pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi all, I've an ipt in which I have several sketches on different workplanes. Is there a way to convert this ipt into a dwg for further use as a 3D Model in Autocad? I've no surfaces or solids to convert, just a bunch of lines. I've been trying "save copy as": iges, sat, step, slt but so far no results. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Is there an "export" command in Inventor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 No, i think that's the "save copy as" command. There you have possibility to save as igs, sta, step, stl jt, png, jpg, tif, .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 pvd: Forgive me for being so bold but I must respectfully disagree with you. I believe Inventor can actually "export" to a number of different file formats. One of those, perhaps DXF, can be imported into AutoCAD. Please check your Help files under the word export. If I am wrong then I'll offer a sincere apology and crawl back under the pile of scrap metal from which I came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 lol, no need to apologise for what so ever, I appreciate your efforts to help. I've been looking in the help-file but so far it all comes back to the "save copy as" command. Anyway, I'll have a look at it a little more and I'll let you know if you we're right! Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safwah Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 ipt will be different to idw. Since its a part file and not a drawing file. One way you could try (since its just sketches in the ipt) is right click on the sketches in the browser and select "share sketch", you could then "save copy as" a dwg format. Im not able to check if that works right now tho but it might. There may also be a right click option on the sketch in browser to directly export the sketch. Or finally export the drawing and there might be an option like "export sketches only" or something. Like i said cant check at this time but let me know if anything helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I tryed right-clicking on the sketches in the browser. I've an option "export face as" and there I can turn the sketch into a dwg. But then I get the different sketches into different files (as I can only export one sketch at the time) and I loose my 3D model. I came close but so far no cigar...I've no option "share sketch" in this case. There's still an option "export object" but so far I haven't notice what it does when I select it... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Disclaimer: I do not use Inventor. I'd like to learn it however. Anyway, back to your problem. You say that you can "save as" a .sat file. That's good. Do that. Then open AutoCAD and type on the command line: acisin and then press Enter. You should see a pop-up window with the heading Select ACIS file. At the bottom of this window you should also see: Files of type: ACIS (*.sat). Above that will be a line that says: File name: Find your .sat file then click on the Open button to the right. Try it and let us know what happens. I think this will be your best shot at getting your linework into AutoCAD and my best shot at an answer. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I tried the acisin-command but my screen stays dark, don't think I managed to import anything...but it was worth trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hit the F2 key and see what transpired. Maybe you have to change your model space background color to white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 F2-screen only says "acisin". Changing background colour doesn't make a difference. Maybe there's already something going wrong when I change it to a sat-file but the only option I have there is to choose between sat-versions (4.0 -7.0) but neither changing this makes a difference. Keep those advices coming, I'll keep my hopes up high! If I'll get out of it myself, I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well I'm left scratching my head. You had a good .sat file that you tried to get into AutoCAD using the acisin command and it appears that nothing what-so-ever happened? Did you try a zoom all or a zoom extents? Maybe the linework is just off your screen. Unless you can somehow generate a DXF file from within Inventor (the only other file type other than DWG) that is native to AutoCAD I am stumped on how to achieve your goal. There is one forum member who is very knowledgeable in all things Inventor and that is J.D.Mather. I wonder if he would be so kind as to provide some insight into your dilemma? As I said, I do not use Inventor; my knowledge of the software is about 0% (and that's on a good day - LOL). Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Thanks a lot anyway, then I'll hope J.D.Mather will show up one of these with the magic trick to get my lines into dwg/dxf. i've ran out of inspiration too at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 One last shot here. You see how stubborn I can be at times? Sometimes you just have to go where the search takes you. Take a peek at this link and tell me what you think. http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=5582 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think this link is a solution for viewing inventor2008-dwg-files in to earlier versions of autocad. Once I've my lines in a dwg format in Inventor, it's no prob anymore to open them in Autocad. The problem is to get them out of my ipt-file. But thanks again. If there's anything else that comes up to you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safwah Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 After trying to do it at work yesturday i dont think its really possible or if it is its prob a real drama to get done. The way i imagine what your trying to do is basically export 3d information from an inventor ipt to be used in autocad. This is ok for solid models but when ur talking multiple sketches in different planes in a 3d space, it just cant output lines in a 3d space. If you just needed each sketch exported on its own it could be possible to create and idw and create views of each sketch then export each sketch, then maybe rearrange the sketchs in autocad. Maybe a 3d sketch can be exported to autocad? But after all this i would have been able to draw the same thing in autocad heh. Inventor is a powerfull program, but you start to find its limitations after a while of using it =/ If i ever do find an answer ill be sure to let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvd Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Thanks for the efforst Safwah. As you say, I already started drawing these lines in Autocad. But I'm still very curious if there's a way to do this in Inventor. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNOWZ Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Hi all, I've an ipt in which I have several sketches on different workplanes. Is there a way to convert this ipt into a dwg for further use as a 3D Model in Autocad? I've no surfaces or solids to convert, just a bunch of lines. I've been trying "save copy as": iges, sat, step, slt but so far no results. Thanks in advance. I believe if you go to the AEC Exchange tab you will see " Save as DWG Solids ". Click and save as your DWG. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Thanks a lot anyway, then I'll hope J.D.Mather will show up one of these with the magic trick to get my lines into dwg/dxf. i've ran out of inspiration too at the moment. What happened to my post on the topic? I'll try to be a little kinder on this one. Why are you trying to do what you are trying to do? Then I'll tell you how. I just can't figure out why you would do what you are trying to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I believe if you go to the AEC Exchange tab you will see " Save as DWG Solids ".Click and save as your DWG. Hope this helps. It might have helped 2 1/2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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