Can SolidWorks open Inventor files?
Beginning with SolidWorks 2003, Inventor R5 files could be opened directly. As of SolidWorks 2011, Autodesk Inventor R11 part (.ipt) and assembly (.iam) files can be imported. Drawings can be imported if first saved as DXF/DWG, which loses associativity to the 3D model. The feature history of parts can be imported if Inventor is installed on the same system. Inventor View can be used to import parts as solid bodies. SolidWorks can import the following Inventor features: chamfer, draft, extrude, cut extrude, extrude/revolve with contour selection, fillet, holes, linear and circular patterns, mirror, reference geometry, revolve, cut revolve, shell, sketch, sketch dimensions, sweep, cut sweep, threads. Unrecognized features are imported as solid bodies.
