topic Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files? in Autodesk Viewers Forum

Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

jaap_vander_heide — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:34:51 GMT

Hi all,

According to the online information on the features of Design Review it does not (any longer) support *.iam / *.ipt files:

https://www.autodesk.com/products/design-review/overview

According to the (online) in-product help of Inventor it does:

"Using the free Autodesk Design Review software, team members who do not use CAD can access designs. They can review, mark up, measure, and track changes to designs and drawings." ( https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-CD4AF4E7-9E37-43A6-B51C-2CD7F0ED3AAB )

Which is true? And if Autodesk actually dropped the support of Inventor files in Design Review, WHY?

BTW

I am working for a government agency, so as using the online viewer (cloud service) at https://viewer.autodesk.com/ is forbidden by law for both civil servants within the agency as for contractors working for the agency please do not suggest to use that as an alternative. It is not.

Best regards,

Jaap

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

pendean — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:20:07 GMT

No one here is Autodesk: we are all end users just like you.

See if this helps answer your primary question

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

jaap_vander_heide — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:56:56 GMT

No, it doesn't.

And I am not to worried, the "community managers" at Autodesk are watching the forums. And (unlike you) they are very aware that I am not really asking a question.

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

pendean — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:01:44 GMT

ADR is a dead product: the only community managers" around here are to ensure we do not misbehave, not much else. And if you are not really asking a question, then I will ask that your post be renamed as "a statement" or rant, whoever you wish. Autodesk looks for user input and feedback only at this other website, give that a try https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback

I suggest you post in the appropriate INVENTOR forum and ask fellow Inventor Users how they have solved the same issue https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor/ct-p/70 if you are really after a solution.

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

CGBenner — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:06:00 GMT

"the only community managers" around here are to ensure we do not misbehave, not much else."

@pendean Not all of us. 😉

Some of us try to help out when we can, but to be honest, we just can't know about every product. That said, I used ADR a lot in my old life, I just can't remember if it ever supported a native Inventor file without first publishing it as a .dwf. But, as a .dwf, the files can be viewed and marked up by anyone who has the software.

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

pendean — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 19:03:15 GMT

@CGBenner You bet maddog!

Want to change the title of the post to ".... I am not really asking a question...." as they requested?

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

jaap_vander_heide — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:53:46 GMT

Thank you for your reply Chris, you were actually one of the people I thought of when I posted the original message.

(For which I see no reason whatsoever to request to change the subject)

If I get around to it tomorrow I will fire up v2017, which we still have "in production". I'll come back to it.

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

pendean — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:12:42 GMT

@jaap_vander_heide wrote:

I will fire up v2017, which we still have "in production". I'll come back to it.

ADR is only available in "v2017" and "v2013", so my guess is you are actually talking about a totally different view program perhaps?

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

luispaucar2M2GJ — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 18:28:37 GMT

Any luck with the installation of the viewer?

I face the same problem.

The online viewer is not an alternative for some critical work.

Re: Does or doesn't Design Review support Inventor files?

pendean — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:22:14 GMT

@luispaucar2M2GJ ADR has never viewed native INVENTOR files and still does not https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-review/does-or-doesn-t-design-review-support-inventor-files/m-p/11277995#M15612