Is there a way to expand the constraint window so that I can see my entire parameter formula? In the image below, my equation is cut off in the "offset" window. Or am I supposed to be inputting the parameters in some other manner?
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Inventor 2012 Certified Professional
Software: Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012 64 Bit- Service Pack 1
Operating System:64 bit-Windows 7 Enterprise-SP1
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P8700 @2.53GHz
RAM: 16 GB
I am playing with a design in simulation where the balance is effected by gravity. I have a part at a set angle to start off so a constraint is place and set to this angle,then in simulation I suppress the angle prior to starting the simulation to see what happens. Then I unsuppress the angle then edit it to adjust the simulation to a new angle I then resupress the angle to free it up and run the simulation again.
This can go on a few times until the angle is found in the simulation.The problem I have is it takes ages to do this. Basically it seems in simulation the tree is always collapsed and I want it expanded, how ever after each change the tree collapses?
Is there a way to have the tree always expanded so I can quickly find and adjust my constraint? Or even better is there a way to pull the constraint into the main edit window for direct editing?
It would be good if a small bow / window could be opened with the ability to add a setting/constraignt that needs constant updating.
I am designing a vertical axis wind turbine just for some practice (just started using Inventor) and everything was going smoothly until I tried to "animate" it spinning. First, I set up a work plane that goes through the center of the structure, and then I clicked angle constraint "explicit reference vector." After watching several youtube videos, I figured that I should click on the work plane, click on another reference point, and then click another point that would be orthogonal to those two (right?). Well after I choose the first point, Inventor will only allow me to choose the center axis as the second option (which I think should be the third option).
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I can copy and past but that is not what i want.
We have the following problem / bug and i was wondering if others can reproduce it.
(IV2013, SP1.1)
When adding a new sub-assembly to an existing ipn, the newly added assembly doesn't have the + sign to expand it. (see image)
Steps:
1. create a part. (anything will do) - Part1
2. make an assembly and add Part1 a few times. - Assembly1
3. make another assembly and add Assembly1 a couple of times. - Assembly2
4. create a presentation file with Assembly2, add a tweak for good measure. - Assembly2.ipn
5. Save the ipn. (and any other unsaved files)
6. now go back to Assembly2 and add another instance of Assembly1.
7. look at the presentation again, if it's the same as our situation there shouldn't be a + next to the newly added instance.
when I have part make with frame generator. I have problem expand tree in drawing.How expand tree in drawing when part make with frame generator.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI 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 am currently creating a chain block to be animated later on. But, I do not know how to constraint it.
I have attached a zip file of the .ipt and .iam
Maybe I've just been doing it wrong for the last 5 years, but the Angle constraint is obnoxiously unpredictable. When I constrain a part in an assembly with an angle constraint from the assembly origin plane (or anything else), Inventor always has two solutions; a positive and negative.
Is there something I'm missing here, or is just a design flaw we have to live with?
I am trying to place a tubes cylindrical surface to another tubes cylindrical surface using add constraint. How do I specify which side of the target surface to apply the constraint ?
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I would like the pin and the surface to be transitional only when the two parts "interfere" with each other.
At the moment with the example attached part A is remaining tangent to part B, restricting the necessary movement of part B to function properly in the mechanism.
In simplified terms I need part B to be able to break free of the "transitional constraint" of part A under certain movement conditions within the mechanism.
This is probably a simple one that I am missing, but how do I get a parallel constraint applied to these two edges.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm running 2014. Somehow, in my ignorance, I have managed to turn off the constraint symbols that show up beside the cursor as I'm sketching.
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-100 mm distance between 15mm circles
-1 of the 15 mm holes
-30 mm hole
I am new to inventor but I would also like to be able to set up my constraints correctly. I'm also not sure if my sketches are ideal for this part either. I usually get an error concerning my fillets from the base to the center support beam when I try to change the 100 to 75.
How do you delete a constraint between a point and the center point of a line? (in the sketch environment)
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View 9 Replies View RelatedMy need is to assembly parts into an assembly by a known position in the assembly. The part has a UCS and I create UCS on the assembly programatically. What I cannot do is to constrain the two UCS. I tried this (Inventor 2013 x64 on W7/W8 64, c++ 2010 by the way DEBUG mode is not working from the IDE):
CAssemblyComponentDefinition compDef = doc.get_ComponentDefinition();
// MOdules UCS
CUserCoordinateSystems coords = compDef.get_UserCoordinateSystems();
CTransientGeometry geom = m_InventorApp.get_TransientGeometry();
CMatrix matrix = geom.CreateMatrix();
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Basically, I would like to do this:
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(i.e., take two object Z axes and constraint them to be the same), but in C#. In particular, what puzzles me is that I cannot make
'Get the Z-axis work axis from the occurrent.
Dim oPartAxis As WorkAxis
Set oPartAxis = oPartOcc.Definition.WorkAxes.Item(3)
in C# because the Definition object has not a WorkAxis instance.
See attached screen shot.
To activate the new position of the assembly of approx 5k instances takes about 5 minutes in IV 2013 when using Drive constraint. The larger the assembly the longer it takes
In IV2011 takes about 10 seconds. I've never seen the "Not responding" sign in Drive constraint window in previous versions. I'm just wondering how can avoid this "New feature" of 2013.
We have an interesting problem after reinstalling the software. We found that there is a time lag between the mouse pointer and the line highlight to indicate we have click the correct entity. The video attached in the link below may be able to explain our problem better. In the video, we move the mouse to where we want it and it shows a time lag.
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I can't seem to get inventor to select a given parameter inside a sketch. It keeps giving me an error.
All I want to do is to have inventor Select / Highlight a parameter inside of a sketch so the user can clearly see it in the window. Ive tried heaps of different selection options, I just can't work out what ive done wrong.
Sub GetParameter()Dim TargetName As StringDim oCompDef As PartComponentDefinitionDim oSketch As PlanarSketchDim oConstr As DimensionConstraintDim oParam As ParameterDim oCmdMgr As CommandManagerTargetName = d0 ' parameter nameSet oCmdMgr = ThisApplication.CommandManagerSet oCompDef = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinitionFor Each oSketch In oCompDef.Sketches For Each oConstr In oSketch.DimensionConstraints If oConstr.Parameter.Name = TargetName Then Set oParam = oConstr.Parameter oSketch.Edit Call oCmdMgr.DoSelect(oParam) Exit Sub End If NextNextEnd Sub
I have an assembly wherein one part is mated to another grounded part, with a face-to-face coincident mate. The click + drag type of movement appears to move the part, while continually solving this constraint.
However, it seems like there is no way to do a rotation in the same manner, where the constraint is continually updated. There appears to only be the "Free Rotate" command, which ignores the constraints.
Is there really no way to do this in Inventor? The application is that I am laying out a mold for many, many small parts, and I am trying to move and rotate them into position to get good packing efficiency and density. Each part will be attached to a mold base with one of the aforementioned face-to-face constraints, then slid & rotated around manually.
This seems like a really important piece of functionality. Solidworks can certainly do this, do a part rotation in an assembly, while solving for existing constraints.
I am using Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013.
Motor Model 1:1 is used to turn the wheel holders at various angles. The part named "front gear spring holder" is supposed to revolve and turn the inner part of the "front wheel holder" My problem is that I want to simulate the turning of the front wheel's using contact sets or 3d/2d contact sets in the dynamic simulation environment. I do not know how to do this, but I'm almost certain the program is capable of doing so. Also the spinning of the front wheels must be able to be done along with various angles of the front wheels(while turning, the front wheels must be able to still spin with the front gear spring holder".
I have seen threads and articles that say that making gears with contact sets is not recommended or possible but i have two instances here where they work perfectly fine using the dynamic simulation with 3d /contact sets. Take a look at the simulation I have saved as well.
I will need more on this assembly in the future, including how to create bevel gears that work at 90 degree angles or spur gears with contact sets instead of just simulating their movements .