Compare two similar solid model or two similar drawing

[binsar_z]

Hi All,

How to compare two similar solid model and found where its differetiate is, and how to compare two similar drawing let say rev.1 to rev.2 and found where its differentiate is?

[SBix26]

To compare models, place both into an assembly and analyze for interference, or derive, using subtract or intersection.

For a drawing, there are no tools that I know of to help with this job.  You will need to simply compare the two drawings side by side.

Sam B
Inventor 2012 Certified Professional

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[moon161]

If they have the same parent (features, sketches, etc,) you can export and compare the parameters.  Manage | Parameters (fx) will show you the table of model parameters.

[mcgyvr]

read the revision table information?

read your Engineering Change Request?

just look?

It all depends on your procedures and many more things.. Sometimes there is no easy button..

[JDMather]

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@mcgyvr wrote:
....Sometimes there is no easy button..

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...and sometimes (at least in other SoftWare) there is.

Was a way to compare geometry in the old Inventor Fusion, but then it was discontinued.  AFAIK it never made it into Fusion 360.

[ccamara01]

Solidworks has this capability... perhaps that's where the OP is getting the concept from.

And please don't take that as me playing the "Solidworks is better than Inventor" game.  Was simply stating a fact.

[dgorsman]

Creaky old Design Review can compare DWF files - we've used that to show color-coded changes between issued drawings so they can be compared to the markups.  Its more of a graphic check than content check, as it can display a change if text or line widths came out ever so slightly off between two drawings.

Navisworks Simulate/Manage has tools for comparing 3D content in context.  A little finicky and certainly more suited for Revit use than others thanks to their built-in GUID values.  A custom plug-in could certainly be built to do a better job (and now I have something else on the development wish list...).

There's a few options out there, it really depends *what* is being compared and how.