Hi, i've got a quite complex .stp extract from another CAD and am struggling to extract an intersecting volume from it. I want to be able to quickly assess how much space i've got between some of the components in a specific area of a vehicle, but sketch>extrude in the assembly environment only gives me cut options (the three ribbons for extrude/cut/intersect do not even show up (Figure 2). Simplifying the domain is also not working, but i'm trying to painstainkingly remove the parts giving problems.
Some of the exported .stp files are surfaces/composites, others are assembles and some are parts, if that information is worth something.
Figure 1 is a detail of what i'm dealing with. It's an underside view of a car, and i need to assess with some precision how much space is there between the many components.
Thanks in advance!
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Measure tool?
Kacper Suchomski
Inventor assembly features don't let users add material to the model.
You might try the following:
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You need to derive the assembly in part and subtract parts/body from the "Volume" part.
https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-04363641-CCF9-4B2C-A3C4-AF676D6F7B1A
Sculpt seems to be working better than trim, albeit not perfectly, but yes it's doing the job! Thank you!
The derive solution didn't seem to work at first, i'll try more later.
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