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No 3d Sketch Inside Assembly?

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Message 1 of 9
e_frissell
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No 3d Sketch Inside Assembly?

Trying the frame generator for the first time and can't get "Select Line" to work.  Tried making an extruded box and selecting the edges and that didn't work, tried again with 2x 2D sketches and a 3D sketch connecting them but still no dice.  Verified that I can insert items from content center.

 

What am I / this program doing wrong?

e_frissell_0-1696517990524.png

 

Edit: title's not relevant to the post, dunno how to delete posts.  The first issue was the 3D sketch dialog took about a minute to load and was greyed out so I made the post assuming 3D sketches in a part where somehow unavailable when editing in context of the assembly.  The above is now the next headache I'm facing

 

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Message 2 of 9
JDMather
in reply to: e_frissell

@e_frissell 

Zip and Attach your assembly here.


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Message 3 of 9
e_frissell
in reply to: JDMather

Here's the zipped file

Message 4 of 9
JDMather
in reply to: e_frissell

@e_frissell 

What do you see after selecting a line to place the frame member?

JDMather_0-1696523924186.png

JDMather_0-1696524046778.png

 


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Message 5 of 9
e_frissell
in reply to: JDMather

Here's what pops up.  I can click on the lines but it never actually selects the line and places a member

 

e_frissell_0-1696524124340.png

 

Message 6 of 9
johnsonshiue
in reply to: e_frissell

Hi! Indeed, Inventor does not support 3D sketch at the assembly level. You will need to create the skeletal part and place it in the target assembly. Then start Frame Gen Insert command -> pick the 3D sketch lines from the part.

Many thanks!



Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
Message 7 of 9
e_frissell
in reply to: johnsonshiue

Weird, it actually loaded for me but took a minute or two

 

Any thoughts on what could be causing my frame generator to not allow line selection?

Message 8 of 9
Frederick_Law
in reply to: e_frissell

Your dialog missing Material:

FrameGen-05.jpg

Message 9 of 9
Frederick_Law
in reply to: e_frissell

Check your Project's Appearance and Material Library:

ProjectFile-03.jpg

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