topic Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor in Inventor Forum

open and edit .dwg in inventor

mikec — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:41:24 GMT

can you open and edit .dwg in inventor?

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

johnsonshiue — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:04:13 GMT

Hi Mike,

The answer is yes and no. It depends on what kind of edit you are looking for. If you want to open AutoCAD dwg file in Inventor and edit in the way like in AutoCAD, such edit workflows do not exist. Inventor is not AutoCAD. If you want to leverage geometry in an AutoCAD dwg file, you can import or link to the dwg file in Inventor and then create more geometry. You can still open an AutoCAD dwg file. It is mainly for viewing purpose.

The best tool to edit and create dwg file is AutoCAD. Nothing compares. May I ask why you want to edit AutoCAD dwg file in Inventor?

Many thanks!

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

JDMather — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:07:49 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

can you open and edit .dwg in inventor?

Is this a 2D drawing or is it a 3D solid?

If it is a 3D solid - then Import into Inventor and you can edit just like you would in AutoCAD.

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

mikec — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:37:46 GMT

I was previously using auto cad mechanical. Changed to design suite. I can just use the autocad program in the suite to open cad drawings.

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:31:18 GMT

how do you leverage geometry or add to the imported dwg file?

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

Mark.Lancaster — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:44:48 GMT

@Anonymous

You could use the AutoCAD drawing as ANYCAD underlay and project geometry from it.

Not sure if this would help what you're trying to accomplish but https://synergiscadblog.com/2015/06/16/turning-2d-flat-geometry-into-3d-2/

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

johnsonshiue — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 22:50:26 GMT

Hi! Like Marked mentioned here, the workflow is called Inventor DWG Underlay. Please take a look at the following page for more information. If you still cannot figure it out, please share an example here so forum experts can take a look.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Inventor-Help/files/GUID-8C1B6513-A363-40EF-8DF8-4E4FB39FE894-htm.html

Many thanks!

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:02:37 GMT

I imported a facility layout from ACAD to Inventor so I can add more equipment to the layout. Upon opening the exported DWG in Inventor, everything in the Sketch, Annotate, and Place Views tabs are grayed out and cannot be selected.

Re: open and edit .dwg in inventor

johnsonshiue — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 22:54:51 GMT

Hi! I believe you "open" the dwg, instead of linking or importing the dwg file. When the dwg file is "opened" in Inventor, Inventor is like a viewer. Editing the dwg file is not allowed. You need to edit the file in AutoCAD.

Many thanks!