Batch conversion IGS to DXF & RFA

[robert_clarke2]

The company I work for use Autodesk Inventor 2024 to create .iam assemblies of all of our products, then we export .igs files of all the different control options within each assembly (which we flick between using view representations - see image). We are looking for a piece of software / Inventor add-on which possibly does batch conversion, from .igs to .dxf (for Google SketchUp) and if possible .rfa (for Revit) so that architects who want to potentially specify our products can try our CAD files out using file formats compatible with their CAD software. We currently have thousands of .igs files to convert, so any batch conversion tools could save us weeks worth of work

Does such a tool / add-on / program exist? I've come across CAD Exchanger, but I've spoken to a rep via email and apparently it will convert .iam files to .dxf & .rfa, but only on an individual basis, it does not support batch export.

Any help or advice would be most appreciated

[ampster40]

Have you explored Task Scheduler that is included with Inventor?  It can batch export to igs and dwg at least.  Maybe then use DWG trueview to batch convert to dxf.

Have not tried this but it should be do-able.

[pcrawley]

This app is compatible with Inventor up to 2023... so maybe a quick email to the developers to nudge them along?

AutoSteps | Inventor | Autodesk App Store

Failing that, an external iLogic script can open & export a file in the format(s) of your choice.  To make that a batch process you can use the iLogic Rule Batch Tool | Inventor | Autodesk App Store and run your rule on as many files as you like.