Suppress a pattern

[Anonymous]

I created a pattern in an assembly that has a 18 parts.  That assembly is patterned over 156 times.  I need it for the BOM and all that.  However, working on the assembly is now a challenge.

I figured I would create a level of detail, suppress those parts only and keep working.  However, I cannot figure out how to suppress the pattern and all its elements.  Can I?

RMB on the pattern doesn't, RMB on the Element doesn't and I do not want to have to select all the individual parts to suppress them.

I looked in help and could not find it, I searched the forum and found lots of stuff for fusion 360, circular patterns and iLogic patterns, but nothing for what I am trying to do.

Can I?  Is there a better way?

Any help would be appreciated.

[mcgyvr · Accepted solution]

You can simply right click on a pattern and pick "suppress"..

Maybe your selection filter is not set to "component pattern" as it should for that to work..

[Anonymous]

mcgyvr, Thanks for the tip!

How do I change the selection filter?

Either way, check out the video below.  Some patterns can be suppressed and some cannot.  Whats up with that?  What did I do?

[Anonymous]

Now for the video....

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi ronald_plesh,

See this link for some explanation concerning suppression and patterns:

http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/2011/10/level-of-details-and-assembly-patterns.html

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

[mcgyvr]

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@Anonymous wrote:

mcgyvr, Thanks for the tip!

How do I change the selection filter?

Either way, check out the video below.  Some patterns can be suppressed and some cannot.  Whats up with that?  What did I do?

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Your selection filter seems to be fine from the video..

Its here..

BUT.. Something is goofy there or rather I can't think of a reason right now that would cause some to allow suppress and others to not.. 

I'll keep playing around to see if I can find the cause 

[Anonymous]

Well, here is something.  You cannot suppress the imported components.  The part was drawn in SW a while back.  I do not want a new IV part (no point in making a new drawing).  Any chance you can suppress the imported part?

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi Ronald,

The imported part here was created via AnyCAD Reference workflow. Unfortunately, the ability to suppress such component is not available yet. There are two options you can consider.

Option 1) Right-click on the imported part -> BOM Structure -> Reference. Then make the components invisible.

Option 2) Right-click on the imported part -> Break link. The component will become a regular imported component. It can be suppressed as usual.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

OK, thanks.  I do not want to loose the parametric nature so I will just 'hide' the parts.

When you say 'AnyCAD work flow', what do you mean?  I used 'Place Imported CAD files'.  Is that what you mean?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Ronald,

AnyCAD workflow is like a new brand to the so-called import workflow. The idea is to be able to open, reference, and reuse data from any other CAD systems. The traditional import workflow is called AnyCAD Convert workflow, meaning each component files are created as equivalent Inventor files accordingly. AnyCAD Reference workflow is like an associative workflow. An Inventor file is linked to the source CAD file (part or assembly). When the source geometry is changed, Inventor will detect the change and update accordingly.

For example, you import a SWX assembly via AnyCAD Reference workflow, the geometry from SWX file will reside in the Inventor iam file with a link back to the SWX assembly. This is different than the traditional import workflow.

Many thanks!