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Autocad 2002 > MDT 6 > Inventor 6 Can it be done!

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Message 1 of 16
Anonymous
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Autocad 2002 > MDT 6 > Inventor 6 Can it be done!

I have tons of SPEARS valves that are drawn in 2D & 3D and need them
imported to inventor. How do I do this? Help in Inventor is unlcear to me.
I can sucessfully get them to be viewed in MDT6 but when importing to
Inventor nothing happens? Can someone Help me. I will post the 3D Autocad
Drawing in CF. It will be a 1 1/2" TrueUnion Valve.

Thanks
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Message 2 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Jeff,
There are two routes for you:
- open file in ACAD, (maybe explode ACAD blocks first), do a boolean/union,
do a acisout, then open sat file in IV
- open file in MDT, do a part/new, (maybe explode ACAD blocks first), save
as MDT file, open file in IV.
I just tried it with your example - shouldn't be any problem!

Regards,
--
Leo Laimer
Maschinen- und Fertigungstechnik
A-4820 Bad Ischl - Austria

"Jeff Dickerson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8BC01AD0EDE16ABB0A90395B13BF7CD2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I have tons of SPEARS valves that are drawn in 2D & 3D and need them
> imported to inventor. How do I do this? Help in Inventor is unlcear to
me.
> I can sucessfully get them to be viewed in MDT6 but when importing to
> Inventor nothing happens? Can someone Help me. I will post the 3D
Autocad
> Drawing in CF. It will be a 1 1/2" TrueUnion Valve.
>
> Thanks
>
>
Message 3 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

See example in CF

--
Keith Bradford
CAD Director
SCS/Frigette
817.293.5313
www.scsfrigette.com
(Remove All Numbers From E-mail)
"Jeff Dickerson" wrote in message
news:8BC01AD0EDE16ABB0A90395B13BF7CD2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I have tons of SPEARS valves that are drawn in 2D & 3D and need them
> imported to inventor. How do I do this? Help in Inventor is unlcear to
me.
> I can sucessfully get them to be viewed in MDT6 but when importing to
> Inventor nothing happens? Can someone Help me. I will post the 3D
Autocad
> Drawing in CF. It will be a 1 1/2" TrueUnion Valve.
>
> Thanks
>
>
Message 4 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

May be a stupid question (not familiar with MDT). How do I save as a MDT
File?
Message 5 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

MDT doesn't have a special file type. I think Leo just meant to save the file
with the MDT entities; save as you normally would.

Jeff
====================


" open file in MDT, do a part/new, (maybe explode ACAD blocks first), save
as MDT file, open file in IV."
---------------

"How do I save as a MDT File?"
=====================
Message 6 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

When you open the 3D drawing in MDT, did you convert them to MDT part
(Create new part and click on 3D model)? Or otherwise Inventor cannot see
ACAD 3D models, only MDT models. Anyone correct me if I am wrong...

--
Derek Sevier
Mechanical Engineer
Quality Corporation
derek.s1@donkeyforklift1.com
www.donkeyforklift.com

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"Jeff Dickerson" wrote in message
news:8BC01AD0EDE16ABB0A90395B13BF7CD2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I have tons of SPEARS valves that are drawn in 2D & 3D and need them
> imported to inventor. How do I do this? Help in Inventor is unlcear to
me.
> I can sucessfully get them to be viewed in MDT6 but when importing to
> Inventor nothing happens? Can someone Help me. I will post the 3D
Autocad
> Drawing in CF. It will be a 1 1/2" TrueUnion Valve.
>
> Thanks
>
>
Message 7 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

You got it Jeff!
--
Leo Laimer
Maschinen- und Fertigungstechnik
A-4820 Bad Ischl - Austria


"Jeff Howard" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:300B74E4C15F9A2D5A3A6C3D7C3D14E9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> MDT doesn't have a special file type. I think Leo just meant to save the
file
> with the MDT entities; save as you normally would.
>
> Jeff
> ====================
>
>
> " open file in MDT, do a part/new, (maybe explode ACAD blocks first), save
> as MDT file, open file in IV."
> ---------------
>
> "How do I save as a MDT File?"
> =====================
>
>
>
>
Message 8 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I opened the Autocad File in MDT6 and clicked Part>Part>New Part and it
added it to the browser on the left. I then saved as I "normally" would and
then closed MDT6 and then Opened Inventor selected File
Open>Desktop>015Valve and it asks me if if want to translate....I say yes
and then it opens a assembly drawing with nothing in it?
Message 9 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

OK - maybe you are missing some basic MDT tricks.
You need to convert the ACAD file into MDT parts, so pick amnew command and
select any of the the 3dsolids, watch the command line if it's telling you
about errors. You may need to explode the ACAD blocks first before being
able to convert them to parts. Do a list command of every piece - if it's
telling you 3dsolid, you won. If it's telling you block, you need to explode
it one more time. If it's telling you surface, body, or region, you lost the
right path.
Just another workaround:
Open file in MDT, do a amacisout/all, open newly created file (has the file
extension *.sat) in IV, save.

Regards,
--
Leo Laimer
Maschinen- und Fertigungstechnik
A-4820 Bad Ischl - Austria


"Jeff Dickerson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:0C586F13C848C7F96B433C431D174F15@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I opened the Autocad File in MDT6 and clicked Part>Part>New Part and it
> added it to the browser on the left. I then saved as I "normally" would
and
> then closed MDT6 and then Opened Inventor selected File
> Open>Desktop>015Valve and it asks me if if want to translate....I say yes
> and then it opens a assembly drawing with nothing in it?
>
>
Message 10 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

The AMACISOUT is what I did but you must Explode the blocks first.

--
Keith Bradford
CAD Director
SCS/Frigette
817.293.5313
www.scsfrigette.com
(Remove All Numbers From E-mail)
"Leo Laimer" wrote in message
news:9F1F66E0EE842074E38953169499306A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> OK - maybe you are missing some basic MDT tricks.
> You need to convert the ACAD file into MDT parts, so pick amnew command
and
> select any of the the 3dsolids, watch the command line if it's telling you
> about errors. You may need to explode the ACAD blocks first before being
> able to convert them to parts. Do a list command of every piece - if it's
> telling you 3dsolid, you won. If it's telling you block, you need to
explode
> it one more time. If it's telling you surface, body, or region, you lost
the
> right path.
> Just another workaround:
> Open file in MDT, do a amacisout/all, open newly created file (has the
file
> extension *.sat) in IV, save.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Leo Laimer
> Maschinen- und Fertigungstechnik
> A-4820 Bad Ischl - Austria
>
>
> "Jeff Dickerson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:0C586F13C848C7F96B433C431D174F15@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I opened the Autocad File in MDT6 and clicked Part>Part>New Part and it
> > added it to the browser on the left. I then saved as I "normally" would
> and
> > then closed MDT6 and then Opened Inventor selected File
> > Open>Desktop>015Valve and it asks me if if want to translate....I say
yes
> > and then it opens a assembly drawing with nothing in it?
> >
> >
>
>
Message 11 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Can I take a assembly and make all of the parts 1 and only have 1 Part file
rather than 8 parts?
Message 12 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Derive the assembly into a new part file

--
Kent
Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program


"Jeff Dickerson" wrote in message
news:4CAA897FCCA5B80C61411BF17AAD7D85@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Can I take a assembly and make all of the parts 1 and only have 1 Part file
> rather than 8 parts?
>
>
Message 13 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Kent....I tried that but it still retians the path (ie...if delete the parts
that made the assembly it will not open). Let me say again what I mean, I
amy have not been clear. I have a assembly with 8 parts in it that I will
never change (Spears Fitting) and rather than having to worry about all of
the individual parts I want them all to in one file. Can this be done or am
I not understanding you and how a derived part works....

Jeff
Message 14 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

You can rmb on the derive, and break the link, but it can't be reversed once you break it.

If you are looking for a file format like MDT where you can have multiple parts all
coexist in one file there is nothing unfortunately.

--
Kent
Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program


"Jeff Dickerson" wrote in message
news:7817BB35215D4AF5E0599393E0E85B78@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Kent....I tried that but it still retians the path (ie...if delete the parts
> that made the assembly it will not open). Let me say again what I mean, I
> amy have not been clear. I have a assembly with 8 parts in it that I will
> never change (Spears Fitting) and rather than having to worry about all of
> the individual parts I want them all to in one file. Can this be done or am
> I not understanding you and how a derived part works....
>
> Jeff
>
>
Message 15 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

When I RMB click on the Derived PArt I get the Following options > Create
Note>Suppress Features>Find In WIndow>Properties>How To ......Nothing
indicating any type of link.
Message 16 of 16
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Forget it.....I was doing on each sub and not the high level. It works!!!!
Thanks


Sorry



"Jeff Dickerson" wrote in message
news:C47506B3D58123060743D9B04D035394@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> When I RMB click on the Derived PArt I get the Following options > Create
> Note>Suppress Features>Find In WIndow>Properties>How To ......Nothing
> indicating any type of link.
>
>

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