Hi all I recently migrated from MicroStation V8i to 2023. There are dgns I created in v8i that are struggling to display when I attach and reference them in. If I open the dgn as an active file, I have to double click on the levels for the data to display. It doesn't just turn on when highlighted. If I reference the same file...nothing displays. I've fidgeted with view display, global display, global freeze, coincident, coincident world...still nothing. The file in question is georefenced correctly over the area I'm interested in Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you submitted by /u/The ..read more

Real newbie question. I’m outputting a DXF file and the file is a group of individual lines and curves. The customer I’m sending it to is asking for joined shapes for their cutting device, is that possible in DXF? The software I have is for printing, and there are no configurable options for the DXF output. Does DXF support single path shapes? submitted by /u/riskydiscos [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi all, is there a way to remove all number tags (valves, bellows ect..) from a P&ID so I can start again ? submitted by /u/CantankerousRabbit [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm curious if anyone here has taken their CAD skills to careers outside of the USA? If so, tell me about it! I'm from the USA and I'm just starting my career working for an engineering firm. I was recently in Australia and a friend who lives there was talking about jobs in the field and how I should move down there. I'm not sure Australia is for me but I am thinking I'd like to move abroad in the future -- but I'm not sure how practical it would be with this career. Obviously, outside of costs and visias, adjusting to metric would be a challenge but I'm curious about those with personal expe ..read more

“When a curved surface is tangent to a plane surface, no line should be shown where they join (a). When a curved surface intersects a plane surface, a definite edge is formed (b). In the case shown at (c) no lines would appear in the top view.” (Basic Technical Drawing, Spencer & Dygdon, p155.) https://imgur.com/a/feFLGgN submitted by /u/indianadarren [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I know there's a fairly large group in NYC focusing on Solidworks and another on Revit, but I'm wondering if there's anything else going on. I'm hoping for something focused on Adesk Inventor, but I'd love to hear about anything a-tall. ​ Thanks so much Joe submitted by /u/virgoworx [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I have a few models made in Blender and I would like to make engineering CAD drawings of them. Unfortunately, whatever file format I use, the dimensions are not being picked up inside SolidWorks drawings. The tool is not snapping to any of the model vertices. I am not sure what to do or how to approach this problem. Can anyone help me? I have tried working with .stl and .bj files. submitted by /u/scyp101 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Currently a small business owner getting into custom tool manufacturing to fill needs in the industry I supply. (FYI) Some of the tools I currently have in the pipeline are less than 2” long and 3/4” high and have little odd shaped pockets/tabs to act as a flexures. (Just for some context of what I’m finagling with) My budgets kind of tight and I’m wondering if there’s and low cost cad software that will allow for complex geometry that’s affordable submitted by /u/The_One_Who_Welds [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I unsure as to what the radius is for the iphone 15 pro max corner profile/ all sides profile. It has a center line starting at 0 and going in the (+) and (-) directions. It does not call out a actual radius(R). submitted by /u/Lon3D [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

The company I work for has different plot styles depending on the team we work for. Different drafting standards for different customers. I was assigned to help another team out a year ago and had their CAD settings and more importantly, their plot styles set up on my machine. We don't use templates at my company so there is not a base file to import the plot styles from. Everything I read up on says this is dependent drawing to drawing, yet it seems to default to the secondary teams plot styles randomly. I have reset my own default .ctb time and time again. I have uninstalled and reinstalled ..read more