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assembly

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2016 00:21:12 GMT

I have identical 10 .ipt parts i want to put in an assembly. Is there any way of changing the size of the .ipt files in the assembly...example...5 will be large, 3 medium and 2 small in size of the same part

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Re: assembly

mdavis22569 — Wed, 04 May 2016 00:29:37 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I have identical 10 .ipt parts i want to put in an assembly. Is there any way of changing the size of the .ipt files in the assembly...example...5 will be large, 3 medium and 2 small in size of the same part

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How are they identical/same part .... If they are different sizes ....

I would make different parts ... you can use direct edit ...

or you can use Derive

Re: assembly

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2016 00:55:24 GMT

Thanks

example: if i have a .ipt Wheel rim that is 250mm in diameter. I will put this part 10 times in an assembly file. I will leave 5 Wheel Rim ,ipt at 250mm and then the next 5 Wheel rims i will just scale either larger or smaller in theassembly....it is a one-off and i was hoping not to remodel for each size....sort of give an illusion that there are different sizes

Maybe it is not possible and i will need to remodel for each size

Re: assembly

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2016 06:06:21 GMT

Hi,

When i am reading what you want to do I think that making an iPart is an oppertunity for you. The time it will take to make such a iPart actually depends on the complexity of your design.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-DD9F389B-4B23-482A-A46E-4CA71101658A-htm.html

Re: assembly

blair — Wed, 04 May 2016 06:34:30 GMT

If it's exactly the same other than the scale is larger/smaller or a Mirror use the "Derive" function. Start a new part, don't start any sketch, use the Derive which will ask for a source file. Select the IPT use wish to use as your reference, then select the scale increase/decrease or Mirror option (great for making an opposite side such as a LH version from a RH version).

This will then produce the derived version, any changes made to the base file will the included in the Derived model until you break the link.

Re: assembly

Anonymous — Wed, 04 May 2016 08:53:03 GMT

Thanks