inventor using solidworks

[slphantom]

can the latest and greatest inventor import the latest and greatest solidworks models and assys.?

thanks

[mdavis22569 · Accepted solution]

Currently no ...

2018 Inventor can open SW 2017 

it's generally a year behind ..

[slphantom]

So i am guessing solidworks operates the same way with the one year behind thing? uhg.

[JDMather]

SWx is released later in the calandar year than Inventor so SWx 2018 "should" be able to open Inventor 2018.

[mcgyvr]

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@slphantom wrote:

can the latest and greatest inventor import the latest and greatest solidworks models and assys.?

thanks

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Yes it can...

(if those files are supplied in a neutral cad format like step/stp files)

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! To be more precise, this is not about who is behind whom. It is more about release naming and scheduling. Inventor's major release usually happens in April and it is named after the fiscal year instead of calendar year. So the current release of Inventor is 2018 and it was available in April 2017. Solidworks releases major release in late September. The current release is 2017 and it was available in September 2016.

In terms Inventor's ability of reading Solidworks file, Inventor 2018 and Inventor 2017.4 (released in May 2017) both can read Solidworks 2017 files. If you are a subscriber to Inventor 2017, you should install R4 update and it will allow you to ready Solidworks 2017 files.

Many thanks!