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Importing Building Components from Autodesk Inventor
AutoCAD Architecture 2011 can import data from Autodesk Inventor. This
capability allows designers of manufactured mechanical building system
components and architectural elements to export digital design geometry
without the loss of data. This data can then be imported by architects designing
buildings and mechanical systems with AutoCAD Architecture.
Previously, exporting a building component from Inventor incurred some loss
of information when the data was imported into AutoCAD Architecture. Such
information loss may be necessary to protect the intellectual property of the
designer of the manufactured item, or to reduce the complexity and size of
the data being passed to the architectural or engineering model. To achieve
the desired level of information in the exported data, Inventor now employs
a custom data reduction of the architectural or engineering model.
Export Requirements in Autodesk Inventor
In order for a building component to be correctly imported into AutoCAD
Architecture, it must be prepared for export in Autodesk Inventor, and be
saved as a Bulding Component Autodesk Exchange file (*.adsk). For more
information, consult the Inventor User Guide.
Import Format
When you import an Inventor building component into AutoCAD
Architecture, you can choose whether the component is imported as a
multi-view block or a block.
Changing the UCS During Import
When importing building components from Inventor into AutoCAD
Architecture, you can change the original UCS. For example, a building
component could have been designed in Inventor using a coordinate system
with the X and Z axes as the horizontal ground plane axes and the Y axis as
the vertical axis. When importing into AutoCAD Architecture however, a
different coordinate system with the X and Y axes as the horizontal ground
plane axes and the Z axis as the vertical axis is needed, in order to avoid
importing the component lying on its back. In this case, the UCS can be
changed during the import of the part.
Re-Importing Components
If a building component has been imported into AutoCAD Architecture, and
then a change is made to the original file, then on re-import you can choose
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