Hi,
I got a question. I've got a part with some sketches and extrudes in it. Is it possible to copy them? because it is a lot of work to create all of them. In red, blue and yellow box are the activities I do for one hole. Now i want to copy all of it and past it some how. Or is there a work around or something.
I'm not 100% sure just based on those images and what little detail you have shared, but I'm thinking that you might benefit from creating a custom iFeature based on one of your previously created features, then you could insert that iFeature much quicker & easier in the future whenever needed. It can be challenging to properly create them and fully understand them, but they can be quite powerful & useful when done right. Here are a few online help resources about them:
iFeature Functions Reference (iLogic)
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
Well, you can change the shape & size of an iFeature both at the time you first place it, and afterwards, as long as you have that flexibility designed into it. iFeatures have their own set of parameters that they use, which can be named appropriately within the definition, and those parameters will be created within the 'ModelParameters' of your current model file when you insert the iFeature. The names of those new model parameters will start with the name of the iFeature (as it appears in your model browser, with : and digit(s) included), followed by its original name. I do believe it is possible to accommodate changing those parameter's values/expressions/equations by code. I don't have a current working example of driving placed iFeature's parameters from Excel, but I don't see why it couldn't be achieved by code if set-up properly. Of course iFeatures are similar in some ways to iParts & iAssemblies too, in that they may have a table which can hold a great many variations, and that table can be edited with Excel if needed, but they do not carry this table with them into the model browser where you place them, like iParts/iAssemblies do. To change the iFeatrue's changeable aspects manually, you simply right click on it and choose Edit Feature, then it will show an appropriate iFeature dialog for you to change those things within.
Wesley Crihfield
(Not an Autodesk Employee)
Thanks, I think that iFeature will be something to look in to for the future. I just tested it on some of the actions I do, but it will not get some of the features I use. Sculpt, Ruled surface and split will not work with iFeature.
So I currently have nothing at the moment to copy the features. If I can't copy the features I have to make for the 4 diffrent holes multiply that by 10 each. That will take for ever if i need to do that. And i need to do that with 3 diffrent parts.
If you know a better way or easyer to cut a hole in a cone or a "bodem" (dutch, don't know the translation see below for picture of it) that would be awesome.
