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■ Dragging and dropping an Inventor file into 3ds Max uses the settings last
set on the Inventor File Import dialog with the except for Mesh Resolution,
which always resets to 0.
■ 3ds Max uses the last version of Inventor that was opened to set the Import
version. For instance, let's say you have both Inventor 8 and Inventor 10
on your system. If the last version of Inventor you ran was Inventor 8, you
cannot import Inventor 10 files. Inventor 8 must be closed and Inventor
10 opened, at least once, in order for you to successfully import Inventor
10 files.
Material Handling
Materials and material assignments made to the original Inventor model are
retained and imported along with the geometry. Materials are imported as
Architectural materials on page 5431 or if a single object has several materials
assigned to it, they are imported as a
Multi/Sub-Object material on page 5558
.
Procedures
To import an IAM or IPT file:
1 Choose File menu > Import.
2 Choose Autodesk Inventor (*.IPT, *.IAM) in the Files of Type list.
3 Specify a file name to import.
4 Set options in the Autodesk Inventor File Import dialog.
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