CANNOT CREATE DRAWING VIEWS FOR EMPTY MODEL DOCUMENTS

[bhowe]

I got this error when creating an idw of a file (ipt). I got the model from a 3rd party website. It was either an igs or step file that I borught into IV9Pro. I did have to promote the surfaces to get them to show up. I have this model, I want it to show up in the assembly IDW. I was hoping this would save a lot of work. Does anyone know a fix for this?
Thanks,
Bill

[Anonymous]

Not in R9. You cannot create drawing views of surface data in R9. You
would have to stitch your promoted surfaces together and give them some
thickness.

R10, you can create drawing views of these promoted surfaces.

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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk

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I got this error when creating an idw of a file (ipt). I got the model from
a 3rd party website. It was either an igs or step file that I borught into
IV9Pro. I did have to promote the surfaces to get them to show up. I have
this model, I want it to show up in the assembly IDW. I was hoping this
would save a lot of work. Does anyone know a fix for this?
Thanks,
Bill

[bhowe]

Okay, how do I do that?

[Anonymous]

After you promote the surfaces you need, stitch them together (Stitch
Surface command), then use the Thicken/Offset command to create a solid out
of the stitched surface.

FYI- in addition to being able to create drawing views of surface data, R10
also has some enhancements to the surface construction environment.

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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk
wrote in message news:4894964@discussion.autodesk.com...
Okay, how do I do that?

[Anonymous]

Can you post an image of what you are working with?

[Anonymous]

I think most people would agree that IV needs tons more enhancements
to the surface constrution environment. I myself still have to do most of
my offset surfacing and trimming in MDT or other software because IV
lacks so much in this area, in addition numerous failings trying to extrude
or cut to imported data even in 10.

"Andrew Faix (Autodesk)" wrote in message news:4895080@discussion.autodesk.com...



FYI- in addition to being able to create drawing views of surface data, R10
also has some enhancements to the surface construction environment.

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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk
wrote in message news:4894964@discussion.autodesk.com...
Okay, how do I do that?

[Anonymous]

>Can you post an image of what you are working with?

Or better yet, the actual file.

[bhowe]

Here is my problem file
Bill

[bhowe]

Where do I find the "Stitch Surface" command?
Thanks,
Bill

[Anonymous]

On you Part Features tool pallet.

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Andrew Faix
Product Designer - Inventor Drawing Manager
Autodesk
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Where do I find the "Stitch Surface" command?
Thanks,
Bill

[Anonymous]

Do you have the original IGES file?

[bhowe]

Here is the original downloaded IGS file.
Thanks,
Bill

[bhowe]

I see that stitching is easy, but the offset is difficult and time consuming. This is improved in 10, thats good, I'll have to install my upgrade soon.
Thanks,
Bill

[Anonymous]

Bill, have you gotten what you need from that?

At a quick glance I'd say you won't easily get solids from that. Appears
to be a shrinkwrap of an assembly which won't have enough surfaces to make
solids.

I believe what I'd do is create native components referencing the pertinent
geometry with just enough detail to accomplish the task at hand.

[Anonymous]

If you zoom in on the Phillips head screws or on the word Off on the switch and rotate slowly you will see that there are missing surfaces. Looking into the cross of the screws you can see into the inside of the model. There are other problems besides these missing surface that will not allow it to stitch to a solid.
I played around with the model for about half an hour using the edges of the existing surfaces to build a new solid. In just that short period of time I made pretty good progress. Because this is a simple prismatic model with a few cylinders it should only take a hour or two to remodel depending on how much detail you want. I think it would be much faster to remodel than to try to repair the surfaces.