{"id":306317,"date":"2023-09-12T11:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bidirectional-associative-cad-interface\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:16:02","slug":"bidirectional-associative-cad-interface","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bidirectional-associative-cad-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidirectional Associative CAD Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all,<\/p>\n<p>I would like to know the definition of &#8220;Bidirectional&#8221; here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/12-09-2023-1694516015-mceclip0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have Autodesk Inventor and Ansys GI for Inventor. Is it possible to &#8220;send back&#8221; some geometry iterations (e.g., thickness changes) done in Ansys Discovery to Autodesk Inventor and still retain the original tree design from the Autodesk Inventor original CAD file? Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-306317","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-cad-configuration","topic-tag-cad-integration-2","topic-tag-geometryinterface-1","topic-tag-moderator-discovery-geometry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi all, I would like to know the definition of &quot;Bidirectional&quot; here. I have Autodesk Inventor and Ansys GI for Inventor. Is it possible to &quot;send back&quot; some geometry iterations (e.g., thickness changes) done in Ansys Discovery to Autodesk Inventor and still retain the original tree design from the Autodesk Inventor original CAD file? 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