Inventor can not translate Desktop thin extrusions?

[CMcF]

I have heared that Inventor can not translate Desktop thin extrusions. Has anybody else heard about this? Is solidworks any better?

 

[MadMango]

Can you expand on what "Desktop thin extrusions" are?

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

AutoDesks "Mechanical Desktop"?


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[CMcF]

The sketch is a line, and the extrusion command gives it a thickness. Typically for sheet metal.

 

[CMcF]

CorBlimeyLimey,
Yes.

 

[MadMango]

I haven't worked with any Mechanical Desktop files, but I know SolidWorks have been able to do thin extrudes for a very long time.

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

SW2004 can read MDT6 files, I don't know what version that SW2005 can read. You may have to experiment to see how it imports a thin wall extrude.


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[SBaugh]

You have to have MDT installed on the machine before SW will import MDT files. As of SW04 SP3.0 or higher it supports MDT 4.0 or higher files. Same goes for SW05.

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Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

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