Still not working... I'm trying to import a .stp exported from SolidWorks (maybe that's the problem... I don't think those two packages can get along on ANYTHING...), and I've got all the units set in SW to lbs, inches, and cu.in., the material is A36 and the unit mass is set to the correct value. My "options" box is set to "source units", but it still comes in at kg/mass and "default' material. I did manage to get SW to give me the weight of my assembly, which was really all I was after... I'm just concerned that I can't get the .stp file to import to IV with the correct settings. I'm sure you are correct that the .stp translation does not have any "material" properties, and I think IV is using it's default template in "Program Files" as a template to make the .ipt files. In any case, for the time being, I've got what I needed.... Not much is as confusing as bouncing back and forth between SolidWorks and Inventor!! The the two packages do very much the same things, but they "steer" enough differently that I'm always clicking the wrong things!! Thanx for your help on this.
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