Copying and Pasting from SOLIDWORKS to a 2D Editor

You can copy entities and blocks from SOLIDWORKS and paste them into a 2D editor such as DraftSight.

Items that can be copied as DWG include 2D entities, blocks, drawing views, and annotations.

To copy and paste SOLIDWORKS entities to a 2D editor:

  1. In a SOLIDWORKS drawing, click Edit > Copy to DWG.
  2. Open a 2D editor such as DraftSight.
  3. Click CTRL + V or use the application's paste option to paste the copied entities into a 2D drawing.
  4. Delete any unwanted entities.