hello group members

Hello everybody,
I am new to this group and doing masters in mechanical engineering. I
have a question regarding solid works, Can I open the 3D auto cad file
in solid works ? Can I work with it in solid works?Can I edit that 3D
file? Please any one of you help me to get answer? when I tried to open
the auto cad file(*.dwg) in solid works It is showing that 3D file in
2D . I need to transfer a 3D drawing from autocad to solid works. what
shall I do ?

 

You need to export the 3D data from AutoCAD using the ACISOUT command.
This will generate a ".SAT" file that can be imported into Solidworks.

 

Not necessarily so!! Some 3D DWG files import directly into SolidWorks,
albeit often not without errors. There are, of course, a number of file
formats available under File > Open, and one of them is DWG. If the DWG
file is 3D SolidWorks will probably prompt you that the model may be
AutoSolid, and ask you whether you want to open it without 3D faces.
Choose "Yes" and your next choice will be regarding HOW you want to
import it. Choose the option "Import to a new part". You'll then get
to choose the layers you want to import, and you can even preview the
model in wireframe (with rotation and zoom, etc.). After that you'll be
able to choose a number of options such as the units (inches,
millimeters,etc.), adding constraints, merging endpoints (within a gap
tolerance). You may want to try the option to import "as 3D curves
model" as opposed "to a 2D sketch". That depends on what kind of
geometry you've got in the 3D model. Lastly you'll be able to choose a
SolidWorks Part template file to import into. If you're lucky your
result may be a perfectly usable but "dumb" solid.

'Sporky'

 

Hello Sporkman ,
Thank you very much for your response, I will try to do this like u
said and Let u know what will happen.