Inventor | View Representations – You just clicked “Ok,” didn’t you?

Posted by Gavin Bath | Jul 21, 2014 | Inventor, New Post | 0

Even for the seasoned Autodesk Inventor users out there, a frustrating little problem in Inventor assemblies occasionally pops up that seems to defy all logic.

Change the visibility of a component or workplane etc. and suddenly EVERYTHING becomes visible or invisible in your assembly? You’ve probably unintentionally broken the associativity of a view rep somewhere, by just clicking “Ok” to a dialog box that you either didn’t read or didn’t understand. #AmIRight

This video aims to provide some clarity as to what that dialog really means, and how to re-associate the view reps.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgaXKWa2yxo]

Design View Representation Associativity in Autodesk Inventor

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Gavin Bath

Hello, I’m Gavin, a Technical Consultant for an Autodesk VAR in Christchurch, New Zealand. I emigrated here from South Africa when I was 11 years old, eventually marrying a girl from the deep south (of New Zealand.) We have 2 child-substitutes in the form of Sphynx cats, but hope to add some human members to the family at some point too. Outside of work I am a man of numerous varied passions and interests. A few that stand out would be: touring around our beautiful country on my motorbike with my wife, hacking my espresso machine to make a better cup, performing CNC conversions on machine tools, and building UAVs. Some of these personal projects might filter through to my blog posts as most of my hobbies involve design/digital prototyping of some sort. I’m an Autodesk Inventor 2013 Certified Professional and focus on both Inventor and Vault. My role is a split between technical support/consulting and software development, usually in the form of customisation for Autodesk Products. Before becoming a Technical Consultant, I spent about 10 years using Inventor and Vault as a mechanical designer. I have worked in a variety of industries including Aerospace, Defense, Consumer Products, and materials handling equipment for everything from logging/mining to food. In these areas I’ve designed machinery, equipment and products involving a huge variety of materials and manufacturing processes. I place utmost emphasis on manufacturability in the design work I do, as a result of having always worked very closely with the manufacturing environment. This has taught me to adapt and calibrate my digital-prototyping tools to give real-world results. Working for a reseller, I now get even more exposure to interesting companies in a huge range of additional fields. This gives me a great insight into the real needs and frustrations that designers and engineers face every day. I’ll draw from this experience to try to provide you with interesting and valuable information. Of course my views expressed on Design & Motion are my own & don’t necessarily represent those of my employer.

Inventor | View Representations – You just clicked “Ok,” didn’t you?

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Gavin Bath

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