turboCAD Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Hello! I have the attached drawing of spiral bevel gears; MBSG2-2040L.dwg it has been taken from this site http://www.qtcgears.com/KHK/newgears/KHK206.html how do I transform it into a 3d structure from that 2d drawing? is all the needed information comprised in it? I can not figure out the shape of the teeth. There is also a 3d version of the gears for autodesk inventor; is there a way I could transform that into an autocad 2011 compatible version (I don't know much about autodesk inventor ). Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 there is also a .dxf version which shows an autocad drawing but it is still 2d and I cannot upload it as it is larger than the permitted size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 There is also a 3d version of the gears for autodesk inventor; is there a way I could transform that into an autocad 2011 compatible version (I don't know much about autodesk inventor ). Inventor can be used to save as a dwg 3d solid. Do you have Inventor? If so, what version (in later versions it is Save Copy as type *.dwg). In earlier versions there was a Save as DWG solids I think under Tools or Manage, but don't remember exactly where. Another option in Inventor would be to Save Copy as Type ACIS (*.sat) and then use the acisin command in AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboCAD Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 save as/Autocad 2010 file worked perfectly ! Thank you very much, again, JD Mather ! I wonder why I did not think of this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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