AutoCAD Inventor :: Converting Surface Into Solids?

Apr 2, 2012

I have several IGES files that I need to make into solid models.  I have been searching for days on how to do it in Inventor 2012 and everyone says how easy it is, but yet I have no luck. This file was created from a scanned mold and then made using a point cloud.

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AutoCAD 2013 :: Converting 3D Solids To 3D DGN?

May 10, 2013

I've been trying to convert 3D dwg models to 3D dgn models without success, using AutoCAD 2012.

The DGN either displays the solid, which isn't visible in a Microstation extraction or it just exports the centrelines/linework and not the solids.

Is this possible in newer version ? i.e. 2013/2014.

I've tried the export to ACIS .sat file and that works fine, but it moves everything to the same lavel/layer which defeats to object of seperatng the items in the first place.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Converting Corridors To Solids?

Dec 13, 2013

I am trying to convert my corridors to solids and under toolspace-settings-corridor-commands there is a command called export corridor to solid but this option is not coming up in my toolspace.

I made this original file in civil 3d 2013 but am working on in in civil 3d 2014

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Converting Surface Into Solid Body

Sep 28, 2012

I am trying to convert this composite surface into a single solid body, however when I try to stich the surfaces in the construction environment it always crashes. I have also tried edditing the STEP file import options but it still always opens as a composite surface.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: 2D Solids Extracted From Surface Only Show Outline When Xreferenced

Mar 18, 2013

I created a surface with the style showing slopes as 2D solids.  I extracted the slopes from the surface and moved them to their own file.  They look fine in the file where they reside.  When I xreference them into a drawing, they no longer show up as solids.  They just show the outlines of the triangles.

I know I could change the style to to 2d hatches instead of solids, but I'm more curious as to why this is happening and how to fix the 2d solids.

Windows 7 64 bit
Civil 3D 2013

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Converting Surface To 2D Hatch

Mar 4, 2013

Is there any way converting surface to 2d hatch ? I am making plan view to show materials used to make my road , to do that i need to hatch all the plan in different hatches ( for example sidewalks - green, paves -yellow, shoulders - brown... ) .

I could try hatching closed polylines made from corridor feature lines , but i get often an error that my boundaries aint closed . SO i started to think , maybe there is a way to do something from surfaces.

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AutoCad 3D :: Converting Faces To Single Surface (or Polyface Mesh)

Aug 2, 2012

I have created a TIN (triangulated irregular network) of an existing survey in my terrain modelling software (12d Model). I am able to export (save-as) the TIN as 3D Face Triangles for opening in AutoCAD (2012) or similar.

My ultimate goal is to create a solid surface in Inventor. The surface has to be seemless (stitched) in order for me to create a new sketch and extrude to this surface. Finally giving me a part in Inventor that represents my ground. I would then want to use the same process to bring into Inventor all other Civil Design works created in 12d Model such as roads, earthworks platforms (including dams) etc.

I've tried stitching (Inventor and Microstation) without success. Inventor keeps crashing and Microstation looses data. AutoCAD (2012) won't let me create a polyface mesh from 3D Faces. I tried doing a mesh, surface union without success. Programs either crash or data is lost.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Importing 3D Dwg Solids?

Jul 17, 2012

I am having a bit a troubles with importing 3D solids to Inventor. 

When I make 3D solids myself with autocad 2012 it works fine, but these solids I got appear scrambled.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Possible To Have 2 Solids In 1 Part And

Aug 31, 2012

I was wondering if it is possible to have 2 solids in 1 part and being able to pick which one I want to see in an assembly and which one I want to see in a drawing?

I have a leafspring that should show up unbended in the drawing (for the supplier) and bended in the assembly (for visual correctness). (I used Reference Sets for this in Unigraphics.)

I'm using Inventor 2012 (64-bit) with SP1 installed.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Add Solids To Cut Extrusion

Apr 12, 2013

I have a multibodied part (roughly 700 parts) and I need to do a cut extrusion.  The problem is that when I'm cutting through a hundred or more solids I might miss one if it's close to the edge.  I though, no problem I'll just go back to the extrusion command and add those solids I missed.  Problem, the program only lets me select one solid and undoes all I had previously. 

2013 FDS

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Cut Multiple Solids?

Jan 15, 2013

Is there any way in inventor to use one extrude cut feature on two different solids at the same time?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Stretched 3D Solids Goes To Infinity

Feb 26, 2012

Any solid shape just tend to go to the right no matter what angle you look at it and as it seems to go towards towards infinity . This is in orthographic view I might add. In perspective view the cube ends within the screen but it far from cubical and changes its appearance as you rotate it. As you can see in the pictures even the axis graphics down to the left is messed up.

Picture one is while I am extruding the 10mm cube. The big orange thing is the arrow used to drag up from the sketch.

Picture two is just the 10mm cube. As you can see the wire frame works just fine and it event hides the edges behind the solid.

I just installed the software on this computer so I suspect it is my graphics card that simply cannot handle the 3D solids. It is a few years old, a NVIDIA Quadro FX 540. The shadows does not work either, probably because I do not have shader model 2.0 or newer. do I have to scrap my computer?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Hidden Solids In Drawing

Nov 23, 2012

I have an assembly with some hidden solids of a part in, which are turned to invisible in the part but they show on the drawing. How to not show these in the drawing but still show the unhidden solid of the part.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Batch Export To DWG Solids And Drawings

Nov 8, 2011

I have a client who is requesting that I send them ".dwg" files of a particular project. They are asking for both  3D solids AND 2D drawing files.

1.) I can export the assembly files to a 3D DWG easy enough but how do I do it for 83 files using task scheduler or something; I cannot figure it out?

2.) We have used ".dwg" as our native drawing format because we have people here who have a need to open our IV drawings using AutoCAD. Can I just send my client these files, without the supporting part files, and have them open them?

3.) If I just send them a copy of our native ".dwg" files are they going to be able to re-use that geometry somehow? There isn't a real IP concern as these are just pipe supports and platforms made from available steel shapes but I certainly wouldn't want them to be able to take our work and re-use it on a different project without us. If they have to do some crazy stuff like explode and scale and re-dimension these things in order for them to be re-usable on a different project, I would at least prefer that to them just being able to reuse them easily. I guess what I'm saying is that if they are going to re-use this content, I am not going to make it easy for them that's for sure!

Inventor Professional 2013 (SP-2.3), Product Design Suite Ultimate
Desktop: Intel Core i7 3.4GHz, 16.0 GB RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate SP-1, 64-bit OS, (2) GeForce GTX 580 (331.81), Space Pilot Pro (3.16.1)
Laptop: Intel Core i7 3.9GHz, 16.0 GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro SP-1, 64-bit OS, GeForce GTX 780 (331.81), SpaceNavigator (3.17.7)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Select Multiple Solids For An Extrusion Cut?

Apr 11, 2013

I need to do a cut extrusion on a multibodied part and need to select the solids.  As of right now I have to select each one individually rather than doing a drag box or something like that. how I can do this fast, I've got a multibody part w/ over 1000 solids (I didn't create it, yes I know this is probably excessive).

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assembly Extrude Solids Selection

Mar 11, 2013

I can't seem to get the "Solids" selection to become active in the assembly extrude dialog.Is there actually a way to control participants prior to creating the extrude feature?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Trimming Solids In Assembly Mode

Mar 18, 2013

we have to solids put in one assembly. those two solids are intersecting. how can I trim first solid with shape of second one?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Reduce The Byte Size Of 3D Solids?

Jun 26, 2012

How can I export 3D solids from Inventor to AutoCAD as well as reducing their byte size, for example changing assembly solids to a skin.

I do not need the internal components or intelligence of the assembly but I do need the solid body for presentation purposes. Ultimately I will be traveling with these solid drawings on my laptop and need them to be extremely compact.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Shrink Wrap Not Creating Solids

Jan 22, 2013

I am a tech illustrator taking our engineering models and creating dumb solids for architects to drop into CAD drawings. When I take an assembly and try to shrinkwrap it (with the Solid Bodies option) the file still has all the internal ribs and fillets and stand-outs. I have created extrudes to fill gaps and holes and even tried to create single pieces to assemble later to no avail.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Interference Of Solids And Line Segment

Apr 7, 2013

I'm trying to figure a "fast" algorithm to obtain the amount of material (in linear distance) between 2 points within an assembly i.e. if I draw a line between any two points P1 & P2 in an assembly, what is the length of this segment that goes through material and what is the length that goes trough empty space?

For now I'm creating a thin cylinder as a new part, place it with one end at P1 and the other end at P2, calculate the interference volume of this body with the rest of the assembly and divide this number by the total volume of the cylinder. but has some problems:

1. It is VERY slow, and I want to call this function lots of times.
3. Is not accurate due to the finite diameter of the cylinder.
2. If the assembly has some interferences, the result is wrong (accounting same volume more than once)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Selecting Solids With Certain Extrusion Features

Apr 22, 2013

When I try to select several solids for an extrusion cut/interference I can do so fairly quickly by selecting all of them in the browser so long as the extrusion is set to "all" or "distance". 

For some reason when I need to do a "to" or "between" I have to select them one at a time.  Every time I select a solid the select solids options returns to the input so that I have to select one solid then press the "Solids" button and select another one.  This tends to do the same thing if I create an extrusion and then want to later modify the solids taking part in the extrusion.  Is there an option I can turn off?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: IProperties For Parts With Multiple Solids

Jun 11, 2012

I have a part which has 2 solid bodies in it which were created using the extrude command. When setting the iProperties for this part I get the material properties applied to both solids. Is it possible to set a material for each solid so that they will be listed separately under iProps ? I suspect this can't be done in which case how would I go about separating the solid bodies ?

Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 SP2 64-Bit Edition
Windows 7 HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz
12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Derive Multiple Solids From A Part?

Jan 24, 2013

derive multiple solids from a part. I use the code shown below but it seem as I only can get the first solid in the part that I am trying to derive from.

''More Code'''
' Create a new part document, invisibly.
oPartDoc = m_inventorApp.Documents.Add(DocumentTypeEnum.kPartDocumentObject, , True)
oPartDoc.UnitsOfMeasure.LengthUnits =UnitsTypeEnum.kMillimeterLengthUnits
' Derive the assembly into the part.
Dim oDerivedPrtDef AsDerivedPartDefinition
oDerivedPrtDef = oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition.ReferenceComponents.DerivedPartComponents.CreateDefinition(oTopDoc.FullDocumentName)
Call oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition.ReferenceComponents.DerivedPartComponents.Add(oDerivedPrtDef)
'''More Code''' 

How can I get all the solids from the part that I am deriving from?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Moving Solids In Multi-body Parts?

Jan 26, 2013

I have 17 years of Unigraphics / NX and 2 months of AutoCAD 2013 3D experience .  I am designing a welded table that has lots of tubes to be aligned to each other.  It appears that snaps do not work on solids and there is no way to do a point to point solid move in Inventor.  Is there any way to select a solid, snap to a base point, then move or copy to a snap destination point of another solid?  Does this need to be done in an assembly drawing?  If so, do I have to create a file for each tube and then bring each of them into an assembly?  I would like to draw the table as one part.  Designing all the parts together.  The lack of snaps is strange to me.  I can only snap to end points in sketches.  No midpoints??  I must be missing something very basic and easy.  I have not tried an assembly drawing yet.

I have been working through hours and hours of training videos.  Everything but move, copy and paste has been pretty easy.  I think I need to find an AutoCAD to Inventor transition video.  There are no training courses in my area.  So I'm stuck with online training.  This problem is never addressed and I can't ask the question on a video.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sculpt Part Composed Of Multiple Solids

Feb 28, 2013

Is there a way to sculpt a part composed of multiple solid bodies without having to perform the sculpt command for each solid body? I want to use the same work plane to remove material from a part but the sculpt command only allows me to select one body at a time. This means after the first sculpt of one solid, I need to turn on the visibility of the consumed work plane and perform a sculpt on each of the remaining solids.

Not a huge issue, but in the future I may need to do a large number of these tasks. I attached a sample file. I threw it together in 30 seconds so it's not the prettiest looking thing.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Split Solid Has Flipped / Reversed The Solids

Mar 14, 2012

I have a part which I am using the Split tool to make two solid parts. All was fine until a few days later when I went back and made some changes to the surface I was using for the Split. Now, Inventor has flipped the two solid bodies, so later features I had placed now don't work.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Perform Subtract Boolean Operation On Two Separated Solids

Nov 19, 2011

I have inventor 2012 and I´m having trouble doing a cut boolean operation to two solids. One is a revolved elipse, so it´s a kind of egg, and the other one is an extruded rectangle.

I want to cut the egg in the rectangular solid, so I can obtain a rectangular solid with an empty egg space inside. I tried to use the "derived" command, so I derived the egg from the rectangular solid, and used the combine command, but with no success. Right now I have two separated solids on the same file (the egg and the extruded rectangle).

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Subtract One Solid From Another Then Turn Remainder Into Multiple Solids?

Jun 6, 2013

what's the best way to subtract one solid from another then turn the remainder into multiple solids?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Cut And Paste Solids To Create Multi Body Part

Jan 31, 2011

After migrating my project from MDT2009 to Inventor 2010, every solid body in MDT became a part file in INV.  If I were modeling from scratch, some of the .IPTs should be multibody parts.  Is there any way to cut & paste a solid from one part to another to create a multibody part?  I’m not talking about deriving a new part from the source parts.  The end result should be a multibody part with all sketches intact and all solids fully editable, as if I had modeled them as a multibody part right from the beginning.

I’ve attached a simple example of two separate parts that should be combined into one multibody part, as shown in the .JPG file.  Can it be done without deriving the parts?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Curved Surface - How To Increase Volume Of Surface At Certain Points Only

Apr 10, 2013

how I can add more volume to curved object surface? Say for example I have a plastic cup.You can think of this as cylinder object ,which was the shelled out using the shell tool and then had its base sealed.

Now at certain parts, I would like to increase the thickness and then blend it the rest of the surface(may be chamfer its edges) .

At certain parts on curved surface I would like to add an extra mm, I think if the surface was flat I would just sketch the shape, then extrude it by few mm and smooth the edges by doing a chamfer

But how can this be done on surface that is curved? Or multi curved for edges?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Ribs On Curved Surface / Trimming To Complex Surface

Feb 28, 2013

I'm designing a press for a skateboard similar to: Rib Press

I have the board modeled: (see attached)

Now what i want to do is generate those ribs as seen in the picture.

I tried creating a block that intersected with the board and tried to split the rib at the surface, but to no avail. I think the issue has something to do with the curve of the board in two directions, but i can't seem to get it right.

if you are having trouble visualizing what i'm asking about, look at this. I want to be able to figure out the exact shape of those center ribs to print and eventually cut out of wood.

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