 🙂 I either open conventionally, or do the drag'n'drop in ACAD/MDT
or Inventor.

The change in 2008 was designed to allow Inventor to open a DWG on click.
For this to happen, associations have to change. The developers put a
routing in place that works well when all ACAD files have been migrated to
to 2008 release. Unfortunately, they did not think this out completely,
since MOST ACAD and MDT users do not migrate their files.

--
Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
260-399-6615
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr.
AIP 11SP3, AIP 2008 SP1
HP zv5000 AMD64 ( modified)
Geforce Go 440, Driver: .8185, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2, Windows Classic Theme

"Blair Stunder" wrote in message
news:5664875@discussion.autodesk.com...
Call me old fashioned, but I always open my Cad program first, then use the
"file>open" within the Cad program. That way I can have just my plain ACAD
or MDT version of my own choosing. Pretty soon they will be putting a Cruise
Control function in cars, then they will need an adaptive Cruise Control
because we can't find the Off/Resume switch...wait a minute they have
already done that.

--
Dell 670 dual Xeon - 3.2
3gb memory, SCSI320-15k
XP-Pro, sp2
Quadro FX3400: Driver: 91.85
IV2008-pro sp1, SpacePilot Rel V: 3.3.2 Dvr V: 6.3.3

wrote in message news:5664872@discussion.autodesk.com...
drag and drop is the way I do it, I have been reading a few posts on this ,
but deleting reg keys is somthing I dont wanna risk doing, I do think
autodesk should release a hotfix for this as its a pain in the ***

[Anonymous]

My company uses both AutoCAD and Inventor...and this issue is EXTREMELY frustrating.

[Anonymous]

Why can't the file just "remember" the format that created it???

[Anonymous]

It does.... Try this:

1. Create or save a dwg in AutoCAD 2007 or AutoCAD 2008. Close AutoCAD.

2. Open Inventor 2008

3. Double pick on one of the drawings from step 1.

4. File opens in AutoCAD, not Inventor.

This has been explained several times. AutoCAD 2007 and 2008 correctly mark
files as AutoCAD, not Inventor DWG. AutoCAD files opened and saved to ACAD
2007 or ACAD 2008 format correctly open by double click.

Time for people to change.

--
Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
260-399-6615
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr.
AIP 11SP3, AIP 2008 SP1
HP zv5000 AMD64 ( modified)
Geforce Go 440, Driver: .8185, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2, Windows Classic Theme

wrote in message news:5681486@discussion.autodesk.com...
Why can't the file just "remember" the format that created it???

[Anonymous]

Dennis,

No, it's not time for people to change...

I would like to invite you to come to our company to open and save ALL OUR
LEGACY AutoCAD drawings (59.000+ drawings) to the new ACAD2007 or ACAD2008
format.

When would you like to come?

In short: sorry, but I have to disagree...

--
T. Ham
CAD Automation & Systems Administrator
CDS Engineering BV

HP xw4300 Workstation
Dual Pentium XEON 3.6 Ghz
4 GB SDRAM
NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3450/4000 SDI (Driver = 8.4.2.6)
250 GB SEAGATE SATA Hard Disc
3Com Gigabit NIC

Windows XP Professional SP2
Autodesk Inventor Series 10 SP3a
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[Anonymous]

Agreed. We have over 350,000 CAD files. Our users are in the middle of switching from ME10 to AutoCAD. (All of these files had to be converted from ME10 format to AutoCAD format. In addition to a new CAD system, they are also learning Vault and Productstream. All of this is taking place as our company is splitting. There are a lot of assumtions made with the comment that "it's time for people to change". OUR PEOPLE HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF CHANGE!!!

[Anonymous]

what about processing it using the batch file migration tool? maybe that'll mark the files as AutoCAD,

Haven' used that latest, but previously you could drag and drop about 500 or so files in at atime.