Newton his Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Hi, I am new to autocad used to work in pro/e. Can u make assemblies of multiple parts in autocad 2015. As I looked it seems you need the civil version to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) You could fake it but what you should be using is Inventor not AutoCAD. Any way, LT (if that is what you are really using) can only do 2 1/2D not true 3D. Edited September 24, 2014 by ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 You posted in the 3d Studio Max section. I have moved your question to the Autocad 3D section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I would imagine assemblies in Civil 3D are different than mechanical assemblies from Pro/E. The short answer is "no" you can not. Inventor or SolidWorks is the program you're looking for, and AutoCAD LT does not have the 3D environment or tools one would required for even basic geometry creation and editing, as ReMark has already noted. You will have to look beyond the AutoCAD platform for these needs to be fulfilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Can u make assemblies of multiple parts in autocad 2015. As I looked it seems you need the civil version to do this. Yes, of course you can make assemblies of multiple parts in AutoCAD. I have no idea why you would think you need civil version to do this? By what logic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newton his Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Very new to autocad and did not find anything on it so thought I would ask here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hughes Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Newton his, 'Assemblies" as generally referred to in Pro/e, Solidworks, Inventor are for the most part not something that is known in AutoCAD. But, that doesn't mean you can't construct an assembly in AutoCAD (heck, I've been doing it for over 20 years). It just hinges on your approach. Remember an assembly is simply a gathering of individual components. In AutoCAD you can accomplish this by creating individual layers for separate components. That's the way I go about it but I'm sure there are other ways of going about it. Edit: seeing that you are on LT however that eliminate the possibility of creating assemblies consisting of solid bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newton his Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thanks for the reply. I will have the full version soon so thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 You basic question was answered - now for the specifics You will not have assembly mate constraints as you are used to in Pro/E - only spatial positioning of parts relative to each other. (you can xref (External Reference) the part files into a master file or do it all in one file. You will not have kinematics on remaining Degrees of Freedom. No assembly constraints - no locked DOFs. Say goodbye to your hair. (Are you sure they aren't getting a suite with Inventor?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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