ipart as an assembly

[mpaul236]

So I'm trying to make a template assembly that will have several parts that have to change based on the needed length of the assembly/ If I need a segment that is 50" I want to be able to place the library assembly and all of the part come in at 50". Then if I need another one at 30" I don't have to do a but of save as's, I can just place it (like I would if it was just an iPart) and the whole thing be a new assembly and new parts. This is a common assembly for us so I figure if I could make it simpler to insert into our assemblies that would save us a lot of time. I know I could do something like this with a multi body ipart and a custom parameters column but I need it to be an assembly because we have to have each part listed in the BOM.

Attached is a very dumbed down version of the assembly.

Inventor 2017

[kelly.young]

Hello @mpaul236 thanks for supplying a sample assembly with parts to show your idea, makes it much easier to see what you're trying to accomplish.

First thought, do you use the Vault? It has a Copy Design feature that reuses parts/assemblies and then you can change dimension values and then rename them.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Like Kelly mentioned, this is a Copy Design workflow. You can use Vault Copy Design in Vault or iLogic Copy Design in Inventor. Either should help you get the desirable result.

Many thanks!

[Curtis_Waguespack]

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@mpaul236 wrote:

... I want to be able to place the library assembly and all of the part come in at 50".

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Hi mpaul236,

Are you familiar with iAssemblies?

If I understand correctly, it sounds like that is likely the best solution.

Another thought would be to publish your parts to the Content Center, and then you could just right click on each of them and choose Change Size in order to change make a longer/shorter version.

And then of course there are possibilities to automate some or all of this with iLogic.

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

[mpaul236]

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@kelly.young wrote:

Hello @mpaul236 thanks for supplying a sample assembly with parts to show your idea, makes it much easier to see what you're trying to accomplish.

First thought, do you use the Vault? It has a Copy Design feature that reuses parts/assemblies and then you can change dimension values and then rename them.

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No we do not currently use Vault. That is one of the ideas I had thought of but at present we don't use vault. Thanks!

[mpaul236]

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@johnsonshiue wrote:

,,, iLogic Copy Design in Inventor

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Where can this be found? I'm fairly experienced with iLogic but have never seen or heard of that command. Thanks!

[mpaul236]

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@Curtis_Waguespack wrote:

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@mpaul236 wrote:

... I want to be able to place the library assembly and all of the part come in at 50".

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Hi mpaul236,

Are you familiar with iAssemblies?

If I understand correctly, it sounds like that is likely the best solution.

Another thought would be to publish your parts to the Content Center, and then you could just right click on each of them and choose Change Size in order to change make a longer/shorter version.

And then of course there are possibilities to automate some or all of this with iLogic.

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

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I am familiar with iAssemblies but I don't see how those would work here. We are already doing what you are suggesting with content center and replacing parts but we are trying to avoid that (we are talking about making copies of the same assembly upwards of 30 time, all with different lengths). All the length of a single assembly are more or less the same with a few exceptions that can be hadele in th parameters. When you say that could be automated with iLogic, what did you have in mind. I'm fairly familiar with it but have yet to run into how to do what you are suggesting. Thanks!

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi mpaul236.

See these links for some basic iLogic Content Center replace examples:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/bolt-size-with-ilogic/m-p/6235100#M62656

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/ilogic-to-change-size-on-content-center-compon...

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/help-cannot-replace-washer-amp-nut-in-assy-by-...

We do this quite a bit, where we have an assembly template that has the base configuration, and an iLogic Form to select a size. The user starts with that template, saves it as the new part number, and chooses a size from the ilogic form, then the ilogic rule is fired, and it simply runs through each component and does a replace from the Content Center Family Table. It's quite fast.

Also, see this link for the previously mentioned iLogic Design Copy:

https://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/copy-an-autodesk-inventor-design/#ilogic-design-copy-too...

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

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! With iLogic add-in loaded, make sure there is no document loaded in Inventor. Go to Tools -> iLogic -> iLogic Design Copy.

Many thanks!