User2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 How we can open an ipt (Inventor Professional Version 2013) in AutoCAD 2012? Although I saved the Inventor file in dwg, CAD 2012 can not open it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I don't use Inventor, but I imagine when you save as .dwg, you have the option to save in AutoCAD2013 or AutoCad2010 format. If you have the choice, make sure you're picking .dwg 2010 format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 More information is needed about why you can't open the file in 2012 (assuming you did set it to save as earlier version). Can you attach the files here? There are also several alternatives. Save as ACIS *.sat instead. Use Inventor Fusion. But the alternatives should not be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Thanx for reply. As you see in the attachment, there is no option to go with another version like 2010! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 I saved ipt file of Inventor Professional 2013 in dwg and then tried to open it in Cad 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Looks like you missed the obvious after setting to save to AutoCAD dwg set the Options to the version of dwg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Thanx a lot for your help! It works now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 The DWG file format was changed when AutoCAD 2013 was released. 2014 and 2015 will retain the same file format. You should have saved to the 2010 file format which covers AutoCAD 2010 through 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joren Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hello, I have the same problem but I can't see the last picture from this Thread which I think is the solution. The picture: Options.jpg (the reply from JD Mather). I'm drawing in Inventor 2013 and my colleague in Autocad 2007. I drew earlier in Autocad 2007 and I changed the default save settings but I can't find it in Inventor regards, Joren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 When you Save Copy As type *.dwg click Options in the dialog box and then you can set to earlier version or free Inventor Fusion or free DWG TrueView or save as ACIS *.sat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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