having trouble with solid body in inventor

[christianJTJLC]

hi guys, im new to the forum, so hello to everyone.

im hoping someone can help me out with this little problem im having in inventor 2017.

i spent quite a lot of time designing a part, and the machinist required the drawing as an xt file. so i saved a copy in xt format. the problem is that now my ipt part doesnt have any features, its just a solid body, and i would like to edit a certain aspect of it.

is there any way i canexpand all my workflow back into the ipt part?

sorry if this sounds a little dumb, im kinda new to inventor.

Thanks in advance

christian

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi christianJTJLC,

If you create a part in Inventor and save it as an *.ipt file first, and then export it as an *.x_t file, then the *x_t file will be a "dumb" solid, but you can open your original *.ipt file and edit the feature and sketches still.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Christian,

Welcome to Inventor family! There is no dumb question here. Occasionally you might see dumb answers, particularly from me. If you are a subscriber, you can sign into subscription account and download Feature Recognition tool. It helps converting imported body to some features.

https://apps.autodesk.com/INVNTOR/en/Detail/Index?id=9172877436288348979&appLang=en&os=Win32_64

Many thanks!

[christianJTJLC]

Thanks guys, i think what i did wrong was that i saved copy as xt, instead of exporting an xt, so my original ipt became "dumb".

but i sorted it out pretty quickly. i had saved a 2d dwg earlier, so i could redraw the part pretty quickly from that.

cheers!

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@christianJTJLC wrote:

Thanks guys, i think what i did wrong was that i saved copy as xt, ...

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Nothing wrong with that workflow, that is what I would have done as well, but you also need to save the *.ipt file.

Saving one has no effect on the other.