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

You will create a basic sheet metal part using key feature commands such as Face, Flange, Bend, and Hem to create the final part. You will also learn how to unfold and refold a model.

Getting ready

You will not need any practice files for this recipe.

How to do it…

The first steps will involve creating a new sheet metal part and defining the base feature. From there, we will then start to use the sheet metal functionality to create the additional required features:

  1. From the Inventor Home screen, select New followed by Templates | en-US | Metric. Then, select Sheet metal (mm).ipt and then Create.
  2. Select Start 2D Sketch, then select the XZ plane. Select Rectangle | Two Point Center Rectangle, and then create the base sketch, as defined in Figure 12.14:

Figure 12.14: Initial sketch to create a 100 mm x 25 mm rectangle

Then, select Finish Sketch.

  1. Select...