Anyone successfully import from Corel Draw ???

[Anonymous]

Hello There

Did Anyone ever successfully import from Corel Draw ???

I seen lots of questions about this but i never really got it to work,

I been trying for Years and pretty much full time all week with nothing.

The best i got is this

-export from Corel Draw as DXF R11

-Open in AutoCad then Save it as a Different name ( DXF )

-Open in Invnetor, and Copy

-Start a new Part and paste in sketch mode

You can extrude etc... but it puts lots of nodes and when not strait lines there is not enough computer do deal with it

I am trying to export from Corel with out having to redraw everything

Anyone have a better way ???

Thanks

[Frederick_Law]

That's how it is importing from graphic programs.

Now what are you trying to do?

If you have the font, you can extrude it in IV.

[Anonymous]

Its Just Arial Bold, I find it very Difficult to manipulate fonts in inventor

and most of the times its one off drawings, i just wanted to avoid having to re draw everything

[Frederick_Law]

It way easier than working with import.

I had cut a few signs, paint stencils.

Also model for 3D print.

Create sketch on face.  Add text, use any true type font.  Extrude.

[Anonymous]

I am trying to redraw it now, having a hard time hehe

If only there was a easy way to connect lines and or close loops with out using sketch doctor ??

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Here is the DWG Underlay workflow you can try. I think it is better than traditional DWG -> Sketch Import.

1) Start a new part.

2) Import -> select the dwg file -> pick a origin plane and pick the origin point.

You will get the dwg file imported very quickly.

3) Create a sketch on the same plane -> Project -> Project DWG Geometry -> window-select all geometry -> Finish Sketch.

You should be able to create sketched-based features like Extrude.

Many thanks!

[Sergio.D.Suárez]

The problem happens because he works as an inventor with polyline and should use splines to "soften" the figure, I imported the image to corel vectorized and then exported to dwg (from corel vectorized with a spline), then opened inventor and tried to extrude, when inventor Failed import the dwg to Rhino, and in rhino made the extrusion (rhino algorithm is less accurate than inventor and extruded more easily) then exported the solid as a step, opened inventor and had my solid of imported complex figure

[WHolzwarth]

A quick - but still dirty - way could be patching with automatic edge chain, and thickening after that.

But lots of polyfaces are left.

2018 IPT attached.