I have an 3D IGS file of a part that I need to make into a 2D drawing (either in Pro/E or in AutoCAD) complete with dimensions. It needs to be editable. I need a way to do this without having to actually redraw everthing because it is a very complex part and I do not have all of the necessary dimensions to make a part from scratch. What is the best way to do this? I can't tell if this is easy or impossible...

PS I'm a Pro/E newbie and even worse at AutoCAD so speak slowly haha.

IGES is dumb geometry. You can import it into Pro/E but it will just be a lump of geometry. No features, no parametrics. If you are lucky it will come in as a solid. You can make a 2D drawing of it but you will have to create all the dimensions in the drawing. You won't be able to click on a dimension, give it a new value and regenerate the model.

SUPPOSEDLY you can open it in CREO Elements Direct and you can modify it. I have no idea how well that works.

I have no idea what AutoMADS current capabilities are in this regard.

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The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format, which depends on a feature that isn't included in this version of Windows.

Can you zip and attach the original IGES file here?

IGES /= editable.

You either have to live with it as static geometry and dimension it in detail using created dimensions / tolerances, or recreate it with parametric features.

Dave