[Lev]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

That's unrealistic... I'm wanting to import our assembly file of our robot, do you realize how long that would take to import each part file and assemble them?? If it's my only option, I'll do it, but I'd even let someone on another team import the file into a .3ds file before assembling piece by piece. So, if anyone has the capability of turning .iam files into .3ds files and is willing to help us out, just reply or PM me with some contact info.

Thanks

the only "normal" way of exporting iam files to 3ds is the following:
1) Install Inventor 6 and 3dsmax 5
2) Install autodesk's 3dsmax Inventor Import plugin (search for "inventor" on maxplugins.de
3) Read the manual on how to install it. Its anything but trivial

and then you can import stuff with ease. Sorry, but becasue of the ingenuity of autodesk's version compatibility approach, this is the only combination that seems to work.

Here is my old post in one of the hundred Inventor to Max threads:

Originally Posted by Lev

As far as i know there is no "export to .3ds" option in Inventor.
But i did find a working plugin for Inventor 6 and 3dsmax5 (and 3dsmax3 and 4 as well) - you can download it here: http://adeskftp.autodesk.com/prodsu..._Max_Plugin.zip (and the installation instructions are found here: http://www.mekvizion.com/Support/Ma...ugin_Readme.txt )

Hope this helps