I am trying to access the material and/or renderstyle for each solid in a multibody part document, but it seems like this is not supported in the API.Is this correct?
If this is correct, why the HasMultipleSolidBodies property?
I'm doing a fairly big one-off for use at our factory so am going the multibody ipt route. I have a design view setup within the ipt with nearly all solids switched off but when working within a sketch this seems to be ignored. I want to make sure I am projecting from sketches not bodies so if I need to tweak things later and bodies change the model won't fail.
I.e. the bodies all become visible when working in a sketch where as before going into the sketch the bodies weren't showing.
IV2014 SP1 64bit
Dell Precision T7500, Geforce GTX 480, DirectX11 306.97
SpaceExplorer 4.04, 3DxWare 3.12.2
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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.
I do not seem to be able to find how to get the pipe-and-tube library into my copy of Inventor 2014. Besides, I'm only guessing that this will be the right way to model the cable that connects the plug and socket.
For some multibody parts I use view representation in order to show for example one or more bodies only. For that I lock the view representation. Usually I have more than 3 of them. The part can have different configurations. The problem is that when a new solid is made, it will be visible in the locked view representations also. I thought the lock option should work in the same way like for assemblies, because if you lock the view in an assembly new parts wont be visible.
AIP 2014
Windows 7 x64
Dell Precision T7400 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5472 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPU's), 8Gb RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1536MB GDDR3
convert the part that I have drawn to sheet metal. I have tried to make the part from sheet metal and it did not work out at all. I have attached both versions of the part.
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In inventor 2013 it is added additional fields such as Description,Source etc.
is it posiible to adress to theese fields through API?
I want to present additional information on my drawings, whether in notes or some other form depending on whether it is a part or assembly drawing. The information I want to get access to is included in the material library and comes from the material Physical tab > Information section > Source, Subclass, Type, & Name.
Is the material library information accessible this way?
This is my problem, each material in my cie. have a number code
EX.R069ARS407WLD35460
IT'S POSSIBLE TO LINK MY MATERIALS TO A XML, SQL OR ACCESS DATABASE???
I have an Inventor Pro 2013 SP1 user who does not have the Material pulldown displaying in the Quck Access Toolbar. When you hit the "down arrow" button it is not shown in the list of items to display.
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inventor 2013
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When I add "Document Settings" to the quick acess toobar it causes Inventor to Crash when I close the active .ipt, idw, etc.
View 6 Replies View Relatedremoving the material to a part.
Lets say i applied first Brass to a part and i changed to other. I wil check the properties.
Finally i want to remove the material to same part.
There is a part with a model parameter in an assembly.
Is there a way to access the part's parameter from within the assembly?
edit material of part taken from content center library. In library itself i have to change the material of item and specification of part. means i will get the all details in BOM.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have to solids. They are intersecting each other, I want to remove one solid which is inside. It's a Civil 3D 2012 QUESTION.
View 5 Replies View RelatedHow do I change the a part material render style within an assembly?
I have tried this below. It changes the name but doesn't update the render style.
Sub Material()Dim oassy As AssemblyDocumentSet oassy = ThisApplication.ActiveDocumentDim ocompdef As AssemblyComponentDefinitionSet ocompdef = oassy.ComponentDefinitionDim ooccurr As ComponentOccurrencesSet ooccurr = ocompdef.OccurrencesDim opartdef As ComponentDefinitionSet opartdef = ooccurr.Item(11).Definitionopartdef.Material.RenderStyle.Name = "Red"End Sub
In our part list we have a column for Material, ipt's display the material and iam's display blank expect for a few instances that display Welded Aluminum-6061(see attachment). These assemblies are all steel and not weldments. What would cause this and how can it be fixed?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI would like to know how to notch (or similar) a frame made in Frame Generator to a solid part?
I have that problem when I'll connect a truss frame to a specific part.
I'm trying to write my first VBA program for Inventor with very little programming experience. I would like to create a userform which displays the materials list within a combobox.
The problem I have is that I would like the userform to remain open no matter which type of file is active. I would like the combobox to display the material list and current material when in a Part file and display N/A when in Assembly file.
I am trying to rotate a body in a part document using a .net add-in through the API. I saw this mod the machine post [URL] which appears to be exactly what I am looking for. As I try to incorporate this into my add-in it doesn't recognize the MoveDefinition or PartDefinition.Features.MoveFeatures, as if these were not included in the SDK. The VBA code that is listed will run, but I cannot convert it to C#.net code. Is there something I am missing, perhaps an extra reference? I am using Inventor 2013 with the updated 2013 SDK downloaded from here [URL]
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am using inventor 2013. I currently have a IGES file that doesn't show the surfaces on my inventor drawings. The include all surfaces feature is check but still doesnt show all the surfaces. I just recently imported a IGES file as a soild part but i do not rememeber how i did it. Once I clicked on the IGES file to open and then click options. What do I fill out on the option dialog box that the IGES file imports as a solid part and shows all surfaces on my inventor drawings.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm editing a solid body part file.
I've made all sketches and workplanes etc not visible.
When i edit a sketch down the tree, obviously the sketch becomes visible but the problem I have is some other sketches and workplanes also become visible.
I have a solid body but I need to make a part of it removable. I want to be able to lift it off and put it back on. The problem is that at the moment it is all one piece. So what I need to know how to do is remove just this one face from my solid, turn it into a seperate part so that I can create a lip on the solid for it to set on once it is reasymboled.
View 4 Replies View RelatedTwo IGES parts and try to convert them to a solid. I've tried all I can think of with no good result.
I can't get them uploaded, file is too large, what can I do?
My part unit length has been setup as millimeter(mm).Once I created a line within 2d sketch by VBA script, the result of length always become to 10 times of value.For example, the two points of line is (0,0) and (0,4). But the result of length measured is 40.
My problem is how to create a line with part document setting?
I want to duplicate a solid body 4 times in a part file. i did that by going for circular pattern. But after creating that, i had to add on few more features. I did that in parent solid body. then I noticed that other 3 solid body is not getting updated. I know in assembly file it gets updated but any way in part file.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy issue is we have Universal assemblies that never change. These assemblies are thousands of parts. (hardware gaskets other random assemblies.) this top level universal assembly never changes.
to increase time in layouts. we would like to create these universal assemblies into 1 sold part.
Is there a was to export an assembly into a single solid part.
So i draw a body (or assembly) and i would like to invert what i draw ( tubing for fluid flow) to be hollow and make the hollow part solid, is there any way that i could do that?
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For this reason i put invisible command to other 3 solids in the part file . but in the drawing, i still see all the seven parts.
“Associative body copy API Sample” 2013 API help.
The above code in the API help shows how to do an associative or a non-associative copy in an assembly of one part into another part. ..BUT the non-associative copy does not always work correctly....
I have been testing this sample code and notice the following limitations with the lower part entitled “Create a non-associative solid base feature in the second part”...
The code uses the proxy body for the source object but it does not use the proxybody for the target object and therefore the relative positioning is wrong for the nonparametricbasefeature when it is created in the target object if the real target body is in a different place than the targetbodyproxy (e.g. it has been rotated/moved in assembly space).
I notice that if you perform this manually using the “copy object” button the relative positioning is maintained correctly even if both target and source objects have been rotated/moved in the assembly...