Exporting assemblies
Exporting assemblies
(OP)
Currently in Inventor, we export assemblies, mostly for analysis, in 2 ways.
Firstly by Pack and Go which basically is a refined Save As, creating a duplicate assembly
Secondly by creating a derived part. For analysis, this is typically done by deriving a fabrication assembly into a single part with each assembly component represented by a separate body. We also use derive to create mirrored assemblies.
As far as I can see the Clone command covers the Pack and Go functionality but I haven't (yet) found an equivalent to the derived part function.
Can anyone help?
Firstly by Pack and Go which basically is a refined Save As, creating a duplicate assembly
Secondly by creating a derived part. For analysis, this is typically done by deriving a fabrication assembly into a single part with each assembly component represented by a separate body. We also use derive to create mirrored assemblies.
As far as I can see the Clone command covers the Pack and Go functionality but I haven't (yet) found an equivalent to the derived part function.
Can anyone help?
Nick Green
Lead Design Engineer
IHC Engineering Business Ltd.
UK





RE: Exporting assemblies
- file -> export -> part...
- new part, specify part, choose save location and enter name for new part
- object selection -> all objects
- feature parameters -> remove parameters
- window select around all the bodies that you want to export
- OK
Similarly, the "export parasolid" function could be used instead; the parasolid could then be imported to a new part file. The component bodies would be converted to unparameterized bodies in the new file.www.nxjournaling.com
RE: Exporting assemblies
RE: Exporting assemblies
We have tried using derived parts in Inventor to reduce the number of parts being used by making fabrications into single parts; these were associative to reflect on-going design changes. WE have stopped doing this as while the part count went down, we just replaced an assembly of a few thousand parts with one very complicated part which ended up taking longer to process than the assembly.
Nick Green
Lead Design Engineer
IHC Engineering Business Ltd.
UK