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Make that a single chick... My wife thinks I'm a dork, but hey... she married me anyhow
Why Don't you use SOlidworks 2D detailing and not use Autocad any more? Why use Autocad if you have to transfer back and forth between the two software packages Autocad and Solidworks?
For the SOlidworks what is the exchange Icons used for that appeared in Autocad when I installed SOlid Works?
Thanks
Shane
I'm only one of three detailers here. The other two use AutoCAD only. It's only our lead designer and I that use SolidWorks. So, once the design process is complete, It's best for the others (and for recipients of any files we send out) if I do the rest of the work in AutoCAD.
Our business is the design and construction of custom trade show exhibits. We also store them in our warehouse, ship them, and provide show services (the ordering of labor, power, lighting, rigging, etc). As clients go to several shows per year, we have to rearrange floorplans, change electrical drop locations and values, etc. Most of this type of work is best done in 2D, and getting stuff close enough is good enough. SolidWorks is great if you have all of the information to constrain the assemblies, but it's not efficient when you're just scooting properties around in a 20'x20' floorplan.
For Property exchange, I usually just export from Solidworks as an ASIS 4. That allows me to send the finished "mass models" back to the designer for future rendering (Lightscape and VIS are his two main rendering programs), and it imports easily into AutoCAD.
Mass model is the term we give to the initial models, before they are broken down into construction components. IE: I'll build a reception counter as a single 3D piece, complete with all of the exterior design elements. The interior / construction components are not important for the rendering process, and they can actually slow things down.