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Autodesk Inventor 2010

Getting Started

Part No. 527B1-050000-PM01A
January 2009

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  • Page 1: Getting Started

    Autodesk Inventor 2010 Getting Started Part No. 527B1-050000-PM01A January 2009...
  • Page 2 © 2009 Autodesk, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by Autodesk, Inc., this publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose. Certain materials included in this publication are reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Digital Prototypes in Autodesk Inventor ....1 Digital Prototype Workflow ......1 Components of Digital Prototypes (file types) .
  • Page 4 Share Files in Work Groups Using Vault ....55 Autodesk Vault Add-ins for Design Applications ..56 Microsoft Office Add-ins .
  • Page 5 Chapter 5 Set Your Environment ..... . . 63 Commands and Tools ......63 Environment Preferences .

  • Page 7: Digital Prototypes In Autodesk Inventor

    Different workgroups can ® manage and track all components of a digital prototype with Autodesk Design Review software. This software is the all-digital way to review, measure, mark up, and track changes to designs.
  • Page 8 The following image shows a multi-body part file saved as individual parts in an assembly. Individual bodies in a multi-body part file can share features with other bodies such as fillets and holes. 2 | Chapter 1 Digital Prototypes in Autodesk Inventor...

  • Page 9: Components Of Digital Prototypes (File Types)

    For more information Location Help topic Search: Multi-body parts” Tutorial Parts 1 - Create Parts Skill Builders Parts Components of Digital Prototypes (file types) Create or activate a project file before you open an existing file or start a new file to set the file location.
  • Page 10 Assembly (.iam) Files In Autodesk Inventor, you place components that act as a single functional unit into an assembly document. Assembly constraints define the relative position these components occupy with respect to each other. An example is the axis of a shaft aligning with a hole in a different component.
  • Page 11 When you create or open an assembly file, you are in the assembly environment. Assembly tools manipulate whole subassemblies and assemblies. You can group parts that function together as a single unit and then insert the subassembly into another assembly. You can insert parts into an assembly or use sketch and part tools to create parts in the context of an assembly.
  • Page 12 A drawing that documents an assembly can contain an automated parts list and item balloons in addition to the required views. The templates to use as the starting point for your drawings have the standard drawing file extension (.idw, .dwg). 6 | Chapter 1 Digital Prototypes in Autodesk Inventor...

  • Page 13: Associative Behavior Of Parts

    Autodesk Inventor maintains links between components and drawings, so you can create a drawing at any time during the creation of a component. By default, the drawing updates automatically when you edit the component. However, it is a good idea to wait until a component design is nearly complete before you create a drawing.

  • Page 14: Associative Behavior Of Drawings

    For more information Location Help topic Search: 3D modeling concepts” 2D to 3D bidirectional associativity” Assembly components in patterns” Design view representations in drawings” 8 | Chapter 1 Digital Prototypes in Autodesk Inventor...

  • Page 15: Create Digital Prototypes

    NOTE This chapter describes how to create digital prototypes in Inventor LT ® With Autodesk Inventor , you can create an assembly at any point in the design process. You can virtually explore, test, and validate a digital prototype as the design evolves. You can visualize and simulate real-world performance of the design, so there is less reliance on costly physical prototypes.

  • Page 16: Single Body Parts

    Single Body Parts The most basic part type can vary greatly in complexity from just a few features to a complex design. The distinguishing features are that it is composed of one material and one solid body, of which the thickness can vary. A single body part contains one solid body that shares a collection of one or more features.

  • Page 17: Sheet Metal Parts

    Inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any design where the material is of uniform thickness. Within the Autodesk Inventor design environment, a sheet metal part can be displayed as a folded model or a flat pattern. With sheet metal commands, you can unfold features and work on a model in a flattened state, and then refold the features.
  • Page 18 The sheet metal commands you use to work with flat patterns can provide critical fabrication information. If a regular part created in Autodesk Inventor is of a consistent thickness, you can convert it to a sheet metal part. The same is true for parts imported from other systems.

  • Page 19: Derived Parts

    Derived Parts A derived part is a new part or body created from an existing part or assembly. Use Derived Component to: Create modified or simplified versions of other components. In an empty part file, create a derived part from another part or assembly.

  • Page 20: Multi-Body Parts

    Multi-body Parts Multi-body parts are used to control complex curves across multiple parts in plastic part design or organic models. A multi-body part is a central design composed of features contained in bodies that can be exported as individual part files.

  • Page 21: Assembly Substitute Parts

    provides the best performance when used as a substitute LOD in consuming assemblies. Use Shrinkwrap to: Create an envelope of an assembly to provide information to an outside group such as AEC. Create a part that uses less memory and provides better performance in consuming assemblies.

  • Page 22: Content Center Parts

    Help topic Search: Create Substitutes” Content Center Parts Autodesk Inventor Content Center libraries provide standard parts (fasteners, steel shapes, shaft parts) and features to insert in assemblies. Two types of parts are included in the Content Center library: standard parts and custom parts.
  • Page 23 have the same template and family properties, and represent size variations of a part or feature. Families are arranged in cat- egories and subcategories. A category is a logical group- ing of part types. For ex- ample, studs and hex head bolts are functionally related and are nested under the Bolts category.

  • Page 24: Content Center Libraries

    Sets of parameter values specify particular family members. A set of standard Content Center libraries can be installed with Autodesk Inventor. Standard libraries are read-only and cannot be edited directly. You must copy parts to the read/write library first.

  • Page 25: Sketched Features

    You can create surfaces with many of these operations to define shapes or aspects of the part body. For example, you can use a curved surface as a termination plane for cuts in a housing. You can edit the characteristics of a feature by returning to its underlying sketch or changing the values used in feature creation.
  • Page 26 The following features are dependent on a sketch you create: Extrude Adds depth to a sketch profile along a straight path. Can create a body. Revolve Projects a sketch profile around an ax- The axis and the profile must be co- planar.
  • Page 27 Sweep Projects a single sketch profile along a single sketched path. The path can be open or closed. A sketch profile can contain multiple loops that reside in the same sketch. Can create a body. Coil Projects a sketch profile along a helical path.
  • Page 28 The following features require sketches, but do not create a base feature because they are dependent on existing geometry. Creates a rib or web extrusion from a 2D sketch. Use Rib to create thin-walled closed support shapes (ribs) and thin-walled open support shapes webs.

  • Page 29: Sketch Environment

    Decal Applies an image file to a part face. Use decal to add realism or to apply a label. For more information Location Help topic Search: Plan and create sketches” Sketch properties” Tutorial Parts 1 - Create Parts Sketch Environment When you create or edit a sketch, you work in the sketch environment.

  • Page 30: Sketch Blocks

    sketch environment. You can create geometry for part features. The changes you make to a sketch are reflected in the model. For more information Location Help topic Search: Sketch Environment” Application Options settings > Part tab” Application Options settings > Sketch tab” Tutorial Work with Sketch Blocks Sketch Blocks...

  • Page 31: Sketch Constraints

    Explore Sketch Constraints 2D AutoCAD Data in Sketches ® When you open an AutoCAD file in Autodesk Inventor, you can place 2D translated data: On a sketch in a new or existing drawing. As a title block in a new drawing.

  • Page 32: Placed Features

    When you export Autodesk Inventor drawings to AutoCAD, the converter creates an editable AutoCAD drawing. All data is placed in paper space or model space in the DWG file. If the Autodesk Inventor drawing has multiple sheets, each is saved as a separate DWG file. The exported entities become AutoCAD entities, including dimensions.

  • Page 33: Ifeatures

    Dialog boxes define values for placed features, such as the Hole dialog box. iFeatures An iFeature is one or more features that you can save and reuse in other designs. You can create an iFeature from any sketched feature. Features dependent on the sketched feature are included in the iFeature.

  • Page 34: Work Features

    For more information Location Showme Show me how to create an assembly feature Work Features Work features are abstract construction geometry that you can use to create and position new features when other geometry is insufficient. To fix position and shape, constrain features to work features. Work features include work planes, work axes, and work points.

  • Page 35: Edit Features

    Edit Features In the browser, right-click a feature, and then use one of several options on the menu to modify the feature: Show Dimensions Displays the sketch dimensions so you can edit them. Change the dimensions of a feature sketch. Change, add, or delete constraints.

  • Page 36: Place Components

    of the assembly. In a typical modeling process, some component designs are known and some standard components are used. Create the designs to meet specific objectives. Place Components In the assembly environment, you can add existing parts and subassemblies to create assemblies, or you can create parts and subassemblies in-place. A component (a part or subassembly) can be an unconsumed sketch, a part, a surface, or any mixture of both.

  • Page 37: Drag Components Into Assemblies

    When you create a component in the assembly context, the created component is nested under the active main assembly or subassembly in the browser. A sketch profile for the in-place component that uses projected loops from other components within the assembly, is associatively tied to the projecting components.

  • Page 38: Degrees Of Freedom

    A component is fully constrained when all degrees of freedom (DOF) are removed. You are not required to constrain completely any component in an assembly in Autodesk Inventor. To verify the DOF of components in an assembly: Select Degrees of Freedom from the Visibility panel of the View tab.

  • Page 39: Top-Down Design

    Top-down Design The top-down design technique (also known as skeletal modeling) centralizes control of your design. The technique enables you to update your design efficiently and with minimal disrup- tion to your design documents. Top-down design begins with the layout. The layout is a 2D part sketch that is the root docu- ment of your design.

  • Page 40: Design Accelerator Components

    When you create a component in-place, you can do one of the following: Sketch on one of the assembly origin planes. Click in empty space to set the sketch plane to the current camera plane. Constrain a sketch to the face of an existing component. When you create a subassembly in place, you define an empty group of components.

  • Page 41: Design Mechanisms

    You insert components using Design Accelerator generators and calculators in the assembly environment. The generators and calculators are grouped according to functional areas. For example, all welds are together. For more information Help topic Search: Design Accelerator” Tutorials Design Bolted Connections, Shafts, Spur Gears Connections, Bearings, V-belts Connections, Disc Cams, Compression Springs Skill Builder...
  • Page 42 Create a Contact Set and add members as required to simulate physical contact between components and to determine the range of motion. Use Positional representations to save a mechanism in various states such as maximum and minimum extension. Use Inventor Studio to animate simultaneous or sequential movement. 36 | Chapter 2 Create Digital Prototypes...

  • Page 43: Check For Interference

    The Analyze Interference command checks for interference between sets of components or among the components in a single set. If interference exists, Autodesk Inventor displays it as a solid and displays a dialog box that contains the volume and centroid of each interference. You can then modify or move the components to eliminate the interference.

  • Page 44: Iassemblies

    iAssemblies An iAssembly is a configuration of a model with a few or many variations called members. Each member has a set of unique identifiers, such as diameter or length. A member could have different components, such as a power train for a vehicle with several different engine sizes.

  • Page 45: Chapter 3 Document And Publish Designs

    During the process of creating digital prototypes in Inventor, there is often a need to ® communicate the design to individuals outside the design team. In Autodesk Inventor , you can create the appropriate type of documentation for any consumer, such as customers or manufacturers.

  • Page 46: Types Of Drawing Files

    You can create customized templates and save them in the Templates folder. To set up a drawing template, open a template file from Autodesk\Inventor (version number)\Templates. Make your changes, and save the file with a new name in the Templates folder. The new template is available the next time the New File dialog box displays.

  • Page 47: Create Views Of Models

    You can open them only in Inventor or Inventor View. This file type results in smaller file sizes. ® The DWG file type is native to AutoCAD . You can open DWG files in AutoCAD, Inventor, or DWG TrueView. If you create data using Inventor in a DWG file, you can modify the data only with Inventor.
  • Page 48 A detail view is created without alignment to its parent view. Autodesk Inventor labels the detail view and the area it is derived from on its parent view. You can set either a circular or rectangular fence for the detail.

  • Page 49: Drawing View Operations

    Overlay View A single view that shows an assembly in multiple positions. Overlays are available for base, projected, and auxiliary views. The overlay view is created on top of the parent view. Draft View A view created from a 2D sketch in the drawing file. You can place a draft view and construct a drawing without an associated model.

  • Page 50: Drawing View Tips

    Crop An operation that provides control over the view boundary in an ex- isting drawing view. The clipping boundary can be a rectangle or circle you create during the command, or a closed profile you select from a sketch. Slice An operation that produces a zero-depth section from an existing drawing view.

  • Page 51: Exploded Views

    You can suppress views so that they do not display on the drawing sheet. Suppressed views are useful when one view is created only for creating a child view. The suppressed view can still be accessed in the browser. For more information Location Help topic Search: Drawing views”...

  • Page 52: Types Of Drawing Annotations

    Types of Drawing Annotations General Dimensions You can create general dimensions in orthographic or isometric views. The geometry you select determines the dimension type and the options available in the right-click menu. You can override the dimension text, which does not affect the model geometry.
  • Page 53 Creates centerlines for selected edges, at the midpoint for lines, or at the center point of arcs or circles. Creates a circular centerline when features form a circular pattern. Autodesk Inventor supports three types of centerlines: bisector, centered pattern, and axial. Hole/Thread Notes Hole or thread notes display the information from hole, thread, and cylindrical cut extrusion features on a model.
  • Page 54 User-defined or sketched symbols are defined in the Drawing Re- sources and are placed like standard symbols. They are used to define custom symbols that are not available in Autodesk Inventor. Bend Notes A bend not adds fabricating information to sheet metal bend, contour roll, and cosmetic centerlines.
  • Page 55 Balloons Balloons are annotation tags that identify items listed in a parts list. Balloons can be placed individually or automatically for all components in a drawing view. You can add balloons to a custom part after it is added to the parts list. The balloon shape and value can be overridden using Edit Balloon on the right-click menu.

  • Page 56: Styles And Standards

    Style and standard information is contained in a style library that is referenced by all documents. When you install Autodesk Inventor, you specify a default drafting standard which contains a set of styles.

  • Page 57: Studio In Autodesk Inventor

    For more information Location Help topic Search: Styles in drawings” Configure the company standard styles using the Styles Editor” Skill Builders Drawings: Drawing Styles - Objects Studio in Autodesk Inventor Studio in Autodesk Inventor | 51...
  • Page 58 Inventor Studio and the various representation options before you immerse yourself in this area. Find out more within the Help content, books about Inventor, online resources of other Inventor users, and the Autodesk Newsgroup at http://discussion.autodesk.com. For more information Location Help topic Search: Render and animate with Inventor Studio”...

  • Page 59: Publish Designs

    , and STEP 2D PDF files Image files including BMP, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF DWF files are an Autodesk file type that can contain 3D data, 2D data, and ® bill of materials information. You can view DWF files in Autodesk...

  • Page 61: Chapter 4 Manage Data

    It provides design team members with a central and secure collaborative environment. Autodesk Vault in a shared environment consists of two components: the Vault server and vault clients. The server stores the master data files of all design...

  • Page 62: Autodesk Vault Add-Ins For Design Applications

    Design teams use Autodesk Vault for version control and to store and share all types of engineering files and related data. Files can be Autodesk Inventor, ® ® ™ ® AutoCAD , Autodesk (Design Web Format), FEA, CAM, or Microsoft Office.

  • Page 63: Microsoft Office Add-Ins

    , and PowerPoint Copy Designs Using Vault The Copy Design function in Autodesk Vault copies an Inventor design with all related files to create another design. Use Copy Design to copy an entire assembly structure, including all related 2D drawings and 3D models, to derive a new design.

  • Page 64: Autodesk Vault Manufacturing

    Search: Installation and Deployment” Autodesk Design Review Using the free Autodesk Design Review software, team members who do not use CAD can access designs. They can review, mark up, measure, and track changes to designs and drawings. The markups and their statuses are saved in the DWF file.

  • Page 65: Import And Export Data

    Import and Export Data To translate files, you open or import the files in Autodesk Inventor. You can also place part and assembly files as components in Autodesk Inventor assemblies and drag and drop part and assembly files into Autodesk Inventor.
  • Page 66 You can export Autodesk Inventor drawings to AutoCAD. The converter creates an editable AutoCAD drawing and places all data in paper space or model space in the DWG file. If the Autodesk Inventor drawing has multiple sheets, each is saved as a separate DWG file. The exported entities become AutoCAD entities, including dimensions.

  • Page 67: Import Files From Other Cad Systems

    CAD systems. The import operation does not maintain associativity with the original file, except when you associatively import Alias files. After you import the files, you can treat them as if they were originally created in Autodesk Inventor. You can import these files: Alias CATIA V5 ®...

  • Page 68: Export Files To Other Cad System Formats

    Export Files to Other CAD System Formats You can export Autodesk Inventor parts, assem- blies, and more to other CAD system formats. The export operation does not maintain associ- ativity with the original Autodesk Inventor file. You can export these files: CATIA V5 ®...

  • Page 69: Set Your Environment

    Along with the procedures in Help, the tutorials provide the step-by-step procedures that complement the information in this manual. When you launch Autodesk Inventor, and before you open a file, the Get Started tab displays in the ribbon. The Get Started tab provides access to the many learning resources and customer involvement opportunities.
  • Page 70 Commands that are not accessible are shown as shaded, and you cannot select them. Purpose or task drives the environments within Autodesk Inventor. The components of each environment are consistent in their placement and organization, including points of access for entry and exit. Unique colors identify tabs specific to a specialized environment so you can recognize the environment as you work.

  • Page 71: Environment Preferences

    Application Options The settings in the Application Options dialog box control the look and feel of Autodesk Inventor. Various tabs control the color of your display, the behavior and settings of files, the default file locations, and various multiple-user functions.

  • Page 72: Style Libraries

    enough to get you started. Use the Style and Standard Editor to customize styles. By default, actions such as creating or modifying styles affect only the current document. You can choose to save the style to the style library, a master library that contains definitions for all available styles associated with a drafting standard.

  • Page 73: Templates

    Views of models” Templates Once you activate Autodesk Inventor, you can open an existing file or start a new file. Templates are available on the Application menu under New. You can choose from several templates with predefined units. Use the tabs to select your standard.

  • Page 74: Projects

    Projects are essential when you work in a team, work on multiple design projects, and share libraries among several design projects. Autodesk Inventor supports two types of projects: Single-user Project Vault Projects (if Vault is installed) A Project Editor is provided for you to create and edit project.

  • Page 75: Vault Projects

    The vault also maintains version history of files as well as additional attributes. To use the vault project, Autodesk Vault software must be installed. A different dialog box opens so that you can create a Vault project. Characteristics of a vault project include: Designers never view or work directly on the vaulted version of a file.

  • Page 76: Default Projects

    (such as .\ or .\workspace), and no other editable locations. Default Projects When you install Autodesk Inventor, it creates a "Default" project, a "samples" project, and a "tutorial_files" project automatically. If you do not create a project or specify a different project, when you start working in Inventor a default project is automatically active.

  • Page 77: Learning Resources

    New Features Workshop is a resource for all users. It is listed on the home page of the Help, and on the Get Started tab of the ribbon in Autodesk Inventor. It contains a description and illustration of each new feature in that particular version of Autodesk Inventor software.

  • Page 78: Tutorials

    The tutorial set is organized into three categories: fundamental, general interest, and specific interest. You can learn to be productive quickly, whether you are new to Autodesk Inventor or transitioning from AutoCAD. 72 | Chapter 5 Set Your Environment...

  • Page 79: Skill Builders

    New Features Workshop Link from Help home page Help topics Search: Find the Information you need” Autodesk Inventor Learning Resources” Online Help: The Inside Track Help home page Skill Builders Web page (inter- Link from Help home page net connection required)

  • Page 81: Design Accelerator Components Design Mechanisms

    Content Center Editor dialog box subassemblies copying designs associative behaviors crop drawing views AutoCAD files 25, 59 custom parts Autodesk Design Review 1, 58 customer involvement auxiliary views data, importing and exporting balloons 6, 49 decal features base views...
  • Page 82 Interference Detected iPart Author Open New File features Project Editor assembly Style and Standard Editor coiled digital prototypes 1, 9 decals publishing editing workflow embossed dimensions in drawings extruded documenting designs 39, 52 hole DOF (degrees of freedom) lofted draft views parts drafting standards placed...
  • Page 83 Project Editor dialog box Project Wizard dialog box leader text in drawings projected views libraries of parts projects lofted features default folder location modes options setting up single-user 68, 70 mark up designs and drawings types mirror features vault 69 70 model dimensions in drawings publishing designs multi-body parts...
  • Page 84 copying designs Vault Manufacturing table driven parts Vault Manufacturing Web Client templates Vault mode in projects drawing files Video Producer new files views thread features annotating thread notes exploding top-down design in drawings translating data modeling vault work features 7, 18, 28 add-ins for design applications work groups 78 | Index...

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