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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 gears in Inventor with the Spur Gear Design Accelerator

Inventor’s Design Accelerators allow you to specify, calculate and generate gearing for a variety of different solutions, such as spur, worm, and bevel. In this recipe, we will calculate and generate two meshing spur gears on two shafts that have already been defined in an assembly.

Getting ready

To begin this recipe, open SpurGear.iam from the Chapter 8 folder in Inventor Cookbook 2023.

How to do it…

Ensure that SpurGear.iam is open in Inventor. Within this assembly file, two shafts have been created and are visible in the assembly. A plate that the shafts interface with is also present. The wider context of the design is not contained within this assembly.

We will start by defining the location of the two meshing spur gears on the existing shafts:

  1. Select the Design tab. Navigate to the Power Transmission panel and select Spur Gear:

Figure 8.47: Spur Gear...