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Autocad blocks with dimensions to Solidworks blocks

Autocad blocks with dimensions to Solidworks blocks

Autocad blocks with dimensions to Solidworks blocks

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I have a large library of Autocad drawings of port cavities with dimensions that we insert into Autocad drawings as views and our hole callouts reference these views for machining dimensions.  When I try to turn these into Solidworks blocks everything in the drawing EXCEPT the dimensions converts to a block.  If I try to cut and paste the drawing from Autocad to Solidworks it crashes.  Any ideas on how to overcome this.  I do not want to have to re-dimension all of these cavities.

RE: Autocad blocks with dimensions to Solidworks blocks

You can do this if you explode the text. When I tried it, the arrow heads came in open and not as solids.

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