CAD tip # 8228:

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What are the DWG blocks of the type ACAD_FREEWAY_COMPONENT?

An AutoCAD DWG drawing containing blocks named e.g. ACAD_FREEWAY_COMPONENT_1 was probably saved from the 3D application Autodesk Inventor Fusion.

A reference of any of the blocks ACAD_FREEWAY_COMPONENT contains a 3D solid of an individual component of the 3D model from Inventor Fusion (e.g. imported from STEP). By exploding these blocks you get standard AutoCAD 3D solids. You need to keep these Freeway blocks to round-trip your data back to Fusion.

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See also:
Tip 14310:	Easy graphical display of the project or assembly file structure (hidden function).
Tip 14209:	Optimized stacking od boxes into a container of a given size - 3D nesting.
Tip 14075:	Overview of CAD formats supported in Inventor 2025 (import/export/AnyCAD).
Tip 13800:	Visually compare 3D geometry in CAD and BIM files.
Tip 13719:	How to load a 2D DWG drawing of a part into Fusion 360?

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