Saving as .DWG, loses hidden lines

[KyleWilcox]

Hi; anyone know why when I save my drawing as a .dwg, it decides to kill off all my hidden lines (and exports the dwg that way)? The only way I have of getting it to work is to save it like this, then change every drawing view on the sheet to a different view-type, and then back to "show hidden lines as dashed lines"... and re-export as .dwg. The second time around it works... pretty annoying...

Thanks!
Kyle

 

[josephv]

Hello Kyle,

What version and SP of SolidWorks are you using?

What software are you using to open the DWG?

Cheers,

 

[KyleWilcox]

2007 SP0... when I save as .dwg, it actually removes all hidden lines within the SW drawing too, haha. It's a function of SW, not whatever I use to view the dwg's.

It's a solid fix for me to re-change the views and re-save, but ... just kind of odd, obviously not normal...

 

[josephv]

Hmmm... you may want to upgrade Service Packs. If that does not fix it, maybe a repair install would be a good idea.