Autodesk Inventor - iFeatures and Punches

The Punch Tool

Sheet metal part production is often highly automated. Flat stock is cut to shape and internal cutouts, reliefs, and deformations such as
dimples, lances, and louvers are created in CNC turret punch machines prior to forming the folded part. Each punch "hit" is
programmed with a tool number and tool center location on the flat sheet. Some machines can also rotate either the tool, or the stock, to
add an angle variable to the mix.

iFeature Creation

Saving and placing punches is a straightforward procedure in Autodesk Inventor software. However, creating an easy-to-use iFeature
that captures your design intent can be a different story. Simple cutout shapes are not difficult to capture. The only wrinkle when
creating a cutout to be used as a punch is to ensure that the tool center remains in the correct position when the punch changes size.
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Autodesk Inventor - Investing In Properties

One of the methods for associating nongraphical information with Autodesk Inventor™ files is by using file properties. A series of
common property sets are embedded within all Autodesk Inventor files. These property sets include:

Summary: General properties and keywords associated with the file.
Project: Properties common to files within a project or other structure.
Status: Design stage and approval properties (also file reservation information).
Custom: User-defined properties (Text, Number, Yes/No, and Date formats).

In addition, part and assembly files expose read-only physical properties, including material and mass. You can use property values to
automate the placement of information in BOMs, parts lists, balloons, sketched symbols, and title blocks.
In this tutorial, we'll examine methods to manage file properties, and take a look at the ways in which properties can help you document
your designs.

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Autodesk Inventor - Authoring and Publishing Frame Member Crosss Sections

In this Exercise:

In this Skill Builder exercise, you explore the creation of a frame member cross-section. The cross-section is used with Frame
Generator. After you complete this exercise, you will understand the steps required to:

• Create and author a structural shape.
• Publish it to Content Center to use with Frame Generator.

Workflow Overview

To complete this exercise, you will:

• Download and open a zip file containing two Inventor parts.
• Author an iPart as a structural shape.
• Publish an iPart to Content Center.
• Use the custom cross-section in Frame Generator.

Prerequisites:

• Install Inventor R2009.
• Install Content Center and configure it with a read/write library.
• Understand how to use iParts.
• Understand how to use Frame Generator in Inventor.
• Complete the Using Frame Generator tutorial supplied with Inventor.
• Download (and unzip) the zip file containing the source files to use during the exercise.

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Autodek Inventor - Using Splines and Surfaces

In this Skill Builder, you learn how to:

• Create and define splines.
• Loft with a rail.
• Create surfaces.
• Replace a face.
• Extend surface edges.
• Split the part into multiple bodies.
• Use the Emboss command.
• Create a Grill.

Prerequisites:

• Have Inventor 2010 installed.
• Understand how to open, create and save part files in your
  active project.
• Understand the fundamentals of solid modeling.

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Autodesk Inventor - Advanced Camera Animation

This Skill Builder shows you how to:

• Create and associate cameras to paths.
• Edit path based cameras.This Skill Builder assists those who make animations of parts or
  assemblies. It provides the most straightforward way to animate cameras.

We assume that you are using Autodesk Inventor 2009.

Steps you will accomplish in this Skill Builder:

• Create a camera.
• Animate the camera along a path.
• Edit the direction of the camera or target in relation to the path.
• Edit where the camera starts and finishes.

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Autodesk Inventor: Animate Camera

This primary purpose of this Skill Builder is to demonstrate how to animate a
camera. The Animate Components tool, use of velocity profiles, and editing key frames are also included in the workflow. The ‘real world’ intent of this particular workflow is to use an animated camera to bring clarity and attention
to components while they are being exploded from the model.

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Autodesk Inventor - Accessing Design Performance with FEA

To compete in today's global manufacturing supplier market,
companies are challenged to:

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  Shorten development cycles and cut manufacturing costs
  


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  Increase innovation and creativity
  


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  Produce better-quality goods
  

Incorporating FEA (finite element analysis) into the product
design process can help speed production. By trimming development
cycles, companies can reduce a product's time to market and
quickly adapt to new market requirements. In particular, FEA helps
minimize the prototyping phase of development.

For example, if the table of an industrial machine is in
resonance because its fundamental frequency is close to that of the drive, the
manufacturer has to modify the underlying properties of that
table. Typically, that means time and money spent correcting the design
flaws on a prototype.

But FEA testing completed early in the design phase can reveal
potential trouble spots before the prototype is built. Prospective
problems can be corrected in the design to minimize the changes
required in prototype -- accelerating both product development and
production. Autodesk Inventor Professional incorporates FEA
testing to accomplish viable designs more quickly and cost-effectively.

Get Acquainted with FEA

FEA requires you to establish boundary conditions - the part
materials and a definition of how the part operates - and then the software
simulates the behavior of a component in its physical
environment, taking into account how forces will affect the part and in what way
the part is supported.
FEA is completely integrated into the Autodesk Inventor
Professional interface, so you can perform testing within the design
application.

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