Chapter 14
Exchanging Data with Other Systems
The need to bring files created by other CAD applications into Autodesk® Inventor® software, or to export to other formats, is common to many Inventor users. For instance, if you design components that others use in their designs, you might need to output files to a standard format so that others can use them with a different software package. Or, if you are a manufacturing “job shop,” you may receive many different file formats from customers that you need to bring into Inventor.
In this chapter, you'll learn to:
- Import and export geometry
- Use Inventor file translators
- Work with imported data
- Work with Design Review markups
Importing and Exporting Geometry
Essentially, three data types make up ...
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