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9781428311640

Autodesk Inventor 2008 Essentials Plus

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    9781428311640

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    1428311645

  • Edition: 1st
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  • Copyright: 2007-07-03
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Summary

Over 1,000 screen captures adorning this book assist in the clarification of essential Autodesk Inventor concepts, from basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques. Thoroughly updated, this how-to and reference manual provides in-depth explanations of the user interface, toolbars, dialogue boxes, sketch tools, drawing views, assembly modeling, and more for learning and mastering Autodesk Inventor. Highlights include step-by-step tutorials that showcase practical skills and generous exercises designed for self-paced learning or for use in group-based instruction. Confidence will soar as users apply newly learned professional techniques to their own projects, speeding them to proficiency.

Author Biography

Alan J. Kalameja is the CAD Department Head at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. xix
Getting Startedp. 1
Objectivesp. 1
Getting Started with Autodesk Inventorp. 1
Openp. 2
New Files: Quick Launchp. 2
File Informationp. 3
File Typesp. 3
Opening Multiple Documentsp. 4
Save Optionsp. 5
Projectsp. 5
Projects in Autodesk Inventorp. 6
Project Setupp. 6
Project File Search Optionsp. 6
Creating Projectsp. 7
What Type of Project are you Creating?p. 8
Autodesk Vaultp. 11
Projectsp. 11
Application Optionsp. 14
Design Support Systemp. 16
User Interfacep. 17
Toolbars, Panel Bar, and Command Entryp. 19
Command Entryp. 19
Toolbars and the Panel Barp. 19
Shortcut Menusp. 20
Windows Shortcutsp. 20
Autodesk Inventor Shortcut/Alias Keysp. 20
Command Tooltipsp. 21
Repeat Last Commandp. 22
Customizing Shortcuts and Aliasesp. 22
Keyboard Tabp. 22
Auto-Hide Command Dialogsp. 24
Undo and Redop. 24
Viewpoint Optionsp. 25
Isometric Viewp. 25
Camera Viewsp. 25
Shadowp. 26
ViewToolsp. 26
Viewing a Modelp. 28
Project Exercisep. 33
Checking Your Skillsp. 33
Sketching, Constraining, and Dimensioningp. 35
Objectivesp. 35
Sketching and Part Application Optionsp. 35
Sketch Optionsp. 35
Part Optionsp. 38
Unitsp. 40
Templatesp. 41
Creating a Partp. 42
Sketches and Default Planesp. 43
Autoproject Center (Origin) Pointp. 44
New Sketchp. 44
Sketch the Outline of the Partp. 45
Sketching Overviewp. 45
Sketching Toolsp. 45
Common Sketch Toolsp. 48
Selecting Objectsp. 50
Deleting Objectsp. 50
Measure Toolsp. 50
Creating a Sketch with Linesp. 53
Creating a Sketch with Tangenciesp. 56
Constraining the Sketchp. 58
Constraint Typesp. 58
Adding Constraintsp. 60
Showing and Deleting Constraintsp. 60
Construction Geometryp. 62
Snapsp. 63
Dragging a Sketchp. 63
Adding and Displaying Constraintsp. 64
Adding Dimensionsp. 67
General Dimensioningp. 67
Entering and Editing a Dimension Valuep. 70
Auto Dimensionp. 73
Dimensioning a Sketchp. 74
Opening and Importing AutoCAD Filesp. 76
Copy and Paste a 2D DWG File from Autodesk Inventor or AutoCADp. 76
Inserting 2D AutoCAD Data into a Sketchp. 79
Importing DWG Data through a Wizardp. 82
Move and Scale Toolsp. 84
Movep. 84
Scalep. 84
Importing Other Filetypesp. 85
SATp. 85
STEPp. 85
PRO/Ep. 85
DXFp. 86
IGESp. 86
Inserting an AutoCAD Filep. 86
Project Exercisep. 87
Applying Your Skillsp. 88
p. 88
p. 88
Checking Your Skillsp. 89
Creating and Editing Sketched Featuresp. 91
Objectivesp. 91
Understanding Featuresp. 91
Consumed and Unconsumed Sketchesp. 92
Using the Browser for Creating and Editingp. 92
Switching Environmentsp. 94
Feature Toolsp. 95
Extruding a Sketchp. 95
Shapep. 96
Match Shapep. 98
Morep. 99
Extruding a Sketchp. 100
Revolving a Sketchp. 101
Shapep. 102
Operationp. 102
Extentsp. 103
Outputp. 104
Match Shapep. 104
Infer iMatesp. 104
Centerlines and Diametric Dimensionsp. 104
Linear Diametric Dimensionsp. 105
Revolving a Sketchp. 106
Editing a Featurep. 108
Editing Feature Sizep. 109
Editing a Feature Sketchp. 110
3D Gripsp. 111
Move Featurep. 112
Renaming Features and Sketchesp. 113
Feature Colorp. 113
Deleting a Featurep. 113
Failed Featuresp. 114
Editing Features and Sketchesp. 114
Sketched Featuresp. 117
Defining the Active Sketch Planep. 117
Face Cyclingp. 118
Slice Graphicsp. 119
Sketch Planesp. 120
Projecting Part Edgesp. 122
Direct Model Edge Referencingp. 122
Project Edgesp. 123
Project Exercisep. 124
Applying Your Skillsp. 124
p. 124
p. 126
p. 127
Checking Your Skillsp. 128
Creating Placed Featuresp. 131
Objectivesp. 131
Filletsp. 132
Edge Filletp. 133
Face Filletp. 137
FullRound Filletp. 138
Chamfersp. 139
Methodp. 140
Edge and Facep. 141
Distance and Anglep. 141
Edge Chain and Setbackp. 141
Creating Fillets and Chamfersp. 142
Holesp. 145
Editing Hole Featuresp. 146
Holes Dialog Boxp. 146
Center Pointsp. 149
Creating Holesp. 150
Threadsp. 153
Location Tabp. 154
Specification Tabp. 155
Creating Threadsp. 155
Shellingp. 157
Directionp. 158
Remove Facesp. 159
Thicknessp. 159
Unique Face Thicknessp. 159
Shelling a Partp. 159
Face Draftp. 161
Draft Typep. 162
Pull Direction and Fixed Planep. 162
Facesp. 162
Draft Anglep. 162
Creating Face Draftsp. 163
Work Featuresp. 165
Creating a Work Axisp. 166
Creating Work Pointsp. 166
Creating Work Axesp. 169
Creating Work Planesp. 170
Types of Work Planesp. 172
Feature Visibilityp. 172
Creating Work Planesp. 173
Patternsp. 178
Rectangular Patternsp. 179
Circular Patternsp. 182
Linear Patterns-Pattern along a Pathp. 184
Creating Rectangular Patternsp. 185
Creating Circular Patternsp. 186
Creating Path Patternsp. 188
Project Exercisep. 192
Applying Your Skillsp. 192
p. 192
p. 192
Checking Your Skillsp. 193
Creating and Editing Drawing Viewsp. 195
Objectivesp. 195
Drawing Options, Creating a Drawing, and Drawing Toolsp. 196
Drawing Optionsp. 196
Creating a Drawingp. 198
DWG TrueConnectp. 199
Drawing Toolsp. 199
Drawing Sheet Preparationp. 199
Title Blocksp. 201
Inserting a Default Title Blockp. 201
Edit Property Fields Dialog Boxp. 201
Stylesp. 202
Style Name/Valuep. 202
Creating a New Stylep. 202
Creating Text and Dimension Stylesp. 203
Templatesp. 205
Creating Drawing Viewsp. 205
Using the Drawing View Dialog Boxp. 206
The Component Tabp. 207
The Model State Tabp. 209
The Display Options Tabp. 210
Base Viewsp. 212
Projected Viewsp. 212
Creating a Multiview Drawingp. 213
Auxiliary Viewsp. 217
Section Viewsp. 218
Hatching Isometric Viewsp. 223
Crosshatching by Material Typep. 224
Slice Viewsp. 225
Detail Viewsp. 227
Break Viewsp. 230
Breakout Viewsp. 233
Creating a Breakout View Using the From Point Optionp. 234
Creating Perspective Viewsp. 243
Creating Break, Section, Auxiliary, and Detail Viewsp. 246
Editing Drawing Viewsp. 252
Moving Drawing Viewsp. 252
Editing Drawing View Propertiesp. 252
Deleting Drawing Viewsp. 254
Editing Drawing Viewsp. 254
Dimensionsp. 257
Retrieving Model Dimensionsp. 258
Dimension Visibilityp. 261
Changing Model Dimension Valuesp. 261
General Dimensionsp. 262
Moving and Centering Dimension Textp. 263
Adding Dimensions to Isometric Viewsp. 264
Annotationsp. 266
Center Marks and Centerlinesp. 266
Automated Centerlines from Modelsp. 269
Text and Leadersp. 271
Additional Annotation Toolsp. 272
Hole and Thread Notesp. 273
The Chamfer Note Toolp. 276
Adding Dimensions and Annotationsp. 277
Opening a Model from a Drawing to Editp. 285
Managing Drawing Sheetsp. 287
Creating Multiple Sheetsp. 287
Baseline Dimensionsp. 289
Baseline Dimension Setp. 291
Creating Baseline Dimensionsp. 293
Ordinate Dimensionsp. 297
Hole Tablesp. 301
Editing the Hole Tablep. 304
Creating Hole Tablesp. 305
The Table Commandp. 309
Creating a General Tablep. 309
Creating a Table from an Excel Spreadsheetp. 312
Creating a Revision Tablep. 313
Multi-Sheet Plottingp. 316
Project Exercisep. 317
Applying Your Skillsp. 318
p. 318
p. 318
Checking Your Skillsp. 319
Creating and Documenting Assembliesp. 321
Objectivesp. 321
Creating Assembliesp. 322
Assembly Optionsp. 323
The Assembly Capacity Meterp. 325
The Assembly Browserp. 325
Bottom-Up Approachp. 326
Create Components in Placep. 327
Grounded Componentsp. 330
Inserting Multiple Components into an Assemblyp. 330
Assembly Constraintsp. 331
Types of Constraintsp. 333
Assembly Constraint Typesp. 335
Motion Constraint Typesp. 338
Transitional Constraintp. 341
Applying Assembly Constraintsp. 341
Moving and Rotating Componentsp. 343
Editing Assembly Constraintsp. 345
Additional Constraint Toolsp. 346
Browser Viewsp. 346
Other Halfp. 347
Constraint Tool Tipp. 347
Constraint Offset Value Modificationp. 348
Isolating Assembly Componentsp. 348
Isolating Constraint Errorsp. 349
Assembling Partsp. 350
Designing Parts in Placep. 358
Designing Parts in the Assembly Contextp. 360
Assembly Browser Toolsp. 368
In-Place Activationp. 368
The Assembly Return Toolp. 369
Visibility Controlp. 370
Adaptivityp. 371
Assembly Tab Optionsp. 371
Underconstrained Adaptive Featuresp. 372
Adaptive Subassembliesp. 375
Adapting the Sketch or Featurep. 376
Creating Adaptive Partsp. 377
Enabled Componentsp. 384
Patterning Componentsp. 384
Component Patternsp. 385
Associative Patternsp. 385
Rectangular Patternsp. 386
Circular Patternsp. 386
Pattern Editingp. 387
Additional Component Pattern Optionsp. 388
Patterning Componentsp. 389
Analysis Toolsp. 394
Minimum Distance Toolp. 394
Center of Gravityp. 395
Interference Checkingp. 395
Analyzing an Assemblyp. 397
Driving Constraintsp. 401
Driving Constraintsp. 404
Skeletal Modeling Techniquesp. 407
Creating a Skeletal Modelp. 412
The Frame Generatorp. 417
Using Solids for Frame Generationp. 420
Using the Frame Generatorp. 421
Creating Presentation Filesp. 427
Creating Presentation Viewsp. 428
Tweaking Componentsp. 429
Animationp. 432
Creating Presentation Viewsp. 434
Creating Drawing Views from Assemblies and Presentation Filesp. 439
The BOM Editorp. 440
Sorting Items in the BOMp. 442
Renumbering Items in the BOMp. 443
Choosing Extra Columns for the BOMp. 443
Changing the View Options of the BOMp. 444
Editing a BOM Columnp. 444
Editing the BOMp. 445
Creating Balloonsp. 452
BOM Properties Dialog Box Optionsp. 453
Auto Ballooningp. 454
Parts Listsp. 460
Editing Parts List BOM Datap. 461
Parts List Toolsp. 462
Parts List Operations (Top Icons)p. 462
Creating Custom Partsp. 464
Creating Assembly Drawingsp. 464
Project Exercisep. 473
Applying Your Skillsp. 473
p. 473
Assembly Tipp. 474
p. 475
Checking Your Skillsp. 477
Advanced Part Modeling Techniquesp. 479
Objectivesp. 479
Using Open Profilesp. 480
Rib and Web Featuresp. 481
Shapep. 482
Thicknessp. 483
Extentsp. 483
Optionsp. 483
Taperp. 484
Creating Ribs and Websp. 484
Rib Networksp. 485
Creating Ribs and Websp. 485
Embossed Text and Closed Profilesp. 488
Creating Textp. 488
Embossing Textp. 489
Creating Text and Emboss Featuresp. 491
Sweep Featuresp. 494
Profilep. 495
Pathp. 495
Output Buttonsp. 496
Operation Buttonsp. 496
Type Boxp. 496
Optimize for Single Selectionp. 498
Previewp. 498
Creating a Sweep Featurep. 498
Creating Sweep Featuresp. 499
3D Sketchingp. 501
3D Sketch-Sweep Featuresp. 509
Coil Featuresp. 511
Coil Shape Tabp. 511
Coil Size Tabp. 512
Coil Ends Tabp. 513
Loft Featuresp. 514
Sectionsp. 515
Railsp. 515
Centerlinep. 515
Pointsp. 516
Map Pointsp. 516
Create a Loftp. 516
Curves Tabp. 517
Conditions Tabp. 518
Transition Tabp. 520
Creating Loft Featuresp. 521
Split Part and Split Facep. 525
Methodp. 526
Facesp. 526
Splitting a Partp. 526
Bend Partp. 529
Copying Featuresp. 531
Dependentp. 531
Independentp. 531
Mirroring Featuresp. 533
Suppressing Featuresp. 534
Conditionally Suppress Featuresp. 535
Reordering Featuresp. 536
Feature Rollbackp. 537
Derived Partsp. 538
Derived Part Symbolsp. 539
Derived Part Dialog Boxp. 540
Derived Assembly Symbolsp. 541
Creating a Derived Partp. 542
Center of Gravityp. 545
Part Materials and Colorsp. 546
Overriding Mass and Volume Propertiesp. 546
Autolimitsp. 547
Project Exercisep. 550
Applying Your Skillsp. 550
p. 550
Checking Your Skillsp. 552
iComponents and Parametersp. 555
Objectivesp. 555
iMatesp. 555
Composite iMatesp. 561
Creating and Using iMatesp. 562
Dimension Display, Relationships, and Equationsp. 573
Dimension Displayp. 574
Dimension Relationshipsp. 575
Equationsp. 575
Parametersp. 576
User Parametersp. 578
Linked Parametersp. 579
Relationships and Parametersp. 582
iPartsp. 589
Creating iPartsp. 589
Editing iPartsp. 596
iPart Placementp. 596
Standard iPart Librariesp. 598
Custom iPartsp. 599
Auto-Capturep. 600
Edit Member Scope Examplep. 600
Drawingsp. 602
Creating and Placing iPartsp. 603
iAssembliesp. 610
Creating iAssembliesp. 610
Placing iAssembliesp. 614
Documenting iAssembliesp. 615
Working with iAssembliesp. 617
iFeaturesp. 627
Create iFeaturesp. 628
Insert iFeaturesp. 631
Editing iFeaturesp. 634
Inserting Table-Driven iFeaturesp. 637
Creating and Placing iFeaturesp. 637
Applying Your Skillsp. 641
p. 641
Checking Your Skillsp. 650
Advanced Assembly Modeling Techniquesp. 653
Objectivesp. 653
Design View Representationsp. 654
Creating a New Design View Representationp. 656
Increasing Performance through Design View Representationsp. 658
Importing Design View Representations from Other Assembliesp. 660
Creating a Private Design View Representationp. 661
Creating Drawing Views from Design View Representationsp. 662
Flexible Assembliesp. 664
Positional Representationsp. 667
Creating Drawing Views from Positional Representationsp. 672
Creating Overlay Viewsp. 673
Positional Representationsp. 674
Capacity and Performancep. 682
Capacity Meterp. 683
Levels of Detail Representationsp. 684
Contact Solverp. 686
Mirroring an Assemblyp. 690
Mirroring Assembly Componentsp. 691
Copying an Assemblyp. 694
Mirroring Assembly Componentsp. 696
Assembly Work Featuresp. 698
Assembly Featuresp. 699
Assembly Sketchesp. 700
Creating Assembly Featuresp. 700
Removing and Adding Participantsp. 702
Creating Assembly Featuresp. 704
2D Design Layoutp. 708
Creating a 2D Design Layoutp. 711
Content Centerp. 718
Design Acceleratorp. 720
Applying Your Skillsp. 721
p. 721
Checking Your Skillsp. 725
Sheet Metal Designp. 727
Objectivesp. 727
Introduction to Sheet Metal Designp. 727
Sheet Metal Fabricationp. 728
Bend Tablesp. 729
Sheet Metal Partsp. 731
Sheet Metal Design Methodsp. 731
Creating a Sheet Metal Partp. 732
Sheet Metal Toolsp. 733
Sheet Metal Stylesp. 733
Facep. 741
Contour Flangep. 744
Flangep. 748
Creating Sheet Metal Partsp. 750
Hemp. 757
Hemsp. 759
Foldp. 762
Bendp. 764
Modifying Sheet Metal Partsp. 767
Cutp. 775
Cut Across Bendp. 776
Corner Seamp. 781
Corner Roundp. 783
Corner Chamferp. 784
PunchToolp. 786
Punch Toolp. 789
Flat Patternp. 793
Common Toolsp. 797
Detailing Sheet Metal Designsp. 797
Documenting Sheet Metal Designsp. 798
Applying Your Skillsp. 803
p. 803
Checking Your Skillsp. 804
Project Exercisesp. 807
Project Exercisep. 807
Getting Startedp. 807
Project Exercisep. 808
Sketching, Constraining, and Dimensioningp. 808
Project Exercisep. 810
Creating and Editing Sketched Featuresp. 810
Project Exercisep. 813
Creating Placed Featuresp. 813
Project Exercisep. 817
Creating and Editing Drawing Viewsp. 817
Project Exercisep. 826
Creating and Documenting Assembliesp. 826
Project Exercisep. 833
Advanced Part Modeling Techniquesp. 833
Project Exercisep. 838
iComponents and Parametersp. 838
iMatesp. 838
iPartsp. 840
iAssemblyp. 842
Project Exercisep. 845
Design Automation Techniquesp. 845
Project Exercisep. 848
Sheet Metal Designp. 848
Indexp. 857
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