Inventor 2019 iLogic To Use Master Drawings With Input Form For Variables

[michael_richardson]

Good afternoon all,

Starting with a master drawing, assembly & sub-parts, I am looking to be able to...

*Open the assembly file, input all of the variables of the sub-parts contained within

*Output new drawings, assemblies & sub-parts with new part numbers

*Retain original master drawings, assemblies & sub-parts

Any help much appreciated!

kelly.young has edited your subject line for clarity: Help - ilogic

[Mark.Lancaster]

@michael_richardson

Welcome to the Autodesk User's Community..

When posting you should always indicate the version of Inventor you're using..

So it sounds like you're asking for someone to write the code for you?  or do you have something that you started with?   In addition programming needs for Inventor should be asked in the Inventor customization forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/bd-p/120

Other info since it sounds like you have a master/template and want to create new designs from there.

1.  Do you use Vault?

2.  You may want to consider iLogic Design Copy? https://synergiscadblog.com/2014/09/23/copy-files-easily-with-ilogic-design-copy-even-without-ilogic...

3.  You may want to consider iCopy (but that depends on your model configuration)?  https://synergiscadblog.com/2015/11/23/inventor-icopy/

Anyhow some ideas besides a program being written..

[michael_richardson]

Thanks for the reply @Mark.Lancaster

I am working with Inventor 2019.

I suppose I'm just wanting to confirm that it is actually possible to do what I'm trying to do first of all.

I currently have the sub-parts set up as i desire, but the next stages of setting this up to be controlled entirely from the assembly level, and finishing with outputting all new files with new part numbers seems rather complicated. 

[Mark.Lancaster]

@michael_richardson

At my last job I did something like this for our standard product with options but we used Vault Design Copy to copy the necessary files to the new project and then ran iLogic to generate the model/drawing based on the requirements.

However in this configuration..

1.  Vault design copy only need to copy 7 files for each design.  The rest was standards.

2.  The model was configured for programming needs and not like a standard model structure in Inventor.

3.  Since this was a standard offering with options, the only drawing that was needed was the general arrangement that was sent to the customer.

Not sure of your structure or requirements but most likely it can be done..   

[kelly.young · Accepted solution]

Hello @michael_richardson I see that you are visiting as a new member to the Inventor Forum.
Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

I agree with @Mark.Lancaster it sounds like you want to have a template with a form to control all of your variables that you can easily change. Then save as a different name and retain the original template. 

I used to do this by Derived Parts that each had an iLogic Form to quickly edit the values. Saved this as a template in the Vault. Then used Vault Copy Design to create a new set of files with the customer's name as a suffix.

If you don't have access to Vault you can use iLogic Copy Design as well. With all documents closed you will see it under Tools > iLogic > iLogic Copy Design

There's a few short videos here that could help. Jump to 7:20 to see how to add a custom iLogic Form. 

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[michael_richardson]

Thanks for your help