Inventor iLogic Extension subscription only – rules-based design of smart assemblies in Inventor Autodesk Inventor HSM – latest experimental build 5. The Mesh Enabler started out as a technology preview of an add-on for Autodesk Inventor.One student at a time. As shipped, Autodesk Inventor creates mesh features when you import mesh data from certain file formats. The mesh features are for visualization purposes and cannot be modified. Using the mesh enabler add-on, Inventor users can convert the mesh data to base features - solids and surfaces. They can then manipulate the resultant base features as if they are native Inventor data. The Mesh Enabler has since graduated and is now available as an add-on from the Autodesk App Store available to Autodesk Subscription customers. Visit the download page for Subscription Customers.Īutodesk software is free to faculty and students for at-school and at-home use via our Education community.Īs we want students to be able to have every advantage in their education, I make the Mesh Enabler for Inventor available. Teachers and students email me at, and I share a link to the download from my Buzzsaw site.Įducation is alive in the lab. Please enable JavaScript if you would like to comment on this blog.The Inventor Mesh Enabler is a free Technology Preview that enables Inventor users to work with imported Mesh data. As shipped Inventor 2012 can import mesh data from Catia files. In addition to Catia files, Inventor 2013 can import mesh data from STL files and from JT files. The Mesh Enabler for 2013/2012 adds the ability to post process the imported mesh data to convert the mesh features to Inventor Base features. Transform your 2D ideas and designs into 3D models with Autodesk software.

The resulting Base features can then be used for further operations including drawings and measurements.Īfter installing the technology preview, users can right click on one or more imported mesh features of interest, and convert them into Base features (solids, surfaces, or composites) through a new context menu command. Convert and create to your hearts content, then download and share your art.

The graphical mesh data is converted into B-Rep Model data that can be used similar to imported solids and surfaces. As part of the conversion process, the technology preview also does some simplification of the faceted data by merging multiple mesh triangles into a single face when possible.

The Inventor 2012 compatible preview is available until Januat which time the license expires and the function will be disabled. Similarly the Inventor 2013 compatible preview is available until Januat which time the license expires and the function will be disabled. It is not known if this technology will be incorporated into a commercial product.

Mesh enabler download free