Modify legacy published Frame Generator content

You can use or modify published frame shapes in Frame Generator in Autodesk Inventor 2014. First, use one of the following workflows if you either:

• Published a structural shape to the Content Center and saved the original iPart.

  or

• Published your structural shape part to a writable library without keeping the original iPart.

Modify content published to CC - with original iPart

Before you begin, verify that Content Center is connected, and a writable library is attached to the project. This procedure requires that you know how to create an iPart, and how to use Structural Shape Authoring.

1. Open the iPart in Autodesk Inventor 2014.
2. Modify the iPart to fulfill the model requirements for structural shape authoring:
   • Create two planes offset from the XY plane.
   • Create three parameters.
   • Extrude the feature using From To extents.
   Note: For information about the modeling requirements, see Create Parts - Include Modeling Requirements.
3. Click Structural Shape Authoring, and then author and publish the iPart to the Content Center.

The part is now available in the Content Center from Frame Generator.

Modify content published to writable library - no iPart

Before you begin, verify that Content Center is connected, and the writable library with the content you published is attached to the current project.

1. Create an assembly in Autodesk Inventor 2014.
2. Place any member of the content from the Content Center. The part is placed as Custom.
3. Open the part.
4. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Author panel Create iPart , and convert the part to an iPart.
5. Go to the Content Center editor, right-click the family, and select Family Table on the context menu.

   The family table of the content opens.

6. Copy all table data of the content using the Copy command on the context menu.
7. In the iPart browser, right-click Table, and then click Edit via Spread Sheet in the context menu.
8. Paste the table data into the Excel spreadsheet. Edit the data to make the title of each column match the corresponding data.
9. Modify the iPart to fulfill the model requirements for structural shape authoring:
   • Create two planes offset from the XY plane.
   • Create three parameters.
   • Extrude the feature using From To extents.
   Note: For information about the modeling requirements, see Create Parts - Include Modeling Requirements.
10. Open the Structural Shape Authoring dialog box, and then author and publish the iPart to the Content Center.

The part is now available in the Content Center from Frame Generator.