George,
You might make sure that each of the parts do not have the same part number listed in the iProperties. This can cause the "Varies" value to show up in the Parts List.
Jason
A clean uninstall should not be necessary as different versions can co-exist on the same workstation. I believe that it is just a preferred methon for some users. I would only go through the cleaning process if i was having problems getting Inventor to install or was experiencing severe...
Since i primarily work on mechanical or cabinetry design, I'm sure my theory is probably a little off, but I guess that the Cooler would be placed against the stainless or aluminum box, like a piece of ice behind the metal plate. I would expect that some of the heat from the water would be...
Hello,
I'm working on a project where I'm planning to use a Thermoelectric cold plate with a 6" x 4" surface to cool a metal box with a 8" x 18" surface.
I'd like to get the box surface as cold as possible, and be able to maintain its temperature when sprayed with warmer water. It needs to be...
Are you looking for the tangent edges of the bends? If you right click to edit the view there is an options tab, turn on the visibility of the tangent edges.
JKG
I'm not sure of the precise steps required, but you should be able to do all of this through design assistant. You should be able to copy the top level assembly, and copy/rename the lower level assemblies and parts, while retaining constraints. If I remember correctly, you need to change the...
We have been using Inventor for a couple of years now, designing Recreational vehicles, and have been experiencing more performance problems as our top level assemblies become more detailed. We do Steel tube structure, sheetmetal, and cabinetry right now and have about 2500-3000 unique parts. We...
TKS1
If you start a new standard part file you can create a "Derived Component" by selecting the button in the Part Feature toolbar. Select the mirror part checkbox then you can select the plane you want to mirror across. This will allow you mirror the component without having to do it in the...
Vince,
It appears that I am in a similar situation. My company has been very dedicated to AutoDesk and is not really ready to trade in 40 seats of Inventor for a new software. Along with surface modeling deficiencies, we have been struggling with assembly model size issues. We hit 1.7 GB of...
We currently Use Inventor For solid modeling and Rhinoceros for surface modeling for RV manufacturing. In my opinion Inventor is not very stable, crashes often, and accuracy of Rhino is not adequate for the company machining mold patterns. They have recommended that we purchase a seat of UG...
We are currently using Autodesk Inventor for solids and Rhinoceros for Surfacing to design Class A RV models on Dell Precision 650, 3.06 xeon, 3 GB RAM, wildcat 4 7110, XP Pro.
Our current assembly models range from 1500-3000 parts. We are looking into UG to be able to model solids and...
Hello,
We have had some trouble importing our engine suppliers Step files from Pro-E into Autodesk Inventor. Does anyone have any recommendations for setting that would make for a better translation? They are axporting the assemblies as a single solid body, a few seem to work, but others are...
Hello,
I have received several Rhino surface IGES files and have not been able to print them with Inventor. I have sucessfully placed drawing views with Mechanical desktop in the past, and have seen this work in Solidworks. Ist there a way to add a surface model to a drawing view without...
I am definitely not an expert here, but I think you could use the Design Assistant to copy both the .ipt and the .idw files after you detail the "master" drawings, instead of using "Saveas". Rename the files in design assistant to retain the links, then change the angle...
Inventor has a lot of cool features and functionality, all I'm looking for is some stability. Nobody has really answered the real question here; Are other users experiencing crashes as frequently as we are?
JKG
Panzer
Here are some answers to your questions:
1. 4 Gb Ram on the older 450 stations, 2Gb on 650 stations
2.Virtual Memory = RAM
3. I believe network connection is 100mb, I can't varify the integrity of the connection, and our network admins don't seem to eager to help out much.
4. Inventor...
We have been using Inventor now for about 9 months and have all of the latest upgrades and service releases. It is not uncommon to have at least 4-6 Inventor crashes per user each day. It is frustrating to our new users to have all of their work lost on a simple save, or other minor command...
dp2003,
The command that you are looking for is Emboss. You need to create a sketch and place the text in the sketch mode. After you return from the sketch you can hit the emboss button.
JKG
You might try cbliss.com . They have many different free part models and I-parts. You might also try autodesk "point A" if you can find it on their website.
