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CAD tip # 5208:
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3D models imported into Inventor from neutral data exchange file formats (STEP, IGES, SAT) are "dumb" models without the original design features (holes, fillets...).
In Inventor there is only a limited set of editing functions available to edit such models (right-click on the "Base1" item in the Inventor browser). But you can use the new "Feature Recognition" add-on module for Inventor 11 and 2008 - currently available as a technology preview on labs.autodesk.com. The Feature Recognition module performs an automatic or semi-automatic recognition of design features (hole, extrude, fillet...) in 3D models imported from exchange formats.
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this tip shared by ARKANCE experts applies to: Inventor 2008 · Inventor 11 ·
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