AutoCAD Inventor :: Ball Joint Drawing / Model
Feb 14, 2011Engineering drawing with dimensions for a ball joint? A .ipt file of a ball joint actuator will be the best.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Model Cut Produced By Ball End Mill Taking Arbitrary 3D Path
May 17, 2012I've been trying to model cut produced by a ball end mill taking an arbitrary 3D path. I know how to do this for 2D paths (and this has been discussed a couple of times on this forum), but I have had little to no success extending this to paths in 3D. I've attached an Inventor file that demonstrates what I want to do, it has an sketch that describes the tip of the end mill and the path that I want the center of the tip to trace out.
This seems like something that should be possible using sweep feature, but if it is then I have not found a way to get this to work. The issue is that I have not been able to effectively control the angle of the sweep plane with respect to the path. In reality, the normal of the plane should be equal to the tangent of the path with the z-component zeroed out.
However, if I sweep using the path and the "Path orientation" then it does not zero out the z-component, if I sweep using the path and the "Parallel orientation" it does not take the x&y tangent components, if I sweep using a guide rail or guide surfaces it also does not zero out the z-component.
In fact, the only way I could come up with to accomplish this would be to sweep the path in 2D and then to use a series of bend part features in order to put things into 3D. So far as I can tell this works, but back calculating the 2D curve is so backwards and laborious that I can't imagine using this for anything. In Solidworks this is relatively easy using the sweep solid feature .
AutoCAD Inventor :: Ball Pattern In BALL SCREW Assembly?
Oct 18, 2012May I know how to pattern the ball in BALL SCREW assembly?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMaya Animation :: End Joint Not Matching To Parent Joint (orientation)
Jun 19, 2013In maya 2012 n 13...the end joint not matching to parent joint...
after creating leg joints are spine joints...we set the orientation of joints..but last joint wil put NONE in option box right....after applying this the end joint orientation still in world axis instead of parent joint..
is this bug are is there any other option(other then jointOrientaion in the joint attributes)..
AutoCAD Inventor :: Can Model And Its Drawing Be Saved Together With New Name
Nov 30, 2011I have parts that are similar and want to save a copy of the model and it's drawing together as a new part number. This way I don't have create a new drawing every time. I used ProE 2001 before I upgraded to Inventor 2012 and ProE would save them both together.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Not Updating Drawing Per 3D Model Changes
Nov 25, 2013As this software continues to change it's behavior of function over nite. I am assuming due to new updates in inventor. I can no longer get my drawing to update per changes made to the model. This started about 2 weeks ago.
Change are completed perfectly, I open the drawing and it still has the old model represented. When I right on the view and open the model. Model contains all of my changes, but the drawing does not seem to care or notice that changes have been made and saved. I even closed inventor and reopened.
Even though I'm paid by the hour I really do not want to delete all views and start all over.
So the only answer is to delete all views replace them re dimension them and of course add any time consuming sketches.
10-15 minutes change now is going to take 3 hours. WHY can't autodesk make a stable piece of software?
AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Find Model Associated With A PL On Drawing
May 3, 2013how to identify the model associated with a particular PL on a drawing. I'm able to find a PL and write to the header which is cool. But I'm trying to determine the model associated with the BOM pipline so I can get it's P/N iproperty and write that to the PL header.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Cannot Get Model Sketches On All Models In Drawing?
Nov 26, 2013I am making a control console with a bunch of plastic tags on my pilot devices. I use the sketch text tool to write the label on each tags.
When comes the time to make my drawing, I get my model sketch and they show on my 2D, no problem.
Well today, it seems Inventor 2014 just gave up on giving me my sketches. Here is the console view of of the lid with the tag texts showing:
Now let's go over the second lid on the same plan and get my model sketch to see the rest of my text.
Click on it and ....
Nothing! still no text.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Drawing Of Frame Generator Model
Nov 8, 2012Inventor Pro 2012
After creating the desired frame using frame generator, I am creating a detail drawing. When I insert the parts list, the info applied is using the full length of the tubes before it was cut to fit. (to get rid of the over lap edges of the frame)
Attached is the part file used to create the frame. (Can't attached the frame, too big) I used
Also attached is the drawing to clarify the issue.
Total length of the frame is 116.75"
In reality is it made up of 2 short end pieces 23.375" + 2 x for pocket tubes (10") plus the center tube 50"
23.375+23.375+10+10+50=116.75"
Now from my part file, i just made 3 lines for the total length and 2 intersecting lines for the fork pockets. The parts list is using the initial creation length and not the altered cut length? Does this make any sense?
How can I get the parts list to represent values after a cut is done to the tube?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Edit Model Dimensions From A Drawing
Jul 30, 2009Apparently I can't edit model dimensions from a drawing because i did not select this option when i installed inventor 2010.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Drawing Template Model Attributes?
Nov 29, 2012Is there a way to have a part, which is a part of a larger assembly, get the title, subject, etc. from its parent assembly? I have my template set to use the "Title" property in my title block but I'd like each individual part drawing to pull that "title" from the assembly, not from the part itself.
View 6 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Save A Copy Of Drawing And Model
Sep 10, 2012I have a part (partA) and a drawing of it (drawingA).I want to save a copy of both (partB and drawingB) and make changes to partB and drawingB will update.
To do this do I save a copy of partA first to partB and then in drawingA replace part to partB and then save a copy of drawing to drawingB
AutoCAD Inventor :: Getting Isometric Drawing From Pipe Model
Apr 9, 2012How can i create an isometric drawing from pipe model.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Change Model Reference In Drawing
Dec 26, 2013I did some digging and found the option to replace a model reference in an entire drawing, but I'm looking to change the reference in just a view. Consider the picture I have attached. I'm depicting top down views of these layers. Each layer requires changing the view identifier each time I drop a view. This would be considerably less time consuming if I could just copy/paste the view and change which part file it was pointing to.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: How To Change Main Model In A Drawing
Jul 27, 2012I've got a drawing with multiple base views wich means multiple reference models. In my titleblock i've included the mass of my model through
Type: Physical Properties - Model
Property: MASS
But now it automaticly selects the first placed base model as the model to select the mass. how can i change the 'active' model to another model/base view?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Automatically Create Drawing From A Model
Aug 1, 2013I could not get the code to work for me, and I am not a programmer or pretend to be. I need to take a model and create a dwg with ilogic. It only needs to be one flat pattern view and one isometric view.
I also need it to have center marks for all the holes and I need to add certain dimensions.
AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Show The Model Parameters Into Assembly Drawing
Nov 12, 2013I am working in one assembly. in that assembly i created all the part with using i part & same part i called in to the assembly & created i assembly. while creating drawing i have facing problem to show the model parameters in to the assembly drawing table. How to link the model parameters in assembly parameters with using i assembly.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Drawing Links / References Remove / Add To Another Model?
Sep 20, 2012So I made a shop drawing of an assembly, which is very complex and took a great deal of time to complete. It has 3 sheets and a bunch of different views and information already on the drawing.
Now the thing is I took the assembly and made it an iassembly; but I did this in another file so I wouldnt screw up all the work I did before. Now I realize that I dont have the links to the shop drawing that I wish I did.
how to link the shop drawing to the new iassembly model?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Using Measure.ExtentsLength In Drawing To Get Model Dimensions?
Mar 2, 2012Is it possible to use the Measure.ExtentsLength in a drawing to get model dimensions?
What I am trying to do is get the overall dimensions of the model and place them in a sketch block in the drawings so our machinist can easily reference the stock material. I can't figure out how to get the overall model dimensions.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Getting Model Feature From Selected Drawing Curve?
Sep 11, 2012Im trying to create some code for another user which takes the pre-selected drawing curve and retrieves the feature information from the model. More specifically, I want to pre-select the drawing curve of a hole, and then run the rule. The rule will take this selected drawing curve and get its model. Then from here I'm expecting I'll be able to use the Hole Feature classes in the API to retrieve the wanted information.
I've tried using SelectSet.Item(1by tut cannot seem to be able to set it as a drawing curve (or anything for that matter).
AutoCAD Inventor :: Display Model Sketch In Part Drawing
Mar 20, 2013How can I display a sketch or projected geometry that is not a closed loop in a ipt drawing? Historically I have to use a closed loop and emboss in order to display the geometry in a drawing.
Then move that forward to a DXF file for its intended use. I think there should be a way to just have lines placed on the model and display it on a drawing without it having to be a feature.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Showing Multiple Model Layers In Drawing
Mar 11, 2013Been trying to show multiple layers/coatings in my drawing for several hours now, and finally defeated,
I have a revolved part that's made of multiple layers -- aluminum, for example, with an anodized coating and then a paint on top. I need to make a detailed drawing to show how thick each layer is, and to that end, created the part profile, added an offset rotation for layer 1 and then another offset rotation for layer two. They're thus symmetric and in full contact, but separate, distinct layers. No problem.
Turning this into a precise drawing, however, is a bit harder, since all of the layers render into one monolithic revolution. I need to show those layers distinctly, like in the png file attached. Is that possible?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Use Model Sketches Within A Drawing View Sketch?
Apr 16, 2012I can "Get Model Sketch" to make it appear visible in a drawing view. But I can find no way to use these "edges" or "lines" or "entities" or whatever they are, later in a drawing view sketch. No way to project them from Model Sketch to Drawing View sketch. I can attach leaders and dimensions to these Model Sketch entitites but I can find no way to use them in a sketch owned by the drawing view. Am I missing something?
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AutoCAD Inventor :: ILogic Model - Dimensions Of Assembly In IDW Drawing
Jul 2, 2013I have a automated ilogic model that is then used within a 2D drawing, this 2D drawing then has dimensions on it referenced to the the model.
This model changes in its length the dimension associated with its length then changes but the dimension text then goes outside of the dimension boundary (does not stay central). Is there any code that can scan the dimensions and in effect tidy them up?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Extract Rev Of A Model (part Or Assembly) From Drawing
Dec 7, 2012I'm trying to extract the Rev of a model (part or assembly) from a drawing. Since Inventor has independent revs for the model and idw I am trying to drill down and put the rev from the model referenced. I got it to work for ipts and many iams using:
Dim oModelDoc As Document
Set oModelDoc = oDocument.Sheets(1).DrawingViews(1).ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument
The problem I have is when the drawing only references an ipn presentation file. The ipn ALSO has it's own independant rev! I'm trying access the model the ipn references but cannot get it to work.
BTW, I do know about the ability to sync idw and ipt properties. I have enable it for our template but we have a lot of legacy drawings that don't have this option selected. I also haven't tested that method with an drawing that only references an ipn.
Code is below with offending section in bold:
' Find model (part or assembly) referenced by drawing if active document is a drawing
If oDocument.DocumentType = kDrawingDocumentObject Then
Dim oModelDoc As Document
Set oModelDoc = oDocument.Sheets(1).DrawingViews(1).ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.ReferencedDocument
[Code]....
AutoCAD Inventor :: Parametric Half Lap Joint?
Dec 18, 2011I'm trying to find the most elegant (okay... any) way of making a simple half lap joint. Basically I just want it to update based on a thickness parameter or when the sketches update.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Put Together Transition Box Assembly - 12N U Joint
Jun 17, 2013I am trying to put together a transition box assembly but I am in need of a 12N U-Joint. iPart/iAssembly of the u-joint would be even better...then I won't be back looking for the smaller u-joints I am going to need later.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: How To Make Femur / Hip Joint
Sep 14, 2012How to make a femur/ hip joint on autodesk inventor?
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Autodesk 2011 Crashes When Converting 3D Model - Drawing
Nov 1, 2011Autodesk Inventor Professional 2011 will crash when we try open a 3D model (Inventor Component) as a Baseline View for a new "Drawing" file.
To replicate the error, we draw a simple Circle and extrude it so it is then a 3D Model. We then create a new "Drawing" file, click the Baseline View button at the top left, and then select the 3D Model Inventor file (the extruded circle). The program crashes and we get the following error from Autodesk Software, NOT Windows.
dumpdata.zip
dumpuserinfo.xml
Inventor11101152546.dmp
Version: 150239000 AIP
This is for our college... students need to perform this action for their exam. We have had success using the same software and OS configuration, along with the same steps listed above, on different machines on campus. Not sure what is causing the error on these machines.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Drawing Remains Unconnected From Model After Open With SilentOperation
Sep 20, 2011Now I have a question about Inventor. I try to write a program which opens a model, changes some dimensions and, then opens its drawing, updates it with changes made to model and after that converts it to DWG or DXF.
With SilentOperation set to false everythings works fine. I open a model, change it and every change is reflected in drawing automatically. The problem is in dialog boxes which appear after I try to open a drawing which references a model. Inventor offers to find a component to resolve reference as I think.
Okay, I used SilentOperation set to true to avoid this problem and after that no dialogs are shown. But when I change something in model it is absolutely impossible to force Inventor to reflect changes in drawing. I think that if open performs while SilentOperation is set to true it simply makes the drawing unconnected from model and there is no way to do it other than to supply the drawing with reference. But I don't know how to do that, because I have compared all fields of drawing which works to the one which doesn't and I've found no differences. I think that the only way to do this is only via dialog.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Update Drawing Properties From Model IProperties Automatically
Jul 1, 2011I like to keep the properties of my drawing the same as those of my model. Currently I must remember to hit the "updat copied properties" button in the drawing to discard any old drawing properties and replace them with the properties from the model.
Is there any way to automate this task (perhaps on saving the drawing?) I presume an iLogic rule could be created in the drawing template, just not sure how to go about it.