Opening SW files in Inventor 2

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Not to start a flaming thread here... but I would have hoped that Inventor could import a SW part file in like SW can import Inventor part file.

Does it really require a 3rd party app and an expensive one to boot?

According to the Inventor group its a 3rd party app -

I believe transmagic will read a .sldprt and output a .ipt but it is not a cheap program.

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Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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Well ctopher that was interesting to hear what you found out! I like Inventor being behind and not leading the MCAD pack. I do hope SW stays ahead I really do. However I know SW is not a good Architectural tool by far. There is a limitation of the Parasolid Kernel so you can't build tall skyscrapers in there unless you scale it down. SW primary use is Machine design. It's a great tool for such job. I would hope SW would venture out into that market of Architectural, but I doubt they will.

Thanks for the FYI ctopher!
Best Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[ctopher]

matherjd,
It's off the record because who knows if it really will happen. IMO, it will, but don't know if in 2, 3, 4 years.
Autodesk is great at architectural. SolidWorks was not designed for it, only mechanical. I wish SolidWorks would create an add-on to do some bldg stuff ... not to compete with Autodesk, but I think to help the ACAD users who migraited to SW.
Revit is an Autodesk product that creates 3D parametric arch models. It works very well for arch/civil engineers, but that's it. Autodesk Architectural works great for most.
Inventor has some nice new stuff, but I still prefer SolidWorks for mechanical design.
Thanks.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
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