How to animate an object from Inventor

[Anonymous]

I have a part in Inventor 2015 and I would like to animate in Maya, 3d max and give it some effects. How can I transfer the model to Maya or 3d max? Or what type of files do these 3d Modelling softwares read?

[admaiora · Accepted solution]

Max can import directly from  iam and ipts or suitworkflow directly from Inventor.

Anyway from Inventor you can export in many formats that you can open in Max/Maya, iges, step, sat, etc

Colours will be maintened, but no more.

If you want to do some mechanism animation your job done in Inventor (constraints, relationships...) will not be retained in Max/Maya.

But you can do it in Autodesk Showcase, constrains and drived movements will be kept in Showcase as Behaviors..ready for animation videos.