Dialog: Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

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Dialog: Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

See also : Add Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB

See also: CAD-Line > DXF tab

Use the Import SOLIDWORKS sketch FB to import sketches from a SOLIDWORKS document.

Limits:

•Imports Lines and Arcs

•Cannot import Blocks, Parabolas, Ellipses, ...

•Maximum of approximately 20 sketch-elements

•Construction and center-lines import as Lines

•Constraints do not import

•By default, all Points, Lines, and Arcs are Locked. To unlock, see Point Properties dialog.

How to open the Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch dialog

Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB in PART-EDITOR

Import SOLIDWORKS Sketch FB in PART-EDITOR

1.Mechanism-Editor: Edit the Part to which you have added the Import SW sketch FB

2.Part-Editor: Double-click the Import SW sketch FB

OR

2.See How to Open a dialog

The Import SolidWorks Sketch dialog is now open.

Import SolidWorks Sketch dialog

MD-SolidWorks-Sketch

STEP 1: In SOLIDWORKS

1.Edit a SOLIDWORKS sketch to make it active

This image shows the active sketch in SOLIDWORKS.

 

 
Import SolidWorks sketch dialog

Import SolidWorks sketch dialog

MD-SolidWorks-SketchinMD

STEP 2.Import the active in SOLIDWORKS

IMPORTANT:

The sketch must be active in SOLIDWORKS.

In the Import SolidWorks sketch dialog:

1.Click button Red-14-2

Document name Red-14-5 - a copy of the active SolidWorks document (SLDPRT) file-name

Sketch name Red-14-6 a copy of the active sketch name, as it is in the SolidWorks feature-tree

Button Red-14-3 is colorized.

2.Click button Red-14-3

WAIT until the SOLIDWORKS sketch shows in your Part-Editor.

Button Red-14-4 is now colorized.

If you edit the sketch in SolidWorks :

3.Click button Red-14-4 to Refresh, or Update the sketch

Note: To use the same Import SW sketch FB to import a different SolidWorks sketch:

4.Click button Red-14-1b to clear the Document name and the sketch-name from Red-14-5 and Red-14-6

This image shows the active sketch in the MechDesigner graphics-area.