Creating Contoured and Plastic Parts - Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required - page 384

2. Pick the bearing cover part. This opens the dialog shown in
Figure 8.23.
FIGURE 8.23 Selecting the replacement component
3. Navigate to the Assemblies folder, and select Bearing Cover.iam .
4. Click OK to replace the part with the assembly.
You're shown a dialog explaining that some constraints may be
lost. Click OK to accept this.
When the bearing cover assembly is placed in the fan assembly, it
isn't constrained. A change this dramatic is too much for automatic
constraint updates, but the geometry is placed correctly in the fi le.
You can add constraints to locate it as it was, but in this case you'll
just make it stay put.
5. Right-click the bearing cover assembly in the Design window, and
select Grounded from the context menu.
6. Restore the Envelope Suppressed Level of Detail (LOD), and save
your work.
7. If it's available, click the Update icon in the Quick Access Toolbar to
refresh any assembly constraints that need restoration. See
Figure 8.24 for an update on the assembly's appearance.
I've been experimenting with different uses for multibody solids, and I've
been shocked at how many types of assemblies I've built over the years that
could've benefi ted from them. On that note, let's move on to the next plastic
part: the fan blade!