Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.If you are considering a new 3D modeling software solution, you are probably considering both Creo and CATIA, two leaders in the field. You may also use 'Start a topic' button to ask a new question. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. How can I open my 3D AutoCAD files in Creo Elements / Direct Modeling Express? In each case when the Open File dialogue box opens I set the File Type option to 'All (*.*)' No recognizable part of my AutoCAD drawing appears. The icons for the two files look different.) (This is the same message I got when trying to open the DWG files.) Then what happens is (after I click 'Continue') I get a red horizontal line a quarter inch from the top of the viewing pane and there is also a purple square about 4 inches by 4 inches in size which only appears when the cursor goes over it. Confirm to continue.' (I think I might have been opening two different types of DXF files. Sometimes when I try to open an AutoCAD DXF file I get a different message: 'The data must be migrated to the PTC Creo Elements/Direct Annotation structure. When I try to open an AutoCAD DXF file I sometimes get the following message: 'The file Connector Piece 9zzv - 2013 - dxf.log cannot be loaded by any of the following methods: Packages, Universal MI.' and then I cannot go further. Confirm to continue.' Then I click 'Continue.' Then what happens is an extremely distorted version of my 3D AutoCAD drawing opens, with only a few lines and most of the drawing missing. When I try to open AutoCAD DWG files I first get the following message in Creo Elements: 'The data must be migrated to the PTC Creo Elements/Direct annotation structure. I tried importing DWG files and DXF files into Creo but without success.

I need to open 3D files I created in AutoCAD 2013. I am using Creo Elements Direct Modeling Express 6.0.

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