How to create independent part from multi-body or assembly ??

[Eimantas.Kietis]

Hello, 

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Could any body tell how its possible to create independent solid body like in pic2 ? does it possible to do the same from assembly .iam file ?

[andrewdroth]

In your example pics those look like single body files. #3 is the same file with 4 occurrences in an assembly file. 

"Multi Body" usually means separate entities within a part file.

Check this out for a bit of an explanation. 

[Chancellor.Kurre]

Do you have a single part file with multiple solid bodies? If not I see no benefit to doing what was done in the pictures. You lose the feature data available in the model browser which is a big part of what sets software like Inventor apart from software like AutoCAD. To take a part with multiple solid bodies and break it into individual parts you will want to use Make Components available in the sheet metal environment.  It doesn't have to be a sheet metal part, that's just where the tool lives. An assembly is already made up of individual parts. If you want to make a single part out of an assembly you can use Simplify or Shrinkwrap, depends on which version you are working in. 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Absolutely, you like Andrew mentioned, you can create multiple solid bodies within an ipt file. It is to define the shape. But, to leverage assembly workflows, you need to use Make Components/Make Parts/Derive to push the solid into individual components within an assembly. In Inventor, you cannot model an assembly within a part end to end.

Depending on your design process, you may consider using Fusion 360. It has a more flexible way of defining geometry. Within a design, you can have geometry, components and subcomponents.

Many thanks!

[Eimantas.Kietis]

my wish is from assembly .iam,  there is parts like  inner.ipt+outer.ipt rings+rollers.ipt+separator.ipt, to have 1 final drawing like in attached picture 2, does it possible to I covert ? and delete these 4 .ipt, becaus I dont needed anymore ?

And I undurstand how to draw multi-body and create parts, but dont know how to create this indipendent file from single body ? also possible do this from multibody or from .iam ?

[Chancellor.Kurre]

When you place the parts into an assembly you still need the parts. The assembly is just how the parts go together, the actual part is still in the part file. There is no way around this, it is simply how Inventor works. You can then make a drawing in the form of a .idw from the parts and assembly.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Like I mentioned earlier, you can use Make Components to push the bodies to individual parts. If you don't want the bodies to influence the parts, you can break the link.

Another option is to use Copy Object workflow. You can put this multi-solid body part in an assembly. Next insert a new empty part -> 3D Model -> Modify -> expand the panel -> Copy Object. You can copy the body to the new part without any link.

Many thanks!

[Eimantas.Kietis]

I missed something or lost....how to do that like in picture 🙂

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! You need to use Copy Object. Like I mentioned before, start a new assembly place the multi-solid body part. Then insert a new part in the assembly -> Copy Object -> select the solid body from the source part.

Or, if you don't want to use Copy Object, simply export the part as a STEP file. Import it back. Save the file multiple times and delete the unneeded bodies.

Many thanks!