I have a 3d image of a connector and I just want to use it as part of a 2d spec sheet I am making of a cable assembly. How do I "flatten" it? Right now it looks like a wire frame in a 2d viewer but has the properties of a solid object when I am viewing in 3d in AC2009.
View 4 RepliesI have a specifications sheet that i use in every project. It contains numerous text blocks for each specification, however on certain projects some specs do not apply. I have to go through the spec sheet and delete/modify what i don't need for each job. wondering if there is a way to tell autocad what i want displayed and what i don't want displayed. For example, i do electrical drafting, the job does not require a transformer so i don't want the specs for a transformer to appear on the sheet. Basically looking for check-box type list (or similar) that i run and it inserts the appropriate text in its location.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI need the dimension of .5 to become .25.It won't work, probably because it is the same dimension of Sheet metal Tickness.
View 3 Replies View RelatedA collegue asked me about this as he has been given a part to model and the details are for the flat sheet not the finished model. Is this possible in 'sheet metal'? I had a quick play but couldn't work it out. Im used to creating the finished part and 'un-folding' to get the flat pattern.Detail supplied below.
View 4 Replies View Related I set up our company log which gets embossed on most parts as a sketch block in an .ipt. The .ipt contains nothing but the sketch block. To use it, the designer only needs to derive the Logo.ipt file into their part and then use the scale setting to set the derived block to the desired size for that part. The result is a scalable set of line geometry that can easily be used for extrusion or emboss that is standard for all users. It works beautifully, that is until you try to use it in a sheet metal part in 2012.
For some reason, when this same part, which works perfectly in normal parts, is derived into a sheet metal part an error pops up stating that, "Selected part does not have any geometry that can be derived."Â Say what?
I was able to find a workaround by directly copying the block into the sheet metal part, but you no longer have the ability to go back and scale it if needed. Even more strange, when the block was copied over, it could not be deleted from the new part.
Is this just a bug with 2012? Why does it work in a normal part but not sheet metal?
The part i make is from solid model>The part needs to be in sheet metal.What steps do i use to make as sheet metal part and have option to flatten part.
View 1 Replies View Relatedconvert 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.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIn previous releases (2009 i think) when i converted a standard part to a sheet metal part i could recall all the sheet metal styles by linking back to the sheet metal template (i can't remember exactly how this was done, but it was possible with one operation)
In 2011 i canot find a quick way of doing this, it looks like i have to open the sheet metal template and export each different style (about 40 of them) and then import each one into the converted part. am i missing something? is there a simpler way similar to how it used to be done? Why have Autodesk made this more difficult?
As it stands at the moment it would be quicker for me to remodel the parts from scratch using the sheet metal template. I know this is the obvious solution, but seems strange to change something that worked well to something that doesn't!
I have a structrual rectangular tube as shown in the picture below. I need to fold the four flanges inward to create a sort  of point or pyramid.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have an older drawing with an outdated sheet format. I'm wanting to update to a new custom sheet format without having to redimension and recreate views. Is it possible to just update the sheet format?
View 1 Replies View RelatedOur products all have a common element that consists of a backlit blue area with black text. In all of our product photography, the blues look different (when looking at the actual products, the blues do match).
I want to go through the library and color match the blues the best I can (to Pantone 306 U). What is the best way to do this?
I am able to change the brightness/contrast for part of an image by using, for example, the Rectangle Select tool. I want to be a little trickier though. I would like to use the rectangle select tool, but have the effect of the brightness/contrast apply 100% at the bottom of the rectangle and say 10% at the top, with gradations from 100 to 10 from bottom to top. Is this possible?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI`m looking for the iLogic code that can change one parameter (user defined) for each (ipt) part in assembly (iam)
The one below doesn`t work.
Sub Main Dim oApp As Inventor.Application = ThisApplication Dim oAssy As Inventor.AssemblyDocument = oApp.ActiveDocument For Each oSubDoc as Inventor.Document In oAssy.AllReferencedDocuments On Error Resume Next Parameter(oSubDoc, "FH") = 15.26 Next End Sub
I've recently started using Inventor at my small shop and I'm just getting things kicked off. One thing that we do fairly often involves the use of key locking inserts, similar to McMaster # 90245A034 (I couldn't post a link directly to their catalog page........)
So I'd like to edit my Thread.XLS file to include a tab for this, so I could choose the internal thread and it would create a tapped hole to a certain depth. For example, a 3/8"-16 insert has a 9/16"-12 external thread and needs a tap drill diameter of 0.516, 0.57" deep. The 9/16"-12 thread needs to be 0.56" deep by the chart.
My question is, how do I control the depths within the spreadsheet? I'm assuming that I can't just add a column and call it "tap depth" and "drill depth" and have it be good. Is there some "teach" process to tell Inventor what column represents what kind of feature?
I want to use the part number propertie to change the sheet name in the .idw
So when i insert a new sheet and place a part the part number wil be placed in the title block and i want to change the sheet name to that part number.
My daughter is considering buying Photoshop CS4 Extended and has a laptop with 1GB RAM and processor speed of 1.67ghz. The website says spec should be 1.8Ghz.....would she still be able to run it on her laptop?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI made a part in sheet metal and used the Cut tool for cut-outs...i tried by using flatten Patern,draw sketch but this did not cut part...is there a more better way of making these cuts?
INV 2013
For whatever reason this part was not modeled as a sheet metal part from the beginning, but now we would like to convert it to one. Â But when the "Convert to Sheet Metal" button is pressed, an error message pops up saying "This model cannot be converted to Sheet Metal because it contains features that have created multiple bodies. Â In order to convert to Sheet Metal these features must first be removed". Â The only way I can get this message to go away is to delete all the features. Â This part is used in a few weldments, so I'd rather not have to redraw it, but I'm at a loss as to why it can't be converted.
Using Inventor Professional 2014.
I have a 14 gauge sheet metal part that follows the profile in the attached picture. 7/8" legs with a 1/16" offset. Because it's 14 gauge, the contour flange won't create it. I need it to be able to be turned in to a flat pattern so that I may export it to a .dxf.
Is there another way to make this that will allow me to flat pattern it? I have a couple of pieces like this where the offset is very slim, so I am looking for a way to do all of them like this.
I created this part with solid modelling......can / how this be made with sheet metal tools.....i do not use sheet metal tools but plan to.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to bend the sheet metal part as on 90deg
I have tried using bend and Fold tool but it dose not produce the right model as desired.
I would prefer to make this part with the Sheet Metal tools . How would this be made with sheet metal tools and how do i flatten this piece?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIts been a long while since I have run into something that I have drawn which I cannot get to flatten. I am using Inventor 2011. If you can get it to work in 2012 or later, then I guess it is just time I upgrade.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm looking for the File Format Specification (PSD) about the latest CS3 and CS4 products.I didn't find anything about this in the Adobe site, does the spec freely available/downloadable? where and how I can get further information about it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have attached a sheet metal part (2014 .ipt) and am having issues trying to use the rip command, maybe my understanding of the rip command is unclear, and I should probably just create a sketch and extrude a slit.
Using the image below as a reference,
What I want to do is to create a rip or slit from P1 to P2, which will give me face C. After this rip, I want to bend face C at P1 so that it is parallel to face A, leaving face B at its current state.
(the construction lines are from the existing frame that this will be welded to.)
My 2 solutions are to create this slit using the extrude command then fold, or to cut face C out completely and add a flange to that cut edge. I am just curious why the rip command is not letting me create a slit from P1 to P2.
I drew a very funky bracket in IV 2012. I tried using the sheet metal features but they wouldn't cooperate with the funky geometry. I ended up having to draw to sketch profiles, lofting to create a thin feature, and thickning it to material thickness. But this left me without any real bends that the unfold tool can recognize. I tried using the unfold tool (I know that's not what it's for) but it gave me some very funky geometry. I tried ripping out the lofted bends, which worked great, but that leaves me with twisted edges that the bend tool can't grab. how to either model this using the sheetmaetal tools, or how to make this thing unfold?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am having trouble adding a sketch which is on a dwg file to my sheet metal part. First I created a flat plate sheet metal part.
I also have a sketch on a dwg file that I am trying to transfer to the surface of the sheet metal plate. I initiated a sketch on
the sheet metal part thinking I couls open the sketch on the dwg part and do a copy and paste. That did not work.
Second I tried to insert the dwg file but when I search for the dwg file under the insert function, there are no dwg files shown.Â
I have a sheet metal part. It is a machine door with four edge flanges. I have mirrored this part. The origin part has flat pattern while the mirrored creates the folded pattern.
It still folded even when origin is in flat pattern.
The part in the attachment was made in catia. The main face is curved in two directions. In my language we call this a "double curved surface" this is possible to generate a flat pattern from in catia. How to do this in inventor?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI created a part that spans between two other pieces. The original part model does not have a twist in the "flat" surfaces, so it unfolds just fine, but it also does not represent the way the actual part fits, so it is difficult to determine if any other parts are fitting correctly up to it.
I had a problem getting a part to unfold before, and I was shown a method of creating a surface body and a thicken, which I have done with this part, but as of yet have had no success unfolding this part.
Is there anything that I can do since the sides are twisted and not planar?
I have a sheet metal part which is bend to a v-shape.
I want to have a cut out across the bend area. How to project that in to a flat pattern and cut out the relative opening size in the part.