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I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

shaki742545 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:59:04 GMT

I made a freeform model in fusion 360, and I want to import it in inventor with the low poly so I can edit it later.

How would I go about doing that?

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:22:34 GMT

What version of Inventor do you have?

What trouble are you having opening in Inventor (you could always Export as STEP)?

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

HughesTooling — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:28:51 GMT

If you right click the body there is the option to save the control frame to OBJ or save as IGA. Would either of those work?

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

shaki742545 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:29:09 GMT

But how do I import this in inventor?

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

shaki742545 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:31:34 GMT

I'm using inventor 2023. The problem is if I export step, I can't edit it in the "polygon" mode, it would be just a solid not the polygon freeform thing(the purple icon thingy).

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

shaki742545 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:41:26 GMT

this is the f3z file

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:23:47 GMT

@shaki742545

I wouldn't do what @HughesTooling suggests.

I would use >>this technique<< directly

~~use STEP.~~

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:22:13 GMT

@shaki742545 wrote:
I'm using inventor 2023. The problem is if I export step, I can't edit it in the "polygon" mode...

Why not model using the Form tools in Inventor?

Let me take a look at the file.

Also did you try >>this<<?

Edit: I took a look at your file. Did you Attach the correct file? I recommend that you start over from scratch.

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

shaki742545 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:16:49 GMT

I saw this actually, but the link in the page 404ed, and I can't find a download link to the desktop connenctor.

Re: I made a freeform model in fusion and I want to import it in inventor

johnsonshiue — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:44:57 GMT

Hi! There are some issues with certain Autodesk Knowledge Network pages at the moment. Here is the page you may download Autodesk Desktop Connector.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/CONNECT/ENU/?guid=Install_Desktop_Connector

Many thanks!