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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 and configuring a BOM

The BOM allows you to document and communicate the parts that make up an overall assembly for manufacture. The BOM is populated automatically, as parts are added to an assembly file, and Inventor will auto-populate this based on the metadata of the part files. In this sense, it is almost like a “live” document within the assembly file. Further customization and configuration can then be applied to the BOM to display specific information. You can also add parts to a BOM that do not have physical geometry, such as paint or grease, that may still be critical to the model, known as virtual components.

BOMs can also be exported as .txt or .csv files but will always remain within the assembly file itself and update as parts change in the assembly file.

In this recipe, you will learn how to do the following:

  • Generate a BOM that lists components within the assembly
  • Customize and edit properties in the BOM
  • Create a virtual component...