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  1. aardvarkdw

    Max & Min Dimensions

    I have very rarely used "MIN" or "MAX" on a detail print because of the confusion it can cause and more than likely I am better off specifying a tolerance anyway to ensure that the parts are made to the design intent. I do however use "MIN" and "MAX" on assembly and interface drawings. It is...
  2. aardvarkdw

    Assembly material

    You can Create a custom iProperty in the .IAM called "Material" or something similar and map the title block material callout to that iProp. Personally, I would not call out the material in my title block for an assembly for several reasons. First, the assembly does not consist entirely of a...
  3. aardvarkdw

    Assembly material

    It does not make sense to me to input a material value at the assembly level for an assembly that does not consist of a single material type. Perhaps if you explain the situation and why you need this capability we could provide you with an acceptable method of getting you what you want. Do you...
  4. aardvarkdw

    Assembly material

    As Mflayler said there is almost certainly a way to do whatever it is you want to do. It is just a matter of knowing exactly what it is you want to accomplish. The way your OP was phrased, no, there is no way to apply a material to the assembly as a whole. This should be done at the part...
  5. aardvarkdw

    Assembly material

    You should specify the material individually in the .ipt files for the components not in the .iam assembly file. David
  6. aardvarkdw

    Text Box Trouble

    In case you are curious why you must hold shift(or CTRL either will work), it is because enter is slaved to the OK button in CATIA and you must use a manual carriage return to get a second line. David
  7. aardvarkdw

    3D Modeling Best Practice

    Autodesk Inventor allows you to apply tolerances to the model dimensions (a bit cumbersome the last time I used it but effective), these dimensions could then be toggled to Nominal, Mean, Upper, or Lower tolerance size and would allow you to check fits in the assembly. Unfortunately this...
  8. aardvarkdw

    3D Modeling Best Practice

    Speaking as an NC Programmer, I typically get models that are nominal and it is up to me to adjust my offsets to compensate for machine/tool tolerance, drawing tolerances, vibration, etc... It is fairly common for me to cut a part slightly heavy in areas that have flush cuts or similar features...
  9. aardvarkdw

    Different layers in title block in Inventor

    I understood you to mean: 1. You have two lines for your title in your title block, each line consisting of a different iProp. 2. You want to be able to turn off the print option for a single line/iProp via layers. If this is the case, and it is possible in v10, you will need to edit the...
  10. aardvarkdw

    Different layers in title block in Inventor

    If this is possible (I do not have access to a copy of IV10), you would have to do it by editing the title block definition and moving the attribute to a different layer. In order to make this a permanent change you would need to edit the drawing sheet template and save it back to the template...
  11. aardvarkdw

    Parts move in assembly when using Fix constraint (V5 R19 SP03)

    by the way, R19, Service Pack 3, Hotfix 16 David
  12. aardvarkdw

    Parts move in assembly when using Fix constraint (V5 R19 SP03)

    Solid7, I have just had the SAME exact problem! It is the most bizarre thing, I can constrain the part in any other way I want but as soon as I place a fix constraint on it it moves. I finally had to copy an axis system from the mating part so that I could constrain the two parts in the...
  13. aardvarkdw

    Expanded use of ALL AROUND Symbol

    Peter, You beat me too it! I was going to bring up that same point. And the fuel piles higher... David
  14. aardvarkdw

    Constraints

    I think translational constraints might be what you want to look at but it has been a while so I can't explain it to you. Perhaps someone else can. David
  15. aardvarkdw

    Constraints

    Along with what btrueblood said, you could create a spline surface on the contour that you want to follow. This would give you the smooth entity you need and you could then make it invisible when you are done constraining. David
  16. aardvarkdw

    Dimensions and tolerances apply only at the drawing level where they a

    The way I have always thought of this is that if a hole/feature is placed in a part at the part level, it should be dimensioned on that drawing level. If it is critical to form/fit/function at the assembly level if can be detailed as a reference dimension but not specifically toleranced with...
  17. aardvarkdw

    Inventor vs Solidowrks

    6 months huh? Did you have any training or were you just dumped in front of a workstation and told to have at it? Did you have any training before you used SW? Had you used any other CAD/3d parametric modeler before SW or were you learning it cold? Personally I (having learned both SW and...
  18. aardvarkdw

    Uniting components in an assembly.

    Save the assembly as a .SAT or .STEP file. There is an option when saving to combine into a single solid or individual components. David
  19. aardvarkdw

    Engineering Levels

    Would you believe that the company I work for uses two different systems (position grade and retention level), one grades in ascending order (I,II,III, etc...)higher being better and the other grades in descending order (III,II,I, etc...) Lower being better... You have to love bureaucracy...
  20. aardvarkdw

    Chamfer

    Why not just put in a countersink hole rather than wast time with a hole and a chamfer? When modeling in a 3D parametric package like Inventor, you should model how you would manufacture. David

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