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idw to dwg problems

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Anonymous
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idw to dwg problems

Anonymous
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Hello,

 

I have inventor 2014 and I can't save or export a IDW to AutoCAD DWG, I have tried what I saw on other posts but does not works.

The message is: problems encountered while saving the document, I can save as all other formats but not AutoCAD dwg

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idw to dwg problems

Hello,

 

I have inventor 2014 and I can't save or export a IDW to AutoCAD DWG, I have tried what I saw on other posts but does not works.

The message is: problems encountered while saving the document, I can save as all other formats but not AutoCAD dwg

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Message 2 of 12
Mark.Lancaster
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Mark.Lancaster
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Use the following steps to re-register Autodesk Inventor with your operating system:

 

 

 

1.  Exit Inventor if still running

 

2a.  Win 8/8.1/10: Select the Windows start button and type CMD (but do not hit an enter)

 

2b.  Win 7:  Select the Windows start button and type CMD in the search field (but do not hit an enter)

 

3.  When CMD or command prompt appears in the list, right mouse click and select run as admin

 

 

 

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4.  When the command prompt appears, navigate using dos commands to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Bin or where your Inventor.exe is located if you changed the default install location of Inventor.

 

 

 

In this example I'm navigated to my Inventor 2018 (exe) location.

 

 

 

2017-10-12_8-17-44.jpg

 

6.  Type Inventor.exe /install.  

 

 

 

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Wait a few mins and restart Inventor.   At this time you will not see anything occurring.  Don't panic.  Smiley Very Happy  However if you launch Windows task manager you can watch the Inventor.exe process (and see when it ends).

 

 

 

Does that resolve the issue?

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

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Use the following steps to re-register Autodesk Inventor with your operating system:

 

 

 

1.  Exit Inventor if still running

 

2a.  Win 8/8.1/10: Select the Windows start button and type CMD (but do not hit an enter)

 

2b.  Win 7:  Select the Windows start button and type CMD in the search field (but do not hit an enter)

 

3.  When CMD or command prompt appears in the list, right mouse click and select run as admin

 

 

 

2017-10-12_8-33-26.jpg

 

4.  When the command prompt appears, navigate using dos commands to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor <version>\Bin or where your Inventor.exe is located if you changed the default install location of Inventor.

 

 

 

In this example I'm navigated to my Inventor 2018 (exe) location.

 

 

 

2017-10-12_8-17-44.jpg

 

6.  Type Inventor.exe /install.  

 

 

 

2017-10-12_8-30-40.jpg

 

Wait a few mins and restart Inventor.   At this time you will not see anything occurring.  Don't panic.  Smiley Very Happy  However if you launch Windows task manager you can watch the Inventor.exe process (and see when it ends).

 

 

 

Does that resolve the issue?

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

Message 3 of 12
Anonymous
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Hi Mark,

 

I've done that and it doesn't work 😞

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Hi Mark,

 

I've done that and it doesn't work 😞

Message 4 of 12
Mark.Lancaster
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@Anonymous

 

Ok..  No problem..  I wasn't sure what you had found..  For the future just provide a link of what you have found so duplicate info is not provided as a solution  Smiley Wink

 

Is this the first time you did this (converting) or has this worked in the past?  The reason I'm asking is a Windows update  occurred this week and is impacting legacy versions of Inventor.

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

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@Anonymous

 

Ok..  No problem..  I wasn't sure what you had found..  For the future just provide a link of what you have found so duplicate info is not provided as a solution  Smiley Wink

 

Is this the first time you did this (converting) or has this worked in the past?  The reason I'm asking is a Windows update  occurred this week and is impacting legacy versions of Inventor.

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

Message 5 of 12
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Ok, I will do that. Is the first time I try it on 2014, I was using 2017 at my previous job and I never had a problem converting files, but now I have 2014 and for some reason is not working

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Ok, I will do that. Is the first time I try it on 2014, I was using 2017 at my previous job and I never had a problem converting files, but now I have 2014 and for some reason is not working

Message 6 of 12
Mark.Lancaster
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@Anonymous

 

Just to confirm..  At your current place (using Inventor 2014)..  You don't know if this was working or not in the past?   This is the first time you have tried it here (at your current place)?  Have you updated Inventor 2014?  Do you know what updates have been applied to your Inventor 2014?

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

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@Anonymous

 

Just to confirm..  At your current place (using Inventor 2014)..  You don't know if this was working or not in the past?   This is the first time you have tried it here (at your current place)?  Have you updated Inventor 2014?  Do you know what updates have been applied to your Inventor 2014?

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

Message 7 of 12
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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I am currently using 2014, it was installed 2 months ago (downloaded from Autodesk 2 months ago) and is the first time that I try to export or save as AutoCAD dwg and I do not know if there has been any updates applied to it since then, mi guess is no

Currently I am the only person that uses Inventor (there was one before me) and browsing through the vault there is no record of .idw files but there are dwgs' that on my experience look like they were imported from a idw

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I am currently using 2014, it was installed 2 months ago (downloaded from Autodesk 2 months ago) and is the first time that I try to export or save as AutoCAD dwg and I do not know if there has been any updates applied to it since then, mi guess is no

Currently I am the only person that uses Inventor (there was one before me) and browsing through the vault there is no record of .idw files but there are dwgs' that on my experience look like they were imported from a idw

Message 8 of 12
Mark.Lancaster
in reply to: Anonymous

Mark.Lancaster
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@Anonymous

 

OK  No problem..  Go to (Inventor) Help/About Inventor and share the Help/About dialog here.  Make sure no sensitive info like you serial # shared.  IF it appears in the dialog, blur it out before posting.  From there we can tell you if its up-to-date or not.

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

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@Anonymous

 

OK  No problem..  Go to (Inventor) Help/About Inventor and share the Help/About dialog here.  Make sure no sensitive info like you serial # shared.  IF it appears in the dialog, blur it out before posting.  From there we can tell you if its up-to-date or not.

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

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Anonymous
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Message 10 of 12
Mark.Lancaster
in reply to: Anonymous

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@Anonymous

 

Yeah you need to update:

 

First install this: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-inventor-2014-service-pack-2.html?v=2014

 

Then install this: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/update-8-for-inventor-2014-service-pack-2.html?v=2014

 

Let us know if that resolves your issue or not?

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

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@Anonymous

 

Yeah you need to update:

 

First install this: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-inventor-2014-service-pack-2.html?v=2014

 

Then install this: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/update-8-for-inventor-2014-service-pack-2.html?v=2014

 

Let us know if that resolves your issue or not?

Mark Lancaster


  &  Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider


Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee


Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others


Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.

Message 11 of 12
Anonymous
in reply to: Mark.Lancaster

Anonymous
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thanks @Mark.Lancaster I will contact II so I can get the authorization to do it an report back

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thanks @Mark.Lancaster I will contact II so I can get the authorization to do it an report back

Message 12 of 12
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Hi @Mark.Lancaster it worked, I updated Inventor and ran the CMD solution again and it worked

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Hi @Mark.Lancaster it worked, I updated Inventor and ran the CMD solution again and it worked

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