AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Get Bolt To Snap To IMate
Dec 10, 2012
I'm working on a project in wikiHelp under Inventor tutorials, Content Center, Create iMates. When I pull the object up in an assembly I can create an iMate and it will show that I made one. But when i go to the next page (Place Content Manually Using iMates), I can't get the bolt to snap to the iMate inside the object, the bolt just stays in one position the whole time.
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Aug 7, 2012
I have some problems with Bolt Connection Component Generator. For placement I choose Concentric, i choose all references, but I can't select Diameter. It is stuck to 10mm and i can't change it.
I am using Inventor Profesional 2013
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Aug 23, 2012
After I create bolt connection by select the "termination" and all the fasteners, the length of bolt is fixed. How can I change the length of bolt?
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Mar 12, 2003
I have a bar and I want to place there several clips so that they are only moveable in one direction. Both of the parts have fitting iMates. When I place the first clip it works fine and the iMates get connected. But when I place the second the clip is draw elsewhere. Is it possible to use one half of an iMate more than once?
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Sep 21, 2013
Okay so i saw a video on how to set up iMate for Vex Robotic parts (circle and square fitting), and i cant get the circle to do a surface extruding. Any reason whats going on? I followed the video's instructions perfectly, and still nothing is working. URL...
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Nov 19, 2013
Is there a way to put a bunch of imates under one line code?
I have imate iInsert:1 thru iInsert:49 I need them all suppressed when an event happens.
I can get it to work one by one but that would be a lot of code.
Tried a few other thing but seems not to work.
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Nov 29, 2011
i am trying to add some items in the iMate matchlist. But with the code i use below i recieve a runtime '10' error:
This array is fixed or temporarily locked.
Function PlaceiMates()Dim oApp As ApplicationSet oApp = ThisApplicationIf ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentType = kPartDocumentObject Then Dim odoc As PartDocument Set odoc = oApp.ActiveEditDocument Dim oInsert As Object Dim oInsertiMate As InsertiMateDefinition Set oInsert = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(kPartEdgeFilter, "Pick Edge for Imate") Set oInsertiMate = odoc.ComponentDefinition.iMateDefinitions.AddInsertiMateDefinition(oInsert, True, "0mm", , "Test") Dim ml(1) As String ml(0) = "pl" oInsertiMate.MatchList = mlEnd IfEnd Function
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May 16, 2012
When I place a part, such as a bolt, from the Content Center, it's immediately looking for the other half of an insert iMate. How do I make a part I created do that? I put an iMate in the part, but it had no effect.
It sure would save a bunch of time if this would work.
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Feb 13, 2005
When I am inserting in an assembly two parts with I-mates and the name's of the I-mates are not matching they are acting of the name's are matching. So the two parts are constraint with the not matching I-mates.
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Jun 15, 2013
How to derive only referenced imates to the solid from multi body part.
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Jul 8, 2012
How to add a Thread to both the Nut & Bolt....i always use the Thread Tool but i would like to also know how to add an actual thread.
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Oct 5, 2013
How to use dynamic simulation, i am creating a bench vise and woud like to animate it going in and out how would i do that?
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Jul 19, 2012
I've assembled a bolt and a slide block that is constrained to a base plate and am able to put everything in motion. I have the slide block constrained to slide the distance of the base plate and when I reach the end the bolt continues to rotate when, if this was a real part, should stop. How can I get this bolt to stop once the slide block reaches its ending constraint?
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Dec 19, 2011
Current version INV 2012
1. When placing pumps,bolt-on walkways etc..etc..on to a metal frame at the assembly level do you place the pumps/walkways first and then add the bolt holes to the frame or do you create the bolt holes first in the frame and then place the pump/walkways on to the holes?
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Oct 19, 2013
I want to insert from content center a screw and modify it, prolong it's thread and more.How can i do that?
In a part file i cannot insert parts from content center, should i make an assembly? and then?
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Mar 27, 2007
When inserting a bolt connection requiring a coutersink or counter bore, the bolt is not placed flush and is left standing.
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Oct 31, 2012
Using bolted connection, I want to place a bolt through 3 sheets of metal. The first 2 sheets i want it to automatically place a slightly larger hole (which it does) but I want the 3rd sheet to be threaded so the bolt thread and hole thread are the same size.
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Jan 9, 2012
I can not use rectangular pattern for bolt in an assembly.
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Apr 11, 2013
When a bolted connection is used, the bolt changes in length as the stackup of hardware increases and decreases. I have noticed that if I do not grab the red arrow to adjust the length, the amount the bolt extends past the nut
seems to be only about 2 threads. What is the formula Inventor uses to determine this extended length?
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Oct 16, 2013
I'm trying to constrain a length of ACME threaded rod to a nut so that when the rod is spun or threaded it shows it traveling into the nut as it will be grounded. I would like it to work as a driven assembly or if I was to turn or spin the rod by the mouse. I've reseached this for the last 2 days and can not spend any more time on it so time to ask the experts.
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Feb 18, 2011
I've been working with Inventor 2011 - Pro and have not had any success with utilizing a bolted connection (blind hole) in an FEA stress analysis. I have reviewed and one suggestion involved a using a bolt placed "as custom" instead of "as standard". It appears however that there is a default setting that I currently have which doesn't allow this as a selection.
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Aug 29, 2012
I starting out new to Inventor 2013.What are the steps to place a washer and bolt from Content Centre into the assembly?
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Dec 4, 2012
I have a ratchet plate idw that I've drawn and dimensioned, but I would like to insert two bolt circles to the two diameter dimensions that appear to be pointing at nothing. The circular pattern is not made up of circles so I haven't been able to use the Centered Pattern command in the centerline section. I'm using Inventor 2013.
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Feb 22, 2013
is there a way to Replace the "bolt" Component Occurrence with api?
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May 9, 2013
My Stress analysis will run and process after i hit simulate but did not return result(Results tree is empty)
I'm running autodesk inventor pro 2013.
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Oct 11, 2013
In my work i normally use our standard full threaded rods with square nuts. But, since we make the rods and nuts in the factory, they do not follow any international standard.
I wanted to add the threaded rods to the Bolted Connection menu in order to be able to automaticaly add the rod and to let inventor calculate the needed lenght.
I was able to add the rod to content center as an Ipart with all available sizes, but it doesn't appear on the bolted connections menu.
See attached our normal bolted connection, how can I add this to bolted connection so inventor will size it automatically to the needed lenght?
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Apr 21, 2011
Im using the bolted connection tool and when i chose all of circluar reference and pick out my bolt and nut the tool will only draw one bolt and ignore all the other circular references. It previews all the bolts just fine ut will only place a bolt in one of the circular references.
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Jan 6, 2012
I'm trying to assemble two parts, each of which has four matching bolt holes.So I do a "mate" between a hole on one and a hole on the other. This works fine, and the parts now behave just like two parts bolted together with one bolt - one can be rotated relative to the other around the bolt hole. So there is one degree of freedom left to be constrained.
But the obvious ways to constrain that one last rotational constraint result in overconstraint. Trying a "mate" between the circles at the ends of the corresponding bolt holes breaks the first constraint, and the non-grounded object "jumps". Trying to auto-mate the two holes results in the holes being constrained as tangent, with the holes not lined up. I've tried constraining the center points of the end circles of the holes. That doesn't work right either.
Doing the second constraint as "tangent-inside" does work. That's a 1 DOF constraint, which makes sense.It took me a while to figure that out. The help files aren't very useful when multiple constraints are involved.
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Mar 15, 2013
I want to use a certain bolt from Content Center. Unfortunately, the particular size I want to use does not exist in the content center, but it does exist at one of our suppliers. How can I add this size to Content Center?
Or, can I somehow check out this bolt as an iPart, and then I can modify it (add any size I want, or even make it custom) according to my will?I am using Inventor 2013
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Dec 12, 2012
I want to change the description of a bolt to be "M(bolt size) bolt. then add the length in another column. example M10 bolt.
I want to know if it is possible to do this using the Family Properties & changing the "Family Description" to something like M=<NND> BOLT. i have tried but had no luck as it only comes back with "M Bolt" & no diameter
Any other way to make it populate a BOM easily.
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Feb 4, 2013
The problem is simply reconciling stress analysis results with hand calculations and I suspect I'm simply setting up constraints incorrectly or something.
A simple problem of an M6 bolt in single shear as in the image below. I am using the formula in image to calculate the shear stress. The diameter (being an M6 bolt) is 6mm and hence radius is 3mm with a shear force of 1000 N being used. Using the formula in the image below and the figures above, I calculate the shear stress in the bolt to be 35.4 MN/m^2 or 35.4 MPa if you prefer.
My problem is that when I simulate this problem in Inventor 2013 stress analysis the results (for any kind of stress analysis; Von Mises, 1st and 3rd principal, all the planes etc...) are way way off what the hand calculation is, ranging from 160 MPa to around 800 MPa.how to set this example up in Inventor correctly so that you get the same (or near enough) result.
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