Mechanical Desktop convert to AutoCAD Mechanical??

[jedenton]

Need a way to convert Mechanical Desktop drawings to AutoCAD Mechanical.  Error reads : "You cannot edit Mechanical Desktop drawings in AutoCAD Mechanical. All AutoCAD Mechanical commands, including save, are now disabled."  I do not have the regular AutoCAD if that is the only way.

[Sridhar-Autodesk]

Hi

AutoCAD is part of AutoCAD Mechanical.

Launch AutoCAD from Windows Start>>programs>>Autodesk>>AutoCAD Mechanical XXX>>AutoCAD XXX

1) Open the drawing in Vanilla AutoCAD by accepting the proxy message.
2) Then Using Wblock command, convert the entire drawing as a new DWG file (OR Copyclip and pasteclip into a new drawing)
3) Now open this new Drawing file in Vanilla AutoCAD/AutoCAD Mechanical.
4) It will open without any message

Thanks,

[jedenton]

This is a Paper/Model space drawing with the model being 3D.

How do you get the Proxy Entity to copy/w-block out?

[Sridhar-Autodesk · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You see a Proxy Entity dialog when you open the drawing.  Select the option as shown below.  If you don't see the dialog; and the drawing just opens, use command wblock to create a block of the 3D model.

If you want to export layout/Paper Space; use exportlayout command to save the paper space views as a new drawing.

Thanks,

[jedenton]

Exportlayout worked! Thanks.

[not2013]

I got a fatal error message when I tried this path for opening autocad.

[kdglasscock]

I got a fatal error as well.

So I reopened the original Mechanical Drawing again

Then I did a edit- select all

then typed "wblock" command and a dialog box came up hit OK

then Exportlayout command and it worked.

[rclark]

Hi,

Is this the same workflow for Mechanical 2018?

My MDT file is just a 2D drawing which I need to have in ACADM paperspace, but there are also parts lists & balloons which don't seem to come across using the WBLOCK command.

Please advise the workflow (if different) to achieve this.

On a sidenote, can you advise the most recent version of ACADM still compatible with MDT, and whether using this version as a 'bridge' between MDT and ACADM2018 is a viable solution?

Thanks.