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Silhouette Curve
A new 3D sketch command
called Silhouette Curve is
introduced. A silhouette
curve is a 3D curve that
represents the outer boundary of
the outside surface of a part along
the direction vector and is useful for
determining the natural parting line.
To split a solid, use the silhouette
curve to create a boundary patch
surface and then use the Split
command with the Split Solid
option to create two bodies.
Technical Plastic Features
New Plastic Part commands are powerful rule-based
tools designed to automatically create complex plastic
part features. Specify the design rules in each tab of
the appropriate dialog box and then click OK to create
the feature. The following feature types are
supported in this release.
•Multi-elementgrillforuseas
vents or openings on a body
•Bossesforthreadedfasten-
ers with support for head
and thread sides in the
same feature
•Reststoformaatareaon
a curved body
•HookandloopstyleSnap
Fits to physically join bodies
•RuleFilletsthatworkbytellingthefeaturehowto
discover the edges. The Rule Fillet command is not
exclusively for plastic parts. It can create fillets on any
type of feature based on the specified design rules.
AliasStudio to Inventor
Autodesk AliasStudio WIRE
files are now supported in the
File Open, Insert Import, and
Drag and Drop commands.
You can select which surfaces
to bring into Inventor and use
the resulting surfaces with
the existing modeling tools,
including Sculpt, Stitch, and
Thicken, to generate 3D part
models.
These enhancements reduce
development time for molded
parts with complex external surfaces. The imported
AliasStudio data maintains associative links to the
original WIRE file allowing changes made in AliasStudio
to be quickly reviewed and incorporated into the
Inventor model.
Plastic Part Design
Autodesk Inventor software oers plastic parts
designers maximum flexibility by combining native
Inventor geometry with exterior surface models
designed in Autodesk
®
Alias software family of
products or other Industrial design applications. In
addition, Autodesk Inventor software helps automate
key aspects of the design of injection molds for plastic
parts. This allows you to quickly create and validate
complete mold designs, reducing errors and improving
mold performance.
Multibody Parts
With the introduction
of multibody part
files, top-down design
has never been easier.
You can create new
solid bodies in a part
file, import solid
bodies using the
Derive workflow, and
use one or more of
the bodies as tool
bodies with the new
Combine command to define cut, join, or intersect
operations on a selected solid.
The new Move Bodies command allows you to free
drag or accurately move bodies in a multibody part.
Each move appears in the browser and can be edited,
suppressed, or deleted like all other features.
Inserting Components in Parts
The Derive command contains powerful new features
to support multi-body parts. A derived part no longer
requires a “blank” document
state.
You can use the Derive
command to insert parts or
assemblies into a part file as:
1. A single solid body with
merged seams
2. A single solid body with
seams (retains component
colors)
3. Maintain each solid as
a solid body (all parts
become “bodies”)
4. A single composite surface
Options 1 and 2 work well to insert tool body
components for a cut, join, or intersect operation.
Option 3 results in multiple solid bodies. If you use
option 4, you cannot use the resulting surface as a tool
body. A component imported as a surface can be used
as the split tool for a split body operation.
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