AutoCAD Inventor :: Tangent Assembly Constraint - Ellipse Surface To Line

Aug 26, 2013

Why can't Inventor constrain an ellipsoidal contour with a line? We have pressure cylinders which uses a 2:1 ellipse. These cylinder get welded to a base stand fixture. The surface of the ellipse nestles in between contact points of the base stand, in this case lines of geometry. Yet Inventor can't constrain them as such. Any good workflow (at the assembly level) so that we don't have to ground components and use the Analyze Interference tool to make sure we are right on the surfaces? I don't understand why it will work for a cylindrical surface but not an elliptical surface.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Placing Tangent Constraint

Jun 1, 2012

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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AutoCAD Inventor :: Tangent Constraint Of Edge Of A Cylinder To Revolved Side Of Another

Apr 2, 2012

Is it possible to apply a tangent constraint to an edge of a cylinder at an angle to the revolved side of another cylinder? I wan't to avoid applying a specific angle constraint if at all possible.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create A Workplane With The API That Is Tangent To A Surface

May 18, 2006

How can I create a workplane with the API that is tangent to a surface and passes thru a workpoint. It is easy to create a work plane of type kPointAndTangentWorkPlaneDefObject by point and click in Inventor 11, but I can't figure out how to do it in the API.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Plane Tangent To Curved Surface?

Oct 2, 2012

I'm designing a part, and am having trouble creating a plane tangent to a curved surface. One option for creating a plane says "Tangent to Surface through Point", which in theory I should be able to use, but I can't figure out how to actually place a point there before in order to create a surface at the point.

Basically I am trying to cut a circle into the curved right side of the part

I've attached the part file for reference.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Wrap Folded Surface (continuous Tangent)

Nov 16, 2011

Does the action (look in .ipt file) shown in the attachment is appropriate and complies with the autodesk wikihelp?

Windows7 64b; GIGABYTE EX58-UD5; Intel Core i7 920 (2.66GHz)
DDR3 3x2GB Kingston, HD ST 750GB+320GB
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 (1680x1050) + SpacePilot PRO
APDSUltimate 2014

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Parallel Constraint In Assembly

Dec 29, 2011

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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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assembly UCS To Part UCS Constraint

May 16, 2013

My 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();
[code]...

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Rotate WITH Constraint In Assembly?

Jun 24, 2013

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.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assembly Rotating Constraint

Mar 24, 2013

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 .

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Transitional Constraint Between Pin And Surface

Apr 16, 2013

I have a question regarding a transitional constraint between a pin and a surface within an adaptive assembly.

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.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Adding Angle Constraint To Assembly

May 14, 2013

I am trying to add an angle constraint to an assembly of a ladder design. I need for the ladder to be able to be set at an angle against a wall and not vertical. The ladder design is such that the base brackets are fixed to the ground and the rest of the ladder may move about the axis of the bolted connection at the base of the ladder. I cannot get the angle constraint on the ladder to allow this.

Inventor 2013 Release 2013 SP2
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013 64-Bit Edition
64-bit HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz
12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)
Anthony Goodwin ~ Cad Manager/Senior Designer
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 SP2 64-Bit Edition
Windows 7 HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz
12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Search For Suppressed Constraint In Assembly

Sep 30, 2013

How could I center the suppressed constraint? I woul like to selecet it in the listbox.

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim oAssDoc As AssemblyDocument
Set oAssDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oConstraint As AssemblyConstraint
For Each oConstraint In oAssDoc.ComponentDefinition.Constraints
If oConstraint.HealthStatus = kSuppressedHealth Then
Call ListBox1.AddItem(oConstraint.Name)
End If
Next oConstraint
End Sub

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Parts Do Not Get Constraint In Assembly If Use Mirror

Jun 14, 2012

Whenever I am using mirror command in assly . The mirrored part do not get constraint again I have to use the constraint or I have to make that part grounded.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constraint Flip When Inserted In Assembly

Apr 25, 2013

This is noce Made sub assembly everything is good to go. Put in main assembly and flip..

 Yeah lets not fixs bugs...

Sub Assembly

Insert in Main Assembly

Nice.. And no i have not constrained it to the main just put it in...

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Change Angle Constraint In Assembly

Jan 5, 2013

I got a problem with editing angle constraint in assemblies. I tried edit property of constraint but it didn't move model. Simply changing Angle attribute of constraint item don't work.

Only way I achieved movemenet is

 if(oOccurrence.Constraints[i].Name.Equals(name))
{
AngleConstraint a = (AngleConstraint)oOccurrence.Constraints[i];
Object oEntity1 = a.EntityOne;
Object oEntity2 = a.EntityTwo;
String sVal = "" + angle + " deg";

[Code]...

but this is really slow, as much as changing throught parameter:

if (assemblyDoc.ComponentDefinition.Parameters[i].Name == "d655")
{
Inventor.Parameter invParam = assemblyDoc.ComponentDefinition.Parameters[i];
invParam.Value = Math.PI * angle/180;
inventorApplication.ActiveDocument.Update();
}

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assembly Constraint Errors When Resizing Component

Mar 30, 2012

I have an assembly that is nearly completed.  I am trying to change the lengths of two side rails (arrow pointing to one of them).  On each end of these rails are several components that have been constrained to the rails. 

When I change the length of the rails, many of the constraints show errors.  I expected that all components would move with the ends of the rails as they are shortened since that is where they were constrained, but this has not happened.

The constraint recovery tool has not been useful to me. 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Replace Assembly With Its Subassembly Without Losing Constraint?

Nov 24, 2011

I have an Assembly2 in Assembly1. I'd like to insert Assembly2 to Assembly 3 without losing any constraints or adaptive feature to Assembly1, while Assembly2 replaced with Assembly3.

Assembly1.iam

 - Assembly2.iam

   + Part1

   + Part2

This is what I want:

Assembly1.iam

 - Assembly3.iam

   - Assembly2.iam

     + Part1

     + Part2

But Assembly2 shouldn't lose any constraints to Assembly1.

Software: Inventor Series 2011 SP1 x64
OS: Vista Business x64
CPU: E6400
RAM: 2*2Gb GeIL
VGA: Quadro FX 550

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constraint In Subassembly Driven From Main Assembly

Jul 22, 2013

I have 4 different sub assemblies , each with a common part , I need to line up all these common parts in my main assembly.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Multiple Views When Driving Assembly Constraint?

Sep 17, 2011

How do I make multiple views (Front, Top, Side & Isometric) when driving an assembly constraint?  I want to be able to show an assembly moving from different perspectives all at one time.

Inventor 2013
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
HP EliteBook 8470w
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 16 GB
AMD FirePro M2000
3D Connexion SpacePilot

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AutoCAD Inventor :: IPart Assembly Constraint Loss - BLOWS UP

Jan 18, 2012

I've got a relatively simple assembly (attached) containing 3 iparts.  I change the center component the assembly and I lose all the constraints.  Only the length changes, I'm sure I did this before but yet it turns out to be an epic disaster. 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Get Details Of A Constraint From A List Of Assembly Constraints / C++

May 28, 2013

Given the list of AssemblyConstraints how do I list them textually? For example
 
// error checking removed for brevityCComPtr<AssemblyConstraints> pConstraintList;pAssDef->get_Constraints(&pConstraintList) ; _tprintf_s (_T("The assembly has %d constraints
"),pConstraintList->Count);const int ikNum = pConstraintList->Count ;for (int iConstraint = 0 ; iConstraint < ikNum ; i++) { CComPtr<AssemblyConstraint> pConstraint; hr = pConstraintList->...

what to put here? how to print out more data here...? }How do I get each constraint from the list?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Flush Constraint Between Two Workplanes In Assembly With Two Parts?

Oct 1, 2013

If I have two parts as occurrences in an assembly, how can I programatically constraint two workplanes (one from each part) to a flush constraint.

My problem is that I can get the Occurrences, say ...

CComPtr<ComponentOccurrence> pTube1Occ = ...   
CComPtr<ComponentOccurrence> pTube2Occ = ...

...but I don't know how to delve into these two pointers to get hold of two named workplanes within them. I'd then pass the two workplanes (somehow?!) to the AddFlushConstraint function.

get_SurfaceBodies doesn't seem right and neither does get_SubOccurrences.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Constraint Limits Don't Work In Upper Assembly

Nov 1, 2011

I have a linear slide assembly, for which I've set up limit constraints in the open and closed position.

It all works well, with one being able to drag the slide open and closed and the parts stopping in the correct positions.

I then inserted 4 of these assemblies as sub assemblies in a parent assembly.

I then constrain another part to the 4 slides.

I want to just drag on this part, to make the slides move to open positions.

This is to check kinematics etc.

One cant do this. You can only drag one slide open, by activating that slide in the model browser.

Any way to make limits work properly in upper assemblies?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Recording A Drive Constraint Animation In Assembly

Jun 17, 2011

When I record an animation in .avi using the Drive Constraint command here's what pops :

-The codec you selected to compress this AVI video stream cannot handle the current screen color depth and/or the graphics frame size. Please try another codec.

-Then I press OK and it records but the AVI file is empty and no video is watchable.

What can I do?

I'm using Autodesk Inventor 2012 ans a windows 7 64bit brand new computer with Nvidia graphic card.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assembly Constraint - What Is The Difference Between Entity One And Geometry One

Aug 5, 2013

On AssemblyConstraints what is the difference between EntityOne(Two) and GeometryOne(Two). When should one be used over the other?

Likewise with AffectedOccurrenceOne(Two) and OccurrenceOne(Two).

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AutoCAD Inventor :: 2012 API (VBA) - Assembly Constraint Entity Type IDispatch?

Aug 31, 2012

I would like to determine the Proxy ObjectType returned from Constraint.EntityOne (i.e. If oConst.EntityOne = kWorkPointProxyObject Then ....)

 Property EntityOne() As IDispatch**

how IDispatch works.
 
Dim oAsmDef As AssemblyComponentDefinitionSet oAsmDef = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition
Dim oConst As AssemblyConstraint
For Each oConst In oAsmDef.Constraints'Below will print the Enum 67120288 (kEdgeProxyObject) or 67119520 (kFaceProxyObject) if
'it is constrained. It will Err if a Work or Sketch Proxy Object is Constrained Debug.Print oConst.EntityOne Debug.Print oConst.EntityTwo Next

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Placing Dimension From Line To Tangent Of Diameter?

Nov 16, 2011

I am trying to create a dimension in an .idw that goes from a line to the tangent of the outer diameter.  I have tried several approaches but I cannot get it to work.  Essentially I am trying to replicate a drawing which was created in Solidworks but I am having trouble with this dimension.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Correct Length Line Tangent Edges

Aug 14, 2012

How to correct length line Tangent Edges,  Foreshortened (sheet metal drawing) ? I didn't find option to correct length line Foreshortened (sheet metal drawing) .

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Turn Continue Straight Line With Tangent Arc Feature On

Sep 9, 2012

i have problem with the Application option settings for sketch enviroment:   When i draw a line in the sketch, i am not able to do the "click hold for a tangent arc to the representing line" it just starts a new straight line.  

I know it has something to do with the settings, but can figure out what the correct settings are...

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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Why Assembly Line Increasing After Existing Surface

Dec 15, 2013

I don't undrstand why my assembly line increased after the existing surface in cut and fill condition, it should be stop at the existing surface. due to this problem my cut and fill quantities is not coming accurate. I'm attaching the screens shot of section. I'm using civil 3d 2009 32 bit software.

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