Converting SolidWorks 2009 Drawings to Inventor

[Standing]

We are going to switch to AutoCAD Inventor 2009 within the next couple of months. We have 1,000’s of SolidWorks 2009 Drawings that need to be converted to Inventor. Does anyone know when AutoCAD Inventor 2009 will be able to convert SolidWorks 2009 Drawings to Inventor 2009?

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP2.1
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956

 

[rollupswx]

You can open the sldprt and sldasm files directly in Inventor. Use the Feature Recognition add-in to rebuild feature tree as needed.

http://labs.autodesk.com

You are out of luck on the 2d drawings.

 

[rollupswx]

I should have added - SWx 2009 came out after Inventor 2009.
You can open SWx 2009 files with Inventor 2010.
You can openn SWx 2008 files with Inventor 2009.

 

[mcgyvr]

Why switch and create all the extra hassle? The programs are nearly identical in functionality...

 

[Standing]

Switching because we need cable routing and schematic drawing all under one package. We tried SolidWorks Router and it did not work well for us. We cannot get Visio to talk to SolidWorks Router. Speedpak is not working for what we need, which is a Speedpak subassembly put into a top level assembly and have the balloons auto fill. Currently in Speedpak we get a * inside the balloon. Speedpak works well at the first assembly level. We have call the VAR on this Speedpak issue in Service pack 1.0. No response yet. By the way, it is to late to change managements minds now. They are set to go. All they need now is moneys to be approved.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP2.1
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956

 

[aardvarkdw]

I haven't used 2009 or 2010's routed systems package but I did use 11 and 2008's and I think you are going to be unfortunately disappointed with Inventor's cable routing software.

The modeling is not too bad, if a bit complicated, but the documentation is horrible.

Just my 2 cents...

David

 

[mflayler]

The best thing Autodesk has going for it for documentation of the Routed Systems is AutoCAD Electrical which does have a interoperability from point to point wiring with Inventor. This is something Solidworks just cannot touch as they do not have a schematic design software anywhere near the complexity of ACADE. I do agree that the nailboard environment probably needs a little work, but if you are getting training from your VAR, Autodesk does have a Cable and Harness course now.

 

[Standing]

Thanks for the information David.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP2.1
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956

 

[Standing]

Inventor cannot read Solidworks drawings yet.

Standing
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, EV SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956