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I'm reasonably new to inventor (yes, any ex solidworks user). Recently I started a new job at an industrial kitchens manufacturer. What I'm trying to set up is a scenario where we can enter sizes for say a worktop height, length, depth etc and it would create the table model and drawings. Currently I'm doing it a rather long winded way simply because it's all I currently know.
Using iLogic forms in the worktop sheet metal part, I create some parameters, which are then entered via an iLogic form, These parameters in turn are linked into the frame that support the work and obviously the drawings update accordingly. It works, in a kind of convoluted way but it's far from ideal. Much better would be that the info' was entered from the main assembly instead of having to open the worktop or which ever part controls the parameters. The other problem is copying the whole ensemble as a new, separate entity for the next table. Inventor assemblies are by far the the most awkward thing to copy. The iLogic Design Copy's insistence of copying the whole path to the new assembly beggars belief and suddenly you're going through more sub-directories than a maze to find the parts you require and pack and go, lets not go there...... Should be straight forward but very rarely is as it's insistent on copying required libraries, parts et al. I'd fill a 2 terrabyte drive in 12 months with all the copies of files, libraries and parts! Oh, and we don't use vault so that way (which is probably the best way to copy designs in fairness) isn't an option.
So what i need is to be able to open/copy an assembly asa template assembly, enter my desired dimensions, and have parts, assemblies and drawings update accordingly. What and how is the best way?
PS Any links to tutorials on what you suggest would also be very much appreciated.
Dave
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