SWX drawing to DWG converter?

Hi,
Does anyone know if there's a free utility to convert SWX drawings to DWG or
DXF?

The reason I ask is that for many of our suppliers, we can ask them to
download either the eDrawings or SWX viewer. We can then send them our SWX
drawings and they can view/print them out.
However, some of them want to take the geometry and edit it in
Autocad/Radan/etc..... so that they can drive laser cutters etc. We
therefore have to save a copy of the SWX drawing as a DWG to email to them,
which is a pain. Also, the person emailing the drawing to the supplier is
often not a designer, and so doesn't have SWX, so they have to ask the
designer to stop what he's doing, open up a drawing, SaveAs and (often)
email it as well.
Altogether, a PITA.

If eDrawings had SaveAs DWG it would be great...but it doesn't...hence my
question.

TIA
John H

 

good ol' bob z. is pretty sure you can save a swx drawing to acad 'DWG'
format (or DXF). Go to File, Saveas, and change the 'save as type'

check this screenshot:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h256/cam509/saveasdwg.jpg

bob z.

 

I needed the same thing for Solid Edge. I ended up creating 2 VB apps, one
client that would allow them to submit a drawing number, and a server app
that runs every minute and checks a list. If it finds a drawing number in
the list, it performs a search for the file and if found, opens it and saves
it as a DWG. Works pretty good, and no one needs to have Solid Edge
installed to get a DWG except for the server machine.

Ken

 

Bob,

The point was to convert it to dwg if you have NOT good swx.


John H

 

Hey John,
I hate to add work to your designers, but if they ALWAYS saved a dwg
when they release a drawing/revision...you'd always have it available.
Save it with a Rev/Date code and it will be easy to find, too.
I genarally save off an iges/x_t, dwg, pdf, and edwg when I finish a
release/revision for that very reason. They make nice 'back-ups' too
that are NOT related to the model. This can be helpful at times, too.
Just a quick fix...good luck.
Dan