Solidworks .STEP files to Autocad? How?

[Viperia]

Hello mates!

I have some .STEP files at home that i can open in Solidworks but in school we only use AutoCad so how can i convert these files to be used in autocad instead? Is this possible or is the only way to sit down and redraw them in Autocad?

Also i need to change the measurements on the files from Inc to metrics, can this also be done or can i just rescale the drawings in Autocad when im got them there?

I use SolidWorks 2007 Office and Autocad 2007 if that helps!

Regars,
Viper

[ger21]

Save as .sat and import to AutoCAD, then scale by 25.4.

[Viperia]

Thanks for the help there but is there something speciall i should do when saving from Solidworks? I guess i should go to "Insert" in Autocad then "ACIS File.." but when i do this i get an error "_acisin Unable to read the ACIS file" have i done something wrong maybe?

Hope someone can help me with this little problem of mine.

Regards,
Viperia

[DareBee]

You could also scale the model X 25.4 in SW.
Then make a 3 (4,5,6 whatever) view drawing (slddrw). Once done that save your slddrw as a dwg/dxf.

[ger21]

Try an older format of .sat. You should have a few options.

[Viperia]

Originally Posted by ger21 Try an older format of .sat. You should have a few options.

Still cant get this to work have tried all formats of .sat but AutoCad gives the same error all the time.

Regards,
Viperia