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30 Tips for Inventor Users

Novly Abdurohman
Solutions Manager
Novly.abdurohman@swgemilang.com 0811-8775-514
PT Sinergi Wahana Gemilang

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What you will learn from this class

At the end of this class, you will be able to:


 Be more productive while using Inventor
 Use hidden capabilities in Inventor
 Employ productivity-enhancing techniques while using Inventor
 Customize Inventor
 Let’s see what’s New Inventor impact to your Design way

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Topic will be cover

General Tips

User Interface Tips

Sketching Tips

Part Modeling Tips

Assembly Tips

Drawing Tips

Productivity Tips

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General Tips

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1. Off- Line Help
 Can’t access On-line Help? Don’t worry,
you can access it through Off-line.

Customer Benefit :
 Continue to increase your knowledge of
Inventor

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2. Update physical properties on save
 Check update ‘physical properties on save’
option to update physical properties
automatically after ‘save’ selected.
Customer Benefit :

 Always update physical properties data.

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User Interface Tips

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3. Customize User Command
 Allow user to Add, Remove, export and Import user commands.

Customer Benefit :

 You work fast with the easily customizable command, keyboard shortcut
and user interface so you can work the way you want to

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4. Search Command
 Command Search allows users to quickly find commands that are
either hard to find or not on the Standard Toolbars.

Customer Benefit :

 Easily to find out command or


knowledge base informations.

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5. Zoom Reverse
 Set up zoom orientation for zoom in and
zoom out.

Customer Benefit :

 For AutoCAD big fans, we can set up


zoom behavior as the way you want to

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Sketching Tips

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6. Show All Degree of Freedom
 Show All Degree of Freedom allows you to easily understand
behaviour the sketch
Customer Benefit :

 easily to identified design


intent

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7. Automatic Dimension and Constraints
 For simple sketch we can use Auto Dimension and Constraints to
create dimesnion and constrains automatically in single click.
Customer Benefit :

 Reduce time to create dimension and constrains manually.

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8. Centerline line type for Diameter Dimension
 Quickly and easily dimension complex cylindrical components.

Customer Benefit :

 Speeds up the dimensioning


process of revolved
components.

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9. Import Point from excel spread sheet
 We can create points, lines or Spline from excel data. Sketch – Import
Points – Click Options – Choose type of geometry (points, lines or
spline) - OK
Customer Benefit :

 Create geometry easily from other


source data.

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Modeling Tips

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10. Direct Editing
 Edite imported data and parametric models. Move, size, scale rotate
and delete face or body by directly manipulating geometry.
Customer Benefit :

 Cutting your time design to manipulating geometry with any other


format CAD .

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11. Project Flat Pattern
 Project folded face onto the current Sketch.

Customer Benefit :

 Easy way to create parametric dimensions and constrained


relationships from the perspective of the flattened sheet.

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12. Split Part
 Split part faces, trim and remove or section of the part or split the part
into multiple bodies.
Customer Benefit :

 Easy way to split part


for manufacturing
purposes.

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Assembly Tips

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13. Bolted Connection
 Automatically adds fasteners to your assembly if there is a hole, or
pattern of holes, that is sized to accept standard hardware.
Customer Benefit :

 User saves time to creating bolted connection.

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14. Show Relationship
 This command is to display relationship glyphs
on selected components.
Customer Benefit :

 Easy to understand the relations status of


parts and Edit the relationship quickly

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15. Collision Detection
 Activate the Contact Solver in Inventor to detect physical contact
between components in a contact set.
Customer Benefit :

 The software can detect collisions with the entire assembly or a


selected group of components

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Drawing Tips

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16. Arc Length
 Dimension – Right Click – Dimension Type - Arc Length

Customer Benefit :

 You can dimension the true length of the arc.

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17. Associate Note and View
 You can create Leader and then link the parameter to properties. If
you want, you can delete the arrows.
Customer Benefit :

 Get the real properties value avoid mistake due missed type
or wrong input text.

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18. Overlay View
 Constructs a single view from multiple positional representations to
show an assembly in various positions.
Customer Benefit :

 Communication with others more clearly.

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19. Retrieve Dimension
 Import dimension from dimension sketch and feature dimension from
reference model into the selected views or part. Click TAB Annotate –
Retrieve Dimension
Customer Benefit :
 Big Saving Time to add dimension on your views.
 Edit model dimension from your views, associated with your model.

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20. Center of Gravity
 Create Center of Gravity. Select Assembly at the browser – Right
Click – Center of Gravity

Customer Benefit :

 Useful to define location of ‘Center of


Gravity’.

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Productivity Tips

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21. Application Exchange
 Autodesk Exchange Apps is an online resource where you can browse
and purchase Apps (including product-specific content such as models,
training materials, and eBooks) – and is available to several Autodesk
Products. You can download some items for free, and some for a price.

Customer Benefit :

 Use full for spesific requirement


third- party application.
 https://apps.autodesk.com/en

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22. iMate
 Allow you to create pre-define mate connection, automatically define
how components connected.
Customer Benefit :

 Reduce time to define connection for repetitive task.

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23. AnyCAD
 AnyCAD on the other-hand provides an associative connection with other
3D CAD applications directly to Inventor without file translation.
Customer Benefit :
 AnyCAD technology eliminates the need to translate data and performs
manual overrides

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24. DWG Underlay
 You can now create 3D Inventor parts associative to the source 2D
geometry created in AutoCAD *(Inventor_2016).
Customer Benefit :

 The 3D part created in Inventor associatively updates when the 2D


geometry changes in AutoCAD

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25. Task Scheduler
 Task Scheduler performs automated tasks and acts as a batch
processor in Inventor and other applications.
Customer Benefit :

 Save your time for


non productive
activities with task
scheduler.

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26. Copy Design Properties
 Use Design Assistant Properties to help find, track, maintain, and
report on the Autodesk Inventor files, using iProperties as the key to
the files. To copy properties from a file to another file or group of files,
select Tools Copy Design Properties
Customer Benefit :

 Big Saving time to add


properties.

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27. Hole Table
 You can use hole tables to automatically generate hole information in
a tabular format.

Customer Benefit :

 Big saving time


to get information
holes.
 Export table to
other format such
as txt and csv.

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28. Calculate total MASS on BOM
 You can calculate total MASS directly in the BOM table without
transfer to excel.

Customer Benefit :

 Keep up to date the data.

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29. Save flatten sheet metal part to DXF
 Right Click on Flatten Part – Save as Copy DXF.
Customer Benefit :
 Transfer data dxf to CNC sheet metal machine.

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30. Find Assembly Component
 Find component based on pre defined meta data

Customer Benefit :

 Easy and quickly to find out


component

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