Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook : A Guide to Gaining Advanced Modeling and Automation Skills for Design Engineers Through Actionable Recipes / Alexander Bordino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bordino, Alexander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autodesk Inventor (Electronic resource).

Engineering graphics.

Engineering models--Data processing.

Engineering models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (664 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd., [2022]

Biography/History:

Bordino Alexander: Alexander Bordino is an award-winning Product Design Engineer & Autodesk Manufacturing Technical Specialist who specializes in consulting and training across the breadth of the Autodesk Design & Manufacturing portfolio. He has experience as an Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional, Autodesk Accredited Trainer, Accredited Stratasys FDM & Polyjet Additive Manufacturing Trainer, and attained a BSc (Hons) in Product Design at Nottingham Trent University. He currently works for a leading Autodesk Reseller in the UK, specializing in Design & Manufacturing products, empowering design and engineering companies in the UK, to design products better, faster, and more efficiently. He has extensive experience developing innovative product designs for a wide variety of organizations, obtaining industry awards, and patenting technology in his career. In 2017, Alexander was admitted as an Associate of the Worshipful Company of Horner's, an ancient guild and livery company in the City of London, representing and supporting the UK Plastics Industry.

Summary:

Using a hands-on, recipe-style approach, the Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook will bridge the gap between the fundamentals of Inventor and the more advanced features. You'll be able to integrate these lessons into your own workflows and 3D projects.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Inventor Part Modeling - Sketch, Work Features, and Best Practices

Technical requirements

Downloading your practice files

2D sketch design - Best practices

Start at the origin

Use sketch constraints often

Keep sketches simple

Use keyboard shortcut commands

Always fully constrain sketches

Create manageable steps

Never draw the same thing twice

2D sketch constraints - Best practices

Use the Status bar

Automatic geometric constraints

Degrees of freedom

Types of sketch constraint

Work planes - Best practices

Work axes - Best practices

Work points - Best practices

Applying best sketch and work plane practices to model a part

Getting ready

How to do it…

Chapter 2: Advanced Design Methodologies and Strategies

Understanding the different design processes

Bottom-up design

Multi-body design

Layout design

Adaptive modeling design

Creating a multi-body part design

Creating a layout design from imported .dwg CAD data

Applying and using adaptive modeling

Model credits

Chapter 3: Driving Automation and Parametric Modeling in Inventor

Reviewing equations and parameters in Inventor

Creating equations and driving a model

Creating parameters and driving a model

Reusing design feature data with iFeatures

Creating automatic mates using iMates

Creating table-driven master parts to configure sizes and states with iParts

How to do it….

Building an assembly of iParts with variations such as different sizes, shapes, and content using iAssemblies

Chapter 4: Freeform, Surface Modeling, and Analysis

Creating area lofts

Creating path and guide rail sweeps

Creating solid geometry from basic extruded and lofted surfaces

Creating 3D Sketches for Surfacing and applying the Trim, Combine, Thicken, and Ruled Surface commands

How to do it

Learning how to trim, patch, and convert surfaces to solids with Sculpt

Replacing a solid face with a surface

Using the Copy Object command to create a matching contoured part to another part

Importing surfaces into Inventor

There's more

Validating surface designs with Zebra Analysis, Surface Analysis, and Curvature Analysis

Understanding the basic features and techniques of freeform modeling

Freeform modeling within the context of existing geometry

Chapter 5: Advanced CAD Management and Collaboration - Project Files, Templates, and Custom Properties

Creating and managing an Inventor .ipj project file

Managing the Content Center

Style and Standard Editor - creating and editing templates

Collaborating with shared views

Collaborating and sharing designs with Pack and Go

Getting ready.

How to do it…

Chapter 6: Inventor Assembly Fundamentals - Constraints, Joints, and BOMS

Constraining components in assemblies - the best practices

Applying Joints in assemblies

Applying and driving Motion constraints

Duplicating and replacing components in an assembly

Creating and configuring a BOM

Detailing and customizing a BOM in a drawing file

Chapter 7: Model and Assembly Simplification with Simplify, Derive, and Model States

Simplifying assemblies

Deriving components

Creating model states in parts

Creating model states in assemblies

Using model states in drawings

Chapter 8: Design Accelerators - Specialized Inventor Tool Sets for Frames, Shafts, and Bolted Connections

Creating frames using the Frame Generator environment

Detailing the BOM for frames in the drawing environment and producing cut lists

Structural Shape Author - creating your own custom frame members and publishing these to the Content Center

Creating gears in Inventor with the Spur Gear Design Accelerator

Creating shafts in Inventor with the Shaft Component Generator tool

Applying automatic bolted connections

Model credits.

Chapter 9: Design Communication - Inventor Studio, Animation, Rendering, and Presentation Files

Creating an image render with Inventor Studio

Animating components of an assembly in Inventor

Presentation files - creating exploded views and animations of assemblies

Creating and adding decals and custom materials

Chapter 10: Inventor iLogic Fundamentals - Creating Process Automation and Configurations

Understanding the fundamentals and usage of iLogic

Creating a configurable part with iLogic rules

Creating a configurable assembly with iLogic

Creating an iLogic form and Event Triggers

Chapter 11: Inventor Stress and Simulation - Workflow and Techniques

Introduction to the Stress Analysis Environment - how to conduct a simple analysis study, workflow, and interface

How to do it...

Performing stress analysis on bolted connections

Calculating wind loads and using midsurfaces

Calculating weld sizes using stress analysis and the Weld Calculator

Chapter 12: Sheet Metal Design - Comprehensive Methodologies to Create Sheet Metal Products

Setting up and configuring your sheet metal template

Creating a sheet metal part with faces, flanges, bends, hems, and cuts

Applying advanced sheet metal base features - Contour Flange, Lofted Flange, and Contour Roll

Converting a solid into a sheet metal part and performing a rip

Creating and applying a custom sheet metal punch

Designing sheet metal parts in assemblies and .dxf output

Detailing sheet metal parts in the drawing environment

Chapter 13: Inventor Professional 2023 - What's New?

General enhancements to Inventor 2023

New Home screen: Home replaces My Home

GPU Ray Tracing display

iLogic

Improved Free Orbit

[Primary] replaces Master in model states

The Alt + Q new keyboard shortcut for Annotate

Performance enhancements and Express Mode

Interoperability between Fusion 360, Revit, and more

Fusion 360 tools

Data exchange and interoperability enhancements for Revit and Inventor

Sketch enhancements

Fixing broken projected geometry

Model sketching and the annotating text enhancement

The new link sketch format for sketch blocks

Part enhancements

Sheet metal extended browser information

The Sheet Metal Template option

New Sheet Metal Mark command for engraving/etching features

3D annotation Datum Target command added

Tolerance feature enhancements

Data reference frame label selection

Multiple selections for 3D annotation leaders

Tolerance and parameter updates to model states

Tolerance type options in Parameters

Multi-Value sort order in Parameters

Fillet tolerance

The Relationships command for suppressed features

Assembly and presentation enhancements

BOM setting updates

Changes to substitute model states

New options for Simplify.

Constraint workflow command change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523151349

152315134X

9781801819107

1801819106

OCLC:

1353101557