Click the Inventor icon in the upper left corner,.

Open the Inventor Parts (.ipt) or Inventor Assembly (.iam) file in Autodesk Inventor,.

To save the solid model as an STL 3D mesh

On the File tab click the yellow folder icon next to Project folder and set the desired location.

In the Tools menu select Application Options.

Inventor saves the new projects in your document folder.

Delete Original: Deletes the selected mesh features after conversion.

Composite: Converts the selected mesh features to a single composite feature.

To create solids, the mesh features must form closed meshes.

Solid/Surfaces: Converts the selected mesh features to multi-solids or individual surfaces.

In the dialog box select the output you need and click OK.

In the browser right-click the MeshFeature1 element and select Convert to Base Feature.

To convert an STL mesh file to a solid model

On the Applications tab select Autodesk Mesh Enabler.

In the Tools menu select the Add-in Manager.

Double click the downloaded AutodeskMeshEnabler.msi file and complete the installation.

Install the Autodesk Inventor Mesh Enabler

On the Translators tab select the STL Import and STL Export translators.ĭownload the Autodesk Inventor Mesh Enabler.

In the Tools menu open the Add-in Manager.

You can download most of them for free from the Internet. stl files add the STL Import and STL Export add-ins to Adobe Inventor.stl files are used to transfer 3D print designs between computers. To enable Autodesk Inventor to open and save.

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