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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)

Constraining components in assemblies – the best practices

In this recipe, you will use constraints and assemble a brake assembly from multiple Inventor parts and subassemblies. In doing this, we will cover best practices with the Constraint tool.

You may have noticed that within Inventor, there are two distinct methods of combining parts together in an assembly – Joints and Constraints. Both can be used independently or combined together to achieve the desired design intent.

Both assembly constraints and assembly joints are used to create relationships between components that determine a component’s location and the allowable movement.

The Constrain and Assemble commands are methods of positioning components by gradually eliminating degrees of freedom (DOF). This is a legacy feature within Inventor and predates the introduction of assembly joints.

Inventor joints are used to simplify the complexity of component relationships. With a Joint, you not...