Cant convert large DWG to fusion model

[ned.morris89]

Hi,

I need to get a large DWG into fusion. Its 272mb.

First I tried by just uploading directly to fusion, but it hit the 1hr timeout.

So then I went into A360 and uploaded it to my account successfully. But now when i try to open it in fusion, it keeps timing out. https://a360.co/39Rlxpv

What are my options here.

Thanks

Ned

[jhackney1972]

You could share the A360 upload so other forum users can give it a try.

[jeff_strater]

can you describe what is in this DWG?  Is it 3D geometry, a 2D drawing?  Or, something else?  If this is nearly 300MB of 2D data, you will not have much luck.  Fusion will try to load this into a sketch, and that sounds like it will produce a massive sketch that is guaranteed to cause you problems.

[ned.morris89]

It is a 3d model with LOTS of surfaces. Its a part model of a vehicle.

Here is the link to the model https://a360.co/39Rlxpv

[jeff_strater]

this may just be too much data for the translators to handle.  Also, translating it will be just the start.  I highly suspect Fusion itself will not work well with this much surface data.  Is there a subset of this design that you can work with?  Sorry not to have a better answer.

[ned.morris89]

Hmm not really. I dont actually need to work with it...I just need to review it, do some measuring etc etc and give feedback to my modeller.

[ned.morris89]

Would a .step file be better?

[jeff_strater]

I suspect not.  I think the problem is the sheer size of the data, not the format.  If all you need to do is review it, I would try loading it into viewer.autodesk.com.  I started that, but it is still running.

[ned.morris89]

Trying now. But its been processing for a while now.

[ned.morris89]

So it loaded the 2d version. But when I click on "3d view" i get a processing failed error

[jeff_strater]

same here.  Might be worth trying the STEP version, if you do have access to that.  No guarantees, but worth trying.