How to convert DXF drawings into CATIA
CATPart sketches
There's a little trick I use when I
need to copy and paste DXF 2D drawing views from AutoCAD into a sketch
for a CATPart file. First of all, if you attempt to simply copy and paste
a drawing view directly into the part file you may get something that looks
the image picture below- a jumbled mess of data, points, and lines.
In order to
fix this problem to import the drawing data completely, open the dxf file
in CATIA. Next, save the drawing as an IG2 file (which is a 2D iges file).
Now open the IG2 file and copy the main view into the CATPart. Or, another option is you can
rename your IG2 2D file in Windows as .igs and then open that file and
it will be imported in CATIA as a 3D part file. Sometimes you have to get
creative and employ these little work-arounds to get the software to do
exactly what you want it to do.
