Opening DWG in Inventor or Autocad

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I am working with Autocad and Inventor to update our drawings. 

When i worked with Windows 7, the system seperated the old DWG files which were made with Autocad with drawings I made with Inventor.

When I opened a drawing that I created in Inventor, it opened the DWG file in Inventor. 

The old files that were made with Autocad in the past, my computer opened it with AutoCAD.

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 (bit late) but now i encounter the problem that my system does not see a difference in file format as they are both DWG files.

I can save the data from now on in an IDW file, but there are lots of drawings that i created in Inventor that i still want to open in Inventor when i click on it.

Does anyone know if there is a setting I can change to let my computer know that there is a difference between DWG created With Autocad or created with Inventor?

[Dnyaneshwar_Maid]

Hi,

Please see below link and check and follow the procedure type which will be suitable for you.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/DWG-fi...

It should work for you.

Best regards,

Dnyaneshwar Maid

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! I believe your Windows is probably confused with which application to open the dwg. Try this. Go to File Explorer and find a dwg file. Right-click on the dwg file -> Properties -> General -> Open with -> Change -> select AutoCAD DWG  Launcher.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hi  johnsonshiue

It works like a charm! Thank you very much! 

it now sees the difference between the 2 files.

This makes opening .DWG files alot quicker.

Fine day 🙂