It works just fine.....
Create that AutoCAD Solid dwg. In Inventor, browse to the file and select
options fefore opening. Select Inch or Metric, go to next page, change
radio button from New Drawing to New Part, check 3D Solids and finish.
Pick OK and Inventor will create an IPT file.
Dennis
Joe wrote:
> Well, it took me a few days to figgure out the reason I couldn't post
> to the newsgroup- Continued from the old newsgroup....
>
> I am sure there are a zillion options, I - as a relative novice will
> not be aware of. Perhaps a good test is to create a new Autocad
> drawing. Create one object... a solid cube using the DRAW/SOLIDS/BOX
> command from the menu. Save the drawing, and try to import that
> drawing into Inventor.
>
> If you get the cube you created, then your process is correct...
> perhaps there are entities you are trying to import which can't be
> imported. Inventor has very limited abilities to import 3-D DWG
> files.
>
> Joe Dunfee
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Dennis Jeffrey
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