InterOp:Connect/Inventor/Inventor Reader

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The Inventor Reader component reads Inventor files. The component is in the form of shared libraries.

InterOp Connect supports the translation of the following file formats and versions:

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File Format File Extension Version Supported
Inventor .ipt Inventor Versions 6 – 11, 2008 – 2011
Inventor Assembly .iam Inventor Versions 11, 2008 – 2011

Contents

Features

Features of the Inventor Reader component include:

  • Support for Inventor part and assembly
Supports file extensions of type ".ipt" for Inventor part files and ".iam" for assembly files.
  • Support for units
The Inventor Reader exports unit information (centimeter, foot, inch, meter, micron, millimeter) saved in .ipt and .iam files from Inventor version 7 onwards.

Options for Inventor Reader

Option Default Description
TranslateAllStates False This option controls whether to translate unfolded bodies from the Inventor file.
Flatten1 False This option controls whether the imported assembly will be flattened and translated into a SAT file or translated as ACIS assembly.

1 Not available for the Parasolid product line.

Assembly

  • Support for Inventor Assembly
Supports translation for Inventor assembly file versions 11, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

BRep

The Inventor Reader supports reading BRep (topology and geometry) data from Inventor part (.ipt) files.

  • Support for Sheet Metal Bodies
The translator supports translation of sheet metal bodies for Inventor files version 11 onwards. Refer to the TranslateAllStates option for additional information.

Limitations

The Inventor Reader component has the following limitations:

  • Limited support for Inventor assembly
    • Assembly attributes such as colors and layers are not supported.
    • Inventor parts and Inventor sub-assemblies should be present in the main (root) of the Inventor Assembly directory.
    • Assembly level features are not supported. For example, an instance can be marked as suppressed (that is, not visible) in an Inventor assembly. Because the translator does not support reading suppressed information, suppressed instances are translated.
  • No support for Inventor surfaces
The translator currently does not handle "helical" surfaces in Inventor 6 files and "cylspl" surfaces in Inventor 7 files. If the Inventor file contains any of these surfaces, a partial translation takes place skipping the data for these surfaces and converting the remaining entities.
  • No support for Sketches
The translator currently does not support sketches from Inventor files.
  • Limited entity support for Inventor 11, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
The translator currently does not support some specific entities resulting from advanced feature Inventor operations such as Lofting.
  • No support for attributes
The translator does not support translating attributes such as colors and layers.
  • No support for hidden flags
The translator does not support filtering hidden bodies. Thus, all hidden bodies are translated as well.
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