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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 equations and driving a model

For this recipe, you will take an existing model, show the expressions and values already contained within it, and then add and create new equations to facilitate the required changes. The equations that you create will enable you to drive the model (make changes to it with the equations) to the desired outcome.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, you will need to open the Housing.ipt file from the Chapter 3 folder.

To begin with, we will show the dimensions in the model at present, and then add equations to control the geometry to the desired output.

How to do it…

To begin this recipe, we will first look at what dimensions are present in Housing.ipt and examine the structure of the model. We will then proceed to apply equations. With Housing.ipt open, carry out the following steps:

  1. Right-click in any space within the Graphics Window and select Dimension | Display | Name. Then, right-click on Extrusion 1 and select...