Export to DWG Versions

[lchavarria]

I am new with Creo Schematic and I need to know in which versions of DWG (2007 / 2008 / 2009) can I export from CREO SCHEMATIC to AutoCAD. This is because we are goint to collaborate with third parties that doesn have CREO SCHEMATIC. If this is not possible, which is the better way to solve this.

I will appreciate very much your feedback.

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[TomD.inPDX]

I am not familiar with Creo Schematic but the output in DWG is similar to DXF. If the export options exist, just output the file and see what they look like generically using one of many online tools. One thing I know that often fails is clean annotation. Often, text has no format option in the export so it always comes across as some substitution of TTF with width ratios of 1 and varying text origin. If you have an option to convert annotation to curves, then the receiving party cannot use the annotation other than visual reference (like a plot file).

Speaking of plot files, exporting as a postscript file is most generic and non-intelligent. This is easily converted back to DWG/DXF.

Whenever I have to do this for a client, it is a game of hit and miss. I would say start with the highest level of compatibility and look through the options to understand what you can vary. For schematics, this should be fairly straight forward.

[JimBarrettSmith]

In Creo Schematics 3.0 you can export the designs to *.eda which is an intelligent viewable that has access to all the parameters in the design and can be viewed in Creo View. Your customers will then have access to an intelligent schematic viewable

[mdebower]

Jim,

I assume that Creo Schematics can also import EDA files? If so, do you know if AutoCAD Electrical can write EDA files?

The reason I ask is that we have an active project to look at either Creo Schematics or AutoCAD Electrical. Half the team wants to use Creo Schematics since we already use Creo and Windchill. The other half wants to use AutoCAD Electrical because that is what our suppliers are using. BUT if we can read and write EDA files to exchange, that would solve that issue.

-marc

[JimBarrettSmith]

Marc

EDA cannot be read into schematics

thanks

jim

[gkoch]

Hello Luis,

is Jim's suggestion an option for you? (to use a license free Creo View at the partner end)

Thanks,

Gunter