Article - CS133740
Visualization support for Inventor DWG drawing format in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 29-May-2023
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 12.0 to 12.1
Description
- Windchill Visualization Services support for Inventor DWG drawing format
- Autodesk Inventor can create drawings in a DWG format which is supported by the Windchill Workgroup Manager
- Inventor DWG files are not the same as AutoCAD DWG files
- Both the 3rd party Theorem and PTC Inventor adapters only support the following Inventor data per the documentation: *.ipt, *.iam, *.idw
- Currently WVS will report "No Processing Required" when publishing an Inventor dwg file but the Creo View client does not support Inventor dwg files natively as it does the AutoCAD dwg format
- Open in Crew View command is not available for the *.dwg files created by Inventor.
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