multibody in inventor

[JORGE]

Hello everyone,
work normally with solidworks.
I am currently in "loan" at another company that uses inventor.
in solidworks a welded piece is a part and stop.
If I mirror a body that generates one of the opposite hand I will have 2 different pieces in the separate cut, vice versa if I mirror a body that does not generate one of the opposite hand I will have 2 in the distinct.
working in inventor I was advised to model my multibody piece by leaving the bodies to mirror.
then create a set (make components) and mirror the missing bodies in the axieme with different procedures so that you can manage the bodies really equal and the opposite ones.
Is that a proper procedure?
Do you have to do a set?
Thank you.

 

[Tarkus]

depends.
if your "thing" is made by two or a little more parts of the same material, connected with each other, but you do not care to specify what type of welding, preparation etc.(, typical indications of a welded assembly ), I recommend the multibody.
It's faster and automatically you keep it fully connected. obviously works well for a piece composed of a few parts.
then, on how to mirror the parts, depends on tastes.
I work like this:
I do as much as possible in multibody, possibly mirror the various bodies in this environment.
Then, always it's a simple thing, I put all the multibody on the table.
otherwise from the multobody,create the individual parts with management -> creates part, and I put on the table individually.
If you need a distinct component, then you don't run away: you put it all together.

 

[JORGE]

Thanks tarkus,
My are welded pieces of large structures consisting of several bodies from which then I have to draw a distinct components so it is correct to make the assemblies.
the question is: if the parts to be mirrored or to be repeated I do all in the multibody (which would result to me much more practical) then when I make the assemblies and relative distinct are recognized the parts really equal (e.g. pos10 q.tà3) and those instead of opposite hand as different?

 

[Tarkus]

for me mirrors in multibody and repeat together.
then it's logical that you put each part of it together from one or more bodies but still with its own name/number part, so those mirrors you have to create them by force with name/number different part.
and then you will have the right identification. . .