Infered Imates part Deux

[Anonymous]

I need to retract my statements the other day about inferred imates. It
seems something else was awry in the assy in which I was testing this. I
tried a new smaller assy today and they flew!! This is a great timesaver.
How it works...

Let's say you have a plate with a bunch of 1/4-20 holes. Insert a bolt and
constrain it with an insert. Now RMB on the bolt and select Infer Imates.
Accept the defaults. Now copy and paste in a new bolt. Hold down ALt and
drag the bolt into the next hole. Repeat with all of the new bolts. I've
found this can be a lot quicker than constraining each one the old fashioned
way.

I'm not 100% sold on it yet but I'm a bit more optimistic than yesterday.

--
Sean Dotson, PE
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[Anonymous]

Thanks for the update Sean. I like what they've done.

[Anonymous]

Forgive me, I am totally clueless about Imates. When I infer an imate, does
this info remain local to the assembly, or does it become part of the ipart
or part?

--
Cory McConnell
BJ pipeline Inspection

[Anonymous]

It becomes part of the part itself. The option to infer imates is not
available for iparts. You must embed this imate info in the part itself
(something I just found out) so really it becomes less useful than I had
previously thought.

It would still be useful for example if you had a bunch of non-ipart rods
you had to stick in a bunch of holes where a component pattern was not a
good choice (random or non-linear pattern)

--
Sean Dotson, PE
http://www.sdotson.com
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"Cory McConnell" wrote in message
news:6AB0F084A45DB8313B843DDA8B73614C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Forgive me, I am totally clueless about Imates. When I infer an imate,
does
> this info remain local to the assembly, or does it become part of the
ipart
> or part?
>
> --
> Cory McConnell
> BJ pipeline Inspection
>
>

[Anonymous]

I was gonna say my infer imates is greyed out but this was a std part it
already has imates so no need, yes it works on fasteners! And Sean where are
we headed on fasteners we really need a slick method soon, the thing is are
iparts here to stay or is Adesk going to buy you out and bring in a new
system

--
Laurence,

Power is nothing without Control
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"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:7965E994F9E3CB9F91E654C65511ADBC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> It becomes part of the part itself. The option to infer imates is not
> available for iparts. You must embed this imate info in the part itself
> (something I just found out) so really it becomes less useful than I had
> previously thought.
>
> It would still be useful for example if you had a bunch of non-ipart rods
> you had to stick in a bunch of holes where a component pattern was not a
> good choice (random or non-linear pattern)
>
> --
> Sean Dotson, PE
> http://www.sdotson.com
> Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
> www.sdotson.com/faq.html
> Tampa Bay...Superbowl bound!!!
> "Cory McConnell" wrote in message
> news:6AB0F084A45DB8313B843DDA8B73614C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Forgive me, I am totally clueless about Imates. When I infer an imate,
> does
> > this info remain local to the assembly, or does it become part of the
> ipart
> > or part?
> >
> > --
> > Cory McConnell
> > BJ pipeline Inspection
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

Laurence,

I know we do and I have expressed that to Autodesk. There needs to be a
quick and easy way to insert fasteners. I assume (and hope) iParts will be
around for a long time but we still need a slick way to insert them.

--
Sean Dotson, PE
http://www.sdotson.com
Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
www.sdotson.com/faq.html
Tampa Bay...Superbowl bound!!!
"Laurence Yeandle" wrote in message
news:2D8FBDE0C723C1DFAD72C6270739C4A1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I was gonna say my infer imates is greyed out but this was a std part it
> already has imates so no need, yes it works on fasteners! And Sean where
are
> we headed on fasteners we really need a slick method soon, the thing is
are
> iparts here to stay or is Adesk going to buy you out and bring in a new
> system