[bolton]

If you still have a copy of max 5 you can install both that and your copy of inventor on the c drive. you can go into max and under the plugin paths add the Autodesk Inventor folder (I think it's the bin folder you want but not positive). Add the subpaths. next time you boot up max 5 you should be able to import an iam straight in. save it as a max file (or export as 3ds) and open it in your copy of max 6.