Backwards Compatibility

[jimmy.long]

I searched FAQ but didn't find anything about my question. Our company uses Inventor 2018, however one of our suppliers uses 2019. I had heard that there was backwards compatibility starting with 2017. Is this correct? Can I open a 2019 file in 2018?


Thank you,

Jim Long

[Ed Jobe]

It's not quite that simple. IOW, you loose some functionality using the AnyCAD feature introduced in 2017.4. See this article (https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/backward-compatibility-anycad-read-only-save-back.html).