AutoCAD frame assembly to Inventor Assembly

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

forgive my ignorance if this type of question already exists and is answered, but i find it easier to ask and maybe get a prompt answer. Please note that im new to inventor since we recently acquired several licences. 

Anyway, i have made a frame in AutoCAD (because i kept running into a lot of issues and it is frustrating not knowing how to perform something), so it was easier for me for this task to perform it in AutoCAD. 

This frame consists of H beams, pipes, plates. I have imported the file in Inventor, and changed the material properties to steel as it should be made out of steel. However, when i first started using inventor, i noticed this little handy thing called frame generator which has all the standards and steel work ready at hand, but im sure you all know this. When i used the frame generator, it created files containing specific data for that particular part (density, type of steel, etc..)

Is there a way i could somehow force Inventor to recognize these items that i need? ie. 508dia pipe with a wt of 25, HE1000B, HE650B? 

Since all this have been extrusions of regions with exact parameters (height of the beam, width of the flange, radiuses etc), is there a way i could force inventor to recognize that part by for example, me selecting all the HE1000B and then a submenu or something that would allow me to tell inventor that this in fact is HE1000B ?

Thanks in advance and i really appreciate all Your time and answer,

Regards

[Anonymous]

@JDMather - thank You sir for Your time and answers, i really appreciate it. Not that i'm making excuses, but i already had this same situation that i made just now and that You instructed me to do, but with a major difference. Once i had the sketch fully constrained, ive deleted most of dimensions as they were "in the way" of having a "Clean"sketch, and somewhere along the way, something got shifted and shortened and thats why i have so many unnecessary dimensions in the first file that i have attached.

Once again, i really really appreciate You and the time You have invested in this matter and tutoring me (everyone else who replied is very much appreciated as well).

And lastly, to explain why i deleted the dimensions in the first place and kind of "over dimensioned it back again". so, i have been working a lot in autocad for almost twelve years, and have done a fair bit of 3D modeling in it. Being my main CAD software, and a software my company uses, i had no previous interaction with inventor. That being said, i have developed a habit of deleting all dimensions from a 3D model once a certain part was modeled. we usually have "clean" 3D models of items that we make, as most of the time, our clients want a 3D pdf. most of the time, nobody changes the layers to "defpoints" and usually start drafting in any current layer (0 mostly) and then later on get changed in 2D work. However, in 3D modeling, people tend to leave dimensions inside of a 3D model and that gets printed out both in hard copy and 3D pdf. Due to our strict deadlines that we have for the projects we perform, and the amount of necessary work that needs to be done, nobody really bothers about the layers, and once someone notices it, it already to late to change it as the files were already sent. thats why i developed a habit of deleting dimensions in the first place. 

and back on the topic, please find the part further developed for Your review

[kelly.young · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous here's a short explanation of the general Frame Generator commands and how to use the editing features.

Hope that helps!

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