Unable to Export to Inventor

[tomGKJVK]

When I try to export a file to Inventor, it spits out a zip file that I'm unable to open.  What am I doing wrong?

[TheCADWhisperer]

File>Export and then Attach your *.f3d file here (make up a dummy file - a simple cube, if your data is proprietary.

And also Attach the file that results when you attempt to export to Inventor file.

What Fusion license type do you have?

[ryan.bales]

What do you mean by 'export a file to inventor'? What file type are you exporting? 

[tomGKJVK]

Attached is a test file exported in F3D and Inventor which comes out as a zip that cannot be unzipped.

I have Fusion Ultimate, or whatever they call it now that they've changed the licensing.  Fully paid version.

[tomGKJVK]

It will not let me attached the zip.  

[TheCADWhisperer]

I successfully Exported your file as an Inventor file and double checked in Inventor.

Then I zipped it to see if I can Attach the zipped file here.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Well that worked.

I am really perplexed that you cannot Attach a *.zip file.

Can you create a Screencast Recording of your steps to Export and then the zip.

[ryan.bales]

The forum team is aware some filetypes are not working -like zip.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@tomGKJVK wrote:

When I try to export a file to Inventor, ...

Are you attempting to export to Inventor Professional or export to Inventor CAM?

[tomGKJVK]

@TheCADWhisperer  Screencast is a great idea - I just attempted and when uploading it said "The Autodesk service is currently unavailable."    

I'm opening the file I sent you in Fusion, going File -> Export.   Selecting Autodesk Inventor files (right below Fusion option) in the dropdown, and hitting Export.   It uses the cloud to convert it and then saves it to my hard drive as a zip.    This zip is not able to open either in Mac or Windows, and Inventor is unable to open the zip.

Too bad we can't troubleshoot properly by uploading the files we need or screencast.   Let's tie both hands behind our backs and see if we can fix this.

Appreciate your help.   Is that the process you are using to export?   Are you extracting the zipped files and then opening in Inventor?   How many files are in the zip?  Is it just an IPT, or something else?

Not sure what you mean by am I exporting to Inventor or Inventor CAM.  That's not an option in Fusion - it's just "Inventor files".    And, Inventor CAM is just an extension operating within Inventor - so a little confused on that part.

I'm demoing Inventor right now - not an Inventor expert.  Been using Fusion for a few years.

Thanks.

[TheCADWhisperer]

When I Exported to Inventor - I got a *.ipt file directly, not a *.zip

I then zipped it myself to test the Attaching of that file type here.

The reason that I asked about CAM is that when I opened your *.f3d file - it was in the Manufacture workspace of Fusion.  Don’t know if it makes any difference, but the first thing I did was go to the Model workspace before Exporting.

[TheCADWhisperer]

BTW - you shouldn’t need to Export, I will try to create a video later.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

...  Don’t know if it makes any difference, but the first thing I did was go to the Model Design workspace before Exporting.

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Ah, this time I exported from Manufacture and it is creating a zip file.

So that is the difference.

Back in a minute when it is completed for a report on what I find in that zip file.

Edit:

Yep.  I cannot open the zip created by attempting to Export to Inventor file from Manufacture.

@ryan.bales 

[tomGKJVK]

@TheCADWhisperer   Yup, I just tried Exporting from the Design tab and it did work and Imported into Inventor.    So, just can't Export from the Manufacture tab.     I was hoping since Fusion and Inventor use the same CAM engine that I could translate all of my previous work over to Inventor, including CAM data.    Guess not.

Thanks for your help.  

Any Autodesk peeps able to confirm if this is suppose to work and doesn't, or if I'm trying to do something that it's not designed to do?

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@tomGKJVK wrote:
 

  I was hoping since Fusion and Inventor use the same CAM engine that I could translate all of my previous work over to Inventor, including CAM data.    Guess not.

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I think that Inventor and Inventor CAM are two different programs.
I have never used Inventor CAM - so I'm not sure about interchangeability with Fusion 360.

[ryan.bales · Accepted solution]

@tomGKJVK There is no interchangeability with Fusion Manufacture and Inventor CAM - as cool as that would be. 

I"m not sure why it's exporting as a zip but my test revealed the same thing. I think this is a bug. For what its worth - i've never tested exporting more than an F3D from the manufacture workspace. 

The best thing to do to export a file to inventor would be switch to design and export there. 

[ryan.bales]

Figured out something - the file IS an IPT, its getting the wrong extension

change it from .zip to .ipt and it will open as an IPT.

Should be obvious but i seem to get a lot of backlash here - still a bug and i've logged already. 

[Anonymous]

FYI, this seems to still be a problem. I exported a part in Fustion 360 to "Autodesk Inventor 2021 Files" and it gave it as a .zip instead of a .ipt.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I exported a part in Fustion 360 to "Autodesk Inventor 2021 Files" and it gave it as a .zip instead of a .ipt.

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Did you leave out any critical information covered in this thread?

1. Are you attempting to Export from from Design, or are you attempting to Export from Manufacture?

2. Can you Export your *.f3d file that exhibits this behavior and Attach it here?

3. Can you show screenshot or Screencast of how you are attempting to export to Autodesk Inventor 2021?

(Something like this image...)

[Anonymous]

Im in design and having this problem. I also attempted this in manufacture to see if it would fix it vice versa (I'm trying everything lol). Any ideas?