AutoCAD to SolidWorks

<div id="post_message_323">Hello. We have a user who wants to know:

I am new here & new to solidworks
also. My question is can I bring a cad file into solidworks & work with it
as a solid part to insert bends & other features? I have tried a few things,
but nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Tom</div>

<DIV>try the "FLEX" command for bends</DIV>

Is your AutoCAD file a solid model? If it is then all you need to do is
open both AutoCAD and Solidworks then use Copy and Paste (CTRL+C and
CRTL + V) to move the solid into Solidworks. (You can even select
multiple solids if you like)



Solidworks also has the ablilty to open the DWG format but it is much
too cumbersome and not very effective is you existing Autocad file is
the equvalant of an assembly of solids.



Hope this helps



M