User Manual

AEC Exchange

The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and

Construction) Exchange tool creates and pub-

lishes simpliﬁed D representations, intelligent

connection points, and additional information in

native ﬁle formats for AutoCAD

MEP software.

Users can also export D geometry to AutoCAD

Architecture, Revit

-based software, and AutoCAD

software.

Native Translators

Streamline projects that require opening ﬁles

from vendors or customers in native formats.

Deliver D design data to customers or vendors

who prefer native ﬁle formats. Users can easily

exchange data between Autodesk Inventor, UGS,

SolidWorks,

and Pro/ENGINEER

by importing and

exporting Parasolid,

importing UG-NX,™ importing

SolidWorks, importing and exporting Granite, and

importing Pro/ENGINEER directly with Inventor.

STEP/IGES

Simplify accurate collaboration with suppliers and

customers by enabling sharing and reuse of design

data with D CAD/CAM systems. Read and write

design and drawing data using industry-standard

formats.

Construction Environment

Reduce the time required to inspect and repair

customer data ﬁles. The Inventor Construction

Environment provides fault-tolerant import of large

STEP and IGES data sets, with a quarantine to hold

entities containing geometric problems such as sur-

face slivers and mismatched boundary curves. The

construction environment also includes a compre-

hensive toolkit for inspecting, editing, and correct-

ing quarantined entities, including solids, surfaces,

wireframes, and points. Data sets can be corrected

and promoted into D part models, surfaces, or D

wireframes.