Thanks to everyone who provided feedback since April 2008 on the technology preview of the Alias Direct Reader Add-in for Inventor.
This feedback was used to incorporate the functionality into Inventor 2010. Future comments and suggestions should be made through the product support channels. For those of you still using Inventor 2009 SP1, the add-on is still available for download from the Autodesk Labs Graduates page.
Perhaps you work in a mixed environment? Perhaps you get data from partners who use various forms of design creation tools? Perhaps one of those is Rhino? If you answered yes to any one of these, then perhaps the technology preview of a Rhino Import Add-in for Inventor is for you.
The add-in is compatible with Inventor 2010 and Inventor LT 2010. All the current Rhino Versions (1.0-4.0) are supported with this technology preview. Please check it out and lets us know of your success or failure stories at labs.iv.trans@autodesk.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Getting feedback on interoperability from mixed environments is alive in the lab.
Marketing Solutions Manager, Jerome Longuet, was so excited about the CATIA V5 Import Translator for Inventor that he sent out an email to his customers in France. I thought I would share it with you. Hey look mom - I'm multi-lingual. Heretofore I had been limited to "¿Donde esta Pablo? Pablo esta en la bibliotecha."
Téléchargez gratuitement CATIA V5 Import Translator d’Autodesk et importez directement les fichiers CATIA V5 dans Autodesk Inventor.
Ce convertisseur est capable de lire à la fois des fichiers CATPart et CATProduct et d’intégrer ainsi des solides, des surfaces, des filaires et des points dans Autodesk Inventor pour qu’ils soient utilisés directement pendant la modélisation. Vous n’avez ainsi plus besoin de convertir les données CATIA pour les rendre utilisables dans vos projets.
Versions d’Autodesk Inventor prises en charge
Vous devez posséder la version Autodesk Inventor 2009 SP1 ou Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview 2009 SP1 pour utiliser ce complément.
Versions de CATIA® V5 prises en charge e
Les versions R6 à R18 de CATIA® V5 sont prises en charge.
Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site Web Autodesk Labs.
Remarque: Autodesk Inventor 2009 SP1 est requis pour ce complément.
Télécharger Inventor 2009 SP1
Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview 2009 SP1 prend également en charge ce complément.
Télécharger Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview 2009 SP1 32 bits
Télécharger Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview 2009 SP1 64 bits
Essayez ce convertisseur avec vos propres fichiers CATIA et faites-nous part de vos commentaires à l’adresse labs.iv.trans@autodesk.com.
Reaching out to our readers who speak French is alive in the lab. Or should I say: "L'atteinte dehors a nos lecteurs qui parlent Français est vivante dans le laboratoire." Thank you Babelfish. And thank you Jerome.
The AliasStudio Direct Reader Add-in for Inventor provides the ability to communicate effectively between industrial design and engineering by directly reading a native AliasStudio wire file into Autodesk Inventor.
AliasStudio Direct Reader Add-in for Inventor
Recently the team provided me with a white paper containing great information about the add-in. I added the white paper to the Labs site:
Bidirectional Communication between AliasStudio and Autodesk Inventor (PDF)
This makes great holiday reading!
Inventor users email in their questions to labs.iv.trans@autodesk.com
A Mrs. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in:
What file types does Inventor work with?
Director of Inventor Software Development, Roger Mollon, provided a nice chart:
| Translator | Read Versions | Write Versions |
| Alias (Autodesk Labs) | All Versions | |
| CATIA V5 (Autodesk Labs) | R6-R18 | |
| IGES | All Versions | 5.3 |
| JT (Autodesk Labs) | 6.4; 7.0; 8.0; 8.1; 8.2; 9.0; 9.1 | 7.0; 8.0; 8.1; 8.2; 9.0; 9.1 |
| UGNX | 3-5 | |
| Parasolid | Up to 19.0 | 9.0-19.0 |
| Pro/ENGINEER | 14 and above, up to Wildfire 3.0 | |
| Pro/ENGINEER Granite | Up to 4.0 | 1.0-4.0 |
| Pro/ENGINEER Neutral | N/A | N/A |
| SAT | 4.0-7.0 | 4.0-7.0 |
| SolidWorks | 2003-2008 | |
| STEP | AP214, AP203E2 | AP214, AP203E2 |
| STL | N/A | |
| XGL/ZGL | N/A |
Sharing interoperability information is alive in the lab.
Software Development Manager, Wayne Catalfano, worked with our QA team in Shanghai to thoroughly test the technology preview of the CATIA V5 Import Translator for Inventor. The team really put it through its paces. Now we are looking for your feedback. Please visit the Autodesk Labs site to learn about and download the import translator:
As the name suggests, the translator allows you to import CATIA V5 files into Autodesk Inventor 2009 or the Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview 2009. The installer works for 32-bit or 64-bit systems. Please note that SP1 of Autodesk Inventor or the Autodesk Inventor LT Technology Preview is required. Please try it with your own CATIA files and let us know what you think at labs.iv.trans@autodesk.com.
Allowing you to integrate designs from other systems is alive in the lab.
A long time ago I wrote a blog article on Beyond the Paper entitled:
The point of that article was that the DWF format supported NURBS but Autodesk applications did not currently publish DWF files containing NURBS. There are often differences between file formats and what applications can actually do.
A NURBS duck in Project Freewheel (sliver missing to expose slice)
It is a smiliar case with:
Though the JT format can contain mesh representations, the technology preview of the Inventor translator is not equipped to import them. Thanks for the feedback on this issue. We can consider incorporating support to import mesh representations in a future version.
Hopefully you are aware of this movie, or this blog posting title makes no sense. :-)
On the heels of my posting about what's available on the Autodesk Labs site for Autodesk Inventor users, my friend, Stefaan Boel, shared the results of a recent poll he conducted on the Belgian Inventor Wizard site. Stefaan posed the question:
What is important for you?
The results were:
The Shrinkwrap Add-in for Inventor is the most popular. This is great feedback. Thanks for taking the poll and sharing the results.
A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey emailed us:
Do you have a recent presentation of the latest stuff available on Labs for the manufacturing industry?
Inventor Product Manager, Sam Antos, provided the answer with a PowerPoint presentation. I have taken Sam's slides and fashioned them into a blog article.
iMap for Inventor
New User Interface
Advanced Simulation
// More Advanced Simulation info
Shrinkwrap Add-in for Inventor
Inventor Plastic Features
ShareNow Add-in for Inventor
Also available on Autodesk Labs
Thanks Sam!
Enumerating the benefits of modeling software technologies for the manufacturing industry is alive in the lab.
Software Development Manager, Wayne Catalfano, provided me with an updated version of
I have placed it on the Autodesk Labs site for download. This update of our CAD CAM software add-in is compatible with Autodesk Inventor SP1. Thanks for all who reported this issue. We are always happy to hear from you at labs.alias.iv.trans@autodesk.com.
With this update, the technology preview directly reads a native AliasStudio wire file into Autodesk® Inventor® SP1. Now SP1 users can enjoy the benefit of virtually eliminating errors introduced by translations of geometry into intermediate formats such as STEP or IGES.
Updating technology previews to be compatible with the latest service packs is alive in the lab.
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