# How do you handle the data creation problem?

Basically how do you get all of your legacy data into 3D models from old 2D drawings? I don't mean technically, i mean creating the shear amount of data that has to be created. I have millions of 2D files that we are slowly moving to 3D, but I need a better process to speed this up and get over the hump. I am trying my best to gain the adoption, but with out all of that content it is very difficult.

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Sr Manager, Engineering Services Support at Bridgestone Americas
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Honestly, summer interns or outsourcing is probably the best answer.  It is a painful process for sure.

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### Comment 2

You basically need to create each model from scratch in Inventor. You can copy your AutoCAD in Inventor and extrude the models but the models won't be parametric. I highly recommend speaking to your Autodesk consultant.

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: Project Manager




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