Inv 2015 top down changes in IAM not updating IPT files

[timberwolffxdl]

This is very odd.  We upgraded from 2010 to 2015.  In 2010, any change to a part done "top down" in an assembly updated the part itself in it's independent file.

In 2015, it seems to be hit or miss.  Some of the parts are updating, some are not.  I have a simple fixture.  3 parts in an assembly.  I needed to setup holes and other features to align through the assembly.  I can create the features I need (again, tapped holes, dowel holes, etc) in the assembly and all parts show as they should.  But when I open the individual part files, the features do not appear.

In the attached images you will see the assembly, which has multiple tapped holes (appearing as hidden lines in this view), but the indivitual part file has NONE of the features.

Any help is appreciated!

Mike

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

AFAIK.. There as been no change from 2010 to 2015 as far as "assembly level" features being pushed down into the assembly..

BUT there may have been an addin from the autodesk labs that was used in 2010 that would do that (I think it may have been available then and that may be where the confusion comes in)..

A feature (hole/etc..) applied at the assembly level is NOT present in the IPT file and should not be..

IF you want that feature at the ipt level either edit it in the part or make sure you edit the part in the iam file..

Sounds like you simply applied the feature (at the assembly level) and did not have the part file in the "edit" state at that time.

[timberwolffxdl]

you know what, I think you're right.  There is a difference in top down workflow from 2010.  But I didn't pay attention.  I wasn't actually putting the part in edit mode, I was uing the design feature in the assembly.  I don't recall if 2010 had that, because I remember always editing the part in place instead.

thanks for tripping my memory if nothing else 🙂

[SBix26]

This looks like a perfect application for multi-body solids.  All design and modeling done in one .ipt file, then push the solids out (Make Components) as individual parts into an assembly, everything controlled from the original file.

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