How to handle some different file types
Open or import a file
Provides access to the Open dialog box, where you specify one or more files to open or import.
- To open a file in a folder that is not part of the project, resolve its links.
- Add the paths for all files to the project before working on them.
- If a DWG (.dwg) file does not contain any Inventor data, import it or open it directly.
- If a DWG file contains Inventor data, you can no longer import the file into Inventor. Open the file only as an Inventor drawing (.dwg).
- If you see the dialog Data Format Has Changed, the file you are trying to open or save was created in a previous version of Inventor. Click OK to migrate the file to the current format or Cancel.