Importing and modifying .dwg

[BarryZA]

I am trying to do a "quick and dirty" stopgap.

I am in the process of repairing and assembling the various systems for a luxury yacht - electrical, mechanical etc. The ultimate goal is to get a full 3D layout of parts and assemblies, then using tube and pipe and cable and harness to run conduits, aircon ducts, fuel lines....

All I have to go on are .dwgs

In the meantime I need to submit a modified .dwg to the engineers overseas to get the O.K. on swapping the order of certain components. All I need to do is change the labels text on the layout, nothing else.

I have imported the .dwg into an Inventor sketch and edited the text.

Now I am stuck. Placing the view into a new drawing shows nothing.

RMB export sketch as .dwg works, but not a single line of text shows, only the layout.

I am afraid I can't attach the original file.

Any solutions up to and including Photoshop will be welcome.

[Cadmanto]

Barry,

Is not doing this in Autocad an option?

If all you have to do is text edit I that is what I would do.

That way you don't have to wrestle with teh Inventor conversion.

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[BarryZA]

Downloading an Autocad trial did cross my mind.

[Cadmanto]

Barry,

I don't know what kind of software package you have.  We have the suite so Autocad comes with it.

Might want to think about it.  I think it would not only save you some time in the long run, but some headaches as well. 

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[BarryZA]

I found a free CAD program from (ahem) a different company. The program is called DraftSight and it works perfectly for my needs.

[Cadmanto]

Barry,

You can say it.  It's ok. 

I have used Draftsight before.  Nice program.  In a lot of ways it mimics ACAD.

It was their replacement for Solidworks 2D cad package about 5 years ago.

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