eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor:
Frequently Asked Questions
I have installed eDrawingsT Professional for Autodesk Inventor Series but cannot find *.ipt or other Inventor file formats in eDrawings Open file menu?
Which Inventor file formats are supported by eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor Series?
My eDrawings menu keeps disappearing, what is the reason?
I have installed eDrawings Professional for Autodesk Inventor Series but the eDrawings menu does not appear in Inventor, what have I done wrong?
What versions of Autodesk Inventor are supported?
Do I have to have Inventor installed on the same machine that I install eDrawings Professional for Inventor?
Does my recipient need to have eDrawings Viewer installed in order to mark up a review-enabled eDrawings?
When exporting drawing files in Inventor 8, in non-English environment, the shaded data is not published. What is the reason?
No shaded data is present in drawing files made from presentation documents. What is the reason?
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I have installed eDrawingsT Professional for Autodesk Inventor Series but cannot find *.ipt or other Inventor file formats in eDrawings Open file menu?
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The eDrawings Viewer can not open Inventor files directly. The software consists of Inventor publisher and the eDrawings viewer. The publisher is an add-on on Inventor. After installing the software, click on eDrawings->Publish menu-item in Inventor to publish the opened Inventor model to eDrawings. If you don't see the eDrawings menu in Inventor, please refer to the next FAQ.
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Which Inventor file formats are supported by eDrawings for Autodesk Inventor Series?
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You can export Part (*.ipt), Assembly (*.iam) and Drawing (*.idw) to eDrawings.
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My eDrawings menu keeps disappearing, what is the reason?
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eDrawings menu appears only when a document that is supported in eDrawings is open. If no document or an unsupported document is open, eDrawings menu is removed from the menubar.
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I have installed eDrawings Professional for Autodesk Inventor Series but the eDrawings menu does not appear in Inventor, what have I done wrong?
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The eDrawings toolbar is not visible by default after installation. You need to explicitly show the toolbar in order to make it visible. In Inventor, click on TOOLS > CUSTOMIZE > TOOLBARS, select 'eDrawings' and click 'Show'.
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What versions of Autodesk Inventor are supported?
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We currently support Inventor 8 ,9, 10 & 11.
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Do I have to have Inventor installed on the same machine that I install eDrawings Professional for Inventor?
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You do not require any additional software to be installed for viewing eDrawings, although you will need Inventor or AutoCAD in order to publish eDrawings directly from inside these applications.
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Does my recipient need to have eDrawings Viewer installed in order to mark up a review-enabled eDrawings?
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If a review-enabled eDrawings file is sent in either executable (.exe), masked executable (.ex_) or HTML (.htm) format, the recipient does not have to have eDrawings Viewer installed to markup a review-enabled eDrawings file.
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When exporting drawing files in Inventor 8, in non-English environment, the shaded data is not published. What is the reason?
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Shaded data in drawing files is not supported on Inventor 8 in non-English environment. This functionality is available in Inventor 9.
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No shaded data is present in drawing files made from presentation documents. What is the reason?
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Presentation documents and the drawing files made from them are not supported. However, the 2D data is published in case of drawings.
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