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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 path and guide rail sweeps

Sweeps can be created as cuts, joins, intersections or to create new solids. They are used to sweep a profile along a defined path. Either the addition of a guide rail or a surface can be used to further control the output.

In this recipe, you will use the Path & Guide Rail function of the Sweep command to generate and complete an ergonomic handle of a kettle and apply a swept groove into the body of the kettle. The outcome of this is shown in Figure 4.8:

Figure 4.8: The completed Kettle.ipt model

Getting ready

Open Kettle.ipt from the Chapter 4 folder.

How to do it…

To start with, we will examine the model and then start to utilize the existing sketches provided, to create the cuts. To do this, let’s see the following:

  1. With the Kettle.ipt file open in Inventor, select Sketch24 from the Model Browser. This highlights the sketch. A spline about the centerline of the curved handle will...