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Mastering Autodesk® Inventor® 2012 and Autodesk® Inventor LT ™ 2012
Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2012 and ® ® Autodesk Inventor LT 2012 ® ™ Curtis Waguespack
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Acknowledgments This book is a collaborative effort involving far more people than listed on the cover. Personally, I would like to thank my family, whose patience and understanding made this, and all other pursuits, possible. Professionally, I would like to thank the coworkers, clients, customers, and friends whose input and ideas have helped build the knowledge and experience that I draw from in applying concept to practice. I would like to thank Lucas Larue for the work he performed as technical editor for this edi- tion as well as all of the help he offered me in the past as I traveled along my own road to mas- tering Autodesk Inventor. A special thank-you goes out to those who have contributed to the Mastering Inventor series in the past: Thom Tremblay, Sean Dotson, Bill Bogan, Andrew Faix, Seth Hindman, Dennis Jeffrey, Loren Jahraus, Shekar Subrahmanyam, and Bob Van der Donck, all of whom are true masters of Autodesk Inventor. Thank you to the team at Wiley: Rob Truhn, Jenni Housh, Connor O’Brien, Willem Knibbe, and Pete Gaughan, for their patience, focus, and professionalism, without which there would be no book. Your hard work and support have eased our efforts in turning ideas into pages. —Curtis Waguespack
About the Author Curtis Waguespack is an Inventor Certified Expert and an Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert. He has served as lead author on three previous Autodesk Inventor books: Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2009, Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2010, and Mastering Autodesk Inventor 2011. He has taught Inventor in the classroom and has con- sulted with and supported manufacturing and design firms in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, consumer products, and industrial machinery. Presently, Curtis uses Inventor daily in a real- world design environment to design and document various product types starting from the prototype following through to the fully docu- mented project completion. In the past he has used Inventor to design a wide range of manufactured products, large and small.
Contents at a Glance Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. xxvii Chapterâ•‡ 1 • Inventor Design Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 1 Chapterâ•‡ 2 • Data and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Chapterâ•‡ 3 • Sketch Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapterâ•‡ 4 • Basic Modeling Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 123 Chapterâ•‡ 5 • Advanced Modeling Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Chapterâ•‡ 6 • Sheet Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Chapterâ•‡ 7 • Part and Feature Reuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 301 Chapterâ•‡ 8 • Assembly-Design Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 347 Chapterâ•‡ 9 • Large Assembly Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 411 Chapterâ•‡ 10 • Weldment Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 449 Chapterâ•‡ 11 • Functional Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 483 Chapterâ•‡ 12 • Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 525 Chapterâ•‡ 13 • Inventor Tools Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 619 Chapterâ•‡ 14 • Exchanging Data with Other Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 661 Chapterâ•‡ 15 • Frame Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 695 Chapterâ•‡ 16 • Inventor Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 731 Chapterâ•‡ 17 • Stress Analysis and Dynamic Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 773 Chapterâ•‡ 18 • Routed Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 813 Chapterâ•‡ 19 • Plastics Design Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 847 Chapterâ•‡ 20 • iLogic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 885 Appendixâ•‡ A • The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 Appendixâ•‡ B • Inventor Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 963 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 971
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. xxvii Chapterâ•‡ 1 • Inventor Design Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Understanding Parametric Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Creating a Base Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Creating a Base Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Adding More Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using the Part in an Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Making Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . 3 Understanding History-Based Modeling and Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 4 Looking Closer at Sketch Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . 5 Part Modeling Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Assembly Modeling Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 8 Understanding the “Feel” of Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 10 Understanding the Intuitive Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 10 Using General Tools vs. Specific Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 When in Doubt, Right-Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Using the Inventor Graphical Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 13 Inventor Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 13 Inventor Graphics Window Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 15 The Ribbon Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 18 The Browser Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 20 Task-Based Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Learning the File Types in Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 27 Why So Many File Types? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Drawing Files in Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Moving from AutoCAD to Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 30 3D Models vs. 3D Virtual Prototypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 31 What Is a 3D Virtual Prototype? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 31 Why a 3D Virtual Prototype? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 31 Understanding Functional Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 33 The Design Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The Bolted Connection Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 34 The Frame Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 35 The Inventor Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 35 The Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 35 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 35
xivâ•… | Contents Chapterâ•‡ 2 • Data and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 What Is an Inventor Project? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Project Files and Search Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 38 Library Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 40 Content Center Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 41 How Search Paths and Project Files Are Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Exploring Project File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating the Project File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 44 Creating Single-User Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 45 Creating Multiuser Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Understanding Inventor Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 55 Working with Styles, Style Libraries, and Company Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 59 Chapterâ•‡ 3 • Sketch Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Exploring the Options and Settings for Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Application Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 62 Document Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 66 Sketching Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 67 Creating a Sketch in a New Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Creating a New Part File from a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 72 Creating Lines Using the Line Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 73 Understanding Sketch Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 75 Using Degrees of Freedom to View Underconstrained Sketch Elements . . . . . . . . . . 77 Using Dimensions to Fully Constrain a Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Understanding the Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 81 Making a Sketch Active for Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 82 Using Construction Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 82 Using the Polygon Tool and Creating an Aligned Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 84 Using Offset and Creating a Three-Point Rectangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 85 Creating Driven Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Taking a Closer Look at Sketch Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 90 Tangent Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 90 Perpendicular Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Parallel Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 92 Coincident Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Concentric Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Collinear Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 94 Horizontal Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Vertical Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 95 Equal Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 96 Fix Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 96 Symmetric Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Smooth Constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 98
Contents â•… xv | Gaining More Sketch Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Creating Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 99 Creating Automatic Tangents with the Line Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Understanding the Point/Center Point tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Projecting Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Learning More About Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 102 Measuring Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Creating Sketches from AutoCAD Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Importing Existing AutoCAD Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 107 Copying and Pasting Existing AutoCAD Designs into Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Creating and Using 3D Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 110 Creating a 3D Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 110 Using the 3D Coordinate Triad and Precise Redefine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 111 Exploring More 3D Sketch Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 114 Best Practices for Working with Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 119 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 120 Chapterâ•‡ 4 • Basic Modeling Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Exploring Application Options and Settings for Part Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 123 Specifying Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Specifying Document-Specific Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 125 Creating Basic Part Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Simplifying Your Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Creating a Base Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Creating a Second Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Creating a Sketch-Based Hole Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 140 Creating a Rectangular Hole Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 143 Editing Sketches and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 145 Repairing Features and Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 148 Exploring the Extrude Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Extruding with Cut and Taper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 150 Extruding with Intersect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Extruding Surfaces from Open Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 152 Extruding Solids from Open Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 153 Extruding with To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 154 Extruding with To Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Extruding Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 157 Extruding Multibodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Creating Revolved Parts and Threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 160 Creating Revolved Cylindrical Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 160 Creating Extruded Cylindrical Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 161 Creating Threaded Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 164 Creating Work Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Work Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 167 Work Axes and Work Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 172
xviâ•… | Contents Creating Fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 176 Edge Fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 176 Face Fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 178 Full Round Fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Working with Fillet Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 179 Hole Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 181 Using the Thread and Clearance Spreadsheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Creating Holes in Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Setting Tolerance Values in Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 185 Bend Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 186 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 187 Chapterâ•‡ 5 • Advanced Modeling Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Creating Complex Sweeps and Lofts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 189 Creating and Using Sweeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Exploring Sweep Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Creating Loft Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Creating a Part Using Loft and Sculpt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 203 Creating Multi-body Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Creating Multiple Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Using One Solid to Shape Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 208 Creating Derived Parts and Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 212 Creating Derived Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Deriving a Part File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 212 Deriving an Assembly File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Modifying Derived Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Using the Component Derive Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 214 Using Nonlinear-Derived Part Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 215 Working with Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 215 Rectangular Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Circular Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 217 Patterns Along Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Spiral Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . 220 Pattern Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 222 Dynamic Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 225 Setting Parameters and iProperties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 226 iProperties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 226 Part Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 227 Assembly Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Adding Part Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Tolerances in Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Setting Global File Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 235 Working with Limits and Fits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 237 Troubleshooting Failures with the End-of-Part Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 240 Step 1: Editing the First Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 240 Step 2: Moving the EOP Marker Down One Feature at a Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 243
Contents â•… xvii | Chapterâ•‡ 6 • Sheet Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Understanding Sheet-Metal Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Getting to Know the Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Starting with a Base Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 246 Creating Secondary Flange Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 252 Adding, Removing, or Deforming Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Using Sheet-Metal Templates and Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 277 What Are Sheet-Metal Rules? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 277 Working with Styles and Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . 284 Working with the Flat Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Exploring the Flat Pattern Edit Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 285 Adding Manufacturing Information to the Flat Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 286 Using the Flat Pattern Definition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Manufacturing Your Flat Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 288 Using Sheet-Metal iPart Factories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 288 iParts for Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 iParts for Fold Progression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Modeling with Non-Sheet-Metal Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 289 Selecting Problematic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 289 Using Surface-Based Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 290 Working with Imported Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Setting Yourself Up for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 291 Converting Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Annotating Your Sheet-Metal Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 292 Creating a View of Your Sheet-Metal Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Adding Bend, Punch, and Flat Pattern Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 293 Harvesting Legacy Sheet-Metal Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 296 Parameter Indirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 The Hidden Tools of Harvesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 297 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 299 Chapterâ•‡ 7 • Part and Feature Reuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Working with iParts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 301 Creating and Modifying iParts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 302 Using iParts in Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Working with iFeatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Creating iFeatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 316 Creating Punch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Reusing Existing Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Copying Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 325 Cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 327 Linking Parameters between Two Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 327 Copying Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 329 Introducing Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Configuring Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 331 Using Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Customizing Content Center Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 337 Publishing Parts to Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 345
xviiiâ•… | Contents Chapterâ•‡ 8 • Assembly-Design Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Assembly Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 348 How Constraints Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 349 Grounded Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Working with Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Motion Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 361 Additional Constrain Tools and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 364 Understanding Subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Top-Down Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . 371 Developing an Efficient Assembly Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Layout Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 376 Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 378 Adaptivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 379 Creating Adaptivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 380 Removing Adaptivity from Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 381 Assembly Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 382 Managing the Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Parts-Level BOM Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Assembly-Level BOM Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . 385 Assembly Reuse and Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 392 Copying Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 392 Using Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Using iAssemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . 404 The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . 409 Chapterâ•‡ 9 • Large Assembly Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Selecting a Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Physical Memory vs. Virtual Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 411 64-bit Systems vs. 32-bit Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 413 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 414 Working with Performance Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . 416 Working with Drawing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 416 Working with Model Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . 419 Working with General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . 421 Working with System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . 424 Large Assembly Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . 425 Working with the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 Improving File Open Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 Reducing Assembly Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . 426 Opening the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 432 Working with Large Assembly Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Managing Assembly Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 LOD Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . 437 Substitute LODs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . 439 Subassembly LODs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . å°“. 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