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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introducing Autodesk Inventor
- 2 Creating Sketches
- 3 Working with Sketched Features
- 4 Creating and Editing Placed Features
- 5 Creating and Editing Work Features
- 6 Using Projects to Organize Data
- 7 Managing Assemblies
- 8 Placing, Moving, and Constraining Components
- 9 Creating Assemblies
- 10 Analyzing Assemblies
- 11 Using Design Accelerator
- 12 Setting Up Drawings
- 13 Creating Drawing Views
- 14 Annotating Drawings
- Annotation Tools
- Using Styles to Format Annotations
- Working with Tables
- Creating Dimensions In Drawings
- Controlling Dimension Styles
- Placing Center Marks and Centerlines
- Adding Notes and Leader Text
- Using Hole and Thread Notes
- Working with Title Blocks
- Working with Dimensions and Annotations
- Printing Drawing Sheets
- Plotting Multiple Sheets
- Tips for Annotating Drawings
- 15 Using Content Center
- 16 Autodesk Inventor Utilities
- Index
dimensions or views, or to change the locations of notes and balloons) to
reflect the revisions.
Sometimes it is more efficient to create a quick 2D drawing using a sheet sketch
or draft view than it is to design a solid model. With Autodesk Inventor, you
can create 2D parametric drawing views, which you can also use as sketches
for 3D modeling.
NOTE You can directly open AutoCAD
®
DWG (.dwg) files in Autodesk Inventor
using the open command and then view, plot, and measure the file contents. The
AutoCAD objects remain as AutoCAD objects in Autodesk Inventor, and display
exactly as they do in AutoCAD. In addition, all the AutoCAD data is available for
copy and paste. You can open an AutoCAD DWG file in Autodesk Inventor, and
then copy and paste AutoCAD entities into any Autodesk Inventor sketch.
Edit Model Dimensions in Drawings
In addition to model changes updating the drawing, you can also revise parts
and assemblies by changing model dimensions in a drawing. This two-way
associativity helps ensure that documentation represents the latest version of
a component.
NOTE When you installed Autodesk Inventor, you specified if you wanted drawing
dimensions to update models. To change this setting, re-install Autodesk Inventor.
To view and edit model dimensions in a drawing, use the Retrieve Dimension
command on the Drawing Annotations panel bar. Autodesk Inventor updates
all instances of the part to reflect your changes.
Whenever you revise a part in the drawing environment, check any assemblies
where the part is used to confirm there are no interferences.
Formatting Drawings with Styles
Use styles to format objects in Autodesk Inventor documents. Assembly and
part modeling styles format color, lighting, and materials. Drawing styles
format dimensions, hole tables, hole notes, text, parts lists, tables, balloons,
and many other attributes associated with drawing annotations.
When you install Autodesk Inventor, you specify a drafting standard. Each
drafting standard comes with a default set of styles that are enough to get you
started. You can add and edit styles as needed.
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