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Overview
Administration
You can import .dxf and .dwg files to DXF/DWG Import Wizard
User Interface Details
the SOLIDWORKS software by creating a
SOLIDWORKS Fundamentals new SOLIDWORKS drawing, or by DXF/DWG File Import Errors
and Warnings
Moving from 2D to 3D importing the file as a sketch in a new
Assemblies part. You can also import a file in native AutoCAD Font Support
format.
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Configurations To import a .dxf or .dwg file:
DXF/DWG Native Format
SOLIDWORKS Costing 1. In SOLIDWORKS, click Open Mapping Entities When
Design Checker (Standard toolbar) or File > Open . Saving Drawings as .DXF or
2. In the Open dialog box, set Files of .DWG Files
Design Studies in SOLIDWORKS
type to Dxf or Dwg, browse to select
Detailing and Drawings a file, and click Open. R
3. In the DXF/DWG Import Wizard, SOLIDWORKS to DXF/DWG
DFMXpress
select an import method, and then Mapping
DriveWorksXpress click Next to access Drawing Layer
Mapping and Document Settings. DXF/DWG File Import
FloXpress Methods
4. Click Finish on any of the three
SLDXML Data Exchange screens to import the file.
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Import and Export

Importing/Exporting SOLIDWORKS
Documents Importing Layers
General Import Options from .DWG or .DXF
Importing Documents
Files
Importing Geometry
Import of Visual Properties
When
File Distribution Best Practices
importing
Editing Imported Features
a .dwg or
Import Diagnostics Overview
.dxf file
Import Diagnostics PropertyManager
as a 2D
Exporting Documents and Setting
Options sketch for
DXF/DWG Native Format a part,
Exporting 3D Print Files you can
Exporting to the PLY File Format create a

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Exporting a SOLIDWORKS Model for new

Use with AEC Software
sketch for
Importing Mesh Files
each layer
File Types
in the file.
SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect
1. Open
Exporting Using Extended Reality a
2D to 3D Conversion .dwg
files
Scan to 3D with
DXF/DWG Import Wizard layers.
DXF/DWG Import Wizard
2. In the
Overview DXF/DWG
Importing .DXF or .DWG Files
Import
wizard,
DXF/DWG Native Format
select
DXF/DWG Import Wizard Details Import
DXF/DWG File Import Errors and
to a
Warnings new
part
AutoCAD Font Support
as
SOLIDWORKS to DXF/DWG and
Mapping
2D
Mapping Entities When Saving sketch.
Drawings as .DXF or .DWG Files
3. Click
Model Display
Next.
Mold Design 4. Select
Import
Motion Studies
each
Parts and Features layer
to a
Routing
new
Sheet Metal sketch.
5. Select
Simulation
other
SimulationXpress options
and
Sketching
click
SOLIDWORKS MBD Next
or
SOLIDWORKS Utilities
Finish.
SOLIDWORKS Sustainability

Tolerancing

TolAnalyst
Defining the Sketch
Toolbox
Origin and
Weldments
Orientation on .DWG
Structure System
or .DXF Import
Troubleshooting

Glossary
When
importing
a .dwg or
.dxf file
as a 2D
sketch for

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a part, you can define the model origin and

orientation.
1. Open a .dwg file.
2. In the DXF/DWG Import wizard, select Import
to a new part as and 2D sketch.
3. Click Next.
4. Select part document options and click Next.
5. Click Define Sketch Origin and click a point in
the sketch preview to define the origin.
6. Adjust the origin values and click Apply.
7. To change the model orientation about the
origin, select Rotate about the origin and enter
the angle of rotation.
8. Select other options and click Finish.

Filtering Sketch Entities on .DWG or .DXF

Import

When importing a .dwg or .dxf file as a 2D sketch

for a part, you can filter out unnecessary entities.

1. Open a .dwg file.

2. In the DXF/DWG Import wizard, select Import

to a new part as and 2D sketch.

3. Click Next.

4. Select part document options and click Next.

5. In the preview, select entities to remove and

click Remove Entities.

To undo this action, click Undo

Remove Entities .

6. Select other options and click Finish.

Repairing Sketches After .DWG or .DXF Import

When importing a .dwg or .dxf file as a 2D sketch

for a part, you can launch the SOLIDWORKS Repair
Sketch tool from the DXF/DWG Import Wizard to fix
gap or overlap errors after import.
1. Open a .dwg file.
2. In the DXF/DWG Import wizard, select Import
to a new part as and 2D sketch.
3. Click Next.

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4. Select part document options and click Next.

5. Select Run Repair Sketch.
6. Select other options and click Finish.

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