Saving dwg in a newer version of AutoCAD
Saving dwg in a newer version of AutoCAD
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Hello,
I recently became aware of a patch that will allow me to open dwg's in ANSYS Workbench, this will save countless hours by not having to move all my CAD model's through an intermediate.
The catch I am having is that the patch will only work for versions of AutoCAD 2011 or later, and my employer is not springing for a newer version. I am stuck with AutoCAD 2010. I have already tried the patch with my 2010 models and it does not work.
Is there a way to save a dwg in a 2011 format using only AutoCAD 2010? Any help on this is appreciated, thanks!
helfreco
I recently became aware of a patch that will allow me to open dwg's in ANSYS Workbench, this will save countless hours by not having to move all my CAD model's through an intermediate.
The catch I am having is that the patch will only work for versions of AutoCAD 2011 or later, and my employer is not springing for a newer version. I am stuck with AutoCAD 2010. I have already tried the patch with my 2010 models and it does not work.
Is there a way to save a dwg in a 2011 format using only AutoCAD 2010? Any help on this is appreciated, thanks!
helfreco





RE: Saving dwg in a newer version of AutoCAD
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RE: Saving dwg in a newer version of AutoCAD
Little confused here...
AutoCAD 2011 uses 2010 as the base format. You should not have a problem with the 2010 models in ANSYS. Are these 3D solids that you have or are you trying to do a 2D analysis?
RE: Saving dwg in a newer version of AutoCAD
RE: Saving dwg in a newer version of AutoCAD
I spent some more time on this yesterday and it seems that the plugin I have is trying to create a direct link between AutoCAD and ANSYS while CAD is open, then my CAD model will tranfer while the file is open. I thought having a different file format would get around this, but as you and francesca pointed out, there is no difference.
I seem to be stuck, unless you know of a way to make my plugin think I am running AutoCAD 2011.