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Originally Posted by petek
Mike,
I believe (as others have noted) the problem with the new part files from Autodesk is that they are created in Inventor 6. I have verified that they do open in 6, but not in 5.3 or 5.0, giving filenotfound errors in the older versions.
We are getting around this by opening them in 6 and exporting them as IGES solids so we can use them in Inventor 5.x. Of course you can't edit the IGES geometry, but unless you modify one of these kit parts that shouldn't be a problem.
If you haven't done it before, exporting to IGES format is simply a matter of:
- Open the part .ipt file;
- Select File -> Save Copy As;
- Select File Save Type: IGES (.igs, ...);
- Click the Options button to set the IGES File Save As options*; and
- Save the file.
* The default geometry is Surfaces; if you plan to do any section views you may be more successful by saving as Solids.
When you want to open one of these IGES files in Inventor you have to set the File->Open->Files of type: to IGES.
Pete
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Um, I am not able to access the folder. When I click the link provided above I getan "invalid autodesk buzzsaw site name"
Do I need to use inventor and get it through there, or should I be able to Internet Exlorer it, and download them?
Please help.
edit: my school has one copy of 7.0 and one of 6.0 . . do we continue to recieve them every year or have we just been lucky? I was under the impression that each team got the full set each year. So why are some people stuck with 5.x?
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Never mind, I didn't realize that this was a resurrected thread from last year. Still, any ideas for how to get the motors, trannies, otherstuffs for inventor?