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Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook

By : Alexander Bordino
Book Image

Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook

By: Alexander Bordino

Overview of this book

Autodesk Inventor is an industry-leading, computer-aided design application for 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization, and documentation. This book will help to bridge the gap between the fundamentals of this software and the more advanced features, workflows, and environments it has to offer. Using cookbook-style recipes, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding and practical experience in creating dynamic 3D parts, assemblies, and complete designs. You’ll also explore a variety of topics, including automation and parametric techniques, collaboration tools, creating sheet metal designs, and design accelerators such as frame generators. As you progress, the chapters will guide you through surface modeling tools, advanced assembly, and simplification tools, along with covering iLogic, Finite Element Analysis, and more. By the end of this book, you’ll not only be able to use the advanced functionality within Autodesk Inventor but also have the practical experience you need to deploy specific techniques in your own projects and workflows.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Creating a configurable part with iLogic rules

In this recipe, the objective is to take an existing support bracket design with existing parameters and equations defined and create a new iLogic rule with multiple functions that can generate three different design variants: Heavy, Regular, and Light. The rule will be run through a custom user-defined multi-value parameter.

Getting ready

To start the recipe, we will open the model and examine the existing equations and parameters that have been set. We will also establish the design criteria for the finished parts and what the final configurations will look like.

How to do it…

To begin this recipe, you will need to navigate to Inventor Cookbook 2023 | Chapter 10 | iLogic Support Bracket and open Support Bracket.ipt:

  1. Open Support Bracket.ipt.

The bracket is displayed in its default regular arrangement. 3D annotations are visible in the Graphics window to illustrate the changes in dimensions. In Figure...