Are you an AutoCAD user? Have you tried converting all the orthographic drawings in your CAD department into 3D Part models using Autodesk Inventor®? If no, then this tutorial is for you and a must for every CAD engineer. With a new tool released from Autodesk Labs, 2D to 3D Tool for Autodesk Inventor, life is much more interesting for every CAD professional.

In this tutorial we shall focus on how to convert a 2D drawing created in AutoCAD® into a 3D part model in Autodesk Inventor. I recommend you download this tool from Autodesk Labs and follow the procedure for installation as given in the User Guide Download.

Let’s begin with the tutorial.
Step 1: Make sure you search for an old orthographic drawing done in AutoCAD, maybe way back in the ’90s. I am using a drawing file created in 1998. (This is to make sure you can implement this feature from any version of AutoCAD.)
Step 2: The isometric view and orthographic views are as shown in Figures 1 and 2 below.

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