Help convert SLDPRT to Autocad .dwg

Hi, I only have Autocad available here & could use help to convert a SLDPRT file to a .dwg file.

I've tried importing the SLDPRT file all different ways in Autocad with no luck. From what I've read I need it opened in Solidworks & saved as there.

There's a thread here that says it can also be saved as an old version of ACIS out & then imported into AC.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/autodesk_software_autocad_inventor_etc/83012-sldprt_dwg_conversion.html

The file (solidworks_propeller.SLDPRT) is 1.24 MB & is at;

http://www.filedropper.com/solidworkspropeller

Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks,

-Nick

You will need a file format that AutoCAD can 1) open directly like DWG or DXF or 2) import like .3ds, .sat, .igs, .dgn, .sldprt, etc.

Notice that "sldprt"? Looks like you failed to utilize the correct command. Don't use OPEN, use IMPORT.

AutoCAD 2000 does not have those options. (neither does 2011)

Sorry, but I cannot access filedropper from work. Maybe someone with Solidworks or AutoCAD 2012 (has the options shown by ReMark) can fix you up. If saved to ACIS it needs to be as old as possible.

Free Inventor Fusion http://labs.autodesk.com will open a *.sldprt file and save as dwg.

AutoCAD 2012 will also import SolidWorks *.sldprt files and *.sldasm files.

Thanks for all the replies & information. I ended up downloading the Autodesk Inventor Fusion program (it‘s good until May this year when the trial runs out) & was able to open the SLDPRT file & save it in many different formats including Autocad 2009 (dwg) & an ACIS sat file.

With our old version of Autocad 2000, it wouldn’t open or import any of the files. I tried a program called “DWG TrueView 2012” an Autocad dwg version convert programs to convert the 2009 dwg version file to a 2000 dwg file. Our Autocad 2000 still wouldn’t open or import the file. We use the full version from 2000 so I’m not sure why it wouldn’t read the file. At some point we’re going to have to upgrade our cad.

There was only one version offered in Autodesk Inventor Fusion to save as an ACIS file & it must be a newer version ACIS because our cad wouldn’t open or import it.

Would someone be able to convert this ACIS to an old version of ACIS? (1.27MB)

http://www.filedropper.com/sat_2

Thanks again for the replies,

-Nick

Rowland@willard-oh.com

There were a few file changes over the years. Acad00 is fairly far back there. I believe 04 and 07 were both version changes but don't quote me on that.

You can also download Draftsight from Solidworks. Its not exact but its pretty much a clone of older versions of Acad.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/free-cad-software-downloads.htm

It might help in this case.

Our Autocad 2000 still wouldn’t open or import the file.

Check and see if AutoCAD 2000 still had stepin or igesin commands to import STEP or IGES files. (these translators were once in AutoCAD and then taken out until the 2012 release)

I haven't checked recently - by you might search for free Spatial Hoops ACIS Viewer that would allow conversion of ACIS (*.sat) files to earlier version.

Autodesk products will only read up to ACIS v7, probably earlier on 2000.

I don't save it as a DWG directly from solidworks or the whole model becomes a 3d solid. If I save it as a .SAT file to version 6, then all the parts are seperate 3d solids. If I import the .SAT file to Autocad, I have real joy.