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Inventor import options
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling allows you to import Inventor parts (files that carry the .ipt or .IPT extension) and Inventor assemblies (files that carry the .iam or .IAM extension).
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For information about supported Inventor versions, see Working with other CAD systems.
To import Inventor files,
1. Click File > Open in the main menu. The Load dialog box opens.
2. In the File Type box, select Inventor (*.ipt*;*.iam*;*.IPT*;*.IAM*).
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If you do not see Inventor (*.ipt*;*.iam*;*.IPT*;*.IAM*) in the File Type box, you must:
a. Add Inventor module to the startup list. For detailed steps, see To add and remove default modules on startup,.
b. Close Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
c. Restart Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
By default, Inventor is added to Modules startup list.
3. Click Options and choose Quilts, Blend Recognition, or Merge spline surfaces in the Read Inventor (native) dialog box.
◦ Click Quilts to import Inventor quilts. Quilts are used to represent models that are not Inventor solids; for example, face parts or collections of faces. All imported quilts for each part or assembly are grouped in a Quilts container (under that part or assembly) in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
◦ By default, Blend Recognition is selected. Creo Elements/Direct Modeling automatically detects and recognizes blends so that they can be modified.
◦ Click Merge spline surfaces to merge multiple spline surfaces into one surface.
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If you clear Merge spline surfaces, Creo Elements/Direct Modeling independently imports all spline surfaces without merging them.
4. Browse to the Inventor file.
5. Select a file or type the name of the file in Filename.
6. Click Load.
Limitations
• You cannot import Inventor wire parts.
• The suppressed components or parts in Inventor are not processed or imported to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
• Information such as face color is not imported from an Inventor part to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
• Default representation colors applied to components (parts or assemblies) in Inventor are visible in components imported to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
• Master representation colors applied to parts in Inventor are visible in parts imported to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.