The 3D ACIS® Modeler (ACIS) is Spatial’s prominent 3D solid modeling engine. 3D InterOp is a CAD data translation framework (Interoperability)
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:
| READ | ||
|---|---|---|
| File Format | File Extension | Version Supported |
| Inventor | .ipt | Inventor Versions 6 - 11, 2008, 2009 |
| Inventor Assembly | .iam | Inventor Versions 11, 2008, 2009 |
Contents |
Features
Features of the Inventor Reader component include:
- Support for Sheet Metal Bodies
- Support for Inventor assembly
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.
Document
- Supported file extensions
- Supports file extensions of type ".ipt" for Inventor part files and ".iam" for assembly files.
- Support for Sheet Metal Bodies
- Supports translation of sheet metal bodies for Inventor files with version 11 onwards. Refer to the TranslateAllStates option for additional information.
Assembly
- Support for Inventor Assembly
- Supports translation for Inventor assembly file versions 11, 2008, and 2009.
BRep
The Inventor Reader component supports the BRep representation.
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 supports versions 11, 2008, and 2009.
- Assembly level features are not supported.
- Inventor surfaces not supported
- 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.
- Limited support for Inventor 11, 2008, and 2009
- 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.
