To be able to folderize component patterns seems to have been surpassed once again in release 2012. However, I am wondering if this is a setting issue yet I cannot find settings for what can and cannot be placed in folders, if they exist. And I wonder if it is a setting issue because during a training class I visibly watched the trainer place component patterns into a folder and once I still cannot do so.
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I can easily move component patterns into a folder as long as all patterns are sequential in the browser. However if I create another pattern that belongs to the folder but is created after the original patterns I cannot add it to the folder. If I delete the folder and select the patterns I get an error message if I try to add them to a new folder (remember the patterns are not sequential). I cannot move a pattern in the browser once created and if I move the part into the folder and then create the pattern it moves it back to the bottom of browser. The net result is I end up with a lot of 'orphaned' patterns.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to be able to use the same dimension parameter as a previous component pattern to create a new component pattern. Is there a way to be able to do this? On features, you can use the Show Dimension and then select the dimension you want. With rectangular patterns I don't see a way to do this and there is no way to even note which parameter it gave it as it is being created. I guess I could name the parameter on the fly and then use that same name, but was wondering if there was a different way.
View 2 Replies View RelatedCan I create more than one pattern from the same base component? For example, pattern a bolt in the center of a plate into one quadrant using pattern 1 and then into another quadrant using pattern 2.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have an i assembly with some lengthy and unique ilogic to control what parts are included / excluded based on user inputs in a form. To begin, the program includes all components, and then excludes the ones that aren't needed. This is basically, briefly what the first part of that looks like:
For Each oCompOcc In oCompDef.Occurrences
i=i+1
'Include all currently excluded components
If oCompOcc.Excluded=True Then
oAssObj=oCompDef.Occurrences.Item(i)
oDoc.SelectSet.Select(oAssObj)
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("ExcludeCtxCmd").Execute()InventorVb.DocumentUpdate()
Else
End If
Next
InventorVb.DocumentUpdate()
So this works just fine, mostly. I run into an issue with the component occurrences that are within patterns (I have 2 patterns - 1 circular and 1 rectangular). This code will "Include" all occurrences inside an "Excluded" pattern, but the pattern itself remains "Excluded". In other words, in the browser, the pattern name appears greyed out and crossed out, but all the elements and the components within them appear "alive", so to speak. But the BOM indicates a Qty. of ZERO for these components since the pattern that.
I can toggle include / exclude of patterns using the same method:
oDoc.SelectSet.Select(oPattern)
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("ExcludeCtxCmd").Execute()
But it seems I can't identify which patterns are excluded to start with, like:
If oPattern.Excluded=True Then...
I get an error when I try this. Is there a way around it? How can I find and select excluded component patterns in order to toggle them to "Include"?
I've utilized the Plywood-Section detail component out of the Imperial
Library, and it runs left-to-right, no matter the orientation of the element I drew. Messing with the Fill Pattern settings, it looks identical if I set the Plywood-Align pattern to "Align to Element", or "Orient to View". Nothing changes.
We are having an issue when we replace a component in Inventor Pro 2012. When we replace a component, the name in the browser does not update to the new component. We've even tried to close and re-open the Inventor assembly and that does not work. We end up manual double clicking the name in the browser and type in the new component name.
Inventor Product Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Dell Precision T7500 Workstation
Xeon Processor
16 GB of RAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 5800
Windows 7 x64
II need a way to tell if a component occurence is a virtual component.
I'm using a For Each loop to cycle through all of the components in an assembly, and if the component is itself an assembly to set the LOD to "Custom". I'm using the definition document descriptor object for this. It all woks fine until the loop comes across a virtual component which doesn't have a definition document, so I need a way to check if the component is virtual and needs to be skipped.Here's the
Option ExplicitImports Inventor.LevelOfDetailEnumSub MainiLogicVb.UpdateWhenDone = TrueDim doc As AssemblyDocumentDim oLOD As LevelOfDetailRepresentationDim oAsmCompDef As ComponentDefinitionDim oComp As ComponentOccurrenceDim oComps As ComponentOccurrencesdoc = ThisDoc.DocumentIf.
[code]....
I am trying to make port rims for pipes that can be swapped in and out of an assembly. However, the ports will all be different sizes and located differently so I need the cut to be part of the port rim component, but affect the entire assembly it is part of. I've been trying to get this to work for the better part of a day now,Here's a picture of what im talking about. I'm running Inventor 2008 by the way.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have an assembly which has a few components suppressed.
My end results is another copy of the assembly (with copies of the all the parts) in another directory
Now i am able to create copies of un-suppressed parts using; (this allows me to SaveAs assembly components which are not suppressed)
DocumentsEnumerator = ThisDoc.Document.AllReferencedDocuments
And save a copy of the assembly using
ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs
I also added the fllowing snippet (which I am not sure what is does), but it does not work for me
Component.SkipDocumentSave = true
When I open the newly created assembly, I still see the suppressed components in the model browser
I want to either;
Skip saving the of the components in the model browser (i.e. the Assembly)
OR
Delete the suppressed parts in the Assembly, so that they do not save altogether
I am trying to copy big assembly with its folders from one folder to another.I cant use Copy Design because I get too long path error.
Alternative way of copying files and keeping its relationships?
I create an I part and I noticed it creates a folder within my main folder. This introduces a bit of chaos into my folder structure, is there any way around it?
View 5 Replies View Relatedcreated any custom hatch patterns for Inventor , If so, how?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWe have multiple parts where we need a large amount of holes being patterned with the rectangular feature. why is this process and everything afterwards so ridiculously slow.? it is really driving me nuts! In solidworks this is no problem at all.
Win 7 64bit
Intel i5 560 4x3,2GHz
8 GB RAM
Nvidia quadro 4000
Does inventor allow you to place the flat pattern of 2 different parts on the same drawing? We have instances where we have items 01 and 02 detailed on the same drawings(carry over from board days, and other CAD system) and need to show a flat pattern of them both but Inventor will not allow us to choose the flat pattern view for the second part.
Inventor Pro 2010
I have big assembly and I want to get quick selection by cube or sphere or simple window. But if some elements (parts or assemblies) are in the pattern, they also selects. I don't need these other elements in the pattern.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am having nearly 30 to 20 flatpatterns in .dxf format I just want to confirm whether the scale is 1:1 or not that just a cross verification. What is the best practice to check?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI need to select various shading patterns in a section view drawing and assign all the same settings using VBasic but can not find the way to go. For example, all a 45 degree angle and scale to 0.25.
View 3 Replies View RelatedInventor 2010 Style and Standard Editor includes 35 CUST## hatches. My guess is, it stands for custom. Is there a way to import hatch patterns from AutoCAD PAT file? This functionality is available for line types through importing AutoCAD LIN file.
Xeon CPU 3.6GHz
Nvidia Quadro FX 3400
Driver version 6.14.11.8246
Win XP Pro (32) SP3
4GB RAM w/o 3GB switch
AIS 2010 SP1
I am trying to join two parts in their flat pattern state - either in the drawing or physically.
these two curved parts are adjacent but have different unfolding strategies so Inventor makes me seperate them. I would like to cut these parts out on my cnc as one piece - but I am having difficulty accurately joining these parts.
(one is a curved part & one is a twist - both can generate a flat pattern)
I can make drawing views of both parts in their flat pattern state but I don't know how to (or even if it is possible) to connect these two parts and export them like one piece. I have tried to export to .dxf & then import into a new part file - but that was a big mess.
I can import the .dxf into ACAD & then join them but I would like to keep as much in Inventor as possible.
I'm stuck on a few different emboss cases. The following examples are just dumbed-down models to learn from. If it matters - I'm actually embossing patterns on more complicated parts - not text on primitive shapes.
Case 1: Emboss across several surfaces. Please see attached file "Wrap Emboss 1". I can wrap to a face - but not all three faces on the solid that I want my "TEST TEST TEST" message to span across. My embossed text goes off into space - it doesn't wrap around the edge of the solid as desired.
Case 2: Emboss text (or some other arbitrary shape) onto a single (but compound) surface. Please see file "Compound Emboss 2". If the curvature of the part isn't significant - there are a few ways to fake/trick out the model to get a passable result. BUT - when the curvature of the surface is significant relative to size of the text/pattern to be embossed - I haven't yet found a solution that doesn't wildly distort the embossed feature. As the surface of the part is compound - I can't use the "Wrap to Face" option without an error. The resulting embossed feature is unacceptable.
I have an iLogic controlled assembly with sub assemblies that are also iLogic controlled. The main assembly calculates some lengths and turns some subs on and off and then updates all the subs. The subs also calculate some lengths and turn some parts on and off. I have a rule in both the main assembly and copies in the subs that control the LOD to make sure that it's set to custom before anything else runs.
Now I may be misunderstanding something, but it appears that it's possible to have a sub assembly set to one LOD but be referenced in a top level assembly as a different LOD. In other words I have a sub that shows in the top level browser as Master. If I open this sub and set it from within the sub to custom LOD and switch back to the top level assembly it is still set to master there. It appears that this is what my LOD rule is also doing, setting it to custom in the sub but not changing the top level reference.
What I am trying to do is insert a part into an assembly file using iLogic. I basically want to mimic Inventor’s “Place” command using ilogic, maybe something like this:
oPath = ThisDoc.Path & ""
oFile = "File.ipt"
Component.Place(oPath & oFile, False)
When we do DWG we may have more than one Assembly on one individual DWG. When going to put the weights on the DWG through the text/Physical Property insert yadayada it keeps referring back to the original assembly. Even after changing which component we want the info to be drawn from, it refers back to the original? Are we not doing this right? Program glitch?
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy office procedures dictate that when we place a content center part that we do so "as custom" for several reasons that are irrelevant to this question (I can expound if needed).
My question is: If I have an assembly with a content center part that is placed "as custom" and I use the component replace tool (CTRL+h) to replace it with another content center part that has already been created and placed "as custom" in another file, how come I get a new CC component that is not the one I selected?
It appears that I am getting a CC part from the same family as the original when what I need is the component to be replaced with the one I am selecting.
In other words: when I say replace "this" with "that", how come I get something else entirely? This functionality works perfectly on non-CC parts.
I have an assembly which has components mated to a radial surface, I need to locate the center of a round slot against an axis, I have X Y coordinates, how can I constrain that part to those X Y coordinates?
Attached is a picture of the assembly.
I'm using replace on a sub assembly but want to write a parameter change to all the parts in the sub assembly as & when they appear.
An error occurs when I try to write a parameter to a part which isn't in the sub assembly - makes sense but how do work around this?
First try was this:
If Component.IsActive("SS_12.5mm Insln:1") = True Then Parameter("SS_12.5mm Insln:1", "Material") = Insulation
but "SS_12.5mm Insln:1" isn't here (by design) - I want a Component.Exists type comand - possible?
Is there any way to move a pattern into an existing subassembly? I have a piping layout that I demoted into a subassembly, now I want to add the flange bolts/nuts that I patterned into that subassembly and it will not let me drag and drop like it does components. I am using INV Professional 2011.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have an iLogic rule that automatically adds center lines to cylindrical elements and holes. It runs on save. Is there a way to
A) Make that rule loop through each sheet in the drawing file? Right now it loops through each view on the active sheet and I'm not sure how to get the total sheet count to make another loop for that.
B) Is there a way I can conditionally check if the view is a flat pattern or not? I'd like to use an IF statement to exclude applying the center marks to the flat.
I'm trying to get Inventor 2012 (64 bit) to show the complementary angle to the bend angle in the bend annotation on a flat pattern within a drawing. I.e. the bend annotation shows: "10 UP" for a ten degree bend. I want it to show: "10 (170) up, where 170 degrees would be the complement to that angle, automatically. I know I could type it in, but then it will not update itself if I change that angle.
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow to apply forces to a component who is spinning. More specific i am interested in the centrifugal loads distributed over the component.
Take an inducer wheel for a turbocharger. It is a complicated component and very difficult to calculate by hand. it is spinning with high revs, and the rev limit it set by the centrifugal forces acting.
