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Remove material using whole part geometry

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J.Gibson
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Remove material using whole part geometry

I need to fill a complex void in an assembly with epoxy.  The cavity geometry is fairly simple.  Removing the geometry from the the created epoxy part is more complex.  There are components in the void that will take up space that will not be filled with epoxy.  How can I simply remove the geometry for the existing parts so the true void is filled.

 

I remember it was a simple function in Pro-E, but I cannot find it in Inventor.

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JDMather
in reply to: J.Gibson

You might check out the Shrinkwrap function.
or

Derived Component.

Sculpt.

 

Attach representative assembly here if you can't figure it out.


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Hi J.Gibson,

 

This might be of interest, there's a youtube video at the bottom that shows the process of removing material for a foam cutout, along the lines of what you are doing:

http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/2011/03/find-interference-and-add-tolerance-to.html

 

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

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J.Gibson
in reply to: JDMather

Sculpt seems to be the way to go.  But I am not able to pick the "solid" button.  

 

I created the part in the assembly.  The sculpt feature is not available (not any of the surface features) while the assembly is active.  So I have to activate the created part.  Once I do that the sculpt feature is available.  But as I said, I cannot pick the solid button and the rest of the assembly is ghosted out at any rate.

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JDMather
in reply to: J.Gibson

You have to derive the assembly into a single part file as a surface body.
Create shut-off surfaces as needed to close holes/openings.
Sculpt to covert the enclosed water-tight volume of interest into a solid.

 

Post your assembly or smaller representative example that would exhibit the behavior you are after.


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