2009
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
old versions, restoring 281
opening in projects 129, 282
proxy 112
referenced locations, finding 115
resolving links 276, 279
templates 2
Files 285
moving and copying 285
Fillet dialog box 79
fillet features 69, 73, 79
folders in projects 113
G
Gaussian curvature analysis 100
General Dimension tool 239
geometry, sketch 21
graphics window displays,
controlling 139
grid displays, setting 25
Ground Shadow tool 11
grounded components 144
grounded work points 108
H
hatch patterns, editing 235
Help system 16–17, 19–20
feedback links 19
skill builder links 20
Hidden Edge tool 11
hole features 69–70, 91
hole notes in drawings 249
hole patterns 92
Hole table tool 240
Hole/Thread Notes tool 240
Holes dialog box 70, 72, 91
I
IGES files, importing 15
iMates 153
import/export data 14–15
IGES (*.igs, *.ige, *.iges) 15
Mechanical Desktop (*.dwg) 14
SAT (*.sat) 15
STEP (*.stp, *.ste, *.step) 15
insert constraint 152
interfaces, component 153
Interference Detected dialog box 173
iPart factories locations 126
iProperties in proxy files 126
L
leader text in drawings 248, 260
Leader Text tool 240
libraries 112, 115, 122, 124–126, 128–
129, 278, 281
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop
parts 125
defining files for 128
file locations, searching 278
iParts 126
locations 115
naming 129, 281
proxy files 125
specifying 122
various types 128
library search paths 124, 126, 278
iParts 126
loft features 58
Loft tool 62
Look At tool 10
M
mate constraint 148
middle-out assembly design 133
mirror features 69
missing files, finding 279
model dimensions in drawings 243
modes, single user 113
motion constraints 152
multi-user Off (single user) mode 116
multiview drawings 222
N
notes in drawings 248
296 | Index