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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)

Part enhancements

3D annotations, sheet metal, and model-based definitions are areas that have had lots of improvements in the 2023 release. This section details what changes have been made to the Part environment of Inventor.

Sheet metal extended browser information

Version 2023 brings some new changes and enhancements to the Sheet Metal Part environment. The first is an Extended Information in Browser Enabled for Multiple Commands. This enables users to get more information about a sheet metal part or operation from the model browser.

To access the extended information, with a sheet metal part open, select Application Options | the Parts tab, then select Show Extended Names.

Figure 13.6 shows an example of the Extended Information in Browser Enabled for Multiple Commands active:

Figure 13.6: Extended information in browser enabled

The extended information in the browser feature makes it much easier to assess and differentiate between different...