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mmaurigi View Drop Down
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Points: 43 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: STEP to DWG
    Posted: 15.Mar.2013 at 17:08
Whenever I get a STEP file from a customer, I use Inventor Fusion to convert it to a dwg file. Whenever I do this, the model ends up being larger than it's supposed to be. For instance I got one file yesterday and one of the dimensions is supposed to be 0.375 in. When I convert it to dwg and check the dimension again, it measures 1.715.
 
I also tried using the "STEPIN" command in AutoCAD Mechanical 2013, but I get the same result. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a fix or way around this?
 
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Mar.2013 at 11:06
That's an odd increase in size of 4.57.  Doesn't make any sense.

Are the same units being used?
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Points: 43 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Mar.2013 at 15:13
Got it figured out. Was using the wrong dimensions.
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