Corel Draw to Inventor

[Anonymous]

HI guys,

Im hoping someone can help.

Im using Inventor 2013 and trying to import a drawing from corel draw graphic suite x7.

Is there any way of doing this?

The problem is the curves on the drawing are all a bit random so there is no way of re drawing it exactly in inventor so Im trying to import the file.

Ive tried lots of different ways but wont seem to work.

Hopefully someone has a secret out there 🙂

Many thanks.

Hugh

[JDMather]

Please list all file formats that Corel Draw can save.

At the very least - post a screen shot image of the geometry.

[-niels-]

Welcome to the community!

Does Coreldraw have an export to dxf or dwg?

That's about the only thing i can think of assuming you're using vectors...
In an inventor sketch you can import/insert autocad drawings (dxf/dwg), so that would be a way to get your geometry in there.

[Anonymous]

Export to dxf then try to open with inventor. If that gives you problems try export to wmf then import into ACADM then save as dxf to open in Inventor.

[I_Forge_KC]

You should export as DXF.

If you get all kinds of terrible open loop issues, there are a couple of workarounds. 

- Import the DXF into Inventor and convert all the splines to polylines

- Change the curves in Inventor from CV to Interpolation

- Use close loop command

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your reply Ken,

When you say ACADM I presume you mean Autocad Mechanical?

I dont have this programme unfortunetly so I will have to try a different way.

[Anonymous]

Thanks but this wont work either unfortunetly. The only file type that my inventor will import is DWG for some reason.. MAybe its the way Corel save it but no other file types will work.. When I open the DWG it opens with a black backgroun (unusual for inventor) and no commands will work..

[Anonymous]

HI guys and thanks everyone for you replies.

So Ive tried numerous ways that you all suggested and nothing really works.

Ive saved the file from corel as dwg, dxf wmf  -  the latter two inventor just wont open .. It did open dwg but has a black background (similar to autocad 2d) but no commands will work.. so cant change the lines to polylines etc.

The only way I have gotten around this is to import the dwg as an image onto what I am drawing and trace over it as best I can.

Not 100pc accurate but it did the trick.

If anyone does happen to come accross a solution Id love to know

Many thanks again

[I_Forge_KC]

You need to import the DWG file into a sketch (in a part file).

[JDMather]

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@Anonymous wrote:
....When I open the DWG it opens with a black backgroun (unusual for inventor) and no commands will work..

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Are you opening in drawing file or importing into part file.

Of course it will work and is quite easy.

Attach your file here and end all doubt.

[jovais1]

Ken,

Hello - I'm a teacher in PA and came across your attached post trying to export geometry from corel X7 into inventor2017. I'm looking for some way to bring in closed contours from corel to extrude. The problem is that all of the lines come into inventor as separate lines, along with the control points in green with the directional lines. It's a mess! I've tried EVERYTHING in terms of exporting / importing file types. The only real way it works is to export from corel as dxf into autocad -> export wmf into inventor. The prob then is that inventor doesn't like the file, I can do my ultimate goal of running tool paths on the extruded closed contours, but I deal w/ EXTREME lag and at least 2-3 crashes per session on a brand new machine w/ good specs. 

Your post sparked my interest with you post:

- Import the DXF into Inventor and convert all the splines to polylines

- Change the curves in Inventor from CV to Interpolation

- Use close loop command

Unfortunately I'm making the transition from SolidWorks to Inventor and I'm relatively new to the program and having difficulty performing this! Any help would be appreciated, thanks! 

~Travis

[Anonymous]

Hello Hugh,

I don't really have a solution but, in the past, I had been able to transfer vector entities between Illustrator-to-AutoCAD-to-Solidworks.

I would export Illustrator vector-based data to dxf/dwg format, bring it into AutoCAD to manage these entities (to make sure paths that were intended to be closed were closed, etc.) then easily paste (or import) them into a sketch.

I have not tried this with Inventor.

This capability was priceless as text (including fancy Postscript fonts) entities in Illustrator can be manipulated in a manor that CAD programs cannot.

For instance; one could manipulate text (skew, rotate, scaled, truncate, align with a path, etc.) then "explode" the text to prepare it for export.

One could also use Illustrator (like Corel) to easily create organic entities and even "trace" imported image files.

This capability is important as it allows a designer to apply more aesthetic, graphical geometry onto features of manufactured parts, allowing us to better incorporate a visual corporate identity (logo's, etc.) synergy into product design.

Mel

[Anonymous]

Hello Folks,

Curious individuals may want to tinker with (freeware) Inkscape.

This robust, vectors-based graphics software is similar to Corel Draw and Illustrator and, like these titles, has a vast array of import/export options.

Mel

[Anonymous]

Hello Folks,

I chose to tinker around with Inkscape-to-Inventor. It took awhile but it worked.

This started with my attaching a text string (a single word) to a curved path. I then converted this text string to a path, exported as a .dxf file and opened it with AutoCAD. I purposefully chose a fancy, curvy font with no straight lines.

*As Travis noted above, this process taxes the computer. After a few attempts I chose to focus on a single character of the text string.

In AutoCAD I converted all geometry in the letter "G" to a p-line then joined all of those elements to a single, closed path. I thought this path being closed would better enable Inventor to manage the geometry and minimize my element management once imported into Invertor. I was wrong.

I switched to Inventor and executed the  Manage> Import command. The option choices were as follows:

Read Content From: AutoCAD or AutoCAD Mechanical

Configuration: Default AutoCAD Configuration. Click Next

I chose the appropriate layer from Model space, Click Next

Import Files Units: Inches

Destination for 2D data: New Part, Project wires to 2D sketch

Part Template: Select an active template. If you select the "standard" template and it does not exist, Inventor will stop the process. Click "Finish".

Inventor opens a new part file and 2 sketches are present. The first sketch appears to be a layer 0 origin point, The desired geometry resides on the second sketch.

I edited the second sketch and attempted to extrude. No dice. I had to perform a "close loop" operation along the entirety of the letter "G". This took some time.

When I finished I had a nifty extruded letter G.

Mel

[Anonymous]

Anyone having issues going from Inventor to Coreldraw (basically the other way) for laser cutting. If you right click on a sketch you can export that sketch as a dwg and then import it into Coreldraw. At times not all lines show in Coreldraw. Does anyone have a solution for this. 

[Anonymous]

I noticed it happens when I use 2-D fillets and certain trim features. 

[Anonymous]

When going from Inventor to Corel draw I save the drawing as a pdf and simply drag it into Corel Draw. A little tip is to delete the title block and border before saving as pdf so just your image imports.

[jovais1]

Thanks for the input. How about going from Corel to Inventor? Trying to get the polylines to transfer over w/o separating into a million small pcs of geometry. My normally stout comp has a difficult time whenever I take Corel geometry into Inventor even if it's not that complicated!

[slv.modd]

Hi

I try by myself to import from other dwg or dxf files, but it seems Inventor is not able import vectors , instead convert the vectors to points !

Perhaps that will be solved on future versions....

[slv.modd]

Hi again

I think I got for you one solution for corel draw:

Open the file on corel draw, aftyer that go to Shape tool (or F10) ans select the curve wich have a lot of nodes, then click on toolbar the command "select all nodes", after nodes are selected on desired curve (or more with shift pressed) then click the command "reduce nodes"; after those commands the nodes on curves will be drastically reduced, then save the file as dwg, and import again on Inventor -sketch- the reduced curved file, this time the import will be faster and you can work the vectors easy.

Hope this will help you to import/insert/transfer easy complicated curves on Inventor, it seems That Inventor take all nodes (sometimes thousands) and that's why get crash on it , It's normal no software can manage easy thousands of information at one time....