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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)

Sheet Metal Design – Comprehensive Methodologies to Create Sheet Metal Products

Autodesk Inventor has a specific design environment for the creation, editing, and detailing of sheet metal CAD components. Sheet metal parts are parts that are fabricated from a sheet of material with a uniform thickness. These sheet metal parts are subject to certain design constraints and sheet metal-specific manufacturing processes. Although specific to sheet metal parts, any parts that you create of uniform thickness in a standard part file can also use the sheet metal functionalities.

Within Inventor, sheet metal parts can be displayed as a folded model or a flat pattern. With the sheet metal functionality, you can work on sheet metal parts in both a folded and an unfolded state. Inventor enables you as the designer to set important sheet metal defaults/rules based on the equipment you have available for manufacture, for example, bend radii, K factors, material thickness, and corner seam...