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AutoCAD 2018 - not necessarily a bug; more like a quirk


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Every now and then AutoCAD 2018 will create a file with the extension .idw! Does anyone else here, who uses 2018, experience the same quirk?

 

The drawing referenced below is a 3D drawing of a tank farm that I am currently working on.

 

AutoCAD 2018 IDW.JPG

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I pretty much knew what it was. What I don't know is the "why" of it. Cannot recall this happening in AutoCAD 2017 despite having created many 3D drawings in the program. Then along comes 2018 and SURPRISE!

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I've had 2018 for a couple of weeks now, and no I haven't seen it do that.

 

Have you created any 3D drawings?

 

I just discovered that the .idw file is created when I open my 3D drawing and it disappears after I close the drawing. Odd.

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I do have DWG TrueView installed. I did not use the VIEWBASE command in the creation of the drawing although I did use FLATSHOT.

 

One thing does occur to me. I imported two 3D IGES files (a valve and a bushing) from the McMaster-Carr website. Perhaps that has something to do with it. I will have to test that assumption.

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