andar424 Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Why are these used? Did some training today at work, and we discussed them. They have a smaller file size I see, but what other purpose do they serve? I read a little on them and it seems you have only one ipt file from them, but have multiple bodies, kind of like multiple ipt's in an assembly (is that correct?). We primarily do automated assembly machines at my work and question is it worth it to work with them, or where I could possibly benefit from using MBS's. I question it because, will I just have to go back through and break everything down into ipt's for my drawings? Any input is welcome! Thanks guys! BTW, first post, and new to the community... Quote
JD Mather Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/DSG322/Inventor%20Tutorials/Inventor%202011%20Tutorial%2014.pdf It is trivially easy to push out the individual parts. Manage tab>Make Components Quote
Pablo Ferral Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 You can do things with solids that you can't do with features, such as move them around and boolean operations. If you have a complex model with a lot of relationships, it is easier to model it in one part and them 'push' the solids out as derived parts. Quote
andar424 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Posted November 2, 2012 awesome, that puts it into perspective! i can see why you would work that way. thanks guys! Quote
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