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SW files to Inventor?

SW files to Inventor?

SW files to Inventor?

(OP)
Hi,

I am interested in making one of my SW project available to an Inventor user. Does anyone know a way to do this, with as much feature preservation as possible?

Thanks,
Sorin

RE: SW files to Inventor?

From what I have seen, you will have to export each file. There may be programs that you can search for that will do this for you.
IMO, it's not worth the effort. It may be easier and quicker to have the Inventor user model it from scratch.
I also do not like to mix CAD software.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

RE: SW files to Inventor?

(OP)
Chris,
Thanks for the response.
For just one part, how would you do it to preserve most of the features? What would be the intermediate format and the process?

Thanks,
Sorin

RE: SW files to Inventor?

Try STEP or IGES. You can preserve the features, but mostly won't be editable. Try each type (save as), and see which works best.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

RE: SW files to Inventor?

(OP)
Will give it a shot.
Thanks much Chris.
Sorin

RE: SW files to Inventor?

Does the Inventor user have any sort of "Feature Recognition" function with his version of Inventor?

cheers
Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

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