topic Re: Split part of a solid for edit then reassembly in Inventor Forum

Split part of a solid for edit then reassembly

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:04:33 GMT

I have a solid body but I need to make a part of it removable. I want to be able to lift it off and put it back on. The problem is that at the moment it is all one piece. So what I need to know how to do is remove just this one face from my solid, turn it into a seperate part so that I can create a lip on the solid for it to set on once it is reasymboled.

Any help would be awesome. Thanx in advance.

Re: Split part of a solid for edit then reassembly

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:42:12 GMT

Bump. Please help

Re: Split part of a solid for edit then reassembly

SBix26 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:19:58 GMT

What you're describing is an assembly. Use the Split tool to split your part (your layout) into two solids, or go back in your feature tree and edit the first feature of the removable piece and click the New Solid button-- the idea is to create two separate solids in your layout file.

Now use the Make Part or Make Components tool to derive those two solids into two parts, and assemble those parts with proper constraints in an assembly.

Re: Split part of a solid for edit then reassembly

JDMather — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:41:29 GMT

If you can't figure it out - attach what you have completed so far.

Re: Split part of a solid for edit then reassembly

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:30:30 GMT

I figured it out thank you.