Select the drop down under Project Geometry and pick Project DWG Geometry
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Select the point (origin or 0,0) where the drawing will be inserted.Select on of the work planes to place the drawing.At this point the drawing you’re importing should be placed somewhere in the active Inventor project area.Navigate to and select (open) my 2D drawing.
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Next, select Import located under the 3D Model/Create ribbon section.For my configuration, no new sketch is created when I start making a part. For example, let’s say you only have access to a 2D drawing file of a stainless steel barbed connector from McMASTER-CARRįirst let’s start out by creating a new part in Inventor 2016. Granted there are a few workflows out there to take 2D geometry and make a 3D model from it, but with the release of Inventor 2016, it just got easier.
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So what steps did you take to convert their 2D drawing over to 3D? Have you ever contacted a vendor requesting a 3D model of their product and you only received a 2D drawing of it? I will even bet the drawing you received had limited amount of information on it as well. By Mark Lancaster, Synergis Engineering Design Solutions