Learning DWG Editor 1

[KirbyWan]

Howdy all,

So I'm tired of struggling with DWG Editor. I know it's a mimic of AutoCAD, but I've never really learned how to use either program effectivly. While I'm creating all new models in SolidWorks, I regularly need to interogate .DWG files for information and if possible import them into SolidWorks to create my drawings. What I would like to know is what book should I use to learn DWGEditor? Which AutoCAD version (and hence book for that version) is DWGEditor closest to? I want to learn enough to get whatever information I need out of the files and then, hopefully, be able to ignore them forever. I'm not a big AutoCAD fan as you can tell, but I think most of my displeasure with it are because I don't understand how to use it.

Thanks for your help.

-Kirby

Kirby Wilkerson

Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.

 

[Updraft]

Don't bother learning ACAD/DWGEditor. Instead, open a SWX part file and suck in the sketches from the .dwg file. I find it much easier to interrogate the dwg info this way.

- - -Updraft

 

[KirbyWan]

That was the right move. Thanks Updraft. I may still go back and learn ACAD/DWGE, but for now I think importing it will satisfy my needs.

-Kirby

Kirby Wilkerson

Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.