Inventor Part Modeling – Sketch, Work Features, and Best Practices
Sketches and constraints are one of the most important aspects of your Inventor model. A good and well-defined sketch is of paramount importance in ensuring that your model is stable and can be easily edited with design updates or changes with equations and parameters.
A sketch, or your model in this instance, is very much like the skeleton of an organism; if the sketch is not strong, lacks clear definitions, or is overly complex, the rest of the body has issues and problems. You should already have a reasonably good understanding of the basics of sketch geometry in Inventor and already know the fundamentals, but as they are so critical to successful CAD design, it is always worth revisiting and refining these core skills.
In this chapter, before expanding into the practical recipes, you will learn the best practices for applying successful sketches to your models, and additional tips that will complement...