I think that was so stated here on the forum.Ģ) Parasolid part. This would seem to be good, but I am told it is really only a 'faked up' deal and is really just a disguised STEP file. Ignoring the above, which do not seem to be useful, leaves just a couple remaining, The potentially useful options seem to be:ġ) Solidworks part. The large number of ACIS file options I have no clue about. The STL file is even less useful than a STEP There is no option to export an actual or 'faked-up' Inventor fileīoth STEP and IGES are worthless as far as conveying any information past the dumb solid. They thought maybe a Parasolid file (they don't know), but were not impressed by the idea of a Solidworks file. The STEP format is just one 'step' from being as worthless as an stl file. They basically grimaced in pain when discussing STEP files, and I can hardly blame them. The project is actually to reverse engineer some custom castings that they did not receive good info on when they purchased the company which used those parts.
The customer wants files that he will have the maximum ability to use and modify after he receives them. I HAVE received files from Inventor, but IIRC they were STEP files. I have never exported anything to Inventor, and it seems to have its own format.
