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Is *.DFX geometry file import from AutoCAD into ANSYS available, and if not, what are my options?

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    • March 17, 2023 at 9:00 am
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      The AutoCAD DXF (Drawing eXchange Format) is not a supported format for importing into ANSYS. For the supported CAD formats, see the ANSYS Connection Users Guide. The recommended method of importing an AutoDesk product (AutoCAD, Mechnical Desktop, Inventor) CAD file into ANSYS is with the SAT format. This requires the ANSYS Connection for SAT. An alternate (but unreliable) method is to export an IGES file from an AutoDesk product and read it into ANSYS. As a side note, the Workbench Environment has a reader for ACIS (SAT) files, and a reader/plug-in for both Mechanical Desktop and Inventor.

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