Dragging DWGs into Inventor
Bill Fane describes new Inventor features that Autodesk says may/may-not make it into a future release. One of them sounded familiar, the one about dragging DWG files as blocks into Inventor drawings.
So I checked my notes. Sure 'nuff... This is a feature in SolidWorks 2007. My handwritten notes contain the following entry:
drag & drop .DWG as blocks
Here's my question: if SolidWorks already has the feature, why is Autodesk is saying maybe/maybe-not?
Maybe a SW07 wiz can tell me whether SW07 also has the linkage with the 2D DWG files.
Autodesk is saying "maybe/maybe not" because the Autodesk Legal Department insists that any discussion by Autodesk employees regarding features in future versions follow a rather strict formula. These rules can handcuff employees who are eager share about new stuff in the pipeline, especially in such a competitive environment as Inventor vs. SolidWorks.
Posted by: Randall Newton | Aug 28, 2006 at 09:34
When you drag dwg files into Solidworks 2007, it gets inserted as a block....you also have the option to link the block back to the original dwg file. Any changes to the dwg file get updated in Solidworks when you rebuild.
This works whether you insert the block into a drawing, or a 3d model sketch.
Posted by: Jason | Aug 25, 2006 at 21:45