Ok, so I understand how to take my Inventor designs and make them into a .adsk file for use as BiM info. Without having revit how in the world am I supposed to check what I'm sending out to my clients? I'm sorry but it goes against everything I've ever learned to just make a file and send it out blindly without checking it.
Is this really how Autodesk thinks this process should work?
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Yes, this is the designed method. If you created it correctly, then there is no problem, and it is pretty hard to screw up an ADSK, but you might want to check out my class I did on it at AU a year ago.
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Note: the most important thing you do is not to bloat the ADSK, no one wants an ADSK file that is larger than 500kb - 2MB.
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Mark Flayler - Engagement Engineer
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I understand what you are saying, the process of making the file seems easy enough...but then again I make hundreds, if not thousands of dxf's a year for our manufacturing department; and you know what...I check every single one before it leaves my department.
I'm sorry, this may be the 'accepted' work flow for making these files, but I personally find it appalling that as Inventor users we are given the tools to make the files, but have no way to check the content of the file before sending it out. Quantity over quality rules our society I guess.
Perhaps maybe you should get the Building Suite Ultimate or Plant Suite Ultimate version instead of Product Design Suite then? Those Suites come with tools for opening the ADSK file and doing your checking.
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Mark Flayler - Engagement Engineer
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I think that was the whole point of my first message....I have to buy additional products (or switch out my current product) in order to check something I am able to make with my current software package. You don't find that odd?
Thank you for taking the time to confirm my question on whether or not I needed additional software.
How many of those 1000's of DXF files export incorrectly? just wondering.
I do step/iges files all the time and never check them and have never had a problem.
I would say about 5% of our dxf's have an error of some kind, almost always related to human error. But if the files weren't checked they would be sent along to manufacturing with errors.
Do you check your prints? Of course you do. I guess I just don't understand a design philosophy that doesn't include checking your work before sending it out the door.