Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2015 and Autodesk Inventor LT 2015

✍ Scribed by Waguespack, Curtis

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,Sybex
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1024
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A comprehensive guide to Autodesk Inventor and Inventor LT

This detailed reference and tutorial provides straightforward explanations, real-world examples, and practical tutorials that focus squarely on teaching Autodesk Inventor tips, tricks, and techniques. The book also includes a project at the beginning to help those new to Inventor quickly understand key interface conventions and capabilities.

In addition, there is more information on Inventor LT, new practice drawings at the end of each chapter to reinforce lessons learned, and thorough coverage of all of Inventor's new features. The author's extensive experience across industries and his expertise enables him to teach the software in the context of real-world workflows and work environments.

Mastering Inventor explores all aspects of part design, including sketching, basic and advanced modeling techniques, working with sheet metal, and part editing. Here are just a few of the key topics covered:

• Assemblies and subassemblies
• Real-world workflows and offering extensive detail on working with large assemblies
• Weldment design
• Functional design using Design Accelerators and Design Calculators
• Everything from presentation files to simple animations to documentation for exploded views
• Frame Generator
• Inventor Studio visualization tools
• Inventor Professional's dynamic simulation and stress analysis features
• Routed systems features (piping, tubing, cabling, and harnesses)

The book's detailed discussions are reinforced with step-by-step tutorials, and readers can compare their work to the downloadable before-and-after tutorial files. In addition, you'll find an hour of instructional videos with tips and techniques to help you master the software.

Mastering Inventor is the ultimate resource for those who want to quickly become proficient with Autodesk's 3D manufacturing software and prepare for the Inventor certification exams.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Understanding Parametric Design
Creating a Base Sketch
Creating a Base Feature
Adding More Features
Using the Part in an Assembly
Making Changes
Understanding History-Based Modeling and Dependencies
Taking a Closer Look at Sketch Dimensions
Part Modeling Best Practices
Assembly Modeling Best Practices
Understanding the ""Feel"" of Inventor
Understanding the Intuitive Interface
Using General Tools vs. Specific Commands
When in Doubt, Right-Click
Using the Graphical Interface
Inventor Title Bar. Graphics Window ToolsThe Ribbon Menu
The Browser Pane
Dialog Boxes and the In-Canvas Mini-Toolbars
Task-Based Tools
Learning the File Types in Inventor
What Is an Inventor Project?
Project Files and Search Paths
Library Folders and Library Editor IPJ Files
Content Center Files
How Search Paths and Project Files Are Used
Exploring Project File Types
Creating a Project File
Creating Single-User Projects
Creating Multiuser Projects
Understanding Inventor Templates
Working with Styles, Style Libraries, and Company Standards
The Bottom Line. Chapter 2 A Hands-on Test-Drive of the WorkflowCreating a Part Model
Starting with a Part Template
Understanding Origin Geometry
Creating a Base 2D Sketch
Creating a Profile in the Sketch
Creating a Base 3D Feature
Creating a Secondary 2D Sketch
Creating a Secondary 3D Feature
Patterning a 3D Feature
Creating and Detailing Drawings of Part Models
Creating a Base View on a Drawing
Creating Projected Views on a Drawing
Creating Dimensions on a Drawing
Putting Part Models Together in Assembly Files
Placing, Rotating, and Moving Parts in an Assembly File. Working with Degrees of Freedom in an AssemblyPlacing Assembly Constraints to Define Mechanical Movement
Creating and Detailing Drawings of Assembly Models
Creating an Assembly Detail View
Placing a Parts List and Balloons
Exporting a Drawing to a PDF File
The Bottom Line
Chapter 3 Sketch Techniques
Exploring the Options and Settings for Sketches
Application Options
Document Settings
Sketching Basics
Creating a Sketch on an Existing Sketch
Projecting Geometry into Your Sketch
Breaking Links to Projected Geometry
Deleting a Sketch
Creating Another New Sketch
Creating Dimensions. Creating a Sketch in a New PartCreating a New Part File from a Template
Creating Lines Using the Line Tool
Understanding Sketch Constraints
Using Degrees of Freedom to View Underconstrained Sketch Elements
Using Dimensions to Fully Constrain a Sketch
Understanding the Save Options
Making a Sketch Active for Edits
Using Construction Geometry
Using the Polygon Tool and Creating an Aligned Dimension
Using Offset and Creating a Three-Point Rectangle
Creating Driven Dimensions
Taking a Closer Look at Sketch Constraints
The Tangent Constraint
The Perpendicular Constraint.

✦ Subjects

Engineering graphics.;Engineering models;Data processing.;Autodesk Inventor (Electronic resource)