Are you an AutoCAD user? Have you tried converting all the orthographic drawings in your CAD department into 3D Part models using Autodesk Inventor®? If no, then this tutorial is for you and a must for every CAD engineer. With a new tool released from Autodesk Labs, 2D to 3D Tool for Autodesk Inventor, life is much more interesting for every CAD professional.
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The Autodesk approach to Digital Prototyping is unique in that it is scalable, attainable and cost effective allowing a broader group of manufacturers to realize the benefits of digital prototyping with minimal disruption to existing workflows.

Autodesk® offers the most straightforward path for auto suppliers to create, share, and maintain a single digital model – enabling greater collaboration and innovation by bringing together design data from all phases of the product development process.
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You can import Autodesk Inventor parts and assemblies directly into 3ds Max. To use this feature, Inventor must be installed on the same machine as 3ds Max. This tutorial covers the options available within the Autodesk Inventor File Import dialog.
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PolyTrans-for-Maya is a premiere plug-in system for Maya (Windows) that allows Maya to freely exchange complete 3D scene data with virtually any other 3D software package, such as 3DS MAX (via PolyTrans-for-Maya and Okino .bdf format), Lightwave, OpenFlight, Softimage-3D, Softimage-XSI, IGES 5.3, ACIS SAT, Autodesk Inventor, DirectX, DXF/DWG (with ACIS solids in DWG files), Parasolids, Pro/Engineer, QuickDraw-3D, Renderman RIB, Solid Edge, Solid Works, STEP, trueSpace and many, many others.
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