cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Hi! I am having a rather complex 3D structure i have buid out of solids in AutoCAD and then colored and finnished in Inventor Fusion. The whole image was made for a journal-cover. I drew the basic structures in AutoCAD and then transfered to Inventor where there have been added some more smooth edges and a rectangular pattern of 1000 objects. Now in the end i find out that only one single 3D solid is too big and i want to resize/scale it. It seems impossible for me to do that in Inventor, so I transfered the whole file back to AutoCAD. Now i have the problem that AutoCAD is recognizing my objects now only as "block references". It is easy to resize the object now, but i do not know how to get the block refences become 3D solids again and transfer them back to inventor. If i just try to transfer the whole data or save and load Inventor isnt opening anything. Am trying all sorts of trick since two days, but am gettind desperate now. Please help me, there must be a way for someone more skilled than me (am using the programs isnce 1 year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 You mention 3 different programs, AutoCAD, Inventor Fusion and Inventor. What are you trying to accomplish. Why are you going back and forth between programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 You mention 3 different programs, AutoCAD, Inventor Fusion and Inventor. Perhaps the OP just called it "Inventor" instead of "Inventor Fusion" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Explode the Block Reference in AutoCAD and it should once again be a 3D Solid. Inventor Fusion doesn't have Scale AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Perhaps the OP just called it "Inventor" instead of "Inventor Fusion" That would really confuse the problem statement as Inventor and Inventor Fusion are completely different products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 That would really confuse the problem statement as Inventor and Inventor Fusion are completely different products. Hopefully the OP will clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor_Fusion/enu/2013/Help/0056-Modeling56/0083-Solid_Mo83/0099-Modifyin99/0104-Scale_Co104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Thanks, I didn't have time to look it up. Should sort things no matter the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 What do you mean by "explode"? I am sorry for messing with names, i acctually always refer to inventor fusion when said inventor and confused you. Explode the Block Reference in AutoCAD and it should once again be a 3D Solid. Inventor Fusion doesn't have Scale AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 And yeah, scaling in AutoCAD works without any problem! But I lose the material data and everything i did in Inventor Fusion when switching back to AutoCAD for scaling. So i need a way to rescale in Inventor Fusion OR a way to get my object from block reference state back to 3D Solid so i can open in Inventor Fusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 This is all i can find in the menues ragrding modification of Solids. The Manual you sent me here is for Inventor Fusion 2013 and i am using version 2012. In the tutorial of version 2012 i did not find anything about the scale command but thanks anyway! I am prob. going to install version 2013 right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Can you post the .dwg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 You mention 3 different programs, AutoCAD, Inventor Fusion and Inventor.What are you trying to accomplish. Why are you going back and forth between programs? 1)I have 2 different programs: AutoCad and Inventor Fusion 2) Now in the end i find out that only one single 3D solid is too big and i want to resize/scale it. - I am trying to resize a 3D Solid. 3) I created the objects in AutoCAD and then went to Inventor Fusion to give them a nice rendering and there i also shaped some edges. Started switching back because i couldnt scale the 3D Solid in Inventor Fusion. So i hoped i can just switch and do the rescale in AutoCAD since it works fine there...but i cannot witch to Fusion again to do the rendering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Can you post the .dwg? https://dl.dropbox.com/u/101445534/Neuer%20Ordner/complete3mitRiesenelektrodenreset.dwg you can get the .dwg here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Your link is bad, post it here. Bottom right of reply box select "Go Advanced" then scroll down to "Manage Attachments" browse to the file and upload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirroz Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Your link is bad, post it here. Bottom right of reply box select "Go Advanced" then scroll down to "Manage Attachments" browse to the file and upload. unfortunately file is 35mb big and the uploader in advanced function tells me its too big my link should work well if you have dropbox installed i can also mail you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Did you try EXPLODE command on the block reference? I still cannot find the SCALE command in Inventor Fusion Technology Preview 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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