I will be prompted to Updated my Assembly as Inventor recognises that there has been a change made to one of the parts in the assembly.įinally, I will explain some errors that might pop up when importing data into Inventor. Moving back into my assembly I can see that my updates have propagated through to the model. The above model was imported using the Convert Model method, so I have the option to open each part and make changes to these parts, like for example this Power Cylinder, which I will make a cut through. You will be able to move parts freely, open and edit these parts (provided all the parts are available). Use this option if you plan modify the model for a new design. If changes are made to the file in its respective product after import, the Inventor file reflects the changes.Ĭonvert Model this option creates new Inventor files which are not linked to the original. Use this option if the design is evolving and you are not required to edit the referenced model. This option maintains a link to the selected file which enables you to monitor and update as the model changes. Reference Model will create a lnk back to the Solidworks file, this will mean you will be unable to edit the Assembly or any parts in Inventor.

Next, we the Import dialog box will appear in Inventor, we are given two options here, Reference Model and Convert Model. This is very important, if you try to upload an assembly without the parts included in the assembly you will get a Translation Error Report stating the parts that are missing. I have selected the assembly from the folder, all parts are located in this folder. I am using this Stirling Engine Assembly. With this increase in collaboration we need to easily be able to reuse data from customers or clients in our own software, this blog will outline how to import a Solidworks assembly into Inventor and run through some of the sticking points that may occur when importing.įirstly, we need to identify an assembly which we would like to import into Inventor.

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