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I would use this for sure. Often times when using a single part that is a glued/welded/sewn/fastened together composite that is purchased as a single part(!) and is not part of my design process nor under my control.
This is something I thought Inventor would support when multibody became available. We have models of parts that in reality are made of different materials but we can't model them without doing them as assemblies. We haven't used multibody as much because of this. Currently we just pick the primary material which is an approximation at best.
This definitely should have already been on the wishlist, so I am glad that you posted Cadmanto! A potential work around for this is when you export the solids as individual parts, you can assign a different template file to each one to control the material. Wish I could claim this as my idea, but I found it somewhere and sadly cannot remember where (would definitely give props to the one who came up with that idea). Anyway, my name is Pete and I support this function (couldn't resist, it being political season and all... :>)
However @MRanda embedded multiple requests within his Solid Body-Palooza Idea. So I Accepted this as an individual request to support materials & leave MRanda's idea for the grouping suggestion. Thanks!
I am really hoping this feature will be implemented in IV 2018. My designs are generally static systems so once I can assign mass to individual solids, the need to create overall assemblies of individual parts will be entirely redundant. The addition of this feature would lead to a major improvement in my workflow.
This is a very good idea for who frequantly use a multibody parts instead of assembly. For example, protection in which we have chassis in iron and plastic pannel for every ipt.
It could be nice to have possibility to create a Multi-Body part (.ipt) and assign different material to each body.
Example: a roll : gray body = alluminium and blue bodies = steel ; I want to assign two materials in the same ".ipt" . so if I change the lenght - size of body roll or the shafts, i can get the right mass property and gravity center of the ipt part. (often it's better to use multibody part instead an assembly.
I can't believe inventor is so restrictive with this. I can do the same workflow in Solidworks in a fraction of the time. Please allow multiple materials in one part!
The status changes of many Ideas from "Accepted" to "Future Consideration" is part of an ongoing effort to improve predictability. We now mark ideas that are being considered in the near term, as "Accepted" and longer term, as "Future Consideration". Noting that both "Accepted" and "Future Consideration" ideas exist within our internal database (product enhancement backlog) as being on our radar. This particular Idea was the #70 overall Idea in 2016 with 97 kudos (votes), it gained 29 votes in 2017 (126), moved to #61 overall in 2018 with 185 votes and currently sits around #33 alongside other non-implemented ideas with 199 votes. Rest assured we are watching it, along with thousands of other ideas. I am hopeful that we can get around to this "one day - ie future consideration" (assuming it continues to climb with community favor & we continue to address ideas that currently reside above it, in vote count). I hope this explains things, if even a little.
Dan, that is a great explanation. Thank you for sharing this insight. I think we as users need to hear the process once in a while to know how things are progressing.
Seven years later and this idea is still not a reality? Multi-body parts are hamstrung by the inability to different materials for different solids.
Autodesk really needs to do a big "sprint project" and smash out a big list of features that other CAD programs have had now for many years. As someone coming to this program with a fresh pair of eyes, the amount that Inventor is lagging behind is surprising and disappointing.
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