Export to IGES and_or STEP format

[Mdunbar]

I am having some trouble bringing some ProE files out to Cad the way I would like to. I'm looking for a translator to bring step files into AutoCAD 2005, 2006 or 2007.

[robert.1.hall72202]

Are you on subscription with Autodesk?

A copy of Inventor would do the trick.

[Mdunbar]

We have Acad, Viz and Max but we do not have inventor. What is a subscription with AutoDesk? Is that something my company would have?

[JD Mather]

I don't really understand your thread title as IGES and STEP are two completely different file formats.
Some older versions of AutoCAD, and AutoCAD Mechanical had an IGES translator and I believe a STEP translator. All Mechanical Desktop versions have both translators. Same for Autodesk Inventor.
You might want to try posting the files at http://discussions.autodesk.com in the Inventor forum and ask someone to convert the files to ACIS (*.sat) format for you. Or check with the source of your Pro/E files and see if they can save as *.sat v7 or earlier.
An ACIS file can be opened directly in AutoCAD with the acisin command.

[rabbid]

I don't really understand your thread title as IGES and STEP are two completely different file formats.
Some older versions of AutoCAD, and AutoCAD Mechanical had an IGES translator and I believe a STEP translator. All Mechanical Desktop versions have both translators. Same for Autodesk Inventor.


Ok so How do you export files as iges or step. If you wouldn't mind.

I have 2006