AutoCAD Inventor :: Promoting Parts In Assemblies From Stock Sub-assemblies Or Component Groups

Oct 3, 2011

I am working in an Inventor Assembly .iam, I have about 250 fasteners (screws) that are constrained to a flat washer and lock washer. I would like to put them in as a single unit (sub assembly if you will) and then promote or explode them in the top level so that my bom has 250 screws, 250 washers, and 250 lock washers all at the same level, not associated to one another except thru the constraints that were entered in the original assembly. I have tried Promote but that doesn't work because it removes the washers from the original file and I end up with only 1 instance of the assembly. Am I approaching this incorrectly? Is there a better way? I run across this scenario with different components quite often.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Busting Up Sub Assemblies In Upper Level Assemblies?

Mar 8, 2012

If you have created a sub assembly and inserted it into an upper level assemby, is there a way to bust up the sub assembly at that level?

The issue arising is the individual components need to be called out on the upper level, but in the drawing are all showing up as the same balloon.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assemblies Showing In Parts Only Parts List

Jul 10, 2012

I have an assembly with a lot of purchased parts. I need to create a buy out list for purchasing. I've done this many times in the past and have a template set up for this purpose.

So now the problem, In this assembly, I have subassemblies showing up on my parts only parts list.

One of the subassemblies cinsists of two purchased parts. Both parts are set to purchased in the Bill of materials. If I do a parts only list on this assembly, it works as expected, showing two purchased parts. However, if I put that assembly into a higher level assembly, A parts only parts list shows the assembly instead of the individual parts.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Highlighting Parts In Sub-Assemblies

Oct 16, 2012

I'm having a problem highlighting parts within a sub assembly.  A simple structure to demonstarte this issue would be:

TopLevel.iam
|
SubAssy.iam
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ChildPart1.ipt
ChildPart2.ipt

Using this structure I wish to highligh ChildPart1.ipt, howver my vba macro code below doesn't seem to work (nothing happens):

Public Sub Highlight()
Dim SubAssy As Inventor.AssemblyDocument
Dim ChildPart1 As Inventor.ComponentOccurrence

[Code].....

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Link Parts (IPT) And Assemblies (IAM) To Each Other

Apr 3, 2009

how the file structure works and how to link parts (ipt) and assemblies (iam) to each other. I converted a large file from Mechanical desktop to inventor which was a two day process. All parts and assemblies for the main assembly were dumped into one directory. I would like to move all the part files to one location and the assembly files (sub assemblies) to another location and then tell inventor to go there and pick the items from those two locations. I have set up the project telling inventor where to go and look. I moved all the items out of the original directory and now when I open the main model assembly I have to resolve the link to each part individually. This will take forever, is there a way to have inventor go and look for the parts and assemblies without me having to resolve each one?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Drag Parts Into New Assemblies

Oct 21, 2013

I just installed Inventor 2014 today and I can't drag a part from the browser of one assembly into another open assembly.

It changes the cursor when I do it, but it never actually drops the model into the new assembly. 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Parts List Of Sub Assemblies

May 31, 2012

I have one main assembly with two seperate sub assemblies in it.  I need to make two drawings showing the installation of both sub assemblies (one drawing for each).  I need to insert views of the main assembly into each drawing, showing the overall view of the install, but I need the balloons to represent the sub assembly BOM. 

I tried making the sub assembly I'm not currently showing, Phantom, and I have a design view set up to hide the information of the sub that is not part of the current drawing.  That seems to work fine for the first drawing, but when I change the BOM (of the main assembly) to suit the next drawing, it affects the first drawing.  How can I use one main BOM to suit two different drawings, showing only certain components?  Or can I "tell" the balloons which BOM to reference?  (I have the BOM of the sub assemblies set up the way I want them as well)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: ILogic Using Same Parts In Different Assemblies?

Jan 11, 2012

i placed an ilogic component (wich i use as a template to  later change dimentions) into an assembly file after changing dimentions i placed the same "template" ilogic component into the assembly but when i want to change something on the second component it also changes the first one and that only happens with only one feature of the component the other features work fine.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Reusing Parts And Assemblies

Mar 19, 2013

I'm working on a project with three small and very similar vessels. I'm done with the first vessel and I want to re-use this assembly when I start to design the next one. But vessel number two will require some changes to the parts (nozzle location and so on)

My question is, how do I re-use my assemblies and parts so that I can make changes to them without it affecting my original parts and assemblies?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Scale Parts And Assemblies

Feb 23, 2012

How do I scale parts and assemblies in Inventor.  I"d like to be able to change the size of parts, sub-assemblies and full assemblies up and down by a uniform amount.  Ideally, I'd be able to increase or decrease the size of a part or assembly in all three axis or only in one at a time.  

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Parts Interference On Assemblies?

Mar 9, 2012

I am puttilng parts together on an assembly and right now when I move them they stop when they hit. how do I turn this off?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Rescaling Parts And Assemblies

Aug 23, 2012

Is it possible to rescale whole assemblies after they are created?

Say I have three serially linked worm drives that fit inside a cube 50 cm on a side, can I take the file and reset the dimensions to where it could fit inside a 1 cm cube? 

Does it matter how complex the assemblies are? Could an entire car be rescaled to fit inside, say, a 1 mm cube? Never mind that a normal internal combustion engine that small might not work at all because of the air viscosity at that scale--it's not real. 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: BOM Parts And Assemblies Are Read Only

Oct 30, 2008

I have some BOM parts and an assembly that are read only and I need to be able to enter information in the bill of materials under the status column and the comments column. The BOM parts are i-parts and the assembly is an i-assembly. Is there a way to set them to read or is this a limitation?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: BOM For Assemblies Within Assemblies

Jul 12, 2012

i have a valve vault assembly that i am creating that has two headers running through a large cylinder vault.  how i get a total BOM if i were to create the header assembly file separate from the the total vault assembly file.  is there a way to explode the header assembly bom when i do the drawing.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Assemblies Out Of Multiple Parts?

Jul 11, 2012

I have a issue merging multiple parts into one assembly. When i do the constrains the parts are able to move but the pieces break part. I need to be able to move the whole assembly with all parts together without them breaking apart.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Moving Assemblies With Parts Intact?

Jul 11, 2012

I can't move the assembly I'm building around without the parts moving out of place from where there constrained too. I manly use mate and flush constrains. I have to build a layout of a room later on with these assemblies in it and they must be able to be positioned where they need to be. How do you keep your constrain parts from moving out of place?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Thumbnails For Parts / Assemblies

Nov 13, 2012

We have thousands of parts & assemblies, and want to create a thumbnail image of each for use with our production software. Unfortunately task scheduler only exports to solid models, not images. How to achieve this via macros, VB or iLogic. The process would go something like:

1) open (each) file
2) turn 'all work features off' (not essential but it would be nice so work planes don't show up in the thumbnail)
3) go to 'home view'
4) zoom to extents or zoom all
5) 'save copy as' to a set location (not same location as part or assy) with file name of "<PartNumber>.png" (not same as original filename)
6) turn 'all work features on' (if we managed to turn them off)
7) close (and repeat process for the remaining parts & assy's).

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Mass Properties For Parts And Assemblies

Jun 15, 2012

I initially entered a few overrides for mass on some parts that I have included in a large assembly. However I now want the calculated values of mass to be used and not the overridden values. I go to the part file, erase my value, and click update and it now shows the calculated mass for that part. However in the assembly it still shows the initial overridden value even though I have tried updating it. How do I use the calculated mass values in my assembly?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Replace Assemblies (not Parts) Using ILogic?

Nov 14, 2011

Is it possible to replace sub assemblies using ilogic - I can only see a link to replace parts?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Multiple Sub Assemblies In Parts List

Jul 25, 2013

Any way to create a parametric Parts List containing subassemblies, where the subs are listed, by name/item number, in colum format, and qty's are tabulated accross rows. (see attached as an example).  If the same part number occurs in multiple subs, the part is only listed once, but the quantity for each sub would be noted.  The pdf attached had to be done manually, which somewhat defeats the purpose of having software like Inventor.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Export Assemblies And Parts To SolidEdge St4

Apr 20, 2012

How to export assemblies and/or parts from inventor to SolidEdge St4 and have the part remain editable in solidedge ST.

We are trying to send a .ipt to a designer that uses SolidEdge ST4. She can open the file and has no issues translating however it remains a dumb solid. 

Is it possible to have it be parametric and keep the features? 

Inventor has a feature recognition tool that I have use with much success I hope ST4 has something similiar.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: File Naming (Parts And Assemblies)

Oct 23, 2012

Need naming my parts and assemblies so i wont have trouble later finding I have numbers or names that get repeated. Need naming or diving my parts and assemblies.?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Renaming Assemblies And Linked Parts?

Oct 14, 2011

where to find a tutorial that explains the usage of Design Assistant? Particularly the practice of renaming assemblies and linked parts?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: IPN - Browser Shows Too Many Parts Or Assemblies

May 30, 2012

When copying an iam + ipn, and making some changes, the browser suddently shows far too many parts or assemblies ?

Is there a way to "update" the browser?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Hide / Show All Parts And Assemblies?

Nov 30, 2012

how could I use these functions "AssemblyAllVisibleDesignViewCmd" and "AssemblyAllInvisibleDesignViewCmd " to show and hide all parts?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Modify Image Of Icons In Parts And Assemblies

Sep 13, 2013

I'm using  inventor 20013 in my computer.  I can't modify the image of icons in parts and assemblies?

I know to change the icon who appears up of tool bar in part and assembly screen , but i don't know change the general icon.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Moving Content Center Parts Between Assemblies

Aug 14, 2012

I'm working on some plumbing in an assembly and in the past I've inserted all the fittings and pipe into a main assembly. Then created a sub-assembly and moved all those parts into that assembly. However I cannot drag and drop the pipe fittings around in the browser window. So I'm unable to move them to a sub-assembly.

I last remember moving content center parts between assemblies in Inventor 2012 and I'm currently running 2013.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Make Parts Disappear From Assemblies - 2013

Nov 27, 2012

How is it possible to have a part in an assembly and then remove it when it is not required?

I have a Skeletal assembly of a cabinet with hinges on the left hand side when facing the front.  When a customer requires the hinges to be on the right hand side, I need to make the lock keep disappear from the Right hand side panel sub-assembly and make it appear in the Left hand panel sub-assembly.

At the moment, I have the lock keep, the BOM structure in the file is Normal, this is overidden in the assembly to being Reference for the first instance, the lock keep is fully constrained in both sub assemblies and both are in an array of only 1. I increase the value of the array from 1 to 2 and by a distance of zero(0), the newly added part would have  a BOM structure of Normal, consequently it would then appear on the BOM.  This method was something I last used when using IV2009, it was a method I used to control both visibility of parts in assembly drawings and on BOMs.

I'm now using 2013 and arraying a part with a overidden BOM structure of Reference makes the new part a reference part aswell even though the file itself is BOM structure of Normal.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Make Referenced Components From Parts And Assemblies?

Oct 4, 2012

How do I make referenced components from parts and assemblies? (I searched the web and it said that that you can change it in the iProperties by selecting the Reference tick box under the occurance tab - but no such thing exists in Inventor 2011!

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Unresolved Parts When Opening Multiple Assemblies?

Jan 22, 2013

When I open up multiple assemblies at the same time Inventor cant find some of the part files, even though they are on my system.  Many times if the part is in an assembly more than once, some of the instances will be there and only one or two instances will be "unresolved", of the exact same part. I can open each assembly one at a time and it will be fine, but that can be time assuming. I wasn’t able to find any other threads with a similar problem.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Multiple Assemblies With Moving Parts

Jan 16, 2013

I am having some trouble with assemblies. What I want to do is, create multiple assemblies with moving parts and then assemble them all in one assembly. When I do this, the assemblies with moving parts come in as "blocks" and the parts will not move.

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