Inventor 2013 or 2014?

[Woolly]

On Windows 8.1, you NEED to upgrade to Inventor 2014 Service Pack 1 as it's the only version compatible. Otherwise you will notice odd issues like your file explorer randomly crashing.

[yash101]

I used to use inventor 2013 on 8 pro without an error. Now I don't because I upgraded to 7. I'd say, just stick to 2014. It'll contain new features and bug-fixes (as well as new bugs, of course). I doubt that you are a rookie, so you won't have a problem with either.

I still run 2013 because I am too lazy to install 2014. However, if you haven't installed inventor before, just go with the latest (2014)

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by yash101

I used to use inventor 2013 on 8 pro without an error. Now I don't because I upgraded to 7. I'd say, just stick to 2014. It'll contain new features and bug-fixes (as well as new bugs, of course). I doubt that you are a rookie, so you won't have a problem with either.

I still run 2013 because I am too lazy to install 2014. However, if you haven't installed inventor before, just go with the latest (2014)

Yeah, I have been experienced with Inventor for 4 years now (my first version was 2011) and I have seen the bugs and bug fixes. I am actually enjoying the new version, mostly due to the fact that it feels like a cleaner version of 2013.

Thanks for all of the advice guys!

[yash101]

That makes me want to upgrade

However, that'll only happen after I get over my obsession of Ubuntu and triboot back to Windows!

Why can't they make an Ubuntu one?

[makgamer]

Originally Posted by sst.thad

I would say if computers at school run Inventor, then you should use the same version as those, to allow moving files to the school computers for more people to use. Otherwise I'd say go with 2014.

Originally Posted by Woolly

On Windows 8.1, you NEED to upgrade to Inventor 2014 Service Pack 1 as it's the only version compatible. Otherwise you will notice odd issues like your file explorer randomly crashing.

These two points are causing me a problem. Inventor 2013 worked fine on my shiny new Windows 8 PC at home until I upgraded to Windows 8.1 a few weeks ago. My school is using Inventor 2013 and I really want to be able move our files back and forth between my home PC and school.

Does anyone know a way to save files in Inventor 2014 so that Inventor 2013 can still read them?

[inventor_phild]

Mike,

To move files from 2014 to 2013 or earlier you have to save the 2014 file as a STEP file. The problem is that the parts loose their history, and assemblies loose their constraints. There are solutions but using the same release offers more flexibility.

Generally, if you can, the advice is to work with the same release on a large project such as designing the robot.