Hi,
One of our customer has inventor 2013 and I am working with inventor 2014.
I would like to know if there is anyway for my customer once my job is done to be able to load the Sub assembly with his software and be able to work with it ?
They told me Inventor fusion is not an easy tool and would prefered to use inventor files.
Thank you
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File>Save Copy As>Type STEP (*.stp)
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No, the only way your client can carry on working with the native Inventor files is if you move back to 2013 to do the work or your client upgrades to 2014. All the other options are work rounds that will loose any modeling history.
It is possible to save the 3d files as STEP which will give your client a 'dumb' solid but any drawings or documentation done for the project would need to be recreated from scratch by your client if they ever wanted to make a drawing revision.
Regards
Martin
Thank you for your answer.
Now this step files is crashing my computer's customer 😞 I have seen a topic about that, I will try to search the answer.
This lake of compatibility between inventor release is not friendly at all.
@belsebuth wrote:
Thank you for your answer.
This lake of compatibility between inventor release is not friendly at all.
Its ALWAYS been like that.. And just about every other 3d cad package is the same way.. None are "backward" compatible due to the fact that new features could be added that the older version knows nothing about.
Subscription customers can run previous versions of their Autodesk software.
http://www.autodesk.com/subscription/licensing
Once you get your old version installed and running, you get to re-do all the IV 2014 work you have done so far in IV 2013. Try to think of it as modeling practice and try to improve your technique and simplify your models.
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@swalton wrote:
.... re-do all the IV 2014 work you have done so far in IV 2013.
...
Or run Feature Recognition, or edit the solid body for only changes as needed.
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The problems behind backwards compatability are logical as mcgyvr has pointed out.
The only thing about this that defies logic, is the lack of a "save as earlier version" option.
Each new release knows what is new, it could simply leave out any new items that are incompatable (and give you these components in a list), and the other 98 percent of a project should be able to be exported and opened in an old version.
In Autocad 2014, we can save an Autocad 2004 format file, some things are lost in translation, but most things export.
I don't expect you to be able to save out an Inventor 2010 from 2014, but saving as 2013 from 2014 should be possible. ie.. One version back. I don't think that is too much to ask for. 2 versions back would be great.
I know Autodesk wants you to upgrade right away, but with the economy the way it is, the policy is causing inefficiencies in the industry as people scramble to work together across company borders.
Software makers and content providers often don't consider the industry wide impacts of their decisions and policies. Like model houses that don't spend the time to auto name the parts you download, so 10,000 people have to name the part on their end. Inefficient!!
This issue is one of my only and biggest issues with the Inventor series.
T.S.
... also a good lesson in evaluating software prior to use, as well as ensuring proper communication with the client regarding software types, versions, file versions, and so on. Best to get all that hammered out at the start of the contract with all parties knowledgeable about what can and cannot be done.
There is always the option of saving the files as something other then a step file. Try using igs.
But, what has been said is true, Inventor is not backwards compatible.
It probably should be an option in the software. Check out this idea in the Inventor idea station
to cast your kudo vote if you want to see this functionality added.
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Inventor-IdeaStation/Backwards-Compatibility/idi-p/3780271
If this solved your issue please mark this posting "Accept as Solution".
Or if you like something that was said and it was helpful, Kudos are appreciated. Thanks!!!!
With AutoCAD it *is* that simple. But the structure of Inventor as a parametric environment can prohibit those easy-saves. You can also play Devils Advocate fairly easily - people will complain that most of their model was excluded, the software suks, blahblahblah. Its a no-win situation.
Now, it could be possible in future releases but there is a huge caveat involved. In order for it to work the information structure must be very well defined and regimented, to the point where future products may not be able to implement certain features because they cannot function under that structure. That is the reason why DWG can be downsaved relatively easily, there isn't much new in the structure of the content. Is that something that the users can live with for Inventor?
Evaluation of software is really simple when your main customer is a huge group, they using inventor so we are using inventor.
Anyway thanks all for your answer, at least I have a solution and a LEGAL solution which is the most important for me.
@tsreagan wrote:
.... it could simplyleave outany new items that are incompatable ...
... place as Base features.
That is the way MDT to Inventor translated features worked.
But there is always the unintended consequences - quality control issue.
What is more critical - absolute robust translation, or flexible backward translation with the risk of geometry errors.
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"... place as Base features." or that 🙂
"But there is always the unintended consequences - quality control issue."
That is quite true, the tool would be a last resort fall back, and in that situation the user would have to pay close attention to the resulting product of the translation.
The hope would be that the time spent scrutinizing the result would be faster than exporting steps and importing steps and all the grief associated with that process.
I didn't know there was an idea station post for that, thanks... I just assumed this would never be addressed.
Everybody get over there and give it kudo's, as it only had only one, I feel ashamed of not finding and voting for it earlier.
T.S.
There is also this one.
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Inventor-IdeaStation/save-to-a-previous-version/idi-p/3739873