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Solid body modification

Solid body modification

Solid body modification

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I am a solidworks user test driving inventor 9 for comparison. I am having some difficulty manipulating multiple solid bodies in a single part. For instance if I imported an IGES connecting rod and needed to cut it half, spread the halves and extrude the gap to lengthen it. So far it seems I have to save each piece as a seperate file, modify, then re-attach them in an assemply. Other than this, I am finding flexible assemblies and mates much better than SW. Less crashes and not the resource pig SW is also. Driven constraints are great. Thanks.

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RE: Solid body modification

I can't think of a great way to do this.  You might be able to use some of the solid body menus (RMB on the solid body in the browser) to move the faces.  IV is not the best working with imported geometry (but it is getting better)

Sean Dotson, PE
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