The DXF/DWG translator alerts you to problems encountered when importing a DXF or DWG file. If any drawing views are active, you must lock sheet focus to select data in the drawing sheet. When you activate the drawing sheet, drawing sheet data becomes selectable. The Open dialog box remembers the Preview check box state from the last time you opened a DWG file.ĭata that does not belong to a viewport is imported to the drawing sheet. In AutoCAD, the bitmap preview option must be enabled when the file is last saved. Previews appear for DWG files created by both SOLIDWORKS and AutoCAD. When you import DWG files, you can see a thumbnail image of the file in the Preview panel of the Open dialog box. A file to a new part as a 2D sketch or as curves in 3D.Associative and non-associative crosshatches as area hatches.The translator converts these imported items to equivalent SOLIDWORKS objects, or creates them as blocks of primitive geometry, as appropriate. AutoCAD Mechanical annotations, known as proxy entities, (such as surface finish symbols or GTOL frames) and automatically drawn objects (such as cams and springs) when you import DXF or DWG files as SOLIDWORKS drawing documents.Explode the blocks to improve import performance. If you import a DXF or DWG file that contains a large number of blocks (more than 200), you are prompted to enable the Explode Blocks option. When you import drawings, the most popular AutoCAD SHX or True Type fonts are supported, even though you may not have the fonts installed.

Imported entities can become SOLIDWORKS blocks.

Entities in either paper space or model space are imported. In a drawing document, you can import the geometry to the drawing sheet or the drawing sheet format. This translator also imports DXF 3D files without the wizard. The DXF/DWG translator imports DXF or DWG files, including Mechanical Desktop files, as SOLIDWORKS part or drawing documents, according to the option settings in the DXF/DWG Import Wizard.

Convert pdf to dwg autocad 2019