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Pulling Hair Out!! UNITS

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zackdarker
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Pulling Hair Out!! UNITS

Newbie Alert !!!


Simply importing old (.dwg) files (drawn with autocad 2008) into inventor 2012

it then converts my units into mm for me ...handy... not they are already mm and it thinks they are inches

so e.g original drwaing is 50mm tall,  inventor then changes that to 1270mm

 

Please help driving me up the wall.  lol

 

I Installed inventor and config for its default unit to be in mm

so what am I doing wrong??

 

Thanks

 

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JDMather
in reply to: zackdarker

Attach original dwg file and the resulting ipt file here.

 

 

What I will immediately check is the -dwgunits of the original dwg file

and then

the Tools>Document Settings>Units of the ipt file

then

I will try bringing in the dwg into the ipt file myself and see what units the Wizzard detects.


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Message 3 of 7
pmason48
in reply to: zackdarker

My personal preference when converting is if I'm converting a dwg that was drawn in inches I select the ENGLISH TAB then STANDARD INCH IPT. I then go through the usual Manage tab, import select the file type on the first page then select the INCH option in units on the second page.

 

By doing this the only problem I now have is that I keep getting told that MDT needs to be installed for this operation, it has been since 2008. But that's Inventor for you!!!

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zackdarker
in reply to: JDMather

Thanks JDMather

 

any help would be greatly appreciated

 

 

Message 5 of 7
zackdarker
in reply to: zackdarker

Clearly Im not having a good day

lol

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zackdarker
in reply to: zackdarker

Update :

 

In Auto Cad 2008 I

-dwgunits

3 (mm)

then enter enter enter confirm yes change scale units blah blah

and i configured inventor when installing to be set by default to work in mm and confirmed this

by document settings-units so

where am i going wrong???

Message 7 of 7
JDMather
in reply to: zackdarker

When I run -dwgunits on your dwg file it indicates it was done in inches.
When I Import the geometry and change the units from the detected units of Inches to the Intended units of mm and then reset the Tools>Document Settings>Units to mm in Inventor the dimensions read correct.

 

BTW - this appears to be a sheet metal flat pattern.
Flat patterns are almost never done correctly in AutoCAD.

Model in finished form in Inventor rather than folding this.


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