File association issue with Inventor 2010 & 2014

[fordearl]

I am an Inventor user (version 2010) - after working and creating all my parts and assemblies in version 2010, I decided to try download and try the demo version for Inventor 2014.

Whilst considering to make the purchase, I opened a file familar to me to see how Inventor 2014 improved over 2010.

Whilst in version 2014, I attempted to open an assembly created in version 2010 and it prompted me to reassociate parts in the assembly. After reassociating the files which were created in version 2010, I saved the new version of the asembly as a 2014 version (a seperate version). The file opened fine and i was able to work in the program with no problem.

The trial has ended and I have uninstalled the demo version. When I returned to my original (2010 version) assembly, I can no longer open it. It prompts me again to reassociate the part files. I try to with no luck. I am also unable to open the individual part files with the following error prompt: "Database schema is newer than this version of the software"

I need access to these parts and the assembly. Can anyone assist?

Thanks

Alyne Rankin

[DarrenP]

sounds like those parts were saved in the 2014 version if thats the case hopefully you have a back up

you can't open 2014 files in 2010 without exporting to a .step file but you will lose the feature history

[fordearl]

Thanks for your reply.

If I reinstall another 2014 demo version, can I backwards save the files to 2010?



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[DarrenP]

no

there is no saving down in inventor