AutoCAD Inventor :: Way To Explode A Component Pattern
Feb 9, 2007Is 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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AutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Component - Associated Feature Pattern
Jul 31, 2012I 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?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Explode / Break A Pattern?
Aug 25, 2009I 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?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Helical Component Pattern?
Apr 19, 2012I have a sheetmetal assembly with helical shaped parts. I need to place about 50 little brackets and some corresponding rollers along the length of these helical pieces. The spacing is even so a pattern would be perfect, except I don't know how to get it to follow the shape of the part. The brackets are located to slots in the helical parts which were made with a rectangular pattern in the unfolded state. I tried to do a "feature pattern select" but it only saw the rectangular pattern as it is in the unfolded state (a straight line). I then gave up on patterns and started working on manually mating them into place but realized that the geometry of the slot was distorted (theory) and didn't leave me with any useable surfaces.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Modifying Component Pattern Through API
Mar 15, 2012I have a component pattern with 3 components in it and I need to remove one of the components from the pattern. How can I modify the pattern through the API? I have tried various things but I do not appear to be able to change the pattern.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Component In X / Y And Z Directions?
Dec 27, 2011In an assembly, is there a way to pattern a component in the X, Y and Z directions? I need to make a certain number of components, and each instance changes by the same delta x y and z. The dialog box will only show me column and row options.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Component For Unequal Spacing?
Nov 9, 2012Pattern component is great but sometimes I have to pattern the same part several times to different dimensions in the same direction. For example: I have a part that has to go the left 26', then again at 29" and then again at 37". Other than manuallly constraining this 3 different times I've had to Pattern Component the first one at 26", then change the 2nd one to Independent. Then Pattern component that one to the 29" dimension. Change that 2nd one to Independent and pattern component that one to 37". It saves a lot of time but if I have to increase the model they are going on I have to start all over. Is there a command or something that will do this? I understand that a pattern is equal lenghs so maybe I am looking at the wrong command for what I am needing to do.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: How To Deactivate All Instances Of Component In A Pattern
Apr 20, 2012I have a few components in my assembly that I want to turn off under certain conditions. Using Component.IsActive, I can turn on or off an instance, but some of the components are in a pattern, and I want to turn on or off all instances of the component. To add to the challenge, the component patters are driven from Excel, and the quantity of parts changes.How can I turn off all of the instances of a pattern?
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Suppress First Element Of Component Pattern
Oct 29, 2013I have a rectangular component pattern which started out with all components. As more structure was added around it I started supressing different elements to suit, now a piece of structure has gone thru element 1 but i dont seem to be able to supress it... is there an easy way to get rid of element 1 without having to redefine the pattern? (redefining causes me other problems)
View 4 Replies View RelatedAutoCad 3D :: Explode Object To Edit Each Component Of It
May 11, 20121. Im going to learn 3D now, but when i change my autoCAD 2007 into 3D workspace , it didnt give me the 3d modelspace , but give me the common 2d modelspace, how do i change this?
2. Can i explode the 3d object so i can edit each component of it, for example i have a ball? is that thing called wiremesh?
AutoCAD Inventor :: ILogic - Delete A Suppressed Component Pattern
Sep 20, 2013How to modify the code below to delete suppressed parts in a pattern (entire pattern)?
Dim oComp As ComponentOccurrenceDim oComps As ComponentOccurrencesoComps = ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.OccurrencesFor Each oComp In oCompsIf Component.IsActive(oComp.Name) = False Then oComp.DeleteNext
Code works fine if there are single instances of the part. It throws a error when you have a suppressed pattern.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Circular Component Pattern And Maintain Orientation
Oct 4, 2012my create a circular pattern in an assembly that maintains the orientation of the part being patterned.
This is for foundation plates. There are 3 plates. The plates are square, and have bolt holes in the corners of the plates. Since there are 3 plates and its going around a circle, the angle between the plates is 120 degrees.
Now, Ive been trying this for some time now and what is happening is the firs plate is fine, but then the second and third plate are rotated around their center axis. I would like it to simply remain as inserted and constrained within the assembly.
I have attached a picture to be more clear about what I want and what I'm currently getting.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Browser Component Names Do Not Change After Replacing Component
Jan 26, 2012We are having an issue when we replace a component in Inventor Pro 2012. When we replace a component, the name in the browser does not update to the new component. We've even tried to close and re-open the Inventor assembly and that does not work. We end up manual double clicking the name in the browser and type in the new component name.
Inventor Product Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Dell Precision T7500 Workstation
Xeon Processor
16 GB of RAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 5800
Windows 7 x64
AutoCAD Inventor :: Detecting If Component Occurrence Is Virtual Component
Jul 25, 2012II need a way to tell if a component occurence is a virtual component.
I'm using a For Each loop to cycle through all of the components in an assembly, and if the component is itself an assembly to set the LOD to "Custom". I'm using the definition document descriptor object for this. It all woks fine until the loop comes across a virtual component which doesn't have a definition document, so I need a way to check if the component is virtual and needs to be skipped.Here's the
Option ExplicitImports Inventor.LevelOfDetailEnumSub MainiLogicVb.UpdateWhenDone = TrueDim doc As AssemblyDocumentDim oLOD As LevelOfDetailRepresentationDim oAsmCompDef As ComponentDefinitionDim oComp As ComponentOccurrenceDim oComps As ComponentOccurrencesdoc = ThisDoc.DocumentIf.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Using A Solid Component To Cut A Different Component In Assembly
Jan 11, 2013I am trying to make port rims for pipes that can be swapped in and out of an assembly. However, the ports will all be different sizes and located differently so I need the cut to be part of the port rim component, but affect the entire assembly it is part of. I've been trying to get this to work for the better part of a day now,Here's a picture of what im talking about. I'm running Inventor 2008 by the way.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: ILogic - Skip Saving A Suppressed Component / Delete Suppressed Component
Aug 30, 2012I have an assembly which has a few components suppressed.
My end results is another copy of the assembly (with copies of the all the parts) in another directory
Now i am able to create copies of un-suppressed parts using; (this allows me to SaveAs assembly components which are not suppressed)
DocumentsEnumerator = ThisDoc.Document.AllReferencedDocuments
And save a copy of the assembly using
ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs
I also added the fllowing snippet (which I am not sure what is does), but it does not work for me
Component.SkipDocumentSave = true
When I open the newly created assembly, I still see the suppressed components in the model browser
I want to either;
Skip saving the of the components in the model browser (i.e. the Assembly)
OR
Delete the suppressed parts in the Assembly, so that they do not save altogether
Revit :: Drafting Pattern To Follow Component's Rotation?
Nov 7, 2013I would like the pattern to follow the rotation of the component when inserted onto the project. I can achieve it with model pattern but I would like to use drafting pattern because we need to show them on different scales.The diffuser family consists of a detail family in order to show the pattern. The pattern is already set to align with object and it still does not work.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Find Pattern Overlay / Pattern Of Holes For Metal Floor?
May 25, 2012where could i find a pattern overlay/pattern of holes for a metal floor.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Circular Pattern Of Single Occurrence Of Rectangular Pattern
Mar 27, 2012How 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.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Circular Pattern / Rectangular Pattern Features
Jul 25, 2012As 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.?
AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Use Feature Pattern Select While Creating Pattern
Jun 29, 2013How is it possible to use "Feature Pattern Select'' to make the Pattern a want in an assembly?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Create A Pattern Off A Feature In Another Pattern / 2013
May 31, 2013Is 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.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Any Way To Explode Sketched Symbol
Apr 11, 2013is 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.
View 6 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Explode Text To Sketch?
Oct 1, 2012Is 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.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: How To Explode BOM And Retrieve UnitQuantity
Oct 20, 2010The 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] .....
AutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Won't Update Unless Edit The Pattern?
Nov 20, 2013I 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.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Change LOD In Component?
May 10, 2012I have an iLogic controlled assembly with sub assemblies that are also iLogic controlled. The main assembly calculates some lengths and turns some subs on and off and then updates all the subs. The subs also calculate some lengths and turn some parts on and off. I have a rule in both the main assembly and copies in the subs that control the LOD to make sure that it's set to custom before anything else runs.
Now I may be misunderstanding something, but it appears that it's possible to have a sub assembly set to one LOD but be referenced in a top level assembly as a different LOD. In other words I have a sub that shows in the top level browser as Master. If I open this sub and set it from within the sub to custom LOD and switch back to the top level assembly it is still set to master there. It appears that this is what my LOD rule is also doing, setting it to custom in the sub but not changing the top level reference.
AutoCAD Inventor :: ILogic Component Add
Jan 16, 2013What I am trying to do is insert a part into an assembly file using iLogic. I basically want to mimic Inventor’s “Place” command using ilogic, maybe something like this:
oPath = ThisDoc.Path & ""
oFile = "File.ipt"
Component.Place(oPath & oFile, False)
AutoCAD Inventor :: Different Component Weights On Same DWG
Dec 7, 2011When we do DWG we may have more than one Assembly on one individual DWG. When going to put the weights on the DWG through the text/Physical Property insert yadayada it keeps referring back to the original assembly. Even after changing which component we want the info to be drawn from, it refers back to the original? Are we not doing this right? Program glitch?
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Oct 19, 2010My office procedures dictate that when we place a content center part that we do so "as custom" for several reasons that are irrelevant to this question (I can expound if needed).
My question is: If I have an assembly with a content center part that is placed "as custom" and I use the component replace tool (CTRL+h) to replace it with another content center part that has already been created and placed "as custom" in another file, how come I get a new CC component that is not the one I selected?
It appears that I am getting a CC part from the same family as the original when what I need is the component to be replaced with the one I am selecting.
In other words: when I say replace "this" with "that", how come I get something else entirely? This functionality works perfectly on non-CC parts.
AutoCAD Inventor :: X / Y / Z Component Constraint
Aug 14, 2012I 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.