SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
(OP)
The situation:
Our Service Group produces Fabrication manuals for our fabricators using CorelDraw to do the illustrations. The illustrations are isometric representations of the models we have in SolidWorks.
The Problem:
The best format I've found for our service department to use in CorelDraw is a Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm), which lets them pick lines that they may need to delete for clarity, without the Paint type eraser box.
The Dilemma:
SolidWorks doesn’t export or save to .cgm file type. BUT Crayola CAD for the Apple 2E (aka Unigraphics, heh heh heh, couldn’t help that) does. So, I’ve been relegated to saving to IGES files in SolidWorks, opening them in UG, and then exporting to CGM.
The Question (Finally):
Does anyone know of a translator or anything of the like that will make it possible to do this directly from SolidWorks? Or maybe even another file type that will allow CGM-like functionality in CorelDraw? Other good suggestions?
Our Service Group produces Fabrication manuals for our fabricators using CorelDraw to do the illustrations. The illustrations are isometric representations of the models we have in SolidWorks.
The Problem:
The best format I've found for our service department to use in CorelDraw is a Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm), which lets them pick lines that they may need to delete for clarity, without the Paint type eraser box.
The Dilemma:
SolidWorks doesn’t export or save to .cgm file type. BUT Crayola CAD for the Apple 2E (aka Unigraphics, heh heh heh, couldn’t help that) does. So, I’ve been relegated to saving to IGES files in SolidWorks, opening them in UG, and then exporting to CGM.
The Question (Finally):
Does anyone know of a translator or anything of the like that will make it possible to do this directly from SolidWorks? Or maybe even another file type that will allow CGM-like functionality in CorelDraw? Other good suggestions?






RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
That would make SW = "stick drawing in dirt".
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
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RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
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RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
I know PDF can be imported straight into Adobe Illustrator. I'm fairly certain this is true for Corel, too. Done correctly (no shaded images), PDF will preserve vector format of wireframe.
CGM format is a living fossil.
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
Otherwise, you can change your line widths in SolidWorks before exporting and that should help (make them very thin).
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: SW making a CorelDraw Compatable Format?
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