You can preserve SOLIDWORKS layers when exporting drawings to DXF or
DWG files.
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From a drawing file, click .
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In the Export dialog
box, set Save as type to DXF or DWG, and then click Options.
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In the Export Options
dialog box, under Custom Map SOLIDWORKS to
DXF/DWG:
- Select
Enable.
- Clear
Don't show mapping on each
save.
- Click
OK to close the Export Options dialog box.
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Type a name for the drawing file in File name and click Export.
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In the SOLIDWORKS to DXF/DWG
Mapping dialog box, select Only map
entities that are not in SOLIDWORKS layers, set other options,
and click OK.
If you do not
select
Only map entities that are not in
SOLIDWORKS layers, the mapping file definitions overwrite
all the current SOLIDWORKS drawing file layers.