Open SW files in Inventor?

I've never used Inventor before, but I'm wondering if you can open SW
parts/assemblies/drawings in Inventor. If so, how? I work primarily
with SW and have a customer who works primarily in Inventor.

 

Export as Unigraphics Parasolid, or ACIS format which will get the
parts in as dumb solids, and thus no easy editing.

 

I don't have any experience with this myself, but as it's been an hour
and nobody's given a response (maybe all the knowledgeable regulars
have taken Good Friday off?) I can at least try and point you in the
right direction... here's a recent discussion about this in one of
the other forums: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=183023&page=1

My assumption would have been to use a neutral file format (STEP /
IGES / ACIS), but according to that thread (and the Help), SWX can
open Inventor files. Either way, as Bo mentioned after I started this
post, you wind up with a dumb solid...

-Mark

 

Oops...I realized right after I posted that I misread your question
and you want to go the other way. Good thing someone who knows how to
read beat me to answering =).

 

If you do not mind spending a bit of money PolyTrans by OKino
$395 + Cad Translator Pack $245

http://www.okino.com/default.htm
http://www.okino.com/conv/conv.htm

I've not used it but the application has been around for some time and has
always been updated with components for newer CAD packages

 

Autodesk Inventor will not read native SWX files. You must save in a
neutral file format. I suggest STEP, then ACIS (but you must set
Options to r7) or IGES. The feature history tree will be lost but the
solid editing tools can still be used.

JD
Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Certified SolidWorks Professional