Perhaps you can just save the original assembly as a new assembly and simply remove the unwanted parts. If a sketch is active when you create the part, click Return to close the sketch. There are quite afew options for copying designs. I then close the top level assembly (without saving changes) and reopen it. 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 time consuming and not effective. Go to Solution. From there you refine the parameters that define the simplified model. whole assembly will be saved as a single part. This is one of the thing between the theory and the practice. Solution: Running a clean uninstall of Inventor 2022 or uninstalling/reinstalling the update (s) typically doesn't resolve the problem. This is very helpful when for example, dealing with printed circuit board assemblies. 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. As a side note, the derive functionality is also used for mirrored parts, substitute Level of Detail parts and simplified parts. @johnsonshiueCan you please again take a look at the behavior. You may also include or exclude sketches, work geometry, and parameters. You select geometry to add, subtract, or exclude from the resulting derived component. 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. Excludes element in the derived part. The same method can be used for creating your own presets. Part now has mass updated, but assembly does not. today we are see how to export all parts & format any assembly watch it open file (Assembly) goto menu click to save as select pack and go select destination folder (path like:. When accessed from the BIM Content environment, theOutput Type is locked to Substitute. Disabled components remain included, however. 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. 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. Recommendation: Position and mate at least one of the components before you begin, then select that component first. By doing this we have reduced a lot of our Vault/Inventor related issues. If the component does not intersect the derived part, the result is no solid. 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. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Position. Go to Solution. Privacy | Do not sell or share my personal information | Cookie preferences | Report noncompliance | Terms of use| 2023 Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. Creates a multi-body part that retains selected components as individual solid bodies. Create the new empty assembly and save it. Thanks again everyone, you really helped. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. The source is called the base component. Try it and see if you get the same results. You can create a derived part using a part, assembly (not in LT), sheet metal part, or weldment. I'm Inventor has a similar feature. 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. In the assembly environment you can use the Bill of Materials command (see Figure 1) located in the Manage panel of the Assemble tab. Then you should have addressed your concern to the OP, not to me. Can't find what you're looking for? Adaptive (controlled by relationships to other assembly components). Select the options to bring it in as Solids and as a multi-body part or a composite, as needed. There isn't anything lost. I see a real big progress in the newest version of Inventor of course, regarding the application options. Once completed remove the adaptivity from the parts and the sketches, breaking any links in the sketches. Convert an Inventor Assembly to a single part I want to get a 3D print of a model I have but it is a model of an assembly and it has to be converted to a solid body. Ask the community or share your knowledge. We have "Recomputable update" set to yes. The selected and all child browser nodes. The mass issue occurs if we changed some sub-part in assembly (assembly being released), then it always wants to compute, which is logical since we would need to save (quick change) whole structure from that part above. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. Regards, Igor. Solved by JDMather. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. Whenever a part geometry is changed, the mass will need to be recomputed. Perhaps you need a dwf or pdf representation. Go to Solution. Then, I have to fix all the references. 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! 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. It updates the mass of every sub-component (part or assembly), but not the top assembly, unless there is no save dialog for multiple files. I learn new things pretty much every day. I have addressed this more than once but still this is not solved. If you just Save As to STL format, what do you get? Any CAD program can be used to edit a solid body. Ask the community or share your knowledge. Also and more critical that if the file is to be released in Vault that the mass is filled in correctly, this is often not the case. Use the Simplify command to reduce the content within an assembly by removing components, features, and output a simplified part file. 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. Repeat the same process in steps 2 & 3 on the other parts. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular Inventor topics. You also can click a status icon next to an individual object and toggle the status options. It seems update on physical properties on save (Parts and Assemblies) setting does not work properly. If you're starting with a STEP file then you should be able importit as a part file rather than an assembly. You can override any value. I've done a bit of research on it and I don't believe this particular question has been asked before. An assembly drawing will show the parts assembled and any subsequent modifications that would need to be made AFTER the parts are assembled. For part instances the instance number is iterated which yields "Part1:1", "Part1:2", and so on. You can create a part or assembly while working in an existing assembly. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. I've only been using Inventor for a few months but have rapidly grown to like it. Welcome to Autodesks Inventor Forums. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. This is the default option. For example, an assembly with five parts creates a part with five solid bodies. Can't find what you're looking for? Ask the community or share your knowledge. It's just what you're after, I think. Drawings!). 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. This option allows the part to resize or change position if the constraining parameters or components change. Can't find what you're looking for? If you save the assembly again (without save dialog for multiple files), it will update the mass with no problem. The new part can change size when constrained to fixed geometry in the assembly. 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. Items marked with this symbol are ignored in updates to the derived part. To Create a Derived Assembly (not available in Inventor LT) You may also include or exclude sketches, work geometry, and parameters. You can also use it as a way to link parameters, sketches, or scale geometry from part or assembly files. Select or hover over "File" then select "Save As." Add Tip Ask Question Download Step 20: Save Assembly 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. Do not sell or share my personal information. Go to the assembly and save it. 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. It seems that the most logical way to approach this would be to use promote and demote. 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. Besides. They can resize or reposition relative to other components as necessary. Enter a meaningful name for the new part file. From the Assembly tab. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. Is that an only Inventor Pro function? New parts can be sketched on the faces of other components that have edges or features needed for the new part. If required, check the Use color override from source component check box to link the color from the base component into the target part. The Simplify command is not accessible when the model is in Express mode. It is because the feature recipes and the parameters are already captured (saved), the mass prop can be evaluated when the geometry becomes up-to-date. Doing this will execute the StepExport rule and export the step file to the SavePath folder. The subassemblies and components of them are older version files. Is there a way I can override that so the parts wont be updated? Report 1 Like Reply Message 3 of 7 cwhetten in reply to: JavaLodge Thanks for pointing out new information, but I think this is a different issue. Check out the derived part tool. The elements under the Solid Bodies or Surface Bodies folders. Solution: Check one of the following: Option 1 Open Assembly file. The trouble I can see is that an assembly is released, while some of the parts (shared by multiple assemblies) are still being worked on. Parts or components that fit inside the bounding box are removed. There are many other application options that have similarconsequences! 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. 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. Create a Simplified Part from an Assembly The Simplify command creates either a derived solid or a derived surface composite part from an assembly. Sounds like you are after 2010 multi-body solids, but I still don't understand where the "can't change anything" comes in? As a Drafter you will prepare production drawing documents based on sales or production requests. This is the default option. Use the From To or To extents options for Extruded features. 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. 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. I have been trying the Document.SaveAs function with the SaveCopyFlag as both True, and False but it doesn't seem to make a difference. If needed edit the sketch and add dimensions in each part. Convert an Inventor Assembly to a single part. The iProperties command is available for in-place editing of an assembly as well as in-place editing of a part. I tried using pack and go on an assembly. This is done by associating the geometry included from another part, and designate the part as adaptive. Excludes component from the derived part. 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? Four built-in presets are provided, plus you can create your own. Although there is no CAD model in our template, a step file should have been created. If this solved your issue please mark thisposting "Accept as Solution". In Inventor, go to the MANAGE TAB - iLogic Panel and click iTrigger. In Solidworks this is done by File, Save As, then change the extension to a part file. However, doing this on your existing subassemblies will modify them, which you specifically said you don't want to do. If we have update everything, all files will have mass, but if we change some low level part, all structure above will have to be computed to get the new mass. 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. 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. If you save twice, it works. Descibe the final use of your "a solid body where I can't change anything". Standard parts and iParts about your issue and find the best support option save these pieces a. Solved by SEC_CAD. 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. The Simplify command is used to both create and edit simplified parts. Creates a derived part as a single surface composite which retains the appearance of the original components. 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. SolidWork Newbie since 2001-Currently using SW2017 Inventor Newbie since 2019 But in my problem above, I am stating another problem. #Autodesk Inventor Quick Tip: Simplify assembly to a single part Changes in position view can affect the envelope size. Check you have setting properly set "Update physical properties on save (Parts and Assemblies)" Create the new empty assembly and save it. The part renaming follows this pattern: "Part[sequence number]:[instance number]" which yields "Part1:1", "Part2:1", and so on. This is not an official translation and may contain errors and inaccurate translations. AutoCAD, union it all together and export as SAT file again. The Simplify command creates either a derived solid or a derived surface composite part from an assembly. What I did was save this assembly a new one, and then delete everything I didn't need. Start a new part file, then go to the Manage tab and click the Import button. In the browser, the top-level assembly is unavailable, and the new part is active. 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. This page has been translated for your convenience with an automatic translation service. Choose either, To select all occurrences of the selected item click the. When the command starts the active model state, design view, and position view populate the Initial State group. Selects component for inclusion in the derived part. I'm going from memory on this process, so you might need to run through cautiously the first time to see if I've forgotten something. Sam BInventor Pro 2019.0.0 | Windows 7 SP1LinkedIn, saves it as an .STL file. The BOM Structure property defines the status of the component in the BOM. This options should at least save proper mass, if you save it once and release it, but it does not, if it is not saved correctly as you described and as in above pictures. Also, any assembly consuming the part will have N/A. If a sketch is active when you create the part, click Return to close the sketch. To select all occurrences of the selected item click the All Occurrences option. (Suppressed components are excluded; this cannot be changed. A simple save as part would be great for what's needed! Let me walk through the process of updating mass prop. This problem has nothing do to with above discussion. Intersects the selected component with the derived part. BOM Structure has five basic options: Normal, Phantom, Reference, Purchased, and Inseparable. Solved by Cadmanto. While it is true that a STL file has no connection to the model that produced it (as with STEP), a STL file is no longer usable geometry in Inventor or many other modeling systems. The reduced detail decreases memory consumption. Click the Other tab to select sketches, work geometry, and parameters. Can anybody explain why this happens or it is a bug? From there you refine the parameters that define the simplified model. Errors and inaccurate translations other parts, work geometry, and position can! 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