AutoCAD Inventor :: BOM Starting Out
Mar 29, 2012
I'm just starting out with trying to implement BOM's in inventor. Basically at the moment cutting list are hand written to be passed on for manufacture. I mainly create drawings for welded ladder assemblies out of Aluminium. I have currently been placing multiple solid bodies in one .ipt file. I'm struggling to pull the info I'd like out of this file into my BOM in the .dwg file.To start with I'm only looking for basic info such as:
-material section
-cut length
-cut angle
-Qty of each individual item.
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Nov 5, 2012
When using multiple sheets within an IDW. Can the first sheet start out with a number other than 1, in otherwords start with sheet number 31, then every sheet after that be indexed by 1, ie 32, 33, 34 etc.
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Nov 26, 2013
I added two macros to be run from a button in the ribbon. The first time I run one of these macros after startup of Inventor, it takes a lot of time to run (approx. 5 sec.). But the second and subsequent time the tools are ran, the process is pretty much instantaneous. It's like the VBAeditor has to load on the background before the tool can process.
I arrived a this hypothesis because the VBA editor is taking around 5-10 seconds to load for the first time but after the tool (macro) has ran once, the VBA editor can be opened instantaneously.
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Nov 7, 2012
I have missing parts on only one tutorial file as downloaded from sybex downloads.
On mi_11a_001_done.iam the bolt nut and washer were unresolved, so I used 7zip to dump all files in the same folder- by default windows 7 unzipper put them in seperate chapter folders which appeared to break the parts links.
On this example by clicking "content centre" on the left part of the open dialog box the 3 parts were then found. This appears to be my custom content.
On mi_11a003.iam The parts are not resolvable, searching the entire folder for *part* reveals nothing, have I missed a dependant zip download? Or some parts to add to my library at the start?
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All the other tutorials load fine! My Content centre is set to programdataautodeskInevntor 2012content centrelibraries - where large files are present, and items can definately be placed from the content centre into a project.
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Jun 22, 2006
Is there a way to default to a standard hole size when starting a new part? ie. If you mostly place 10mm dia holes can this size be configured to be default in lieu of 3mm on the hole dialogue box.
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Oct 1, 2012
When ever I start a new sketch in the xz plane (viewing from top down) my sketch rotates 180 degrees. Not a huge deal to rotate it back, but not everything I create is symetrical and when I go to draw the part, I want a certain ISO view to be default. I know you can insert/obtain any view into the drawing but is there an option to stop this rotation or maybe I am not setting up something correctly.
Using Inventor Pro 2012
Inventor Professional 2014-Update 2 - AutoCAD Electrical 2014
Win7-x64 | ASUS P8Z77-V | i7 3770 -3.4 GHz | 32GB RAM |
240GB SSD | nVidia GTX 670 4GB - 320.49
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Aug 24, 2012
I'm wanting to have vertical and horizontal construction lines already created whenever I start a sketch so that I can set symmetric constraints to the part I'm drawing up. At the moment, I have to draw both lines every time and constrain them to the center point. It would be much easier if it was already there when I started so I can start on the sketch right away. Is there a way to do this? I've included a photo of what I'd like to do.
Inventor Professional 2013
Intel Xeon W3680 @ 3.33Ghz
12GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 2000 GPU
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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Sep 11, 2013
I'm trying to set up a company drawing sheet that requires the designer to select the sheet size before starting the drawing. Based on the drawing sheet size (A0, A1, A2, A3 & A4 all in landscape) the relevant company Title block will attach to the bottom right of the drawing border. I've manage to create the relevant forms for parts, sheet metal and assemblies.
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Oct 6, 2012
I want to draw a line between the two sketches visible on the image below. The line should be in the plane visible. The starting point of the line should be from wherever the top sketch intersects the plane of the current sketch. The finnish point of the line should be wherever a line of the bottom sketch intersects the current sketch plane.
There is no tooltip appearing that would allow me to quickly "attach" the starting line to the correct position. Is there such an aid, and how do i turn it on?
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Apr 3, 2012
I'd like to animate a clothes peg - open & closing symmetrically. The model has been imported from Inventor but the whole reference & constraining environment is so different. The clothes pegs clip together & I want to show this in the animation.(youtube link below made using Showcase)
My best guess so far: create a dummy within a local environment & untick x & y rotations, place at 0,0,0 create a bone from 0,0,0 & link to the dummy move half the peg to 0,0,0 & link to the dummy.
Copy - rotate to form the opposite half - move to 0,0,0
Now I'm stuck - I want both halves to share a common pivot axis & open & close symmetrically. Next is to copy this working pair & move it to clamp to an independent copy.
Search youtube for PegoAC to see what I've done so far using Inventor & Showcase.
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Oct 15, 2012
I am writing a program in vb.net.I have a command.
<CommandMethod("att2att")> _
Public Sub att2att()
Dim ed As Editor
ed = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor
ed.WriteMessage(String.Format("{0} commande: att2att, maintenant disponible...", System.Environment.NewLine))
Dim start As New FileSelect
start.ShowDialog()
End Sub
In the debug mode, the att2att is not recognize.If I compile, netload and call the command, it works. Why is the command not recognize in debug mode?
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Nov 4, 2013
AutoCAD has been freezing randomly when I start it. It will get to the screen below (top image) and.... that's it. It stays that way and does not change. I have waited up to 15 mintues before restarting my computer as trying to start AutoCAD again doesn't seem to change anything.
I have learned that the Devices and Printers window will also be blank when this occures (bottom image). I can now predict when AutoCAD won't open by opening the Devices and Printers window first. I think the issue is unrelated to AutoCAD, rather the issue is my computer not refreshing the Devices and Printers. When CAD is loading the list of available printers it can't find any so it continues to look and.... never gives up.... I can't even print a PDF from Adobe Reader while the Devices and Printers window is in this state (this is actually how I found that the Devices and Printers window was blank). I have not tested to see if ALL applications fail to print, but that is a separate issue.
what is causing my computer not to open the Devices and Printers window successfully?
I am running AutoCAD 2011 64 bit, windows 7, Novell Network.
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Mar 24, 2012
is it necessary to set limits before starting the drawing.What is the steps to do before we start drawing a floor plan.
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Jul 16, 2013
When I have been drawing things I often want to start drawing from an existing line but not on an existing node/end point/mid point etc. For example I need to draw a support collumn on a wall 20' from a corner, but everytime I start it will snap to the nearest endpoint or midpoint.
A similar problem is if I am trying to draw a rectangle that is centered on the midpoint of another object. The rectangle tool will snap to the midpoint and the placement will be off by 1/2 the width of the rectangle.
This is not an osnap issue, but more of a best drawing practices question. In the past I have used DIMLIN to create a node to snap my starting point to, or drawn a new line out to the point where I want to start. I don't like doing this because then I have to erase it later(just to keep the drawing tidy).
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Sep 9, 2013
1. start a new drawing from a template
2. start a new drawing from scratch and insert a titleblock
3. the hardest way to do it start from scratch and draw everything including the titleblock
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Aug 17, 2011
I have a VBA to insert a block I ask the user for an insertion point GETPOINT. Then I allow the user to select an angle. GETANGLE starting with the insertion point. If the user picks a point or enters a number there is no problem.
However if the user hits enter it crashes saying invalid input. What I want to happen that if enter happens it accepts it as an angle of 0.
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Sep 28, 2012
One of the computers that have AutoCad installed will not load all the way. It will start to show the welcome screen and the it will freeze. Looking on the internet that you go into task manager and kill the process called WSCommCntr, but it is not appearing in the task manager.
Originally the pc was on XP SP2 and with .Net 3.5. I updated both to the latest version. I have reinstalled AutoCad and I am still getting the issue. All hardware checks passed.
Also the issue sounds just like the one here URL.... , but I uninstalled the .Net Framework and reinstalled version 3.5 SP1. That did not work so I uninstalled that and put on 3.5. This still is not working.
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Jan 4, 2013
When trying to draw a line and choose a starting point, autocad decides that this is wrong and start the line in a different place. I've turned of autosnap and autotrack but this dosen't work.
What is it that I've forgot to turn off?
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Apr 30, 2013
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I tried setting them to stations before and after the alignment start and end stations, that did not allow me to reach my goal of allowing addition of PVI's before alignment start and after end.
I know you can have the profile extend beyond the alignment, it works fine if you add the PVI's with the C3D toolbar.I can't figure out how to do it with the API though.
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Aug 21, 2013
I am installing AutoCAD for the first time in a lab at a high school. We have roaming profiles for each user. When I launch AutoCAD for the first time as a user, the program goes through it's first time configuration, check the "Privacy Statement" and uncheck the "Show at Start up" on the welcome box. After I log off and log back in and launch the program again, it goes through the setup again and I don't have the setting I had changed on the previous launching of the program. I think it has something to do with the roaming profiles because when I login as myself (I don't have roaming profiles) it works fine.
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After almost 10 good use, I get an error message when starting ACLT, A breakpoing has bee reached. (0x80000003)occured in the application at 0x7c839ac5. The computer then locks up. The only recovery that I have found to work, is to reboot. I tried using the installation CD to A.Repair, B. Reinstall, C Uninstall followed by Install. None works
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Apr 3, 2013
I'm using the 30 day trial and when I run AutoCAD 2014 I get a FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0008 Exception at ad314c65h message
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Jun 18, 2012
I'm setting up some Civil 3D Metric dwt's & we work in Imperial units and have all of our dwt's set up for Imperial units. I'm looking for best practice tips on how to approach this task? Ideally I'd like to use what we have and not re-invent the wheel if that's possible & just convert the needed settings from Imperial to Metric.
After some experimenting it seems merely changing the "Edit Drawing Settings" Drawing Units, Ambient Settings and ddunits etc. this only gets a portion of the unit settings switched throughout the dwt.
I'm unable to switch the "Default Scale List" under Options>User Preferences>Default Scale List from Imperial to Metric as it keeps reverting to Imperial.
Additionally as I view the contents of the "Label Style Composer" of random C3d Label Styles I see inches as a unit etc. (Is there a way to globally convert these style unit settings to Metric)?
Something that seems like it should be fairly straight forward is proving to be anything but...
C3D 2012 SP3 & C3D 2014 SP1
Win 7 Professional 64 Bit
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Years ago, I seem to remember how to set this starting directory, I just can't find that now.
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(Defun c:demo (/ ent)
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