Inventor to .dxf

[iainlines]

Hi,

I have downloaded a free trial of Inventor fusion (latest) so as I can view an .stp file. Can someone please let me know how to take a 3D drawing and obtain 2D geometry that I can read in Autocad 2007.

I have saved as a .dxf but I get the error message "Invalid or incompete data' when trying to open.

I have very little (approx 30 minutes!!) experience of Inventor

Thanks in advance

Iain

 

EDIT: One of the drawings attached

Any help greatly appreciated

Mast lower.dxf

Edited July 30, 2012 by iainlines

[iainlines]

All I need to know is how to create a dimension-able (not a word, I know) drawing from the 3D model.

[ConMan]

Tried to open in Mechanical 2012, threw this error:

 

Unknown value "AC1027" encountered in drawing version.

Invalid or incomplete DXF input -- drawing discarded.

 

Looks to be a 2013 version file, so not openable in your 2007 either...

 

Does Fusion have the option to "Save As" an older version of dxf?

[JD Mather]

Why dxf??

Simply save as 2007 version of dwg in Fusion to open in AutoCAD.

[abstracted]

If I were you I would create the views you desire within inventor on a IDW template. Then export your IDW file as an Autocad DWG, which you can then open in AutoCAD. Note that you can save into any recent DWG version.

[JD Mather]

It doesn't sound like the OP has Inventor, only Inventor Fusion to open the file and convert to something AutoCAD can read.

[abstracted]

Ah k, I wasn't aware they came separate. You can also just import the .stp directly into acad. Just type in "import" and press enter.

[JD Mather]

... You can also just import the .stp directly into acad. Just type in "import" and press enter.

 

AutoCAD 2007 does not have a STEP translator.

If it did, I would have suggested that in my first response.

[iainlines]

All sorted folks, thanks for the responese. Solution was to dowload Inventor Pro and export at 07 .dwg ( I have no idea what the difference between pro and fusion is) as get sort of aquanited with it through tutorial vids. I can't say I'd ever need it to model with in my job but for production of 2D drawings from 3D models is fantastic!