Importing Solidworks Drawings

Samuel_Dischner

Hello,

 I am trying to bring in some drawings made in solidworks to onshape but it wont import as an editable drawing like a model would? Does onshpae lack the capability to import these drawings?

Hakro

To import drawings into Onshape you first have to create dwg or dxf files in SolidWorks. An then import these dwg/dxf files into Onshape.

See also online help:

https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/translation.htm?tocpath=Importing %26 Exporting Files|_____1

And if you want to edit the imported drawing, you need the integrated app "ARES Kudo" from the app store:

https://www.graebert.com/cad-software/ares-kudo-for-onshape/

S1mon

Basically importing drawings will not get you an associative drawing. You can get a dumb 2D drawing which could be edited, but it's really only useful for legacy stuff. Anything active which you want to be connected to your 3D models will need to be recreated in Onshape Drawings.