Convert solidworks drawings to autocad

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Hello

I'm coming to you today about a solidworks/ Aurocad file conversion problem

Indeed, I work in a design office where most of my colleagues master solidworks (me too by the way), usually for the manufacture of parts, we send our subcontractors a STEP file, he is in charge of making all the production plans.

Today, things have changed and  the production of all our parts is done in-house (a recently purchased workshop), which requires us not only to make the detail plans of all the parts but also  to do it on the Autocad, since they only have that as software in the workshop for production.

I don't master Autocad so I make my plans on solidworks as usual, with specific layers for each detail (dimensions, nomenclature... etc), and standard sheet sizes (A0, A3, A4,...),  and to make my job easier,  I save in DWG format to switch to autocad, except that during the conversion I lose all the formatting I have on solidworks (Layer colors, line thicknesses, Scale... etc), which forces me to redo the work on Autocad, a waste of time each time knowing that I have a hundred shots to make.

I'm coming to you today to find out if you've ever had to work with both software at the same time and if you have any techniques to switch between the two software without redoing the drawing each time, the ideal will be to be able to:

1- Create one of the standard autocad layers that you can select during the solidworks/Autocad  conversion to be able to find the formats you have already made on solidworks.

I've already started to develop this solution so don't hesitate to answer me so that we can exchange ideas.

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Camellia

 

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Hello

In the general SW options you can set the DXF/DWG export options by selecting a projection file in order to map line weights, line types, layers, etc.

Then you need to know if you want to do the conversions one by one or if you want to process your hundreds of files in bulk.

To do this, you can use macro functions. Otherwise there is a "BatchConverter" tool from the myCADtools suite that will allow you to do this processing using the options you have defined in SW and will also offer you to filter according to custom parameters. I suggest you look at the help of this tool:

https://help.visiativ.com/mycadtools/2022/fr/BatchConverter.html

You can download the suite of tools and try out all the tools that could make your daily life easier for 30 days.

https://www.visiativ-solutions.fr/test-30-jours-mycadtools/

Kind regards

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What use does the workshop make of the Autocad file: just consultation in which case a simple pdf may be enough or recovery of the contours of the part for machine programming?

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 Hello stefbeno,

they use it to make parts and consult parts, but they sometimes consult Autocad files to take dimensions or complete them. So the design office manager requires us to make a complete plan on Autocad with specific formats to facilitate the work in the workshop