Inventor Option Similar to NX Enforce Piece Part To Limit Editing

[Anonymous]

In NX there is a option as 'Enforce Piece Part'. By this option it will not be possible to add any other part/component so that resulting part will be only piece part, not an assembly part.

Is there any similar option/preference available in Inventor?

kelly.young has edited your subject line for clarity: Piece Part

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you elaborate more on the issue, I don’t understand the problem?

[Anonymous]

Hi @TheCADWhisperer,

Actually it's not a issue.

As a example, if there is bolt part then user should not be able to add any other part to it to form assembly. So is there any option available in Inventor so that part addition can be prevented.

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

A part in Inventor is just a part and only has part functions..  You can't assembly other parts to it but you can derive other components into it.  However there's no way to stop someone from deriving into the part file.

[Anonymous]

Attached a short video of NX as a example.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Inventor is a professional program and deserves (requires?) a professional level of training.

Are you a student?

How much training/experience with Inventor do you have?

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! I assume you do not want further modification to a part. You can simply create a library folder (close all files -> Get Started -> Project -> Library) and put the parts in the library folder. Then the part will not be editable. Another way to do that is to implement EDM system like Vault and then control the editability of the part within EDM system.

Is this what you are looking for?

Many thanks!

[kelly.young · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anonymous Another thought would be to publish the part to the Content Center so that way it would be read only and can be inserted into an assembly. 

Help: Publish a part to Content Center

As far as "locking" the original part, like @johnsonshiue states would be the best ways to leverage control. 

Please select the Accept as Solution button if a post solves your issue or answers your question.

[Xun.Zhang · Accepted solution]

Hi Ganesh,

Suppose you want to lock something within a part to prevent any model insert. 

Firstly, It is different between NX and Inventor since NX do not distinguish part and assembly which means those are mixture in NX, but in Inventor, these are different files, one is ipt and the other is iam. so, a part (ipt) is no chance to be convert to an assembly (.iam).

To sum up, you are no need to do anything and it is always "Enforce Piece Part" in Inventor for a part file.

Hope it helps!

[Anonymous]

Thank you everyone for your valuable comments/suggestions. 

I was finding the exact functionality without considering the Inventor file formats. i will keep that in my mind. It's really good to have so much helping hands. Thanks again!