Hello,
I use Inventor 2011.
My question is:
is it possible to generate a new part out of an assembly by using the faces and edges of the assembly? The new part shall have the negative geometry of the assembly.
For example:
I have a tube with a fluid. Now i modelled a part using the geometry of the tube and would like to receive a part of the space the fluid fills. I know this is a pretty easy topic and in this example it is possible to generate the part by substrate two parts. But if you now try to receive the fluid-geometry of e.g. a pump or something else with a geometry more complexly, I have no idea how to generate this part.
I know in Inventor 12 it's possible like you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_DOxFagvI
Anyone who has an idea?
Thank you 🙂
Derived Component as surface body.
Sculpt.
Attach your assembly here.
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Hi Annka_f,
These links might provide some insight:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=15060075&linkID=9242016
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=10078511&linkID=9242016
I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com
Hello,
I like the second link of Curtis, this is a quite appropriate solution. It is some kind of elaborate for complex part geometry, but it works most the time.
Curtis (or anyone else) do you have experience with this solution? I don't know why, but all the time when I try it with my part it doesn't work. The error is "no useful result". I thought maybe there is a connection between the inside of my part and the outside so all the time I try to delete the outside I delete the inside as well. You know if this is possible?
Otherwise I thought I welded all spaces...
Thanks for your help 🙂
Greetings
Annka
@Annka_f wrote:... when I try it with my part it doesn't work.
Attach your part here.
The CADWhisperer YouTube Channel
I guess I can't attach it, because of formation of a company or something like that.
I tried to rebuild it with some changes, but then it worked. I don't know the "error" they generated by building this part so I can't rebuild it...
I know kinda annoying...