Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
(OP)
Hi Guy's
I'm having trouble importing Autocad dxf/dwg into NX4.
With the dxf version I just get lines , and with the dwg
version the views are all missing.
Has anybody had experience with this before.
Thanks
I'm having trouble importing Autocad dxf/dwg into NX4.
With the dxf version I just get lines , and with the dwg
version the views are all missing.
Has anybody had experience with this before.
Thanks





RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
What version of AutCad created the files?
UG has never supportted DXF files created by systems other than AutoCad.
There are also DXF version limitations to importing the files into NX.
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Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
The files were created in Autocad 2002.
After I have imported them, the views are not
in the drawing.And the dimensions and text are
displayed in a dashed line font, and broken into lines.
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
Also, look at the views created in NX by the import.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
I'm pretty sure this applies to at least one of the translators, but I'm not sure if DXF is the one.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
I have tried importing the file in a NX session
and with the stand alone translator , both produce
the same result.
It looks to me like the DWG file doesn't have the 3d model.
In modeling all I see is a few lines.
In drafting the dims and notes are there , but no views.
Is anybody here familiar with Autocad 2002?
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
In ACAD 2000 there was solid modeling, but it was not associative at all making it more of a headache than a useful feature. I also used their Mechanical Desktop (v4) modeling package which was pretty nice. I think Inventor has since replaced Mechanical Desktop.
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
Have you checked the Autocad forum here on this site for someone that might be familiar with your issue? Sounds to me like the Acad drawing needs to be flattened into just curves and text prior to translating it to a neutral 2D file format (screen dump or whatever you wish to call it...just a WYSIWYG). We sometimes have the same problem exporting drawings from NX.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
RE: Import Autocad dxf/dwg to NX4
For anyone that's interested.
The process (and it is a process) is to import
the Autocad 2002 drawing into Autocad "lite",
and then export the file as an "Autocad Release 12"
DXF.
This gives the best result.