Discussion forum

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   Joining the engineering team at a steel fab shop, generator enclosures, base tanks, and fuel systems. Weldments and sheet metal, mostly "same design, different size." They've been on AutoCAD for years and I was brought in for the SolidWorks side. The assignment is to move the drawing library over.

Being straight: I don't know much yet. No file count, don't know how much is 2D vs 3D, don't know how much of it is still live. This is my first migration.

So instead of asking how to do it, what should I be finding out in the first couple of weeks, before I commit to a plan or a timeline?

Two I'm already chewing on:

How hard do you push parametric families? Nearly everything we build is a known design at a new size.

How did you bring the existing AutoCAD users along? I'm the new hire replacing a system they built.

What did you not see coming?

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
newdesigner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: Yesterday Location: United States Using: Solidworks Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote newdesigner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Migrating a 2D AutoCAD library to SolidWorks Posted: Yesterday at 05:14
	Joining the engineering team at a steel fab shop, generator enclosures, base tanks, and fuel systems. Weldments and sheet metal, mostly "same design, different size." They've been on AutoCAD for years and I was brought in for the SolidWorks side. The assignment is to move the drawing library over. Being straight: I don't know much yet. No file count, don't know how much is 2D vs 3D, don't know how much of it is still live. This is my first migration. So instead of asking how to do it, what should I be finding out in the first couple of weeks, before I commit to a plan or a timeline? Two I'm already chewing on: How hard do you push parametric families? Nearly everything we build is a known design at a new size. How did you bring the existing AutoCAD users along? I'm the new hire replacing a system they built. What did you not see coming?

philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1530	Post Options Post Reply Quote philippe JOSEPH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 hours 7 minutes ago at 08:27
	Hello newdesigner, I know about migrating 3D AutoCAD to Solidworks or NX, etc but the 2D would only come as sketch I think. I personnally very rarely use parametric constrain on AutoCAD, geometrical and dimensional. Maybe because of my age and experience I will go "directly" to the wright solution after a good study needless to say because nothing is standard. Maybe you should ask Cfytr that is doing an amazing job on 2D and 3D crane files with dynamic blocks that are using I think a lot of parametric constrains to achieve all the booms configurations for example. Edited by philippe JOSEPH - 23 hours 6 minutes ago at 08:28

Discussion forum

?CAD discussions, advices, exchange of experience

Migrating a 2D AutoCAD library to SolidWorks

?
CAD discussions, advices, exchange of experience