Using the project command select the feature edges wanted in the part file. You can choose to create a virtual component. Use the From To or To extents options for Extruded features. An assembly drawing will show the parts assembled and any subsequent modifications that would need to be made AFTER the parts are assembled. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. I have all files unlocked (ready to be worked on), I shape them as I please, which is OK, then I want to save on TOP assembly, but it does not update the mass of it, eventhough all below assemblies get the mass and also the part. Extruded features with From To or To extents to other assembly components are adaptive by default. How to convert an Inventor Assembly to Part? As we all know, geometry is all stored in individual ipt files and it is where the mass is computed based on the geometry. Any CAD program can be used to edit a solid body. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. Success! If you save twice, it works. When I open it in Inventor,all the parts in the assembly are solids. 20. Go to Solution. Assembly features are features that show up in the assembly drawing and not in the part file. The result is that components in subassembly_C are all assembled in place and ready to go. Place multiple parts into assembly. You may also include or exclude sketches, work geometry, and parameters. A STEP file maintains the BREP geometry of the original. Use the Simplify command to reduce the content within an assembly by removing components, features, and output a simplified part file. I learn new things pretty much every day. What I need is to take some parts from subassembly A, some parts from subassembly B, and save those parts as a completely new assembly C. I don't want the assembly->subassembly relationship in the original file to be affected, I just want to create a new subassemly file without having to place and constrain all the individual parts again. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. I'm open to suggestions for doing this another way, I just need a way to create an exploded view from components already in place but in separate assemblies. While saving select option as surface. From there you refine the parameters that define the simplified model. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Changes in design views do not affect envelope size. Ask the community or share your knowledge. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. 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. 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. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. 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 2016, Inventor 2016, & Product Design Suite 2016. Furthermore since you have highlighted it: For (at least a Vault Environment) some application options should have been fixed and only to be changeable by an administrator. Four built-in presets are provided, plus you can create your own. Creates a single solid body derived part with no seams between planar faces. I tried using pack and go on an assembly. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016 You could use the copy tool in the assembly environment. If the base part is a multi-body part with more than one body visible, no bodies are displayed in the graphics screen. Go to Solution. Hi i did that it didnt work. A simple save as part would be great for what's needed! I managed to solve this problem with iLogic: Taking iLogic solution into the account, I came to few reasons why this happens: I hope I explained it understandable. Solved by SEC_CAD. In Solidworks, there is an option to save an assembly as a part. Click the Representations tab to select a Design View, Positional, and Level of Detail representation. We have "Recomputable update" set to yes. Create the new part (use random shape) and save it. The element renaming follows this pattern: Surface body nodes are renamed "Srf1", "Srf2", and so on, and Surface feature nodes are renamed "Surface1", "Surface2", and so on. To translate this article, select a language. Sam BInventor Pro 2019.0.0 | Windows 7 SP1LinkedIn, saves it as an .STL file. Will this have any affect on saving as a new subassembly? Descibe the final use of your "a solid body where I can't change anything". Sounds like you are after 2010 multi-body solids, but I still don't understand where the "can't change anything" comes in? Optionally, select a built-in preset to use. This option works, but only if you save it few times (at least 2), BUT if any sub-model is changed after top assembly is released, it will always need to update for the new mass, except if you "quick change" whole structure from changed part and above, which can be really tiem consuming and not effective. Can't find what you're looking for? 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. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. (The iMate may be used, but not edited.). Is it possible to save the 2d drawings also ? Once you have your subassembly C, you can delete the two messed-up copies of subs A and B, and delete the temporary assembly you used to perform the promote and demote functions. You can save the assembly as a part, and then it's much easy to deal with in your assembly. : step, igs, parasolids, etc.) View. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. The Assembly node is renamed to Assembly1. Recommendation: Position and mate at least one of the components before you begin, then select that component first. Upvote 1 Upvoted 2 Downvote 11 Downvoted 12 Arthur Kim Answered on 4 Apr, 2016 02:43 AM IF YOU MAKE ONE SOLID PART IN ASSEMBLY THEN USE MERGE IN COMPONENT OPERATION. Besides. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Virtual components are considered and treated as real components for all practical purposes. Solution: Check one of the following: Option 1 Open Assembly file. If the component does not intersect the derived part, the result is no solid. Then I demote or drag and drop the components from subassembly_A into subassembly_C, then drag and drop the components from subassembly_B into subassembly_C. save assembly and all parts ? Save assembly (and all parts involved) to specific location using API. Parts can terminate on the face of another component. For PDM workflow purpose, I suggest the files to be prompted to save, so that the Vault always has the latest and greatest version of the files. Begin selecting parts or components in the canvas. Doing this will execute the StepExport rule and export the step file to the SavePath folder. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. Standard parts and iParts about your issue and find the best support option save these pieces a. Select or hover over "File" then select "Save As." Add Tip Ask Question Download Step 20: Save Assembly Because this mechanism is written in more than only one "Object" before it is displayed as "Mass" this is not always saved correctly within the assembly. Delete the assembly feature from the assembly file as it's no longer needed. The whole thing was rather painless, and a good enough workflow for my needs. Okay lets take the "can't change anything" out of there. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. Accept the default scale factor of 1.0 or enter any positive number. If you prefer, you can make the constraint adaptive by setting an option on the Assembly tab of the Application Options dialog box. Go to Solution. Then I saved temporary versions of the subassemblies I had and then used component->replace to input the new subassemblies. I hope this helps.Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,Curtishttp://inventortrenches.blogspot.com, Forum links:Inventor iLogic , API and Customization Forum|Inventor Ideas Forum |General Inventor Forum. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. Creates a single solid body derived part with no seams between planar faces. Here's my question. Remove parts by selection (default). 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. When you click Create and select a plane on which to sketch, the part environment is activated. The bounding box updates to reflect changes in the derived component or in the base component. Inventor has a very nice dialog box that allows users to see and manipulate BOM's from either the assembly environment or the drawing environment. Legacy shrinkwrapped parts use the Simplify property panel when edited. 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. To specify the body or bodies to include, expand the Solid Bodies folder and use the Status button to include or exclude bodies. If you want to create a multi-body part file, create one or more features or bodies. Solution: Running a clean uninstall of Inventor 2022 or uninstalling/reinstalling the update (s) typically doesn't resolve the problem. Is that an only Inventor Pro function? Ask the community or share your knowledge. From there you refine the parameters that define the simplified model. If some settings could be changed only by admin, that would be great in Inventor! Selects element for inclusion in the derived part. Is there a way I can override that so the parts wont be updated? You can do it in two clicks with Simplify. For each of the listed feature types specify which you want to remove and the way you want to remove them: Substitutes are model states based on a simplified model. Thanks again everyone, you really helped. "If you find my answer solved your question, please select the Accept Solution icon", John HackneyRetiredBeyond the Drafting Board. The option is not available with the Master design view. Do not sell or share my personal information. What I can remember is that the Mass property shown is stored on two different places internally and there sometimes it goes wrong. It seems update on physical properties on save (Parts and Assemblies) setting does not work properly. To begin, create a part file. Perhaps you can just save the original assembly as a new assembly and simply remove the unwanted parts. Enter a meaningful name for the new part file. This is one of the thing between the theory and the practice. Is it possible to save an assembly and all dependant parts to one single new location ? I have a script which opens a STEP file, and I do some operations within it, and then I attempt to save it as a .iam file and referenced .ipt/.iam files. Create the new empty assembly and save it. Changes in a model state affect the envelope size. Glad you joined us from lurking in the shadows. Navigate to the SAT. I wrote a post about it which you can find here: Please coem back with any questions once you've examined the options! Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. There are 3 views of the BOM: Model, Structured, and Parts only (you can refer to BOM 102 and BOM 103 for more) It always reflects the entire assembly and its current state. Also if the file is already released this mass is alwasys written tot the part or assembly without checking if the file is editable in Vault terms. Use update2 document iLogic command. When accessed from the BIM Content environment, theOutput Type is locked to Substitute. Click the Other tab to select sketches, work geometry, and parameters. Excludes element in the derived part. This is very helpful when for example, dealing with printed circuit board assemblies. Your choice!!! On the Bodies tab, accept the default or use the Status buttons at the top to change the status of all selected components quickly. And, the assemblies will need to be recomputed. Usually, you set this option once as a workflow preference. So in affect the only changes that are saved are to subassembly_C and the top level assembly. You can even give multiple Kudos. This is a master list of components and their properties that make up an assembly. 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. 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. To Create a Derived Assembly (not available in Inventor LT) You may also include or exclude sketches, work geometry, and parameters. Create and save your assembly Open a new part file Select the Derive tool in the Create section of the 3D Model ribbon Navigate to your saved assembly file on disk Follow the dialog window to set various options depending on your downstream needs. It might help to set the subassembly_A and subassembly_B files to read-only before starting this process, just to be safe. 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