Autodesk Inventor: How to Organize and Reuse Your Data

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Assembly Tree
• Data Reuse in Autodesk Inventor
• Plan for efficiency

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Introduction

• Reuse data and organization is essential to
  Inventor.
• Assembly modeling is a combination of two or
  more components using
• parametric relationships.
• Typically a designer would start with a base
  part.
• Add other components to the base part using
  merge commands.

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Assembly Tree
pulley block (assembly)
hook (subassembly)
cover plate
hex nut
distance bolt
(sub assembly)
cover plate
lock plate
thrust bearing
dust cover
lock nut
hook
crosshead
pulley (subassembly)
pulley
pulley pin
bush
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Exploded view
An exploded view consists of series of steps.
One can create steps by selecting and dragging
parts in graphical area.
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Assembly of Pulley Block
Exploded view
Assembly view
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Bottom-up assembly approach

• Allows the designer to use part drawings that
  already exist
• (off the shelf).
• Provides the designer with more control over
• individual parts.
• Multiple copies (instances) of parts can be
  inserted into the assembly.

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Top-down assembly approach

• The approach is ideal for large assemblies
  consisting of thousands of parts.
• The approach is used to deal with large
  designs including multiple design teams.
• It lends itself well to the conceptual design
  phase
• E.g.
• ? Piping and fittings
• ? Welds
• ? Lock pins

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Degrees of Freedom

• Translation movement along X,
• Y, and Zaxis.
• Rotation rotate about X, Y, and
• Z axis.

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Mating Conditions
Basic Mates
Advanced Mates

• Coincidence
• Parallel
• Perpendicular
• Tangent
• Concentric
• Lock
• Angle
• Distance

• Distance
• Linear/linear coplanar
• Path
• Width
• Symmetry
• Angle

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Mechanical Mates

• Cam
• Hinge
• Gear
• Rack Pinion
• Screw
• Universal Joint

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Data Reuse in Autodesk Inventor

• Project files
• Templates
• File/Folder naming
• File Revisioning and Audit trail
• Library files
• Content center
• Copying designs

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Plan for Efficiency

• Plan the top-level assembly and subassembly
  structure before you create parts.
• Hierarchy improves performance.
• Create logical subassemblies and combine them
  into larger assemblies.
• Use Promote and Demote as required to assist in
  creating subassemblies.
• Keep all components used in a subassembly in the
  same directory.
• Create a shared network directory for components
  that will be shared by many designers on many
  projects.
• Assign the Summary and Project properties for
  individual components.
• Create a unique template and use it to create
  components for a specific project or subassembly.
  Predefine common
• properties in the template so all components
  created from that template inherit the
  properties.
• Search for attributes both inside and outside
  Autodesk Inventor to find needed component
  files.

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Review

• Create Assembly models by placing existing
  components into an assembly, and by creating
  other components in place within the context of
  the assembly.
• An Autodesk Inventor assembly model is a
  collection of parts and subassemblies that
  function as a single unit.
• Parts and subassemblies are connected by assembly
  relationships.
• Relationships control component placement and DOF
  (Degrees of Freedom).
• Data Reuse
• Plan for efficiency

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