Inventor 2014 Back Save???
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Topic: Inventor 2014 Back Save???
Posted By: Starkey92
Subject: Inventor 2014 Back Save???
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2014 at 11:38
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Hi, I am currently in a bit of a pickle. I use Inventor 2014 at work and that is fine. However, when I am in college, any college work I do at work cannot be opened because the college use Inventor 2011. Does anybody know how I may be able to back save or even save the part & assemblies in a way which is compatible with both versions. I understand that there is a part tree for each assembly but I'm not particularly bothered if I have to re-assign all of the separate parts every time I open the assembly. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks. |
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2014 at 13:48
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I was under the impression there is no "going back" in Inventor. Found this partial solution. Can't tell you if it works though. Save Copy As type STEP (*.step). Use Feature Recognition add-in from labs.autodesk.com in 2013. out of luck for drawings (*.idw or *.dwg). ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: Starkey92
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2014 at 13:58
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Hi John Connor, I think that may be the problem. However, I posted this also on the Autodesk website forum and there has been a possible untested solution put up where I can save all .ipt & .iam documents as .stp files which may allow the older version to load up the assembly mainly but without the feature tree. Something which I can always re-configure in the long run but as long as it saves me doing the components again is the main thing. The assembly isn't exactly the end of the world. I mainly posted because there could have been a possibility where someone found a loop hole in the process which allowed it but that's not the case up to now. |
Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 04.Mar.2014 at 15:11
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Well that's what you end up with when you use a "modern" CAD program not an old dinosaur like AutoCAD where one can back save several releases/versions. It's the old "be careful what you wish for" thing. ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: Starkey92
Date Posted: 07.Mar.2014 at 15:45
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Hi All, Just to let you know it sort of worked in the end. I saved the separate parts as STEP files and then I managed to open up the 'old versions' and then 'save copy as' to update the drawing to 2011 format. I lost the assembly but I was only part way through that anyway as it is a working progress so that never took too long to re-do. Thank you everybody for your help and advice. 
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 07.Mar.2014 at 15:57
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OK...glad to hear you basically got what you were looking for (with a little extra effort). ------------- "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>> |
Posted By: Starkey92
Date Posted: 07.Mar.2014 at 16:03
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Well as I said the assembly I a working progress anyway so I would have most probably had to change it in the near future anyway. It was however quite a pain in the a**e way to go about it to be honest. The more annoying thing is that I never actually modified the parts in any way on 2014 so its not as if there was a process which wasn't supported on 2011. I literally opened the parts up in 2014 to look at something and by routine, saved as I closed. Well resolved now anyway, thank you again for the advice. |