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Functions Supported by Inventor and Inventor Apprentice
Compared Functions of Inventor and Inventor Apprentice
Function
Subcategory
Inventor
Inventor Apprentice
Conversion method
Interactive publishing
Yes
No
Command-line publishing
Yes
Yes
Server-controlled publishing
Yes
Yes
Windchill content retrieval
Common file system transfer
Yes
Yes
File synchronization
Yes
No
Output metadata
Mass properties
Yes
No
Datum planes
Yes
No
Datum curves
Yes
No
Datum points
Yes
No
Datum axis
Yes
No
Component properties (attributes)
Yes
Yes
Output drawing type
DWG
Yes
No
DWX
Yes
No
DWF
Yes
Yes
DWFx
Yes
No
PDF
Yes
No
Component Visibility
Yes
No
Shared Functions of Inventor and Inventor Apprentice
Function
Subcategory
Comments
Conversion mechanisms
Full mode
Creates an OL file for each instance.
Component mode
Creates a single OL file that includes multiple instances of a component.
Minimum memory mode
Processes assembly first and then each part individually. This improves the loading performance.
Supported input data
Inventor part file (*.ipt)
Inventor assembly file (*.iam)
Inventor drawing file (*.idw)
Inventor authored drawing file (*.dwg)
Inventor presentation file (*.ipn)
iPart file conversion
Converts iPart (*.ipt) files to standard part (*.prt) files.
iAssembly file conversion
Converts iAssembly (*.iam) files to standard assembly (*.asm) files. Currently supported only by command line publishing and interactive publishing.
iPresentation file conversion
Inventor presentation file (*ipn)
View states, video, and animations are not presently supported.
For information about viewing iPresentation files, see “Viewing Inventor Presentations” in the Creo View Help Center.
Output data
Tesselation
Analytical
Wireframe
Thumbnail
Body types
Solid
Quilt
Excluded components
Hides excluded components.
Suppressed components
Skips conversion of suppressed components.
Appearance
Writes color and transparency information.