You can also
edit AutoCAD drawings in the DWGEditor
and save the files in their native format.In this lesson, you take an existing 2D design created in AutoCAD, import it into SolidWorks, modify it, and save it as a SolidWorks drawing. You change the size and pattern of the bolt holes in a flange, a task you might typically perform when implementing an engineering change order (ECO).
You can also
edit AutoCAD drawings in the DWGEditor
and save the files in their native format.
First import the existing 2D AutoCAD drawing.
Click Open 
on the Standard
toolbar.
When tool images have an
orange border, for example , you can click them in the tutorial window to flash
the corresponding button in the SolidWorks window.
Select DWG (*.dwg) in Files of type.
Browse to <install_dir>\samples\tutorial\autocad.
Select 7550-021.dwg, then click Open.
