Export data to other formats

You can export Autodesk Inventor parts, drawings, assemblies, and presentations in many formats. Before export of part and assembly files, click Manage tab Update panel Rebuild All to ensure updated data and integrity.

To save Autodesk Inventor files to other formats:

  1. Select Save As Save Copy As.
  2. Click the arrow next to the Save as type box, and then select the appropriate file type from the list.
  3. Enter the file name in the box.
    • If you do not enter a file name extension, the file is saved with the extension shown for the selected file type.
    • For file types shown with multiple extensions, the leftmost extension is the default.
    • To override the extension used, enter the file name along with the appropriate extension.
  4. If the file type has configurable options for the save operation, the Options command is active. Optionally, click Options, configure the appropriate settings, then click OK.
  5. Click Save to export the Autodesk Inventor data to the file.

Export to JT files

Save Autodesk Inventor parts and assemblies to JT files (*.jt) (versions 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, and 9.5).

Options include the ability to output Brep or facet data, include sketches, work planes, work points, and work axes, select the JT export version, and select the export structure (for Inventor assembly files).

You can also guide creation of JT facet data using levels of detail parameters in a JT configuration file. When you select to use a JT configuration file, Inventor prioritizes between the file and JT File Save As Options dialog box settings:

If a setting... Then this setting is used
Exists in the configuration file and on the dialog box File setting
Exists in the configuration file, but is not available on the dialog box File setting
Exists on the dialog box, but is not available in the file Dialog box setting
Does not exist in the configuration file or on the dialog box Default setting

You can view a sample JT configuration file included with Inventor:

Export to CATIA V5 files

Save Autodesk Inventor parts and assemblies to CATIA V5 files (versions R10 - V5-6R2012).

These types of CATIA V5 files can be exported:

Options include the ability to include sketches and select the CATIA V5 export version.

Export to Pro/ENGINEER files

Save Autodesk Inventor parts and assemblies to Pro/ENGINEER files.

Options include the ability to select the file format version (*.g only) and include sketches, work planes, and work points associated with the parts.

Tip: If Pro/ENGINEER, version 3.0 or older, has difficulty importing Granite files (*.g) exported from Inventor, try using the Neutral file (*.neu) format.

Export to Parasolid files

Save Autodesk Inventor parts and assemblies to Parasolid files (versions 9.0 - 25.0).

Options include the ability to export sketches associated with the parts and to select the file format version.

Export to other file formats

Save Autodesk Inventor data to other formats.

These types of files can be exported. Various export options are available. They depend on the file format to which the data will be exported (See Save or Save As and Export commands reference form more details about file formats):

Autodesk Inventor data type:

File formats available for export:

Part files

CATIA V5 (.CATPart), Parasolid Binary (.x_b), Parasolid Text (.x_t), Pro/ENGINEER Granite (.g), Pro/ENGINEER Neutral (.neu), DWF, PDF, BMP, GIF, IGES, JPEG, JT, PNG, SAT, STEP, STL, TIFF

Assembly files

CATIA V5 (.CATProduct), Parasolid Binary (.x_b), Parasolid Text (.x_t), Pro/ENGINEER Granite (.g), Pro/ENGINEER Neutral (.neu), DWF, PDF, BMP, GIF, IGES, JPEG, JT, PNG, SAT, STEP, STL, TIFF

Drawing files

Inventor DWG, AutoCAD DWG, DWF, DXF, PDF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF

Presentation files

DWF, PDF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF

Sheet Metal Flat Patterns

DWF, SAT, DWG, DXF

Parent topic: Export parts and more