AutoCAD Inventor :: Retrieve A Bend From Sweep?
Oct 4, 2012I have created a pipe using sweep through 2 planes and 3d sketch. I want a specific bend on that pipe to be extracted for drawing purpose. How do I do that ?
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Revit :: Controlling Variable Bend Angles In Handrail Sweep?
Aug 9, 2011I developed a handrail extension that turns down and terminates on top of the stringer and I'm having some trouble controlling the "bend" to get a smooth arc for all angles. Is there away of aligning or constrining the arc in the sweep path to achieve this?
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AutoCad 3D :: Unable To Sweep Object When Attempting Helical Sweep For Pipe Thread
Dec 22, 2012I am attempting to model an internal 1/8"-27 NPT thread, both the through hole and the tapered part of the hole are modeled, but after I draw the helix and the polygon and orient the polygon to the helix correctly, (or even if I don't, I have tried it) it keeps saying unable to sweep object. I am using Sweep with Alignment with the No option. If I select the polygon first, then click sweep, it works, but rotates the polygon so that what I get ends up looking nothing like a thread profile.
I have tried reducing the polygon radius down to a ridiculously small value, thinking it might have been interference due to a possible trig miscalculation, but with no success, still have the same issue. FYI, I am using a .037" turn height for 27 TPI and a polygon radius of .0214", with a helix small end radius of .177" and large end radius of .189".
Revit :: How To Get Horizontal Sweep To Miter With Vertical Sweep
Jan 29, 2014Solution to getting a horizontal sweep to miter with a vertical sweep? Or maybe there is a way to pick a path? A feature in the full version that Autodesk deemed unnecessary for LT.
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Feb 22, 2013getting a horizontal sweep to miter with a vertical sweep? Or maybe there is a way to pick a path? A feature in the full version that Autodesk deemed unnecessary for LT
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Rotating A Sweep
Feb 13, 2013On solidworks, There is an option to rotate the profile along the path as it sweeps. I'm curious if there is anything similar to that ability in Inventor? And if not, if there is a way to create a helix along a curved axis.
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May 11, 2011I have looked through these forums and found plenty of sweep problems and the answers to the problems but none for this particular type. I made a 3d intersection curve and am trying to sweep a profile along that curve but I keep getting the discontinuous segments error. I am using standard inventor 2011.
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Aug 1, 2013Trying to create a 3D sweep. I want to keep the sweep parallel to the XZ plane (like a parting surface). In the attached part, there is a SweepSrf3 that has sort of what I am trying to do, but it does not go all the way around the path. Notice how the sweep is parallel to the plane. I tried to do the same thing in SweepSrf4, by selecting the 3D Sketch1 as the path, Sketch2 as the profile, and Workplane2 as the Guide Surface. That failed.
In SweepSrf4, the only way that I could get the sweep to come close to working was to use the 3D Sketch1 as the guide rail and the circle as the Path. Seems like I need to use the circle as the guide rail and the 3D Sketch1 as the path to get what I want... but that fails.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Is It Possible To Sweep A Solid Along A Path
Jan 24, 2012Is it possible to sweep a solid along a 3d sketched line path to cut a groove / slot? This is like milling a slot in material on a milling machine so the cutter goes along a path removing material.
I can draw a rectangle that represents the side plane of a slot type cutter and this works but in the corners it is not working like a round cutter and leaves sharp corners which then need filleting to finish, but also I am not sure if it is cutting exactly as if a solid round/cylinder cutter would.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Align Sweep Profile
Mar 5, 2013I am having difficulty aligning the profile for a sweep feature. I need the profile to be normal to the path, but aligned vertically. In other words, the rectangular profile should remain "plumb" along the entire sweep. Is there a simple way to do this?
I have shared the sample files, trying to use the profile in two different ways, through Dropbox (they are too large to upload). I am using Inventor 2013.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sweep Profile Not Going Along Path?
Jan 8, 2014I am trying to sweep a profile throughout the helical sweep path which is a series of 3d sketches. The sweet prifile sweeps correctly to the first 3d sketch profile but whin I select the second line the preview is gone and Inventor gives me an error saying the sweep cannot be done. how I can have the sweep done throughout the helical structure.Attached is the ipt file.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Won't Sweep Or Build Pipe Run?
Mar 22, 2012I tried the tube and pipe run to build this segment, and cannot select the route from the 3D sketch.
This route was based off of a 3D sketch made from included geometry from another part.
Tried sweeping too - and get error that the sweeping operation did not produce a meaningful result.
But I don't get the self intersecting error.
All this is is a .250 OD and .180ID profile that needs to be run through the path.
I included the part file.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Sweep With Guide Rail
Nov 6, 2012am using Inventor 2012. Is there any way to select two rails when sweeping? One for the x and one for the y. I can only select one rail. If I choose Profile Scaling X & Y, it does not sweep the way I want to.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Get Overall Length Of Sweep Path?
Sep 8, 2011Is there some way to get the overall length of a sweep path?
We are creating a 3D sketch to run a pipe cross section along and for the final material we need to know what the LF is.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sweep Cut With Solid Body
Feb 28, 2011i used to use Solidwork's sweep-cut with a solid body feature but i can't find it in Inventor now.
Procedure:
In part file;
Create a second solid body (must be axis-symetric, like revolved feature),
Create a path that intersects with the solid (can be a line or a curve),
Sweep the solid along the path with cut command.
I need this where the sweep-cut with a profile is not enough, to get surfaces obtainable by milling on a cylindirical body on a helical path.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Sketch Disappears After Sweep
Sep 1, 2013So I have a 3D sketch. As you can see in the image attached, there are circles on a 2D plane that are attached to circles on another 2D plane via all the purple lines. My goal is to do a sweep for each of the circles so that I can get a bunch of holes. However, after I do the first sweep, the sketch disappears (see pic 2) and I do not know how to go back to the sketch so I can sweep again and again.
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Jun 29, 2012We are developing an equation driven 3d spline using VBA.
It generates a 3D spline, guide rail, and tool profile, but we're having trouble figuring out how to do the actual "sweep with guide rail" using the API.
Attached is an .ipt of the shapes our program is generating automatically. The problem is we are having to manually create the sweep after the geometry is created.
How can we automate the sweep with guide rail process?
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sweep Around Rectangle Path?
Aug 2, 2012I am using Inventor 2012. I am trying to sweep the pink shape around the pink rectangle but I get a weird result. Can I not sweep around a rectangle from the center? See attachment. I want to add more to the shape but when I do the result gets weirder.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Cut Across Bend Feature
Dec 27, 2013I'm trying to use the cut across bend feature on a sheet metal part. However, when I check cut across bend, it grays out all of the other cutout options, and only has thickness as the only option. This is perplexing to me, because I can't think of too many times I'd need this option other than when there is more than one thickness of material I need to manipulate the profile onto.
I was to understand that this "cut across bend" is for use similar to the "normal cutout" command in solid edge? Keeps the cut perpendicular to the sheet face in a sheet metal part.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Dimension A Bend
Jun 7, 2013I attached an IPT file that a customer sent us to manufacture for them.It's a rectangular aluminum tube with two bends.In the IDW when I try to place center points and dimension the radius it is not recognized.The original file was a STEP.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Is There A Way To Bend At Assembly
Feb 14, 2012Under the modify tab in a part file, I can drop down and click "bend part." We have a bunch of frames made out of stock tubing that are welded together, then bent as a whole. Is there a way to bend at the assembly? I want the model to represent the production process. I don't want to have to bend each tube alone, then reassemble. That would double my parts/part numbers.
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Dec 20, 2013In the past we filled in our changes, we did on the part, in the iProperties of the IDW. In the IDW we use some Custom iProperties for this. That's not usefull because you want this data in the 3D-model. Now I have written some code to automate this, which works really great. This code works in the IPT as well as the IDW. But what I want to achieve is: When my IPT is the active document, I want to read out the iProperties from the IDW to check if there is already filled some of these properties, because I have to deal with 'old' documents as well.
So my basis question is: How can I read out iProperties from an IDW into the IPT. I have found lots of solutions which go the opposite direction, IPT -> IDW. I want IDW -> IPT.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Retrieve Changes Done On C Drive
Sep 20, 2011Is it possible to retrieve the changes done on C drive before version from Vault overwritten them with older version?
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Loft Or Sweep To Get Design Effect?
Jan 20, 2013Im struggling coming up with a loft or sweep to get the design effect I need. see on the pic how the profile terminates to a point.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Intersection Curve Sweep End Profiles?
Jan 7, 2012I am practicing modelling 3D sweeps using an intersection curve, and tried to insert a swept cut on the attached model, but the ends are not circular. I assume this is because the plane which I drew the sweep profile on is not on the top face. Is there an easy way to rectify this and create the semicircular channel in the ends?
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: 3D Sweep Path Using Specific (x / Y / Z) Function
Feb 13, 2011I have a project I'm working on which requires a sweep path to be a graphical parametric mathematical function in x, y and z.
ex:
x=1.25*sin(10*t)
y=sin(t)*(12+1.25*cos(10*t))+12
z=cos(t)*(12+1.25*cos(10*t))
(this curve is a groove in the surface a bicycle tire. It spirals around several times and gets subtracted from a solid torus)
I was using an old version of NX I-DEAS and this task was easily accomplished with the "function spline" feature. Is anything like this possible in Inventor? I know I could create a list of points in excel, but I'd really prefer not to.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Multiple Profile Option For Sweep
Dec 23, 2011My purpose for Inventor (2012) is for cabinetry, more specifically the majority is for kitchen cabinetry.
All of our kitchens have crown, but not the same crown profile every time. There will be dozens of profiles if not reaching 100 or more.
What I am trying to accomplish is a way to model a sweep (which I can do no problem) but I would like to have the option of changing the sweep profile on the fly. I would be sitting with a customer and they would say "yes or no" to what they like.
I have looked at derived parts and iFeature and unless I am missing it, it's not giving me what I would like. Is this where iLogic comes in? How to use that, which I know I will have to eventually.
Right now I have an .ipt file with 7 crown profiles. Not sure I want to go any further for fear of re-work.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Sweep Error Around Helical Path
Aug 29, 2013I am trying to recreate and 3D model the impeller of a heartmate II LVAD (URL....) but I am having problems with the sweep along the helical path. The profile is the vertical line and the path is the helix. I want to use a surface output for now. I had to use Solidworks to generate a variable pitch helix and import into Inventor.
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Sep 5, 2012I encountered problem when using sweep (path&guide surface)
It was enable to give you preview option (which is a surface that i wanted) but when i hit OK. It gives error as the text box.I tried again to no avail.
AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Use Sweep Command In Sheet Metal
Feb 19, 2013I have make component in sheet metal with sweep command and then i have to make its flat patten.
But there in no sweep command in sheet metal.i have to go to in modeling agian.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Seatbelt Using Loft And Sweep
Feb 16, 2012I work at a car seat company, and we are just now, starting to draw in Inventor. I have problems drawing the seat belt. Here is my first try:
I have tampered with this one! From this angle it looks ok, but it isn't right. I have tried using Loft and Sweep, but with no good results! The seat belt is static in the shown position, but should be able to adjust onto another seat.