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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 shafts in Inventor with the Shaft Component Generator tool

To create shafts in Inventor, the most efficient way is to use the Shaft Component Accelerator tool. This allows users to specify all aspects of the shaft, generate the geometry, and apply any necessary calculations. Upon specification, the shaft is assembled from single sections (cylinder, cone, and polygon). Additional end features such as chamfers can also be applied to the generator. By defining a shaft using the Shaft Component Generator tool, future design changes and edits are much easier to facilitate, as the generator can be used to redefine the placement and geometry of the shaft.

Once a shaft is defined and placed, it can also be saved into your templates for future use.

In this recipe, you will define a shaft and place a ball bearing onto it, using both the Shaft Component Generator tool and the Bearing Generator tool.

Getting ready

To begin this recipe, open Shaft Assem.iam from the Chapter...