Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

Im trying to make a wing by importing the cross section coordinates into a 2D sketch.

I was originally importing spreadsheets made in open office but saved as .xlsx and .xls, but have since attempted it with .xls files created in excel.

Once I select a file to import and press OK, the pop-up window closes and then nothing happens. I have tried this numerous times with numerous different files, and with each type of import (point, line, splice).

The spreadsheets are properly formatted (see attached) and I have tried removing the scale and the x y z column titles, and I still got nothing.

Any suggestions would be muchly appreciated.

Thanks

Sam

[#2]

What version of Inventor? 2010? 2011? 2012?  Have you installed all Service Packs for your version?

Attach you xls file here to see if it works for others.

[#3]

Im using AutoDesk Inventor Professional 2012, and I have installed service pack 1.

I've attached my xls file.

 

[#4]

I verified that the xls works fine on my machine - so now we need to figure out what is different on your machine.

[#5]

Thats the same screen that I have, minus the drawing.

I have the free version for students but I dont think that should make a difference. Is there anything you need to do to prepare the sketch before you start importing points?

I have followed this tutorial to the letter, but it doesn't solve my problem. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=8324557&linkID=9242018 

The most annoying thing is that the window to choose the file just closes when I press 'open' and no error message appears. 

I've just noticed that it has the option to 'Repeat Import Points', but when I undo, It closes the part like it would normally with a part that had nothing in it.

[#6]

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sam_melvin wrote:

I have the free version for students but I dont think that should make a difference.

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I am using the student version - it is fully functional.

[#7]

Your problem could be that Inventor needs to have excel installed to import the data. I had a similar but more severe problem with ProE. It would not even run without excel installed. good luck.

[#8]

I am experiencing the same problem. I fixed it by having one of my friends sending an .ipt with the points already imported.