"A frame member could not be created. The reason for the failure is unknown. (...)" when reusing a frame member in Inventor

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023

Products and versions covered

Users reported that Inventor failed to reuse a frame member with the following error message:

"Frame Generator: Errors occurred during reusing Frame Member(s)

Reuse of frame member(s) failed

A frame member could not be created. The reason for the failure is unknown. Please retry."

This incident is currently being investigated for a possible cause and resolution.

The material used for the frame member is corrupted.

Use one of the following:

Recreate the assembly template and use it to build the frame.
Recreate material
- Change or recreate the material of the frame member before reusing it.
Republish component

Open Assembly.
Place From Content Center.
Select affected and insert to Assembly and place as Custom.
Go to Content Center Editor.
Open the Family table of the affected family.
Open Familly table in Excel.
Copy all information from Excel.
Close Excel.
Close Content Center Editor.
Open to Edit placed part from point 3.
Delate Planes, Derived Length and Extrusion ( Note: do not delate structural shape sketch).
Create Extrusion and as Distance use "Length" parameter. (Length- parameter for extrusion)
Accept Extrusion.
Save the file
Publish structural shapes to Content Center ( as Base Lenght use "Length" parameter from point 12).
After publishing go to Content Center Familly table edition and open it in Excel.
Replace data from point 7. by pasting.

Inventor Products;

2019; 2020; 2021;

29424

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