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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)

Duplicating and replacing components in an assembly

Within an assembly, you can duplicate and replace components with ease. In many instances, you will need to duplicate or replicate parts or subassemblies – for example, standard components such as fasteners.

In this recipe, you will learn how to automatically place and size a fastener, and then replace and change the fastener. You will also learn to mirror and then pattern the component within an assembly. All these techniques should be combined when modeling assemblies in Inventor, as they maximize your efficiency and result in you having to recreate repeating geometry.

Getting ready

To begin this recipe, you will need to access and open Flange Assem.iam. This can be found in the following folder directory: Inventor 2023 Cookbook | Chapter 6 | Flange.

How to do it…

Ensure that you have Flange Assem.iam open in Inventor. In this recipe, we will begin the first steps of how to automatically place and size...