We've got a new dwg template and we found that when we bring in a base view on a new drawing, the drawing changed to an idw format.
Does anyone know why?
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Because the .idw is the natural format for inventor drawings to accept model views. The .dwg is acceptable and is usable in conjuction with Autocad.
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What version of Inventor? Can you post your template for someone else to try? I've never heard of a file switching file types without a deliberate action by the user!
Sam B
Inventor 2012 Certified Professional
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Inventor Professional 2013 SP1.1 Update 2
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HP EliteBook 8770w; 8 GB RAM; Core™ i7-3720QM 2.60 GHz; Quadro K4000M
SpaceExplorer/SpaceNavigator NB, driver 3.16.2
still waiting for a foreshortened radius dimensioning tool in Drawing Manager
Sam,
I am using 2012 and that is the way our templates are setup as well. The templates in Inventor (ours at least) are .dwg files. When you start a new Inventor drawing and save it they save as .idw . The actual file is not changing from an .dwg to .idw, but rather converting persa through the save process as a result of a new drawing creation.
Hope that makes sense. Are your Inventor templates .idw files?
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Scott,
Our drawing templates are .idw files, so I don't have direct experience with this. But I'm even more mystified after your explanation-- how does a .dwg drawing template change to a .idw drawing, without the file actually changing?
Sam B
Inventor 2012 Certified Professional
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HP EliteBook 8770w; 8 GB RAM; Core™ i7-3720QM 2.60 GHz; Quadro K4000M
SpaceExplorer/SpaceNavigator NB, driver 3.16.2
still waiting for a foreshortened radius dimensioning tool in Drawing Manager
Sam,
I really don't have an explaination for you. All I know is when I started here that is the way they are. I have several times added perameters, iLogic rules and have made several changes to the .dwg templates. They work great in creating idw drawings. I guess you could experiment with it and try it yourself. At least this way you would get an idea of how it works.
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