Section an assembly

[bowen192]

Hello,

Is there a way to section an assemlby in Inventor?

I know you can create a section view, but I want to export the sectioned model into another program.

Thanks.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! You can create assembly feature like Extrusion Cut at the assembly level to create the section. Then export the assembly as STEP or other CAD formats.

Thanks!

[bowen192]

OK, thaks for your reply.

Is there no way to export the file as an iam?

[JDMather]

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@bowen192 wrote:

Is there no way to export the file as an iam?

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An iam is a native file - simple save the file.

Does the other program you use read an iam file?

[JDMather]

STEP does export an assembly.

Make your cut and Save as type STEP (*.stp).

What formats does your other program read?

[bowen192]

The program I am importing into is Keyshot.  It can handle all Inventor files with no problems.  It even has a livelinking option for updates.

However, Keyshot has no sectioning ability, hence me trying to section the work before I export it.

[JDMather]

Are you still experiencing a problem - or did you get it solved using Johnson's technique?  (you didn't mark his post as the solution)

[bowen192]

Sort of.

I am waiting to see if anyone has any input to the IAM issue.

[JDMather]

What issue?

[bowen192]

Exporting the file as an IAM.

[JDMather]

Export?

An Inventor file is a *.iam file.

Simply save the file.

Attach your assembly here (or make one up).

[bowen192]

Yes, but when I import it into Keyshot the assembly is a whole assembly again.

It only works if you save as a step file.

[mrattray]

You could try deriving it into a part and then using a multi-body combine operation to "cut away" the unwanted volume. Could you then use the resulting .ipt file in Keyshot (I've never heard of Keyshot)?

[bowen192]

I'll give that a go.