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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
Content Center Library
The Autodesk Inventor Content Center library provides Inventor parts
(fasteners, steel shapes, shaft parts) and features to insert in assemblies.
Libraries can be either local, or in a shared environment accessed from a central
server. The Content Center library data are accessed in the Content Center.
See the Help for more information about the library configuration.
The basic component in the Content Center library is a family (part family
or feature family). A family contains related content (members) based on the
same underlying templates. A family is composed of parts with the same shape
but with different sizes. A family member is a part or feature with a specific
size. The family member is the lowest level of the hierarchy.
Families are arranged in categories and subcategories in the Content Center
library. A category is a logical grouping of part types. For example, studs and
hex head bolts are functionally related, and nested under the Bolts category.
A category can contain subcategories and can contain families. A family cannot
be subcategorized.
Two types of parts are included in the Content Center library: standard parts
and custom parts. Standard parts (fasteners, shaft parts) have all part parameters
defined as exact values in the table of parameters. Custom parts (steel shapes,
rivets) have a parameter arbitrarily set in the defined range of values.
Content Center Library Data
The Content Center library contains required data to create part files for
Content Center library parts. The data are:
■ Parametric .ipt files which provide the graphics for Content Center library
parts.
■ Values of part parameters.
■ Descriptions for parts including family properties such as family name,
description, standard, standard organization.
■ Preview pictures displayed in the Content Center.
Parametric .ipt files, description texts, and preview pictures are common for
all sizes of one part family. The Content Center library usually contains several
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