AutoCAD Inventor :: Putting A Sketch Into Assembly

Dec 21, 2013

What I have is a sketch of a hole.  The hole has a flattened side to prevent the part from rotating.  What I want to be able to do is to put this "part" (an ipt file with just the sketch in it) on any surface of any case, top, left, right, bottom, or even the front or back.  So it needs to rotate 90 degrees in x, y or z or combination thereof.

I've been told several things by the local assistants, such as "copy it, place it on the desired plane in the .ipt file, delete the original sketch, then insert it into the assembly", which doesn't work, or use the Component>Rotate command, which gives me infinite degrees of freedom, making it hard to tell when I've rotated 90 degrees in the correct axis.

The sketch will be used in a number of assemblies, including machined aluminum, 3D printing, and laser-cut acrylic. 

In essence, I want to place this sketch flat on a surface, then extrude "To" the other side of the surface.  I want the flat edge of this sketch (the side that keeps the part that will be inserted in the hole from rotating) constrained to be parallel to one of the edges.  I have looked around a lot through the documentation and several other Web sites, and there does not seem to be an answer to this.

The sketch is simple: a circle with a flattened side, so if that sketch needs to be discarded, it is no major "expense" to me in effort.  But given my projected series of projects, creating reusable drawings is going to be important.  So how should I be thinking of this?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Putting Multibody Part Into Assembly?

Dec 21, 2013

I created a multibody part: a plug and a socket are the two bodies.  The socket mounts on a surface.  In order to create an assembly so I can check for interference, I want to place this first body onto a surface in an assembly/  Then I need to connect the two objects with a cord.  I suspect that the "cord" could be represented as a "hose".  I need to make sure that the 10-inch cord will fold up properly inside the case.  I have measured the minimum bend radius of the cord, which is about one inch.

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Mar 12, 2013

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If I use the code below in a part, everything works fine, but I cant get it to work in an assembly.The AddWithOrientation function will fail and complain about a wrong argument.

Sub Test()
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    Set oAssyDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
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[code]...

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Oct 15, 2013

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Aug 31, 2011

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Oct 2, 2013

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Jan 6, 2012

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Inventor 2012 SP1 / 64 bit

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Jan 24, 2012

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Sub test1()
Dim asmDoc As AssemblyDocument
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constraining A Part To A Sketch Point In The Assembly Environment

Aug 7, 2012

Unfortunately, it's chock full of proprietary customer data, so I can't share the parts or the assembly.  But I can pretty well explain what needs to happen, and I've attached a JPG that shows a bit of what I'm doing.

I need to design a bracket to hold an RPM sensor at a certain gap to a spiral bevel gear.  I've got a huge assembly model (non-Inventor) from the customer, as well as the model for the sensor.  My plan is to start a master IAM, insert the customer assembly, insert the sensor and constrain him, and draw the various hardware I need around the sensor.

So I start by making a work plane that matches the bevel angle and is in a location so the end of my sensor will be flush to that plane.  Create a sketch on that plane, then project 2 relevant axes to create the appropriate "origin" from which my location will be based.  Place a point on one line, at a certain radial distance and constrain my point.

So now I've got a point and a plane that are where I want my sensing face and my centerline axis to be.  What now?  I was thinking that I'd create a work axis "normal to plane through a point", but this workflow isn't available in the assembly environment.  I can't constrain a solid to a sketch point, so I really don't know what to do at this point in order to put the part where I need it.

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Dec 8, 2011

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Aug 2, 2013

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May 14, 2012

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Feb 7, 2013

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Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013
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Sep 21, 2011

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Sep 20, 2012

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

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Dec 3, 2013

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Code below:
i = 0;
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Dec 14, 2012

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May 30, 2013

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Aug 22, 2012

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Mar 4, 2012

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Aug 16, 2012

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Oct 21, 2013

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Sep 12, 2011

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Sep 1, 2012

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Jun 6, 2012

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AutoCAD Inventor :: ILogic Assembly Has Double User Request At Inserting In Assembly

Sep 18, 2012

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1. Start a Rule after open document.

2. This Rule starts a Rule in the first cylindrical component.

3. This Rule ask the user for a diameter.

4. The assembly gives this new parameter value to the second component

5. Then the assembly calls another rule in the second component to change it with the new parameter

Everything is working fine when the following combinations are taking place:

1. I open up the assembly out of vault or from a local drive or an accessible server drive

2. I insert the assembly as sub assembly in another assembly from a local drive or an accessible server drive

It don't work with the following situation:

- I insert the assembly as sub assembly in another assembly out of vault

Then the user becomes the dialog "Choose a diameter" twice.

I don't know why, but I have the idea it has something to do with the functionality of inventor to insert a component more than once. If you insert a component in an assembly Inventor gives you the opportunity to add more than one occurence after each other. 

change that behaviour? Maybe a switch to change that inventor "add more than one occurence" behaviour.

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