Translators are available via anonymous ftp from the Abaco Systems FTP Site at via.net. To get the translators, make sure you are in binary mode. A sample dialog is shown below: % ftp via.net Name: anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: ftp> bin ftp> get pub/abaco/ivtrans/sgi/alltoiv_v1.tar ftp> exit The available translators are: FORMAT NAME SIZE (in Bytes) All Translators alltoiv_v1.tar 9,072,640 3DStudio 3dstoiv_v1.tar 593,920 Alias aliastoiv_v1.tar 6,819,840 DXF dxftoiv_v1.tar 235,520 Iges igestoiv_v1.tar 184,320 Inventor To Rib ivtorib_v1.tar 368,640 Wavefront (OBJ) objtoiv_v1.tar 163,840 Softimage softtoiv_v1.tar 737,280 Once in your system you can un-tar them with the following command "tar -xvf alltoiv.tar" or the appropriate name for the single translator you are interested in. The AliasToIv and SoftimageToIv are compressed so just issue the "uncompress AliasToIv.Z" or "uncompress SoftimageToIv.Z" after you have "un-tar" them. (c) Copyright 1995 Abaco Systems, Inc. These translators were developed by Abaco Systems, Inc. (formerly Acuris Software) and licensed to SGI for distribution to SGI Customers. They handle: Geometry Including NURBS where appropriate Materials Except DXF and Iges which don't have them Textures The "mapping" coordinates are available, you need to convert the original bitmap file into an SGI rgb format for Inventor to be able to handle the texture bitmap. These translators are also available for sale on other Workstation and PC computers. Portable Graphics Inc. is licensing them for developers on IBM, HP, DEC and SUN Workstation, contact them for more details or ontact us by e-mail or phone for the latest information. Abaco also has translators going from Inventor to other file formats (for sale) such as: DXF, AutoCAD DWG, 3DStudio, Alias, Softimage, RenderWare Caligari and others on the works. You can reach us by: Tel. 510 494 0690 Fax. 510 494 0893 e-mail: 3dsoftware@abaco.com or eduardo@via.net (until the above is set) You are welcome to use these translators, we only ask you to send us an e-mail when you retrieved them. You can not distribute them to your friends or put them on a bulletin board, all we ask is that you let us know that you have taken them. Tell your friends to download them directly. We will keep you updated on new versions, updates, and new translators available. Thank you Eduardo F. Llach