

This launches the Connected Design panel. If you are not already logged into A360 you will be prompted to do so. The process starts by clicking the Design Share button located at the bottom right corner of the Inventor window. Basically, what you see is what you share. The Design Share is created from the current view, so the first step should be to make invisible any components you do not want to share. You may also want to simplify the model. I’ll need to try this again once the updated version of A360 goes live.[Want to learn more about However in my testing when I clicked on the email link it required me to log in.

I was told at AU that the owner of the Design Share is the only one requiring an A360 account. Only what is visible on the screen is published, meaning you can control what others see. Others can view your Design Share on just about any device, including computers, smartphones, and tablets. The publishing process creates an extremely lightweight “ viewable” called a Design Share. “Inventor Connected Design enables fast, easy 3D design reviews with your team and other project collaborators anywhere, on any device.”Ĭonnected Design leverages the new(ish) A360 to provide a platform to quickly share your Inventor models with others. This is where the new Connected Design comes in… Autodesk Buzzsaw is great, but it’s not really built for short-term, one-time access. You could always GotoMeeting or something similar, but again you have problems with logins and these are not always great for the transmission of 3D models. Typewriter (pre-email relict) by Matthias RippĪlternatives to email? FTP sucks, so what about Dropbox, Box, or Google Drive? Potential problems with logins, getting access, and then downloading the files. On top of this, people typically have a limit on the size of email they can receive… and in this day-and-age of cyber security, attachments are closely monitored…. DWF is great, but its basically a dead format and the recipient needs Design Review.

PDFs can contain 3D models, but Inventor doesn’t create 3D PDFs natively. or just because of the large number of files you would need to send. You could send an email, but what do you attach? You probably don’t want to send the Inventor model, either because of security or protecting your intellectual property (IP) …. How do you share and review your Inventor designs with others? Especially those co-workers, clients, or suppliers who are not located in your office? Both the geometry and material properties are written to the IFC. To export a part or an assembly select IFC from the Export Building Components command, located within the BIM Exchange environment. Why export IFC from Inventor? to share 3D mechanical designs with building and construction applications. Inventor “ leverages buildingSMART-certified IFC export capabilities in Revit to provide this capability.” It is used as an open source, platform-neutral format, for the exchange of data between systems. Think of IFC as the DXF or STEP of the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry.

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is an initiative originally started by Autodesk, but developed and maintained by the non-profit organization buildingSMART. Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format support.Only available to subscription customers, this is the second bonus pack of feature enhancements for Inventor 2016 users. With Autodesk moving to continuous updates (aka no more big yearly upgrades – only quarterly updates), the Inventor team is setting a strong precedent of what we should expect. Lost a little in the hustle-and-bustle that is Autodesk University was the official release of R3 for Inventor 2016.
