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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
Files from Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SAT Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
STEP Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
IGES Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
DWF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Learning Autodesk Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using Technical Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Help for AutoCAD Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tutorials and Show Me Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Feedback Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Skill Builders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 2
Creating Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Understanding Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sketch Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sketch Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using Model Edges as References for Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Precise Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Creating Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Create Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Create Profiles with Tangencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drag Sketch Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tips for Sketching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Constraining Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Add Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Open Data Files for Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Add Constraints to the First Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Add Constraints to Existing Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Delete and Add Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tips for Constraining Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dimensioning Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Place Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Automatic Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dimension Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diametric Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Driven Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dimension Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Delete and Add Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tips for Creating Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Modifying Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Patterning Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tips for editing sketch patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Delete Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Learning about 3D Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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