2d Autocad dwg in Inventor

[Greendamo]

Hi,

How do i open a 2D autocad 2011 drawing in inventor so i can project lines up from it??

 

With Autocad i start with a 2D Plan drawing of a curved stair and draw lines up in the Z so i can spline the tops of them to make a 3D Path for the extrude command to produce the handrail.

BUT... I want to be able to do this in inventor but still using the original 2D plan that was drawn up with AutoCad.

 

Anybody no a way of doing this?

 

Thanks

[Oppie]

Hi Greendamo, just open Inventor, click on te OPEN (the yellow folder) button and find your AutoCAD drawing.

[Pablo Ferral]

Or, Turn your staircase plan into a block and copy and paste it into a sketch inside Inventor (Remember to right click before you place your block and check that 'preserve Autocad blocks' is turned on)

[JD Mather]

Hi Greendamo, just open Inventor, click on te OPEN (the yellow folder) button and find your AutoCAD drawing.

 

....and select Import under Options before opening.

 

But you are better off forgetting AutoCAD - at least until you know Inventor.

[Greendamo]

Thanks guys.

Mathers. I carnt forget Autocad because the plan drawing of the stair is produced by someone else, ive tryed using AutoCad to produce the handrail but there is many hurdles.. I think you told me to try using Inventor. So armed with a new book i decided to give it ago Lol