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Importing AutoCAD 2D drawing to ProE

Many users sometimes want to import the 2D drawing created in AutoCAD to
Pro/E. I have found a way to do that. So follow the steps below to carry out
the task:

In the beginning, when you have completed the drawing in AutoCAD

then go to File menu and click on "Save As" (if you are saving the file
for the first time then you can use the shortcut Ctrl + S to open the
'Save As' dialog box).
Now type the name of the file.
Just below the name bar there is a drop down menu area named "File
of Type". Click on the menu box and then you can see the list of
various formats available to save the file.
Select "AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)" (supposing you have AutoCAD
2007) and click "Save".
Now either exit AutoCAD or minimize it.
Next, open Pro/E.
Go to File menu and click on "Open" (you can also use the shortcut Ctrl
+ O to open a file).
Now in the File Open dialog box click on the "Type" drop down menu
and then select "DXF(*.dxf)".
Now select the file you want to open and click "Open" or press enter.
In the next dialog boxes that follows just click "OK" or press enter.
Now save the file in "Drawing (*.drw)" format.
Exit the window.
Now open a new sketch file.
Go to Sketch menu and select "Data from file".
Now select the file you had saved in ".drw" format. If you are not able
to see it, see that the file format or the file type you are looking for
shows you the ".drw" files. If not select the "Type" drop down menu to
change the file format being displayed.
In the window that appears you will have to select the whole drawing
manually (i.e. by clicking on each curve or by using a window selection
method to select the whole drawing.
Click "OK" on the message box that appears on the screen.
Now enter the Scale value and the Rotation angle value as desired and
drag the whole drawing to the desired place.
You can now save the file in ".sec" format.

You can use the imported 2D drawing in the part modeling directly. For this
follow the following steps:

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Just follow the whole procedure till you save your drawing in ".drw"
format.
Now open a new part file.
Now select the tool you want to use. Let's suppose you choose
"Extrude" feature. Select the plane and go into the sketch window.
Now go to Sketch menu and then select "Data from file".
Now select the file you had saved in ".drw" format.
If you are not able
to see it, see that the file format or the file
type you are looking for
shows you the ".drw" files. If not select the "Type" drop down menu to
change the file format being displayed.
In the window that appears you will have to select the whole
drawing
manually (i.e. by clicking on each curve or by using a window
selection
method to select the whole drawing.
Click "OK" on the message box that appears on the screen.
Now enter the Scale value and the Rotation angle value as desired and
drag the whole drawing to the desired place.
Now just click on the "OK" button on the right side (the green tick
mark).
Provide the depth/height of the feature.

Attention Please:

After saving the file in .drw format and if importing it to part mode directly
using the "Data from File" option under "Sketch" menu-

When you select the curves and the drawing, when directly importing in the
part mode for extrusion or revolving, make sure that you select the features
only once otherwise you Pro/E might not accept the sketch due to
overlapping of the curves and lines. It will be better if you select one feature
at a time while holding Ctrl key.

After importing the sketch you may see that there are some unwanted lines
that you don't need. You can either remove them or while selecting the 2D
sketch just exclude those lines. Those lines are actually the boundary lines
of the drawing sheet. You will have to remove them to avoid unexpected
results.

There are following suggestions to get good results from

the above procedure :

To ensure good results see that the unit system in Pro/E and AutoCAD are
same. It will be wise to use MKS system. Pro/E every-time changes its unit
system to British system.

Moreover, you can edit the sketch you imported using the above procedure.

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