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. You now have a part file that is a dependent copy of an assembly file. 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. If you save the assembly again (without save dialog for multiple files), it will update the mass with no problem. If any are needed I will try to demostrate what I need in a smaller demonstration file. Inventor will create an entirely new Assembly, and will create all the new components on disk while creating all the new file paths (hyperlinks) inside the Assembly file. Click the Options tab to select Simplification if required. The whole thing was rather painless, and a good enough workflow for my needs. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. It is stored in the assembly file. How to convert an Inventor Assembly to Part? When an assembly is released, it means that all components need to be released (not subject to further change). Later the parts are updated. This problem has nothing do to with above discussion. Then place them in a new assembly (just a temporary one). 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. Granted, the OP was, > It would be a lot more useful (for me, at least). Creates the smallest file on disk. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. To begin, create a part file. Try it and see if you get the same results. Go to Solution. The source is called the base component. 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. Inventor Pro 2022.2.1 | Windows 10 Home 21H2, Mine steps has connectivity i dont know why, my step files some times need whole assebly in order to resolve the components, i an not using vault though. In the Derived Assembly dialog box, assembly components appear in a hierarchy. Specify the maximum diagonal value for a bounding box. There are quite afew options for copying designs. Can anybody explain why this happens or it is a bug? With the geometry projected finish the sketch and extrude the feature in the part. Can't find what you're looking for? 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. Additionally, some of the parts I need to do this with are design accelerator parts. Solved by jmdnq9. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. But in my problem above, I am stating another problem. All the components must be at the same level within a single parent assembly. Subtracts component from the derived part. If you save twice, it works. Intersects the selected component with the derived part. When I go to save the new assembly I get told Older Version file, and saving will convert the files tot he current version. To edit the simplified substitute: To translate this article, select a language. However, there is another option which may obscure the request. You can do it in two clicks with Simplify. Use the Pack and Go functionality for this within inventor! If the subtracted component intersects with the part, the result is a cavity. It might help to set the subassembly_A and subassembly_B files to read-only before starting this process, just to be safe. Only iMates for top-level assemblies may be derived. 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. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. Convert an Inventor Assembly to a single part. Thanks for pointing out new information, but I think this is a different issue. If this solved your issue please mark thisposting "Accept as Solution". Navigate to the SAT. Items marked with this symbol are ignored in updates to the derived part. This is a master list of components and their properties that make up an assembly. However, this behavior may not be desirable for some users, who complain excessive prompting to save. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Thanks in advance. When I've had a need to do something like this, I simply create a new subassembly_C in the top level assembly, and then save the top level assembly. 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. Is that an only Inventor Pro function? You can remove geometry by visibility and size to simplify the part. 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. 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. Check your SavePath folder. Do not sell or share my personal information. We have "Recomputable update" set to yes. If you prefer, you can make the constraint adaptive by setting an option on the Assembly tab of the Application Options dialog box. Verify that you have selected needed bodies, sketches, work geometry, parameters, and representations, and then click OK. Auto-detect locates and highlights the components. Hey, yes and no. This is the default option. Is this possible? Now it works just fine. Any CAD program can be used to edit a solid body. From the Assembly tab. They can resize or reposition relative to other components as necessary. If you're starting with a STEP file then you should be able importit as a part file rather than an assembly. Hi! Click the Other tab to select sketches, work geometry, and parameters. 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. The only thing I expect is that if files are saved and checked into Vault, with the application options on: That the mass is calculated and filled in correctly. You may also include or exclude sketches, work geometry, and parameters. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. Enter a meaningful name for the new part file. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. - Autodesk Community - Inventor Inventor Forum Welcome to Autodesk's Inventor Forums. 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. It is the equivalent to a custom part in a parts list. In the assembly environment you can use the Bill of Materials command (see Figure 1) located in the Manage panel of the Assemble tab. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. Creates a derived part with a single surface body. I tried that tool but that's not what I wanted to do. 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. Can you post some screen shots of what you see? There isn't anything lost. I hope that the development team is aware! A derived assembly may be a scaled, mirrored, or simplified version of the original. For more information see To Work with Presets. Descibe the final use of your "a solid body where I can't change anything". This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. I think you are one of the persons that are familiar with the world of Autodesk users outside Autodesk, isn't it, or am I wrong!? You can sketch on the face of an assembly component (or an assembly work plane) and include geometry from other assembly components in your feature sketches. Sam BInventor Pro 2019.0.0 | Windows 7 SP1LinkedIn, saves it as an .STL file. This is not correct. I don't want to post any files here from my actual project. Lets say you have found a cad file on google somewhere that you want to be using in your modell, lets say it is an assembly, and you want it to save as a file without connection to anyfiles, if you save it as step or as simplyfy parts even with braket link you still need the whole assembly to drag arround in order to open a single part, and if you want to move it to another map you need to drag all the assemblies part, what i do now i make simple part and then save as STL file in order to completely delite link to the assembly out of this world. Activate one of the components/part file in the assembly where the feature appears Create a sketch on the active part file. Click the down arrow to select an origin work plane as the mirror plane. Start a new part file, then go to the Manage tab and click the Import button. Solved by SEC_CAD. If the base part contains multiple visible solid bodies, select the required bodies to create a multi-body part. I've done a bit of research on it and I don't believe this particular question has been asked before. Use update2 document iLogic command. For example: it would be common to "drill and pin at assembly" - two or more parts would be assembled (and possibly adjusted) and then pinned in place. Report 1 Like Reply Message 3 of 7 cwhetten in reply to: JavaLodge Component position contributes to defining the envelope size. 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. View. Creates a derived part as a single surface composite which retains the appearance of the original components. This means a Dirty File in Vault. How can I save the assembly to a folder, and have it save all it's referenced parts/assemblies to that folder as well in a way where I don't have to go back and fix the references? (I already tried all 'Save As', 'Save Copy As', Export', etc options). Select the options to bring it in as Solids and as a multi-body part or a composite, as needed. Using the project command select the feature edges wanted in the part file. You can save the assembly in any format (i.e. I don't know if that is defaul though, I did the " Save Copy As" then picked the .stl option, as for the other method, go to theAssemble --> dropdown arrow under shrinkwrap/shrinkwrap substitute --> Create simplified part --> single solid body--> click okay. If needed edit the sketch and add dimensions in each part. Because both of the files are dirtied, save dialog will pop up, save them both. Usually, you set this option once as a workflow preference. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. Go to the assembly and save it. This is the default option. Click the Associative option to link the simplified model to the design view. 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. only found the ipn files. Parts or components that fit inside the bounding box are removed. Extend Simplification Panel and choose Create simplified Part. 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. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. See step 7 below. You can now save and close your template file. (Suppressed components are excluded; this cannot be changed. Here's my question. A derived assembly may be a scaled, mirrored, or simplified version of the original. Then you can promote the components from the copies of A and B, then demote them into a new subassembly C. This will remove the components from the copied subassemblies, but since they are only copies, you still have your originals intact and all is well. I'm not just dealing with two subassemblies. 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. Inventor 2017.4.4 Update: INVGEN-6487: Fixed an issue where Rebuild all on a Frame generator assembly creates multiple Extends in part file INVGEN-13574: The browser node for Flush constraint now updates correctly when working with positional representations (except for Master) and setting values via API or iLogic. If you ever need to convert an assembly file to a part file, use the Derive workflow. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. Go to Solution. (The iMate may be used, but not edited.). What I can remember is that the Mass property shown is stored on two different places internally and there sometimes it goes wrong. Can't find what you're looking for? Place multiple parts into assembly. Is it possible to convert an assembly into a parts file? If required, select the check box to mirror the derived part feature from the base part. save assembly and all parts ? Select the Hole patching options if required. And, the assemblies will need to be recomputed. In Solidworks this is done by File, Save As, then change the extension to a part file. The result is that components in subassembly_C are all assembled in place and ready to go. If required, click Select from Base to allow graphical selection of components from the base component window. I can upload the .stl version if you would need that. I guess this is logical, in this situation we have 2 ways to go, first one is do not change anything, second one is, if we have to change, we would have to change the part and all files which this part is referenced to, which can be a lot of work and inefficient. If one of the iMate participants is a bounding box, it is a new body and the face is no longer available. So in affect the only changes that are saved are to subassembly_C and the top level assembly. Then I simply promoted the components I needed. 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. 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. I learn new things pretty much every day. When the command starts the active model state, design view, and position view populate the Initial State group. Go to Tools -> App Options -> Save -> "Mass Prop Update", "Implicit Update", or "Recomputable Update" -> set it to Yes. More information about creating simplified part in: To Combine Components into Simplified Part I did try that break link command and that works great. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. save the assembly as SAT file using Save Copy As. This is a known issue for a long time already in Inventor (at least since 2012 of Inventor). Parts created in place (in an assembly context) can be: You select the default BOM Structure for the in-place component. Perhaps you can just save the original assembly as a new assembly and simply remove the unwanted parts. For a Vault environment this is called a Dirty Maker and is frustrating enough to update everytime. If a sketch is active when you create the part, click Return to close the sketch. Do not sell or share my personal information. Solved by jjstr8. If you just Save As to STL format, what do you get? Excludes component from the derived part. I have lurked around for quite a bit on the forums, and have learned so much already just from observing. Your choice!!! Save assembly (and all parts involved) to specific location using API. Click OK. You now have a part file that is a dependent copy of an assembly file. If the App options is not turned on, the mass of such part will show N/A. Then you should have addressed your concern to the OP, not to me. 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. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. 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. I need to dig deep again to find the reason again since it was already addressed in 2011 with the release of Inventor 2012. In case any of this information is needed, I use: Solved by Curtis_Waguespack. Choose from. The mass need to be recomputed. Changes in position view can affect the envelope size. Inventor iLogic , API and Customization Forum. You can make the new part associative to the parent part. 3D ContentCentral 2D 3D 2D 2,550,431 CAD 2D 3D 2D Hey, yeah and MLT file have some more edit possibilities to edit but stil not perfect, any suggestions what kind of file best to be using if you dont beed any connectivity to assembly and at the same time very good to edit? Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. While I have never done what you are specifically looking to do, I did just try it (grabbing different parts from random sub-assemblies) and I was able to RC and select demote with the dialog window coming up allowing me to choose a name and location. If desired, turn off the Show All Objects check box to display only exported elements in the list. Save assembly (and all parts involved) to specific location using API I'm possibly having a basic misunderstanding of how to correctly save an Inventor file with the API. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. Either you save or you don't. Okay lets take the "can't change anything" out of there. You can even give multiple Kudos. You also can click a status icon next to an individual object and toggle the status options. If some settings could be changed only by admin, that would be great in Inventor! Is it possible to save an assembly and all dependant parts to one single new location ? They have a browser representation, have properties such as quantity, BOM Structure, Part Number, and so on. Adaptive (controlled by relationships to other assembly components). By: To access: Right-click the file name in the Autodesk Inventor browser or Windows Explorer, and select iProperties. 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. Is this possible? "If you find my answer solved your question, please select the Accept Solution icon", John HackneyRetiredBeyond the Drafting Board. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. I tried using pack and go on an assembly. Although there is no CAD model in our template, a step file should have been created. Can't find what you're looking for? @johnsonshiueCan you please again take a look at the behavior. To Create a Derived Assembly (not available in Inventor LT) You may also include or exclude sketches, work geometry, and parameters. 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