Summer 2021
INVENTOR CONVERSION SCRIPT
This is a script I developed for an architectural engineering firm I interned at. This code functions as a way to automate the conversion of a generic 3D filetype (.stp, .iges, .x_t) to .rfa format, which can be placed into a Revit model. Specifically, this script allows for batch conversion of multiple files at once, without input from the user. The script mainly runs in iLogic (internalized to Inventor, based on VB.NET) but also first executes a .bat script for "preparing" files and creating an accessible directory of filenames to be converted.
Why Create This Code?
This code is a perfect example of self-identifying a problem in my company's workflow, and then creating a solution. Before this script, people were doing these file conversions by hand, with some users wasting up to ~15 hours a week doing this process. This code allows the conversions to run in the background with no user input, allowing employees the ability to work on actually relevant issues rather than clicking through menus.