Design Mechanisms - Autodesk 466B1-05A761-1304 - AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 2010 Getting Started

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.
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Design Mechanisms

A mechanism is defined as a design with one or more moving parts. Inventor
provides numerous tools to assist you in creating and evaluating a mechanical
design.
Use sketch blocks in a 2D part sketch to create a schematic layout of your
mechanism. Create flexible, nested blocks and apply sketch constraints to
define subassembly kinematics. Derive sketch blocks into component files
and create other features to develop your 3D models. The components remain
associated to their corresponding blocks and update to reflect any changes in
block shape.
Use the following tools to evaluate a mechanism in the 3D environment:
Animate an assembly constraint and enable collision detection to determine
the exact point of contact. For example, animate an angular constraint to
evaluate the range of motion before contact occurs.
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