Inventor iAssemblies - Assembly Hole features not updating

[Anonymous]

I have made an iAssembly with a main body and flanges attached to the body.

Assembly feature holes have been created act on the main body, and these holes are relative to the position of the flange.

When I change the factory member - the position of the flange changes, but the holes stay in the last location and so the model is wrong.

The only way to overcome this error, is if I go to the Manage tab and manually select 'Rebuild All'.

Is there an update to fix this, or has anyone found a 'workaround'?

I need this to work automatically as drawings are generated wrong when changing model state. 

My intention is that this will be used in an iLogic routine, linked to an external sales package.

[CCarreiras]

Hi!

The hole was created by projecting the flange geometry? Maybe it's better create the holes in the main part directly, make parameters for positioning the hole in the main part (the blue part).

Also, using of iAssembly and iLogic can be a little tricky, so, think about transform this iAssembly in one iLogic Assembly.

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[Anonymous]

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for getting back so quickly.

The hole was created using the 'On point' method, using the Origin Centre Point of the Flange, the assembly Y axis as the direction, and the assembly XZ plane as the hole termination.

It wouldn't be an option to place the holes before assembly, as this defeats the object of the exercise, the Blue Body part is a casting with a unique part number.  The operation of drilling and welding flanges, generates new part numbers, and the hole positions (and sizes) are defined by the flanges.

Regarding iLogic, I am looking to move into using iLogic to control the assembly, but first need to get iAssemblies up and running to prove the concept to the managment.  The end result will be iLogic assemblies generated and driven by an external sales package (called E-sales).

{All parts in this iAssembly are iParts}

Cheers

Ben

[Anonymous]

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for getting back so quickly.

The hole was created using the 'On point' method, using the Origin Centre Point of the Flange, the assembly Y axis as the direction, and the assembly XZ plane as the hole termination.

It wouldn't be an option to place the holes before assembly, as this defeats the object of the exercise, the Blue Body part is a casting with a unique part number.  The operation of drilling and welding flanges, generates new part numbers, and the hole positions (and sizes) are defined by the flanges.

Regarding iLogic, I am looking to move into using iLogic to control the assembly, but first need to get iAssemblies up and running to prove the concept to the managment.  The end result will be iLogic assemblies generated and driven by an external sales package (called E-sales).

{All parts in this iAssembly are iParts}

Cheers

Ben

[CCarreiras]

Hi!

I understand your workflow... But, in that case you have to use "Rebuild All" to update the the hole in the new member.

Follow the tree:

first compute the Assembly hole... Next you have a member change.. so... you have to come on top and compute the hole again... that's what "Rebuild All" do.

If you use iLogic, you will have "automatic" rebuild all, so don't worry.

For now, place the "Rebuild All" in the Main Tab... you will use it a lot 

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