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CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: CottageCGirl on July 21, 2008, 09:19:36 AM

Title: Solid Edge & ACAD
Post by: CottageCGirl on July 21, 2008, 09:19:36 AM
Dose anyone have any experience bringing Solid Edge drawings (as blocks) into ACAD?
Title: Re: Solid Edge & ACAD
Post by: Birdy on July 21, 2008, 12:44:41 PM
(SE v19):In the SE .dft file, do a saveas, and pick the options button.  This plows you thru a whole bunch of steps to save the .ini file.  I really aint too hip on SE, and ran into a few snags.  I did a quickie save of the ini file to my desktop (wouldn't let me overwrite the original), and then just inserted the (converted) dwg file as a normal block.  I'd suggest ditching the tiltleblock (if present) first in SE.  I can't seem to get rid of it in ACAD.

But then, I'm a total noob w/SE.

Title: Re: Solid Edge & ACAD
Post by: mjfarrell on July 21, 2008, 01:24:36 PM
A quick search turned up this http://www.brothersoft.com/dwg-import-for-solid-edge-download-103661.html (http://www.brothersoft.com/dwg-import-for-solid-edge-download-103661.html) perhaps it is a good thing?

Perhaps this is the other direction? http://www.sycode.com/products/dxf_import_se/index.htm (http://www.sycode.com/products/dxf_import_se/index.htm)
Title: Re: Solid Edge & ACAD
Post by: CottageCGirl on July 21, 2008, 02:55:20 PM
Thanks Guys :)...all the links are blocked, so I will have to check them out at home....just thought I would play around a bit......
Title: Re: Solid Edge & ACAD
Post by: Birdy on July 21, 2008, 05:18:37 PM
I'd suggest ditching the tiltleblock (if present) first in SE.  I can't seem to get rid of it in ACAD.

But then, I'm a total noob w/SE.


DOH, comes in as nested blocks.  Explode, delete the Titleblock stuff, and the drawing (model) remains a block.

I'm assuming of course, you want to insert the SE draft view into autocad, rather than the assembly or part model.
For that, you'd have to save the model as an ACIS file (*.sat) and in acad, use ACISIN command.  Which wouldn't work for me. :(