MechDesigner Reference & User Interface > 2.3 Part-Editor > Geometry

To save you time, you can import a SolidWorks sketch directly onto a Part.

Limits:

•Imports Lines and Arcs, which also include, Slots, Polygons, Rectangles, ...

•Imports construction and center-lines as Lines in MechDesigner.

•Cannot import Parabolas, Ellipses, Splines, Text*, Blocks* ...

•Cannot import Constraints or Dimensions

We lock the end-points of the Line and Arc entities you import. To unlock points, see Point Properties dialog.

* BUG

Reported in MD17-1-158 - If you try to import a Block or Text, then MechDesigner will Crash.

Note:

If you do not have SOLIDWORKS, you can open a DXF file, link it to a CAD-Line, and convert the DXF-Entities to Lines and Arcs.

1.Click Geometry toolbar > Add Import SOLIDWORKS sketch FB

1.Click Geometry menu > Import SW sketch FB

2.Click the graphics-area

The Import SOLIDWORKS SKETCH FB is now in the graphics-area.

The "Import SolidWorks sketch FB" in the graphics-area.