Error “Inventor needs to be installed for the import to work”
Background
Autodesk Inventor Apprentice is a software component that is provided by Autodesk for third-party developers. It allows them to create applications that work with Inventor files.
Description
Due to a limitation in Apprentice, some versions of Autodesk Inventor cannot be detected by the Meridian Assembly Import Wizard and the error Inventor needs to be installed for the import to work is shown. This error is resolved in Autodesk Inventor 2017.