topic Nesting Utility: Stop auto-importing sources in Inventor Forum

Nesting Utility: Stop auto-importing sources

spencer — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:48:43 GMT

I believe the first iteration of the Inventor Nesting Utility had this feature but since then I haven't been able to figure out how to make it stop auto-calculating source files.

As it stands, when I select an assembly file as a geometry source, it immediately goes to trying to figure out every .ipt in the assembly, but there's usually stuff in there I don't intend to try and nest up (Like say, steel tube).

In this case too there seem to be files that the Nesting Utility can't handle at all, so they prevent the operation from completing, however Nesting Utility doesn't even allow you to remove parts from the import until it successfully imports them.

I'm not sure if I'm just missing something or there's no way to stop the auto-import, but this is incredibly annoying since my only options are to either hunt down and add each individual part (With the added bonus of the 'Source Files' prompt not having workplace/project shortcuts), or make a separate assembly strictly to track down and throw every sheet metal component in.

Re: Nesting Utility: Stop auto-importing sources

AmyLiu — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:27:30 GMT

Hi @spencer,

thanks for your feedback, the auto-importing in fact is an improvement from previous releases, in case there is some design change, it will monitor the change and then do auto-update, which will benefit for lots of scenarios.

about the stop auto-importing, currently there is no option to do it, one workaround you could try is--using the BOM dialog to set the QTY to 0 if you don't want it be imported in, or change it to Purchased.

hope it helps.

Re: Nesting Utility: Stop auto-importing sources

spencer — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:50:58 GMT

Seems like a decent workaround, as I was able to keep out the parts that actually prevented it from importing, however other parts that I didn't want to mess with the BOM on (Due to drawings as well as having to dig through and manually edit the BOM on multiple sub-assemblies). Unfortunately, it seems that the errors on tube members also prevents me from removing any parts from the sources page, but at least the tool is usable like this