IPT File

What are IPT files and how to open them

Are you having problems opening an IPT file or are you simply curious about its contents? We're here to explain the properties of these files and provide you with software that can open or handle your IPT files.

What is an IPT file?

IPT files have multiple uses, and Autodesk Inventor Part is one of them. Read more about the other uses further down the page.

Autodesk Inventor Part File

AutoDesk Inventor is a 3D design and modeling system developed to provide support for designing and creating mechanical prototypes and trial models. It offers both visualization and simulation of products that can greatly help the manufacturers and model creators to conceptualize what they are making.

Projects created in Inventor are saved in IPT files, where IPT stands for Inventor Part File. An IPT file contains information for creating a single part of the mechanical prototype. In other words, Inventor part files are used to construct the bits and pieces, in a detailed and sophisticated manner, of one single structure or model per file.

After these bits and pieces are finished, they are ready to be assembled into a prototype product. A full product is stored in an IAM file, where IAM stands for Inventor Assembly, that references multiple IPT files.

How to open IPT files

We have identified two IPT openers that are compatible with this specific type of IPT file.

Programs that open Autodesk Inventor Part files

Last updated: August 7, 2026

All known file formats using extension .IPT

While Autodesk Inventor Part File is a popular type of IPT-file, we know of 2 different uses of the .IPT file extension. Different software may use files with the same extension for different types of data.

XnView IPTC Template File

The XnView IPTC Template File stores IPTC metadata settings that can be re-used across many images. It is created by the XnView program when you fill out IPTC fields (like caption, keywords, creator etc.) and select "Save Template" (in Classic XnView) or "Load Template V1" for importing such templates. It is used to apply the same metadata values repeatedly without retyping them.

The file is typically produced by XnView Classic; in newer XnView MP you can still import these templates (via "Load template V1") but MP supports also XML-based IPTC/XMP template files, some with extension .iptc. The .ipt format captures your settings for IPTC fields in binary form and is loaded into the IPTC editing interface so you can write them into JPEG images.

Files in this format start with the ASCII signature "IPTC" at the very first four bytes, followed by a structure including 1 byte for IPTC field type, then a 4-byte length of the data/value for that field. Also, at offset 7 there is a two-byte value 0x0000.

IPT opener for Windows

We have identified one IPT opener that is compatible with this specific type of IPT file.

Various apps that use files with this extension

These apps are known to open certain types of IPT files. Remember, different programs may use IPT files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.

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