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Reusing Your Existing 2D Design Data

Designers have been using CAD systems for many years, which adds up to a great deal of existing drawings.

Autodesk Inventor software makes digital data reuse fast and simple, and extends the value of your existing

2D designs.

If you are interested in seeing how you can import an existing 2D AutoCAD drawing into Autodesk Inventor

and then convert the 2D design data to a 3D part, continue with this section. If you would rather skip this

section, continue to the next section “Creating an Assembly Drawing,” where you create an assembly drawing

of your clamp assembly.

Opening an AutoCAD Drawing

Now, you import a 2D AutoCAD drawing and then create a 3D part using the imported data.

1. On the Standard toolbar, click the Open tool.

2. On the Files of Type list at the bottom of the Open

dialog box, select DWG Files (*.dwg).

3. From the list of files, select rim_carbon.dwg and

click Open.

A series of dialog boxes now appear that enable you

to specify how you want to import the file.

4. In the DWG File Import Options dialog box, select

the AutoCAD or AutoCAD Mechanical File option.

5. Under Configuration, select Default AutoCAD

Configuration.

6. Click Next.

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