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Editing an imported part in Inventor


mkosek16

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Good morning,

 

I recently downloaded a .SAT part from 3dcontentcentral.com and i would like to use it in an assembly i am creating. Problem is, once i pulled it into Inventor, I am unable to edit the part to match the dimensions necessary for my assembly. How do i go about editing this part? Is there a way that i can copy the components of the part and paste into a new drawing, save as a normal part, then edit? I have attached a screenshop of the part so you can see the Model tree. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

p.s. I would simply redraw the part, however i am having a lot of difficulty getting it to look as i want it to.

 

Thanks,

Michelle

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In the App Exchange there's a thing that can do some feature recognition when you have parts like this that just come in as a base part. It's not really perfect, though ... hate to say it, but you'll probably be stuck modelling it again. Shouldn't be too hard, though - you can use the existing part as a guide, if you do it either in an assembly or derive that into your new .IPT as a surface body.

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