Enter a meaningful name for the new part file. For example, an assembly with five parts creates a part with five solid bodies. You select geometry to add, subtract, or exclude from the resulting derived component. The same method can be used for creating your own presets. You can remove geometry by visibility and size to simplify the part. Use the Simplify command to reduce the content within an assembly by removing components, features, and output a simplified part file. If required, turn off the Show All Objects check box to display only exported elements in the list. Sounds like you are after 2010 multi-body solids, but I still don't understand where the "can't change anything" comes in? Hi! Excludes element in the derived part. Then I saved temporary versions of the subassemblies I had and then used component->replace to input the new subassemblies. For more information see To Work with Presets. The virtual component is a component that requires no modeling of geometry and no file. If required, select the check box to mirror the derived part feature from the base part. I see a real big progress in the newest version of Inventor of course, regarding the application options. 20. It seems that we have two different issues here. I know from the title it might look like I just want to create a subassembly from parts already in an assembly, but it's a little more complicated than that. The Simplify command creates either a derived solid or a derived surface composite part from an assembly. I can loop through all the referenced documents and save them to the same directory as the .iam file, but when I save the actual .iam it still saves a copy of everything to the Documents/Inventor. What You Will Do: Prepare production drawing documents based on sales or production requests Produce drawings of Plan Views, exploded Assemblies, Assemblies, and Components. Dec 5, 2012 #4 Karol Member If required, select the check box to keep seams between planar faces. If you prefer, you can make the constraint adaptive by setting an option on the Assembly tab of the Application Options dialog box. Regards, Igor. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. If required, click Select from Base to allow graphical selection of components from the base component window. If all you want is a dumb solid (not editable one after the translation), >a dumb solid (not editable one after the translation), You are such a great educator JD, it is unbelievable! Is this possible? There are many other application options that have similarconsequences! I learn new things pretty much every day. If a sketch is active when you create the part, click Return to close the sketch. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved, Factory Design Suite 2018, Inventor 2018, & Product Design Suite 2018. Delete the assembly feature from the assembly file as it's no longer needed. Go to Solution. This option allows the part to resize or change position if the constraining parameters or components change. Autodesk does not warrant, either expressly or implied, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information translated by the machine translation service and will not be liable for damages or losses caused by the trust placed in the translation service. This is one of the thing between the theory and the practice. Create a simplified part in an assembly using the Simplify command. Go to Solution. If the base part is a multi-body part with more than one body visible, no bodies are displayed in the graphics screen. A STEP file maintains the BREP geometry of the original. "If you find my answer solved your question, please select the Accept Solution icon", John HackneyRetiredBeyond the Drafting Board. Solved by Cadmanto. The Design View representation affects the status of components in the Body tab. I then close the top level assembly (without saving changes) and reopen it. Click the measure diagonal bounding box button, Click the selection priority you want to use. You can make the new part associative to the parent part. It found the individual ipt files and ipn files for all the relevant assemblies but didnt find the 2D drawing files for the individual parts. I have lurked around for quite a bit on the forums, and have learned so much already just from observing. If you save twice, it works. This is very helpful when for example, dealing with printed circuit board assemblies. It seems that the most logical way to approach this would be to use promote and demote. The new part can change size when constrained to fixed geometry in the assembly. Assembly features are features that show up in the assembly drawing and not in the part file. Hi All,i have the same issue,but i don't understand way it need to be so complicated,is solidworks you do it in one "click"this is so useful when you need to convert assembly to simple part. I wrote a post about it which you can find here: Please coem back with any questions once you've examined the options! Start a new part file, then go to the Manage tab and click the Import button. @johnsonshiueCan you please again take a look at the behavior. Disable "Update physical properties on save". This is the default option. When the command starts the active model state, design view, and position view populate the Initial State group. The result is that components in subassembly_C are all assembled in place and ready to go. Can you post some screen shots of what you see? Create a Simplified Part from an Assembly The Simplify command creates either a derived solid or a derived surface composite part from an assembly. The subassemblies and components of them are older version files. Before you create the part, in the Application Options dialog, Assembly tab, select the check box for Enable Associative Edge/Loop Geometry Projection During In-Place Modeling. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. Enter a meaningful name for the new part file. The active model state contains the components that define the envelope size. Dependent components of a suppressed component are not listed.). Most often when I'm doing this I'm removing subassembly_A and subassembly_B from the top level assembly, so I delete them from the assembly at this point. Go to Solution. Click the Associative option to link the simplified model to the design view. It seems update on physical properties on save (Parts and Assemblies) setting does not work properly. To attempt to remove the update (s) and reinstall them per this Autodesk article, get a full download of the update from your Autodesk Account. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Creates the smallest file on disk. Solved by cwhetten. There are quite afew options for copying designs. Presets assign values to the fields further in the property panel. From the Assembly tab. It was also set the same in example above. At least one component must have an Include status. No problem about prompting to save, it is OK with us. View. Click OK. You now have a part file that is a dependent copy of an assembly file. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. Parts can terminate on the face of another component. Select Remove All Internal Voids to fill all internal void shells in the derived solid body part. From there you refine the parameters that define the simplified model. Select features, bodies, surfaces, visible 2D and 3D sketches, work features, parameters, and iMates to include or exclude from the derived part. (Suppressed components are excluded; this cannot be changed. Specify the maximum diagonal value for a bounding box. Is it possible to save the 2d drawings also ? The mass need to be recomputed. What I can remember is that the Mass property shown is stored on two different places internally and there sometimes it goes wrong. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Convert an Inventor Assembly to a single part. Go to Solution. Open the destination assembly, expand the Model States folder, right-click the Substitutes folder, expand New Substitute, click Select Part File, and browse to the part file on disk. It's just what you're after, I think. Granted, the OP was, > It would be a lot more useful (for me, at least). At assembly level, the mass is aggregated from the parts (per quantity per Reference). The relationships between the leftover parts would be retained, though you may need to apply new relationships if certain parts were held together by removed parts. All the components must be at the same level within a single parent assembly. Solved by jjstr8. This is the default option. Because both of the files are dirtied, save dialog will pop up, save them both. file you have exported from AutoCAD. Creates a derived part with a single surface body. Additionally, some of the parts I need to do this with are design accelerator parts. To translate this article, select a language. You should activate the part (double click, or rt click and edit) in the assembly before making the change if you want to see it on the part. If you just Save As to STL format, what do you get? In principle every feature; Option and tool that is available in Inventor should work with no problem in a Vault Environmenttoo. Now it works just fine. Descibe the final use of your "a solid body where I can't change anything". BOM Structure has five basic options: Normal, Phantom, Reference, Purchased, and Inseparable. Use one of these methods to specify the size: Click the arrow at the end of the value field to select a recently used value. Inventor iLogic , API and Customization Forum, Select the Derive tool in the Create section of the 3D Model ribbon, Navigate to your saved assembly file on disk. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. Accept the default or use the Status buttons at the top to change the status of all selected objects quickly. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. Create a new part, then use the 3D Model, Create, Derive command to create one solid body including all the components you want. Optionally, select a built-in preset to use. Any CAD program can be used to edit a solid body. Unfortunately, we cannot have both. Can't find what you're looking for? I need to search again for it but I am sure the mass is first written internally to the assembly and the part before it is written to the Physical Property, and there it goes wrong. To specify the body or bodies to include, expand the Solid Bodies folder and use the Status button to include or exclude bodies. Creates a derived part as a single surface composite which retains the appearance of the original components. For example, a setting of zero visibility means that components that are completely hidden in any view will be removed. In the Open dialog box, browse to the part file (IPT) to use as the base part or component (not available in Inventor LT), and click Open. To begin, create a part file. 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