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In an assembly is there a way to make a selection of parts and/or subassembies and turn on/off all their user work planes, axis, points for just those? I'm finding it time consuming to toggle all work features on and then going into each part and turning off what I don't need. When I toggle...

This sounds like a very clean method. Thank you.

mcgyvr, I will attach some PDF images of what I'm trying to accomplish. As you can see I do have a work around. I started with the outside rolled flange with slotted holes. I added the inside flange without holes. I wanted to create slotted holes on the inside flange that lined up with the...

I have a cylindrical housing with a 2" wide mounting flange around the perimeter. There is a part that needs to mate to the outside of this with a similar flange. I have the punched hole pattern in the first housing flange and I would like to know if there are any tricks to projecting the...

You must have linear edges as fold lines. The part you are developing cannot be folded/unfolded as one model (in Inventor). You will need to generate a model to show the flat pattern and then another for the "pressed" shape.

I work in a group of three engineers in our company. Is it worth the effort to set up the Vault management system for a group so small? I like the ability to maintain all the links while working with checked out files on a local drive but am intimidated by the effort to set up and maintain the...

Make sure to try using the hardware driven graphics rather than software in the options to see if that improves your performance in either version. 64 bit will only show improvement if you are running assemblies with large part counts.

Simple example to explain my question: An assembly with two identical cubes spaced apart a given distance x from their nearest faces. How would you create an assembly work plane that is always x/2 from each object (always in the middle of the two). I know you can constrain a work plane to a...

I'll give it a try.

Steering wheel dimension entry is not working in ST3. Does not work in any environment (part, assembly...). I can pick the face or parts, reposition the wheel, change the axis but I can enter a fixed value for the move or rotation. Any suggestions. Jef. Windows 7, 64bit ST3

EngAddict, Thanks for the response. I believe your solution is very close to the one I was using. It required a few extra steps on the tree but it's not difficult. I assume Inventor has a macro language or is VBA capable. If I had to do it a lot I could write a command. Thank you.

rollupswx, Your example is still not quite what I am looking for but thank you. Let me see if I read you here. You used a revolution to create a cut profile on the top of the panel then thickened it with the cut option on to create a hole down to the bottom of the panel. Right? You have...

Sorry meant to upload .pdf Jefhttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=963bdcc7-6103-4d09-9c64-3780b9fb3855&file=NORMAL_CUT.pdf

rollupswx, First of all let me apologize for being rude. I do appreciate any help someone gives me in this forum or the others I visit on EngTips. I viewed your image and either I haven't explained what I'm trying to do well enough or I'm missing what you are trying to show. Please see my...

rollupswx, I could not help to notice the tone of your post seems to be to "school" me on proper sketching. I intend to read your article but I hope it contains useful insight on my particular problem and not just proper sketching methods. The part file provided was a sample which contained...

I have a sheet metal panel with a round tube passing through it at an angle of 20 degrees from normal. I want to make a cut through the panel to allow this passage. The hole would be manufactured with a Laser cutting machine and has to cut normal to the panel. Is there a command that will...

Ahhh yes. Angle constraint is what I want. Angle constraint with directed vectors at 180 deg. Thanks a bunch mcgyvr! Jef

I must be missing something. I have used the mate constraint many times. I do understand face to face or flush. I also understand you can specify an offset value between faces. What I want to know is when you have that mate constraint is there a way to "drag" the faces closer or further...

Thanks for the help rollupswx but what I meant was can you create a mate without specifying the offset value? For example: I have two spherical bodies with a flat top on each. I want to make the flats parallel to each other but I want to be able to drag them closer or further apart. I hate...

New to Inventor.. Is there a way to create a mate constraint with a "floating" offset? I want to make one face parallel with another but I want to be able to drag them afterward.