Explode Autodesk Inventor Assembly
This tool will explode an assembly file created in Autodesk Inventor into its individual, constituent parts. The tool is functionally identical to the one described in "Explode Autodesk Inventor Assembly" and accessible from the File Tab. However, this tool can only be used to explode assembly files that are already loaded into the Non-sequential Component Editor (NSCE) via the CAD Assembly: Autodesk Inventor object (see " CAD Assembly: Autodesk Inventor "). In addition, once the assembly has been exploded, each of the part files will be loaded into OpticStudio as a CAD object (see " CAD Part: STEP/IGES/SAT ").
If the "Delete CAD Assembly: Autodesk Inventor" checkbox is selected, then the parent assembly file will be deleted from the NSCE, leaving only the individual part files (each part represented by an imported CAD object) in the editor. Otherwise the parent assembly file will remain in the editor, with its "Explode?" flag set to 1. However, in this case the parent assembly file will be set not to draw (see " Draw tab ") and for rays to ignore the object (see Type (surface properties). Thus, only the constituent parts will affect performance of design.
If the "Get OpticStudio Properties from all constituent parts" checkbox is selected, this option will read in any optical properties that have previously been saved to the individual parts using the "Save CAD Assembly/Part Properties" tool.
Once the part files have been loaded into OpticStudio, the optical properties of each may be modified, just as with any built-in object. Thus, this tool allows an assembly to be appropriately characterized in OpticStudio, should the different parts of the assembly have different properties.
Since each of the part files are loaded into OpticStudio as imported CAD objects, they cannot be modified inside of OpticStudio. If modification of the parts is required, each part should be loaded into OpticStudio via the CAD Part: Autodesk Inventor object (see " CAD Part: AutoDesk Inventor "), rather than loading in the assembly file and then exploding it.
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