Importing Inventor assembly

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Allan, Nov 28, 2004.

  1. Allan

    Allan Guest

    Hi there

    Can any one please explain to me how I can successfully open an
    Inventor assembly file (.IAM) in Solidworks. Also do the constraints
    stay intact or will I have to do something like re-constaining the
    assembly in solidworks.

    Any help would be really appreciated

    Thanks in advance
    Allan
     
    Allan, Nov 28, 2004
    #1
  2. Allan

    Jeff Howard Guest

    I don't know inventor. However, I think your only
    If neutral translations are going to be used; I'd ask for STEP if for no
    other reasons than ACIS flattens the assembly hierarchy and will create a
    discrete "part" for every solid body in the assembly; e.g. if you have
    several hundred instances of a bolt you'll get several hundred parts vs.
    one part placed several hundred times. (At least, I believe that's the way
    it works. Seems I've read that the latest version of ACIS at least
    supports sub-assemblies, so might only be the older ACIS versions, too,
    which is what Inventor uses. If you ever write out an ACIS for IV usage;
    roll the version back to v6 or 7 so they don't have to download a HOOPS
    viewer, etc. to convert it. They'll appreciate it. <G> )
     
    Jeff Howard, Nov 28, 2004
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