tristandoo Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 At school I use Autodesk inventor 2011 pro and we creat all of are school projects on it. Our teacher told us to download the student software from Autodesk so I did, I downloaded the 2010 pro Educational version and I cant open the files from school in the Educational version and I can't open the files I made in the Educational version on the 2011 school software... could some one please help me.... I need to know how to open them up in both of the programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Why don't you download the 2011 version of Inventor from the student community? If you don't want to download 2010 for some reason, then in 2011 do a File>Save Copy As type STEP (*.step) to open in 2010. You might also want to download the free Feature Recongnition add-in from http://labs.autodesk.com but if I were you I would simply download 2011 from the student community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 There is no back file compatibility. A 2011 .ipt file wont open in 2010. I would do as JD said and just download the 2011 student version. Im surprised you could get 2010 still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristandoo Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hey i figured it out... we use Autodesk inventor at school but we really use AutoCAD inventor so i downloaded the wrongone.... now a new question... how do i set up AutoCAD since it downloads as 3 different files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 The downloads should be 1 exe file and 2 rar files. Double click on the exe to start the extraction and installation process. If you are running Vista or Windows 7 make sure you turn off UAC before starting (and make sure you downloaded the correct version 64-bit or 32-bit for your version of Windows). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rp181 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Some people, including me, have had problems with the download. The .exe starts extracting, but stops and says it is corrupted. I tried downloading multiple times, in safe mode, but no success. I ended up ordering a trial DVD from autodesk (trials this year are sent via 4 DVD's as opposed to a download). I just installed that and used my lic code rather than the 30 day trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivanan Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 hey guys..how do i convert Inventor 2011 part file(.ipt) to inventor 2010 part file(.ipt) ? and also 2011 assembly file (.iam) to 2010/2009 inventor assembly file (.iam)..i dont have the *step file extension under save copy as..its has only All Files..please help.thanks very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 ...i dont have the *step file extension under save copy as..its has only All Files..please help.thanks very much You should. Is the translator loaded in the list of Add-ins? Did you turn off anti-virus and UAC before install? Post screen capture of your Save Copy As options.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivanan Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 hey JD..sorry i made a mistake..there is s *step file but after saving it, the icon appears is like the icon that cant be opened..the inventor picture is not the icon..i have to choose a programme manually to view but it cant be viewed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 i have to choose a programme manually to view but it cant be viewed. Of course you have to open the STEP file in Inventor, SolidWorks, Pro/E or some other CAD program that will open *.stp files. (Wasn't that the original question - open in another release of Inventor?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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