CATIA v5 import problem

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

I'm having a problem with importing Catia v5 files. As I import them the ipt files are all empty, but I'm 100%  sure that the Catia files are ok and I used to make imports like this a couple of times with no problam. Has anybody faced this problem? Is there a fix or a method to import Catia files correctly? I'm using Inventor 2014 Service Pack 2 Update 8.

Thank you in advance!

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

Inventor 2014 only supports certain version of Catia V5.

In your Inventor browser there should be a 3rd party report on the translation (just below the browser name of your file).  Expand and click on the report.  It should provide you with the translation info, expand the report and it should tell you what has happened.   Post an image here of the info and we can tell you what's going on if you don't understand the info.

[Anonymous]

@Mark.Lancaster

Thanks for your quick response!

In the Translation Report the status is "Error". I have already tried to import it on more PCs with nearly the same configuration and all of them fails. It creates the ipt file (it is set to save during import) but there's nothing in it and there's no error message during the import.

Do you have any idea what should I try?

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

You never expanded the report liked I asked you to..    See the [+] sign next to the name of the file, expand that and it will tell you why.

[Anonymous]

@Mark.Lancaster

You were right, I haven't expanded it... 🙂 Unfortunately it says it is not supported file format.... however I would expect other warning during the import from Inventor....

Anyway, thanks for you help...

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

The translator doesn't send prompt the user..  The user must review the report when its done.

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! You could either upgrade to newer Inventor releases which support this version of Catia V5. Or, you could use A360 to translate the Catia file and export it to STEP, which you could import to Inventor 2014.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hi!

Thanks for you help, unfortunately I can't use newer version of Inventor. But the A360 could be a good solution, but I can't find where can I export the file in different filetype. As I searched about it I saw screenshots that when you click on the download button, a list shows up and you can select the file type you would like to download. Is it an old feature and not available now or is there a setting where you can select STEP?

Thank you very much!

[JDMather]

I think you have to have Fusion 360 installed for the A360 conversion to work.

Fusion 360 is free to most users.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, It worked with Fusion360!