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Inventor 2017 Sheet Metal Library In Frame Generator

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:48:51 GMT

I am new to Inventor and I have just started using frame generator. Is there a reason why there is no sheet metal library available in frame generator? I notice that there is a sheet metal library in content center but it is empty.

Re: Inventor 2017 Sheet Metal Library In Frame Generator

blair — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 05:08:43 GMT

What you see within Content Center is the Fasteners and Components for working with sheet metal. Because there are no structural shapes you wouldn't see anything in Frame Generator. Even though, you can navigate to the folder, there may be items within the folder but nothing meets the standards for Frame Generator.

Re: Inventor 2017 Sheet Metal Library In Frame Generator

Mark.Lancaster — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:07:12 GMT

@Anonymous

In addition to @blair information.. Frame Generator only looks at that the Structural section of content center. You can create your own sheet metal structure components but they must be published to the structural section of content center of your own read/write (content center) library. Are you looking to do that?

Re: Inventor 2017 Sheet Metal Library In Frame Generator

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:41:03 GMT

Thanks for reply. Seems like this is the best solution.