AutoCAD Inventor :: Explode / Break A Pattern?
Aug 25, 2009
I have a pattern of iassemblies in an assembly. If I change the member then all instances will change.
is it possible to explode/break a pattern into individual iassemblies?
I think this would be really useful. You can use pattern to layout the assemblies but then break the link to edit them individually. Perhaps to move one slightly, for instance. Or to change a particular member, as I need in this case.
I know that I can suppress specific members and replace with a new member. But this will loose the constraints I have applied to the members of the pattern.
By breaking the pattern there will be no parameters to determine the position of those exploded members, so perhaps they could be automatically grounded until you add new position constraints to them?
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Feb 9, 2007
Is there a way to explode a Component Pattern? I would like to create a 12 x 12 Component Pattern in an IAM and then explode it so that I have 144 individual objects.
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Oct 13, 2011
Is there anyway to break a sketched pattern without deleting all the elements? CATIA has this feature where you can pattern something, then break the relationship of this pattern so you can edit the components as individuals. It seems the only option in Inventor is to delete the pattern or suppress individual components. I just want to pattern a line equally spaced 20 times then trim those lines to a bisecting one. Its annoying to have to draw and constrain all the lines to create a pattern
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Mar 19, 2010
Is it possible to change te Break command permanently in the Break at Point command?I never use break, only break at point.
Changing te macro for break ^C^C_break to the macro for break at point ^C^C_break \_f @ doesn't work.
To do it manualy at the command prompt takes to much keyboard entries and mouse clicking.
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May 25, 2012
where could i find a pattern overlay/pattern of holes for a metal floor.
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Mar 27, 2012
How can I make a circular pattern of a single occurence of a rectangular pattern?
A shaft has a rectangular pattern of holes (along its axis) on its surface. I want to pattern the 4th occurence of this hole pattern as a circular pattern? Can I do it in Autodesk. I can not select the a specific occurance of a patterned feature to pattern it again.
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Jul 25, 2012
As you see in the template photo (the photo was scanned by Microsoft Security Essentials, healthy) I wanted to extrude my circle, and I made 28 pieces with circular pattern feature; now, do I have to choose all the pieces by one by to be able to choose all?
The sum of the problem: while using the Circular Pattern feature or rectangular pattern feature in Inventor, sometimes I want to extrude (join) or cut the drawings that I made (augmented) with using circular pattern feature, rectangular pattern feature. in this case do I have to choose all the augmented members one by one (for instance I make 42 augmented members), it can take a lot of time.?
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Jun 29, 2013
How is it possible to use "Feature Pattern Select'' to make the Pattern a want in an assembly?
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May 31, 2013
Is it possible to take a feature created by a pattern and reuse it to create another pattern? I have a circular part on which I have created a linear pattern (using the rectangular pattern feature) of holes, 6 in total listed as 3 ccurrences. if we number the holes 1-6, I would like to make a circular pattern based off holes 2 and 5. I have been unable to figure out how to select the individual "occurrence" related to the hole once in the pattern feature. If I create the circular pattern first and then the linear and try to suppress the others it supresses both holes in the occurrence.
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Apr 11, 2013
is there a way to explode a sketched symbol??? what i would like to do is place a sketched symbol with text from a custom iproperty, once placed it loses the link to the custom iproperty and is just dumb text.
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Oct 1, 2012
Is it possible to convert Text to a sketch in which I can edit individual letters. I want to use the text as a profile path for a plasma cutter. I tried Emboss, but Letters with islands in them, completely cut the letter out. I want to be able to add a bridge for one of a better word, by editing a sketch.
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Oct 20, 2010
The code that follows is my attempt to explode the BOM and retrieve the UnitQuantity. When I look at the BOMQuantity object, BaseUnits is always nothing, and UnitQuantity is nothing.
Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To oBOMView.BOMRows.Count
Dim oRow As Inventor.BOMRow
oRow = oBOMView.BOMRows.Item(i)
Dim oCompDef As Inventor.ComponentDefinition
[Code] .....
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Jul 31, 2012
I am creating an assembly with my base part being a weldment. I've added other components that mount to my base part. Now I need to add fasteners to the mating components. I have added my first fastener and now want to pattern the said fastener using the "Pattern Component" and by using the "Feature Pattern Select" option and selecting "Associated Feature Pattern". At this point I have already selected the component that I want to pattern and selected the "Associated Feature Pattern" to select my base pattern. The only problem is that I am unable to select the pattern desired.
A note on how my Weldment was constructed -The holes were created in the "machining" step of the weldment, not in the individual part before it was placed in the weldment assembly.
If I move the hole feature and its pattern to the individual part and then place it in the weldment assembly, I can then create an "Associated Feature Pattern" in my assembly file.Why can I NOT create the associated pattern when my hole features are created in the weldment assembly? Or am I missing something?
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Nov 20, 2013
I have an assembly which I am using as a icopy component. In the assembly I have the adaptive sketch which os used for the icopy function and a part which is adaptive to the sketch. I then have the part pattern itself in the assembly. The problem is the pattern will not update when changes are made unless I edit the pattern. The pattern references parameters from the sketch so that when the sketch changes the pattern should change. It works but the pattern will not update unless i open the pattern to edit it. Is there a vb function which will force the pattern to update when a change is made? I tried the update document vb functions but no change. I will try to get a sample together that is a smaller file size so you can see what I am talking about.
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Aug 21, 2013
I'm using Inventor Pro 2011 and I'm trying to break the association of a BOM from it's assembly. My company uses a "next assembly list" on each drawing to show the quantities and information that appear on the BOM in the next level assembly. To achieve this we insert a parts list referencing the next level, then we turn off the visiblity of all the parts except the item we want shown. The problem we've found with this is that we're using some large assemblies and Inventor slows down when it has to reference the large assembly on each drawing. All we really want to show is the single line. If we break the link to the large assembly, we feel that it will speed up the process considerably.
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Dec 21, 2011
How to Create a dimbreak like Autocad in Inventor idw
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Feb 15, 2012
Is there anyway to use the break-out command in an IDW to show something inside an enclosure that you normally would not see? I don't mean a section view but an Isometric view that temporarily removes a part of the wall of an enclosure so you can see what is inside, specifically in a presentation view?
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Jan 17, 2013
I have several sheets w/in a drawing. Some of the sheets are titled sheet 2A, 2B, etc. I'd like to be able to do this w/o needing several title blocks. what becomes sheet 3 is now sheet 5. How do I offset the sheet numbers?
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May 27, 2013
Is it possible to break my bolted connection, so that i can change the information given by inventor in the BOM? Its always grayed out and i can`t seems to find a way to make it "ungrayed".
I could change it directly on the .idw but me and my project leader would like to not go on that road. Our teams are seperated in to two. Ones in charge of modeling & the other is in charge of the presentation. We would like to give, as much as possible, not to much leeway on those in charge of the presentation.
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Mar 24, 2011
Who can tell me if Break lines in Inventor 2012 will be constrainable? I mean come on... All the new fancy stuff Inventor gets every year is great but when will the simple things get done?
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Jan 11, 2014
I´m drawing a component which does not fit within the drawing sheet. How can I reduce its space on the sheet, while keeping the dimension equal?? I know I can use a Break, but I really can't suceed into using it.
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Jun 25, 2012
Any trick to make create a break view along a sloping edge.So that the view still appears continuous rather that the one.
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Jun 22, 2013
I'd like to be able to create break-out views, somewhat like in the picture below.
Is this possible directly in Inventor? That is, without having to carve out elaborate geometry in the parts and assign red color to the jagged edges.
I can achieve some of what I want in a drawing (Break-out in a view, then making an isometric projected view from that first view with the break-out), but it's still not exactly what I want.
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Mar 5, 2013
is there any way to control which areas of my part or assembly that I want to use the View Break on? Currently I'm not aware of any options. It wants to break through the entire assembly or part view.
Basically I have a coworker who designs his electrical harnesses in Inventor. Some of the wiring branches off the main harness are longer than others and he would like to break only that specific branch of wiring, not the entire horizontal or vertical area of the view.
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Oct 14, 2011
I have an assembly drawing which requires a break in the drawing view due to its height. The drawing view scales accoring to the change in height (so it remains the same physical height on the drawing), however I need to be able to increase/decrease the height (or value) of the break linearly to the height of the assembly.
I had a look at the ilogic 'break sample' and tried to adapt it to my needs, however, i couldnt get it working. I am using Inventor 2012.
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Aug 9, 2011
Large Assembly / Inventor 2008
I have a layout drawing, and I want to add a parts list, but I want to break it into 2 "columns" rather then a long one
how do I do that?
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Oct 31, 2012
How can I use one "line break" in the same command on iLogic ?
For a simple doubt, a simple sample :
MessageBox.Show("Message blabla blablablabla blablablabla", "Title")
In this case, how could i divide the message in 3 lines in the messagebox ?
actually this would work for me in other case too, creating a text with more than one line, instead of creat many text boxes.
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Sep 12, 2013
How do you turn off the default check for "Propigate to parent view" when creating a breal in a drawing view. I have never had the need to use this option yet it is checked by defalt.
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Jan 17, 2011
Is it possible to break a dimension line as shown in attached jpg ?
It is possible in AutoCAD I know but is it possible in Inventor ?
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May 5, 2006
I have a part that when I adjust its length additional fabs are needed. Now in my idw for this part I want to secure the break lines on the part at a exact distance from the end / each other to display these fabs. Is there a way to parameterize or set the break lines so they adapt to the change in length and move accordingly?
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Jan 3, 2014
I am experiencing trouble with the simplify function. When I create a shrinkwrap / simplified part, it always keeps the link to the original assembly. Therefore I cannot move the shrinkwrap to other folders or treat it as an individual ipt file in any way. When I try to break the link I can't, the "link" button is greyed out:
This topic has been discussed for an older version of inventor here, but the solution does not work for me: [URL] .......
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