Fusion 360 to AutoCAD

[truso]

I am working in Fusion 360 and I want to send a exported file to someone using AutoCAD.

When I export from A360 as a DWG it kinda works, not to scale and in unclear model.

What is the best way  to send someone working in AutoCAD a file?

Thanks,

John

[I_Forge_KC]

2D or 3D?

Are they using AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT?

[truso]

I was trying to send a 3D model.

They are using AutoCAD not AutoCAD LT

[I_Forge_KC]

Send an SAT file then. It can be imported into ACAD going back several years now. They will have to import from the insert tab (instead of opening directly).

Newer versions of ACAD can read STEP and IGES and all of that, but SAT is your best bet for compatibility. DWG, while perfectly capable of handling 3D data, has never been great at it. For what it is worth, SAT is an ACIS file. ACIS is the modeling kernel that Shape Manager (the engine in AutoCAD, Inventor, and Fusion) spawned from. For 3D data handling, it works very well with Autodesk applications across the spectrum.

[cekuhnen]

@I_Forge_KC

"For what it is worth, SAT is an ACIS file. ACIS is the modeling kernel that Shape Manager (the engine in AutoCAD, Inventor, and Fusion) spawned from. For 3D data handling, it works very well with Autodesk applications across the spectrum."

Thanks for pointing this out!

[Anonymous]

I have a similar problem to the first comment but it is Fusion 360 to AutoCAD Lt. My manufacturer needs a dwg file to program their water jet cutter to generate the necessary g-code. What I did is export my 2D sketch in DXF format, opened it up in Illustrator and saved it as both a DWG and PDF file which in either case is not usable to them. The spline curves seem to not be translating when they open the file. All looks good on my end. I even downloaded AutoCAD Lt, imported the adobe pdf into AutoCAD Lt, saved it as a dwg file and re-sent it to them in the same format as they use and despite this they are still unable to properly read the file. The file and the drawings all looked connected and intact in AutoCAD Lt.

Their Comments:

"Files not usable. The DWG is closer to being usable; it results in ~5000 line fragments, which should be updated to arcs as needed so that the curve is cut smoothly. For the DXF, converting from splines yields 22k line/arc fragments."

Q:  Would you have any suggestions for what I might do to fix this or a better process to get them a good dwg file? I don't see any way to get  a DXF into AutoCAD Lt directly.