Introduction

Inventor MetaReader lets you open an Autodesk Inventor file - a part (.ipt), assembly (.iam), drawing (.idw) or presentation (.ipn) - and read everything inside it: who designed it, the material, the part number, the preview image, the files it references, and much more.

The catch most tools have? You need Autodesk Inventor installed to open these files. MetaReader doesn't. It reads the file directly, so you can inspect Inventor documents on any machine - a colleague's laptop, a server - with nothing else installed.

Install from the Microsoft Store

Inventor MetaReader is a small Windows app on the Microsoft Store. Open the Store, search for Inventor MetaReader, and click Get - the Store installs it, keeps it up to date automatically, and handles all the code-signing. There's nothing else to set up.

Get it from the Microsoft Store

Just drag a file in

Open the app and you'll see the drop zone. There are two ways to open a document:

• Drag and drop one or more Inventor files onto the window.
• Click Browse files… and pick them.

Each file opens in its own tab, so you can keep several documents side by side - you can even drag a tab out into its own window to compare two files at once. Supported types: parts (.ipt), assemblies (.iam), drawings (.idw) and presentations (.ipn).

As soon as a file opens, you immediately see:

• The preview thumbnail and document type.
• The key iProperties - Part Number, Designer, Material, Project, Status, and the rest.
• Every property in the file, neatly grouped.
• The other files it references (an assembly's parts, or a drawing's model).
• For multi-state parts, each model state's properties side by side.

That's it - no setup, no Inventor.

Who it's for

• Anyone who receives Inventor files and wants to check what's inside without firing up Inventor.
• CAD/PDM admins auditing part numbers, materials, revisions or "Last Updated With" across many files.
• Developers who want to read Inventor metadata from their own apps - there's a small, dependency-free library and a command-line tool too.

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