Autodesk Inventor from the Top

by Banach, Daniel T.; Jones, Travis

• ISBN13: 9780766843585
• ISBN10: 0766843580
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-14
• Publisher: Autodesk Press

Summary

Based on the latest version of the software, Autodesk Inventor from the Top uses realistic examples, exercises, tutorials, plus more than 500 screen captures to guide readers, step-by-step, through basic sketching and solid modeling to the application of more advanced modeling techniques. Ideal for mechanical engineering professionals and students, this how-to and reference manual begins with an overview of part creation. Subsequent chapters, each building on information presented previously, lead readers through the process of using mission-critical Autodesk Inventor features and functions. Users learn to sketch, constrain and dimension 3D drawings, create and edit drawing views, and create assemblies and sub-assemblies. A variety of time saving and productivity enhancing advanced solid modeling techniques - such as derived parts and assemblies plus mass property information for active and multiple parts - are also explored in detail. Comprehensive in scope, the final chapter provides opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience with additional Autodesk Inventor functionality, including: transcripting, migrating, importing other 3D file types, using the Design Assistant and Engineer's Notebook, and more!

Table of Contents

Introduction
Autodesk Inventor: From the Top	xv
Product Background	xv
Prerequisites for Using this Book	xvi
Book's Intent	xvi
Special Sections	xvi
Book Notations	xvi
Designing in 3-D	xvii
Terms and Phrases	xvii
Toolbars	xviii
Intellimouse	xviii
Included Files on the CD	xviii
Project Files for Tutorials and Exercises	xviii
The Tutorials and Exercises	xix
Overview of Part, Assembly, and Drawing View Creation	xix
Acknowledgments	xix
Dedications	xx
Getting Started, Sketching, Constraining, and Dimensioning
Getting Started	1	(5)
Getting Started	2	(1)
New	2	(1)
Open	2	(1)
Projects	3	(2)
Project Files	5	(1)
Tutorial 1.1---Projects	6	(1)
File Types	6	(1)
Application Options	7	(7)
General Tab	7	(2)
File Tab	9	(1)
Colors Tab	10	(1)
Display Tab	11	(3)
Hardware Tab	14	(1)
Design Support System	14	(1)
User Interface	15	(2)
Toolbars and Panel Bar	16	(1)
Command Entry	17	(2)
Toolbars and Panel Bar	17	(1)
Shortcut Menus	17	(1)
Windows Shortcuts	17	(1)
Hot Keys	18	(1)
Undo and Redo	19	(1)
Sketching and Part Application Options	19	(3)
Sketch Options	19	(2)
Part Options	21	(1)
Units	22	(1)
Templates	23	(1)
Creating a Part	24	(2)
Sketches and Default Planes	24	(1)
New Sketch	25	(1)
Sketch the Outline of the Part: Step 1	26	(6)
Sketching Overview	26	(1)
Sketching Tools	27	(2)
Using the Sketch Tools	29	(3)
Tutorial 1.2---Sketching	32	(1)
Constraining the Sketch: Step 2	32	(4)
Dragging a Sketch	33	(1)
Constraint Types	33	(1)
Showing and Deleting Constraints	34	(1)
Adding Constraints	35	(1)
Adding Dimensions: Step 3	36	(2)
General Dimensioning	36	(1)
Dimensioning Lines	37	(1)
Dimensioning an Angle	37	(1)
Dimensioning Arcs and Circles	37	(1)
Diametric Dimensions	37	(1)
Dimensioning to a Quadrant	38	(1)
Entering and Editing Dimension Values	38	(1)
Over-Constrained Sketches	38	(1)
Tutorial 1.3---Constraining and Dimensioning	39	(2)
Practice Exercises	41	(1)
Exercise 1.1---Bracket	41	(1)
Exercise 1.2---Connecting Rod	42	(1)
Review Questions	43	(1)
Viewing, Extruding, Revolving, Editing Features, Sketched Features, and Boolean Operations
Viewing a Model From Different Viewpoints	44	(5)
Isometric View	45	(1)
Camera Views	45	(1)
View Tools	45	(3)
Display Options	48	(1)
Tutorial 2.1---Viewing a Model	49	(1)
Understanding What a Feature Is	50	(1)
Using the Browser for Creating and Editing	50	(1)
Switching Environments	51	(1)
Features Tools	52	(1)
Extruding the Sketch	53	(3)
Shape	54	(1)
Operation	54	(1)
Extents	55	(1)
Tutorial 2.2---Extruding a Sketch	56	(3)
Revolving the Sketch	59	(1)
Shape	59	(1)
Operation	59	(1)
Extents	60	(1)
Centerlines and Diametric Dimensions	60	(1)
Tutorial 2.3---Revolving a Sketch	61	(3)
Editing a Feature (Feature Editing)	64	(3)
Failed Features	65	(1)
Renaming Features and Sketches	65	(1)
Feature Color	66	(1)
Deleting a Feature	66	(1)
Tutorial 2.4---Editing Features	67	(1)
Editing a Feature's Sketch	68	(1)
Tutorial 2.5---Editing a Feature's Sketch	69	(1)
Sketched Features	70	(1)
Assigning a Plane to the Active Sketch	70	(2)
Face Cycling	71	(1)
Tutorial 2.6---Sketch Planes	72	(1)
Tutorial 2.7---Sketch Planes	73	(1)
Cut, Join, and Intersect Operation	73	(2)
Operation	74	(1)
Termination	75	(1)
Tutorial 2.8---Operations and Terminations	75	(10)
Practice Exercises	85	(1)
Exercise 2.1---Bracket	85	(1)
Exercise 2.2---Connecting Rod	85	(1)
Exercise 2.3---Cylinder	86	(1)
Review Questions	87	(2)
Placed Features
Fillets	89	(4)
Constant Tab	90	(1)
Variable Tab	91	(1)
Setbacks	92	(1)
Tutorial 3.1---Creating Fillets	93	(3)
Chamfers	96	(2)
Method	97	(1)
Edge and Face	98	(1)
Distance and Angle	98	(1)
Edge Chain and Setback	98	(1)
Tutorial 3.2---Creating Chamfers	98	(3)
Holes	101	(4)
Hole Centers	104	(1)
Tutorial 3.3---Creating Holes	105	(3)
Threads	108	(1)
Location Tab	108	(1)
Specification Tab	109	(1)
Tutorial 3.4---Creating Threads	109	(2)
Shelling	111	(2)
Remove Faces	112	(1)
Thickness	112	(1)
Direction	113	(1)
Unique Face Thickness	113	(1)
Tutorial 3.5---Shelling a Part	113	(2)
Face Draft	115	(1)
Pull Direction	115	(1)
Faces	115	(1)
Draft Angle	116	(1)
Tutorial 3.6---Applying Face Draft	116	(3)
Creating a Work Axis	119	(1)
Creating Work Points	119	(1)
Tutorial 3.7---Creating a Work Axis and Work Points	120	(1)
Creating Work Planes	121	(2)
Feature Visibility	123	(1)
Tutorial 3.8---Creating Work Planes	123	(3)
Tutorial 3.9---Creating Work Planes	126	(2)
Tutorial 3.10---Creating Work Planes	128	(2)
Patterns	130	(3)
Rectangular Patterns	130	(2)
Circular Patterns	132	(1)
Tutorial 3.11---Rectangular Patterns	133	(1)
Tutorial 3.12---Circular Patterns	134	(2)
Practice Exercises	136	(1)
Exercise 3.1---Drain Plate	136	(1)
Exercise 3.2---Cylinder	136	(2)
Review Questions	138	(2)
Creating and Editing Drawing Views
Drawing Options, Creating a Drawing, and Drawing Tools	140	(2)
Drawing Options	140	(1)
Creating a Drawing	141	(1)
Drawing Tools	142	(1)
Drawing Sheets Preparation	142	(1)
Border Creation	143	(1)
Title Block Creation	143	(2)
Default Title Block	143	(1)
Creating a New Title Block	144	(1)
Tutorial 4.1---Sheets, Borders, and Title Blocks	145	(3)
Setting Up Drafting and Dimension Standards	148	(3)
Drafting Standards	148	(1)
Dimension Styles	149	(2)
Template	151	(1)
Creating Drawing Views	151	(7)
Base Views	152	(2)
Projected Views	154	(1)
Auxiliary View	155	(1)
Section View	155	(1)
Detail View	156	(1)
Broken View	157	(1)
Draft Views	158	(1)
Tutorial 4.2---Drawing Views	159	(5)
Editing Drawing Views	164	(2)
Moving Drawing Views	164	(1)
Edit Drawing View Properties	164	(2)
Deleting Drawing Views	166	(1)
Dimensions	166	(7)
Dimension Visibility	166	(1)
Dimensions Value and Appearance	167	(1)
Drawing (Reference) Dimensions	167	(1)
Auto Baseline Dimensions	168	(1)
Ordinate Dimensions	169	(3)
Moving Dimensions	172	(1)
Hole Tables	172	(1)
Tutorial 4.3---Editing Drawing Views and Dimensioning	173	(2)
Annotations	175	(2)
Centerlines	175	(2)
Surface Textures, Weld Symbols, and Feature Control Frames	177	(1)
Sketched Symbols	177	(1)
Text	178	(1)
Hole and Thread Notes	178	(1)
Parts List	178	(3)
Parts List Operations (Top Icons)	180	(1)
Spreadsheet View	181	(1)
More Sections of the Parts List Dialog	181	(1)
Creating an Autocad 2-D Drawing From Inventor Drawing Views	181	(1)
Tutorial 4.4---Annotations	182	(3)
Review-Sequence for Creating Drawing Views	184	(1)
Practice Exercises	185	(1)
Exercise 4.1---Drain Plate	185	(1)
Exercise 4.2---Connector	186	(1)
Review Questions	187	(2)
Assemblies
Creating Assemblies	189	(1)
Assembly Options	190	(2)
Part Feature Adaptivity	191	(1)
In-Place Features	191	(1)
Shared Content Link	192	(1)
Bottom Up Approach	192	(1)
Top Down Approach	193	(1)
Occurrences	193	(1)
Multiple Documents and Drag and Drop Components	194	(1)
Active Component	194	(1)
Open and Edit	194	(1)
Grounded Components	194	(1)
Subassemblies	195	(1)
Reorder and Restructure	196	(1)
Tutorial 5.1---Bottom Up Assembly Technique	196	(1)
Tutorial 5.2---Top Down Assembly Technique	197	(4)
Assembly Constraints	201	(7)
Types of Constraints	202	(1)
Assembly Tab	203	(1)
Motion Tab	203	(1)
Transitional Tab	204	(1)
Constraint Types	204	(3)
Applying Assembly Constraints	207	(1)
Editing Assembly Constraints	208	(1)
Driving Constraints	209	(2)
Interference Checking	211	(1)
Tutorial 5.3---Bottom Up Assembly Continued	212	(3)
Tutorial 5.4---Top Down Assembly Continued	215	(3)
iMates	218	(2)
Replacing Components	220	(1)
Patterned Components	220	(2)
Component Pattern	221	(1)
Assembly Pattern	222	(1)
Tutorial 5.5---iMates, Replacing, and Pattern Components	222	(4)
Assembly Work Features	226	(1)
Adaptivity	226	(4)
Sketches	228	(1)
Features	229	(1)
Subassembly	229	(1)
Adapting the Sketch or Feature	230	(1)
Tutorial 5.6---Adaptivity	230	(4)
Enabled Components	234	(1)
Design Views	234	(1)
Presentation Files	235	(7)
Creating Presentation Views	237	(1)
Tweak Components	238	(2)
Animation	240	(2)
Tutorial 5.7---Presentation Views	242	(3)
Creating Drawing Views From Assemblies and Presentation Files	245	(1)
Creating Balloons	246	(2)
Parts List Item Numbering Dialog Box Options	247	(1)
Parts List	248	(1)
Tutorial 5.8---Assembly Drawing Views	249	(3)
Practice Exercises	252	(1)
Exercise 5.1---Adaptive Assembly	252	(3)
Review Questions	255	(2)
Advanced Dimensioning, Constraining, and Sketching Techniques
Construction Geometry	257	(1)
Ellipses	257	(1)
Pattern Sketches	258	(1)
Shared Sketches	259	(1)
Mirror Sketches and Symmetry Constraint	260	(1)
Tutorial 6.1---Ellipses, Pattern Sketches, Shared Sketches, and the Mirror Tool	261	(2)
Slice Graphics	263	(1)
Project Edges	264	(1)
Sketch on Another Part's Face	265	(1)
Tutorial 6.2---Projecting Edges and Sketching on Another Part's Face	266	(4)
Auto Dimension	270	(1)
Dimension Display, Relationships, and Equations	271	(1)
Dimension Display	271	(1)
Dimension Relationships	272	(1)
Equations	272	(1)
Parameters	272	(3)
Parameters Linked to a Spreadsheet	275	(2)
Tutorial 6.3---Auto Dimension, Relationships, Parameters, and Spreadsheets	277	(5)
iParts	282	(6)
Creating iParts	283	(3)
iPart Placement	286	(2)
Tutorial 6.4---iParts	288	(4)
2-D Design Layout	292	(1)
Tutorial 6.5---2-D Design Layout	292	(2)
Practice Exercises	294	(1)
Exercise 6.1---iPart-Rectangular Steel Tubing	294	(1)
Exercise 6.2---2-D Layout	295	(1)
Review Questions	296	(2)
Advanced Modeling Techniques
Sweep	298	(1)
Shape	298	(1)
Operation	299	(1)
Tutorial 7.1---Sweep Features	299	(1)
Coil Features	300	(3)
Coil Shape Tab	300	(1)
Operation	301	(1)
Coil Size Tab	302	(1)
Coil Ends Tab	302	(1)
Tutorial 7.2---Coil Features	303	(5)
Loft Features	308	(2)
Sections	308	(1)
Operation	309	(1)
Shape Control	309	(1)
More Options	310	(1)
Tutorial 7.3---Loft Features	310	(2)
Part Split	312	(2)
Method	312	(1)
Faces	313	(1)
Tutorial 7.4---Splitting a Part	314	(2)
Copy Features	316	(1)
Tutorial 7.5---Copy/Paste Feature	317	(5)
Reorder Features	322	(1)
Mirror Features	322	(1)
Tutorial 7.6---Mirroring About a Plane	323	(2)
Feature Suppression	325	(1)
Using Surfaces	326	(1)
Ribs and Webs	326	(2)
Shape	327	(1)
Thickness	327	(1)
Extents	327	(1)
Rib Networks	328	(1)
Tutorial 7.7---Creating Ribs and Webs	328	(4)
iFeatures	332	(2)
Create iFeatures	332	(2)
Tutorial 7.8---Create iFeatures	334	(3)
Insert iFeatures	336	(1)
Tutorial 7.9---Inserting iFeatures	337	(3)
iFeatures Options	339	(1)
Derived Parts	340	(4)
Derived Part Symbols	341	(1)
Derived Part Dialog	342	(1)
Derived Assembly Symbols	343	(1)
Derived Assembly Dialog	343	(1)
Tutorial 7.10---Create a Derived Part	344	(2)
Tutorial 7.11---Create a Derived Assembly	346	(1)
File Properties	347	(2)
Summary	347	(1)
Project	347	(1)
Status	348	(1)
Custom	348	(1)
Save	349	(1)
Physical	349	(1)
Review Questions	349	(1)
Additional Functionality
Engineers Notebook	350	(3)
Adding Notes to a Model	351	(2)
Adding Other Content	353	(1)
Managing Notes	353	(1)
Note Display	353	(1)
Sheet Metal Parts	353	(1)
Sheet Metal Design Methods	354	(1)
Creating a Sheet Metal Part	354	(1)
Sheet Metal Tools	354	(16)
Sheet Metal Styles	355	(2)
Face	357	(2)
Contour Flange	359	(2)
Flange	361	(1)
Hem	361	(2)
Fold	363	(1)
Bend	364	(1)
Corner Seam	364	(2)
Cut	366	(1)
Corner Round	367	(1)
Corner Chamfer	367	(1)
PunchTool	368	(1)
Flat Pattern	369	(1)
Common Tools	370	(1)
Tutorial 8.1---Sheet Metal Part	370	(13)
Parts Library	383	(2)
RedSpark and i-Drop	383	(1)
Library Setup	383	(1)
Place Content	384	(1)
Tutorial 8.2---Fasteners and Redspark Parts Library	385	(1)
Design Assistant	385	(3)
Design Assistant Modes	386	(2)
DWG (Autocad and Mechanical Desktop) Wizards	388	(9)
Overview	388	(1)
Import	389	(6)
Export	395	(2)
Tutorial 8.3---DWG Import	397	(2)
Importing Other File Types	399	(1)
Review Questions	400	(1)
Index	401