IPT file extension is associated with 3D modeling software. AutoDesk Inventor uses IPT file to save a part.
When a person designs a 3D object on AutoDesk Inventor and saves it then the file extension which is used to save all the data has extension of IPT. The main purpose of this file extension is to store a single part or few parts which will later on be used to assemble with other parts to design a complete machine or a complex part of a machine. Saving 3D objects as IPT file format reduces the time required by the software application to load multiple parts.
In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .IPT file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:
A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .IPT file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .IPT file, so download the update and check again.
If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:
It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.
There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .IPT extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .IPT file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.