Installing Design with Inventor Client (On Premise)

This task explains how to install the Design with Inventor client.

Important: When connecting to a 3DEXPERIENCE server for the first time using Inventor, you should start Inventor using the Inventor app icon from the My 3D Modelling Apps in the West quadrant of the Compass in the 3DDashboard application. Inventor will be launched and Design with Inventor will be automatically connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE server.

For subsequent logins, you can use one of the following methods,

  • Launch Inventor by clicking My 3D Modelling Apps > "Inventor" app icon.
  • Create 3DEXPERIENCE desktop shortcut to Inventor with Design with Inventor add-in and start Inventor using this 3DEXPERIENCE desktop shortcut to Inventor. Specify your login credentials to connect Design with Inventor add-in to the 3DEXPERIENCE server.
  • Launch Inventor using the Inventor shortcut created by Windows and use the Connect menu from the MySession widget to connect to the server. Specify your login credentials here to connect 3DEXPERIENCE PLM Services to the 3DEXPERIENCE server.

  1. Run the setup.exe for Windows from the Install XCADDesignConnectors_GA.Windows64 GA build package.
  2. Click Next .
    The Choose the installation directory box appears.
  3. Click Browse to specify the installation path and click Next.

    By default, the path is <OSInstallDrive>\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\R424xcadconnectors.

    You can change this default path.

  4. Click Next, select UDI - Collaborative Design for Inventor ,and click Next.
  5. Verify the information and click Install.
  6. Click Close to confirm the completion of GA installation.

    GA Installation is complete. Follow below steps for HF installations.

  7. If there is any HF present, run the setup.exe from the HF_XCADDesignConnectors.
  8. Click Install.
  9. On install completion, click Close to confirm the completion of installation.
    The Design with Inventor is installed.