AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Sketch - How To Center It About Origin

Aug 26, 2013

After I create a sketch, how do I center it about the origin? The origin is projected, I just can't figure out how to set the sketch about it.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sketch Origin Center Point

May 6, 2013

The screen shot below shows three coincident constraints and a projection icon on the origin.

 looks like a projection icon - what does it mean?

I want to delete the three coincident constraints. But when I delete the coincident constraints there is no Sketch origin center point (the sketch origin center point is a square-yellow dot at the x-y intersection). How to delete or move the three coincident constraints with out deleting the sketch origin center point?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Cannot Select Origin To Constrain Sketch With Dimension To Origin?

Oct 4, 2012

I cannot select origin to constrain sketch with dimension to origin?

I selected Sketch,
expanded origin,
selected mywork plan (xy)
drew rectangle,
input dims,
right click for marking menu,
selected dimensions,
Origin is yellow,

cannot select it and then edge of rect to set dim that will center sketch on origin? Just like the videos show, but cannot select origin>

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constrain To Origin In 3D Sketch

Dec 1, 2011

How is this accomplished in Inventor?  The 3D sketch environment seems intentionally crippled.  Many of the constrains are not available, and the "include geometery" command refuses to include the origin (or any other planes and axis for that matter).

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Annotate From Origin Without Having Long Dimension Line To Center

May 17, 2013

I'm wondering if there is a way to annotate from the origin without having a long diminsion line to the center. (see image) I want it like the 'linear diameter' but not with double my size. I always have to annotate the projection from center and this would be easy much more easy to do.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Placing Content Center Parts At Assembly Origin 2012

Mar 14, 2012

I have just installed Inventor 2012 and am experiencing a bizarre problem with placing content center parts.  When I start a new assembly, and place a content center part, I would expect it to locate itself central to the assembly origin.  What actually happens is that it grounds itself wherever I click on the screen.  This doesn't happen with parts that I have created myself.

Is there a bug in the system or maybe an option that I have unknowingly switched off?

Inventor Professional 2012 SP1
Windows XP Pro 64 Edition SP2

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Get The Center Point For Sketch

Nov 11, 2013

I just want to know that how can I get the center point from a Sketch Object ?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constrain Line To Center Of Curve (3D Sketch)?

Sep 14, 2012

I made a bunch of lines, then used the bend command to make curves where they intersected. I'm trying to put lines connecting A to C and B to D. How do I constrain the ends of the lines to the center of the curves?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Dimensions On Sketch?

Dec 17, 2012

One of our senior designers seems to think there is a setting when creating a sketch that will automatically dimension.

So if a straight line is draw and 5 mm length is entered a 5 mm line will immedialtey be created, he seems to think that you can then immedialtey Dimension said line??

I can't find anything, settings wise?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Rectangle In Sketch In Assembly

Oct 2, 2013

I have problem with creating of a Rectangle in a sketch. I would like to make a profile in assembly and then make a "revolve".

Dim oAsmDoc As AssemblyDocument
Set oAsmDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim oCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition
Set oCompDef = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition
[code]..........

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AutoCAD Inventor :: 3D Sketch Equation Curve - Creating Coil?

Jul 26, 2013

I am trying to create a coil which from above, retains equal and thus parallel pitches whilst at the same time adheres to a semi-circular form in the cross section. You can see from the images attached that the first two revolutions are larger than the semi-circle outline.
 
These are the values I have used:
 
Cylindrical

r (t):     134.56924424045517662353735770102mm * t * 0.5
q(t):     1 deg * 360 ul * 3.0 ul * t
z(t):      10 mm * 6 ul * 0.5 ul *  t  * (1.5 * t) * t

tmin: 0 ul
tmax: 0.916 ul

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AutoCAD Inventor :: VBA Creating Path From Derived Sketch Block

May 21, 2013

I've got a problem with creating Path in Inventor VBA. I've created a source block definition in SourcePart.ipt, derived it in DestPart.ipt, placed this derived SketchBlockDefinition in Sketch3 and draw 3 extra lines. Now i want to add a SplitFeature with SplitTool as a Path of 3 lines, but first i need to create this Path. There is no problem with creating path from this 3 extra lines, but when i want to create path from lines that belongs to derived block - an error occurs. 

Below is sample code (also included in attached file - DestPart.ipt). Try run it with DestPart.ipt as an active file. When Inventor is prompting for Selecting Sketch Entity first select one of 3 extra lines, macro ends with no errors. Then run it again, this time select one of 3 lines that belongs to SketchBlock - an error occurs.

When you try to add SplitFeature (Trim Solid) by UserInterface Button "Split" there is no problem with any set of 3 lines.
 
Sub CreatePathTest() Dim oPartDoc As Inventor.PartDocument Set oPartDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim oPickedSketchEntity As Inventor.SketchEntity Set oPickedSketchEntity = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(kSketchCurveFilter, "Select Sketch Entity") Dim oNewPath As Inventor.Path Set oNewPath = oPartDoc.ComponentDefinition.Features.CreatePath(oPickedSketchEntity)End Sub
My System is Windows 7 32bit/64bit, Inventor 2012 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sketch Panel Don't Open When Creating New Part

Apr 18, 2012

I have a problem when I`m creating a new part in assembly.

I`m in assembly and I push a create button. Then I give it a name and OK. Then I push a plane where I want to make the part. New sketch comes but no sketch panel. I have to push right button from mouse and click finish sketch. Then when I go edit sketch the sketch panel comes like it suppose it to be.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Toggle Sketch Only Geometry When Creating Drawing?

Jan 23, 2012

Can we now toggle "sketch only" geometry when creating drawing view sketch transient geometry in the Inventor 2012 API?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Extrusion With Sketch Containing Multiple Circles

Mar 18, 2013

I am trying to creating an extrusion with a sketch containing multiple circles. However, the AddForSolid() Method is not working properly, returning non-NOERROR is C++. Below is the code that I used to create a sketch(which is succeeded) and then try to create a extrusion (in my case cutting). 

ApplicationPtr pInvApp;pInvApp.GetActiveObject("Inventor.Application");DocumentPtr pItem;pItem = pInvApp->GetActiveDocument();PartDocumentPtr pDoc;if(pItem->GetDocumentType() == kPartDocumentObject)pDoc = pItem;SelectSetPtr selectedItem;selectedItem = pDoc->GetSelectSet();FacePtr face;//printf("
[code]....

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating IParts From Content Center

Jun 6, 2012

I created a new part doing a save as from a content center flange.  I then created iparts in the saved part file.

My question is when I place this part into a new assembly it is not allowing me to change from one ipart to another in the part table within the assembly.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Content Center Extrusions

Sep 20, 2013

I am attempting to add some of our custom extrusions to the content center but want them to act the same way Inventor's "default" files act. By that I mean, if I make a new assembly and pick a piece of Angle, for example, to place from the content center, as long as I choose "as standard" and give it a length, the part shows up without me having to save anything new. I can then copy or drag in a second instance of that same angle, right click it and "change length", and the length of just that ONE changes. In the tree on the right the result is:

-DIN 59 370 S S 10x 2 - 600:1
-DIN 59 370 S S 10x 2 - 2000:1

With 600 and 2000 being lengths. That's standard Inventor behavior with their standard parts. When I try to publish my own extrusion, I guess I don't have the right key columns or something. I place MY extrusion and input a length, etc. Then when I copy it and try to "change length", nothing happens and it is named part number:2 in the tree.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating New Category In Content Center

Jan 23, 2007

I would like to create a new category in content center. I couldn't find any support. How to create it?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Custom Dialogue To Edit A Sketch Symbol Text?

Jul 18, 2013

What I would like to do is create a custom dialogue for each of 3 or 4 standard sketch symbols we use on a regular basis. I'd like to load 'suggsted' values out of an excel spreadsheet and allow the user to pick from them or enter in a custom text string if required.  The values would then become part of the sketch symbol.

I've spent some time looking into iLogic rules and I think I've determined that they're not flexible enough to do what I want.

If I'm correct, it is possible (or a good idea) to do this using a VBA macro? I'm a little hesitant to go down the full blown add-in route. While I'm pretty confident I could work it out.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Content Center Creating Duplicate File Folders?

Sep 11, 2012

why content center creates duplicates of existing folders?. Some of the folders have 6 or 8 versions and there is also a duplicate EN-US folder within the EN-US folder with nested folders. So bottom line i have multiple locations and nested files within the content center. Needless to say there is a lot of time spent pointing inventor to the parts necessary to open an assembly.

We are working on a network and are all pointing to the same content center location.  We are all using the same project files. Sometimes it works as you would expect, other times not.

Windows 7 64 bit
Inventor 2012 Professional
Dell T1600 CPU E31245 @ 3.30GHz
8 GB RAM

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Shared Sketch Generates Sketch Doctor Error - Feature Suppressed

Sep 21, 2011

I've created a shared sketch and have used it with various features. Sometime those features are suppressed. The model works fine but the shared sketch generates a sketch doctor error because the feature that created it has been suppressed. Is there anyway to make the sketch suppressed so it doesn't trigger a sketch doctor error? Inventor 2013

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Copy Part Sketch Into Drawing Sketch

Sep 20, 2012

How do I duplicate the 2D line work from a part level sketch into a drawing level (overlay) sketch?

I started a simple 2D piping system diagram sketch by opening a new part file and using a sketch to stick draw the system schematic including some annotations.  Then I opened a new drawing file and made a base view of the part file to bring a view of the original sketch into the drawing.

I realize now that it would have been much easier to have created the schematic directly in a 2D sketch at the drawing level, which would have made editing the annotations much easier at the drawing level, and there is really no need for the part file to exist.  I have no intention of creating a 3D model or "real" part in the .ipt file, was just using it as a jumping off point to sketch.

I was thinking that I could correct my error in judgment by just copying the sketch and pasting it into a new sketch on the drawing, but it doesn't want to work that way.  I have tried copying both the whole sketch at the browser level, and the entire sketch contents (all of the lines and annotations) from the opened part sketch, but when I attempt to paste either of those into the drawing, paste does not seem to be an option.  I'd rather not have to draw the whole thing again, as in typical fashion, my once simple sketch has grown in proportion and complexity from its simple beginning.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Get Sketch Point Data From Sketch Entity

Dec 3, 2013

I was trying to query some sketch points data from a profile Path using code as below. However the program stopped without telling the reason.

Code below:
i = 0;
foreach (ProfileEntity oSourceProfileEntity in oProfilePath) { switch (oProfilePath[i].SketchEntity.Type) { case ObjectTypeEnum.kSketchArcObject: { SketchArc srcSkArc = default(SketchArc); srcSkArc = (SketchArc) oSourceProfileEntity.SketchEntity; // error points[i] = srcSkArc.StartSketchPoint.Geometry; break; } default: { SketchLine srcSkLine = default(SketchLine); srcSkLine =(SketchLine) oProfilePath[i].SketchEntity; // error points[i] = srcSkLine.StartSketchPoint.Geometry; break; } } i++; } 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Converting 3D Sketch To 2D Sketch From IGS File Using Wires?

Aug 1, 2011

First we imported an ".igs" file to inventor, which produced "wires".  Then by promoting the wires it produced a 3-d sketch. 

The model is in one plane and 2-D, and we are trying to use Ansys 2-D analysis, but in-order to do so it needs to be in a 2-D sketch.

The model is too large to be redrawn on a 2-D plane, how to convert it to a 2-D sketch

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Change Sketch 2013 Into Sketch Of 2010?

Dec 14, 2012

want to change sketch 2013 into the sketch of 2010 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sketch Disappears When Editing Another Sketch?

May 30, 2013

When I edit certain sketched some other sketches disappear. see attached.

This is causing modelling to slow down as I can not project lines from the sketch that has disappeared.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Modify The Sketch From Projected Sketch?

Aug 22, 2012

After I create a adaptive part from projected sketch. How to modify the sketch? Please see the part attached.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Difference Between Sketch And Planar Sketch?

Mar 4, 2012

what is the difference between a sketch and a planar sketch?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Put Default Orbit Center To Center Of Screen?

Aug 22, 2013

I'm having some fits with the constrained orbit center. It seems to me that It used to always be in the center of the screen when I would use Shift and CMB. Now it seems to be stuck on the center of my assembly/part. I know that I can hit F4 and long select LMB to re-center but I have never had to do that before the last day or two. I have uninstalled all the Beta Add ins I had installed and I have even uninstalled and reinstalled Inventor Pro 2014. 

Is there an option somewhere that puts the default Orbit Center to the center of the screen? 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constraining A Sketch To Another Sketch?

Aug 16, 2012

I'm having trouble with constaints, I'd like to constrain my sketch to a point in another sketch on a different plane. Is this posible in Inventor? If so how? If Inventor works differently how would you get a points in one sketch to be linked to points another?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Ground To Origin

Nov 1, 2011

I'd like to have a menu option next to "Grounded" which is "Grounded to origin", to save setting three flush constraints every time I pull a part into an assembly and want it to have the same origin as the assembly. This is something I do quite a lot using the multibody part > derived part > assembly workflow. Apart from saving time it would save cluttering up the model browser. In the meantime is there a scripting method of doing this with one click? IV2013

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