Question for solidworks experts.

[neil qwerty]

Hi, is there a way to export solidworks drawings to IGES? I need the drawings, not the Model.

 

Thanks,

Neil.

[ERIC14779]

Yes you can .... select save as and in the file type pull down select IGES ... then click on the options button and set the options to what you think will work.

 

then see if you get what you want... If not change a option...

 

sometimes I have to play with the options to get the output I want..

 

there will be no dimensions ... if you want dims you will have to add them in the drawing yourself .... unless you create and dimension a solidworks drawing as below.

 

 

The file will still be 3D if you want a plain 2D Acad type drawing then you will have to create a Solidworks Drawing and convert that to a Acad DWG file. If that is the CAD package you are converting to.

 

 

hope this helps

[CNCme]

Good Day,

 

How about a *.slddrw I think this supports

drawing file(s).

 

IGS only supports wireframe,surfaces,,,do you want dimensions??

 

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[neil qwerty]

Thanks for your replies, yes I was hoping for a 2d drawing with dimensions in IGES format. I was told by a new solidworks user that this wasn't possible, I just found that hard to believe. We use UG here and I have no problem doing this.

 

Thanks again.

[Bryan Johnson]

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Hi, is there a way to export solidworks drawings to IGES? I need the drawings, not the Model.

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I do not see iges as an option for DRAWINGS.

Looks like DXF, DWG and then PDF, TIF and JPG are the only options.

[cadcam]

So I would say that DFX would give you what you want. The 2D drawing with Dimensions.

[John@WMM]

I use .dxf output from Solidworks .slddrw for simple 2D wire edm programming. Works good...