What kind of info you'd like to take into Inventor?ġ. dwg file without loosing most of the information? The latter contains the 3d model from your AutoCAD wrote:Ĭan I get Inventor to open the. However Inventor cannot open the file.ġst of all, You may get better help if you give your AutoCAD and Inventor versions when posting questions.Ģnd, by following the link you described, you will create 2 files in Inventor: Part x.ipt and. dwg format in Inventor as described in the link to save it step file using Inventor. Using my AutoCAD version saving as step seems not to be possible (I do not have the AutoCAD Mechanical toolbox).Ģ. Otherwise you may export it to 'sat', 'stl' or 'iges' format by using your AutoCAD plain wrote:ġ. So 'step' file format is the only one you are after. You can tweak it as much as you want to fit your workflow.I want to share this file with someone who can only process step files. The area that you’ll most likely want to customize is the toolbar.

Once installed, you can fiddle with many of the settings according to your preferences. The app is developed by Autodesk, so you can d ownload and install it from their website. Choose whether to print or convert (to PDF, for example).Select your preferred options from the print dialog.

Print the entire drawing or select just a portion of it.When you’re done, press ‘Escape’ on your keyboard to remove the measurement.

Type ‘T,’ to display the area measurement.

Draw the outline of the area to be measured.

Select the measure function from the toolbar.

Zoom in/out and drag it until you have the required view.

DWGSee and Fusion 360 are a couple of solid alternatives to Autodesk DWG Trueview. It’s supported natively in AutoCAD programs, and non-natively in others. There’s a wide range of programs that opens a DWG file. The app is ideal if your work doesn’t involve creating DWG files but requires you to view and share them. You can open and view DWG files that have been created in most CAD software. Yes, it’s free for both private or commercial use.Īutodesk Design Review is an amazing companion software that contains additional tools, including markup and status tracking.

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