User Manual

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Interference Analysis and Contact
Detection
Eliminate costly errors and improve manufacturability
by testing assembly function within Inventor. Check
for both static interference between parts with
graphic highlighting of overlapping material, and
then test for potential collisions between moving
parts by driving assembly constraints or dragging
components until they collide.
AutoLimits
Reduce errors and engineering changes through
automatic monitoring of crucial design parameters.
Use AutoLimits to monitor length, distance, angle,
diameter, loop length, area, volume, and mass.
AutoLimits icons change color when the monitored
parameters exceed the prescribed parameter range.
Assembly Configurations
Easily design and document product families using
assembly configurations to define variations from
a master assembly. Exclude or substitute individual
components and make changes to dimension and
constraint values. Then document the whole part or
assembly configuration using the Table tool, which
automatically creates the parameter table in a D
drawing.
Large Assembly Management
Realize the benefits of D design when developing
very large assemblies. With level of detail (LOD)
representations, users have full control over how
much information to load when working with large
assemblies. Control memory consumption by
suppressing components. A large assembly “capacity
meter” provides a visual indication of how much
memory is available.
Design Accelerators
Move beyond D drafting and D modeling to
rapidly design, analyze, and generate commonly
used machine components from the functional
requirements and specifications such as power,
speed, torque, material properties, working
temperatures, and lubrication conditions. Inventor
software includes Design Accelerators for bolted
connections, shafts, bearings, O-rings, spur gears,
belt and chain drives, pins, and springs.