Video Tutorial for Creating 3D Dynamic Blocks

[garylzimmer]

Here's two videos I made on creating 3D dynamic blocks, which are super useful but tricky to make. I thought I should share the knowledge!

Basic Tutorial 

More Advanced Tutorial 

The only issue you may encounter depending on your system variables, is if when you convert to mesh, it may come in too smooth, so you just use MESHSMOOTHLESS on your mesh to make it appear as the original design, then you can proceed and make the block!

[MikeKovacik4928]

Thanks for that info

I didn't realize you could do 3d dynamic blocks!

I have been working in 3d in AutoCAD since AutoCAD 2000

and 3D in Inventor since 2004

I do almost all of my 3d work in Inventor now since it is SO much better than autocad in 3D.

On a freelance basis I use Inventor 2018 plenty

At work I use AutoCAD and very rarely Inventor

I will be investigating making 3d dynamic blocks for work

Mike Kovacik

AutoCAD 2d/3d & Inventor Draughtsman

AutoCAD 2018 & Inventor 2018

Joburg

South Africa

Mike

[j.palmeL29YX]

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@MikeKovacik4928 wrote:

I didn't realize you could do 3d dynamic blocks!

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If you look closer at the examples above you will see, that this are not really 3D Dynamic Blocks. There is no dynamic in Z-direction. It is only a dynamic 2D-Geometry with a constant elevation (Extrusion) in Z-direction. And it is also restricted to Surfaces (because we can create surfaces which are assoziative to their (2D-)source geometry. For 3D-Solids this will not work.
@garylzimmer  did a good job to show us this possibility and I appreciate it. But I guess in the practical work we will rarely can use it. 

[MikeKovacik4928]

Jurgen

You are absloutely right, of course.

Still nothing in Autocad to beat Inventor 3d parametric solid modelling.

That is the way I always go if I have a choice

Mike

[cobygifford]

could you please reach out, trying to accomplish this but not getting the same results?

916-203-4741 or alove@estiframe.com

[cobygifford]

Gary, i'm very interested in this... not having the luck you are?
would you be available for a quick chat? alove@estiframe.com

[j.palmeL29YX]

What did you try? What doesn't work for you. At which point do you have problems. What do you want to achieve? 

Show us your attempt(s), what you did until now.