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Autodesk®

Inventor® 2015

Basic Course

Author: Armin Graef www.armin-graef.de

Publisher: Armin Graef Beethovenstr. 13 86551 Aichach, Germany www.armin-graef.de/shop

Autodesk® Inventor® 2015 Basic Course

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PREFACE TO THE COMPLETE TRAINING MANUAL

The transition from 2D design to 3D design is well underway. With the easy to use and powerful Inventor® software from Autodesk, Inc., you can also perform this transition relatively quickly.

The objective of the training manual is to help you in this whole process and especially, to make the first steps of working with the CAD software as easy as possible.

If the Inventor® software has already been installed, you have probably already seen the very extensive and interesting Inventor Help system. What advantages do you have if you also own this training manual in addition to the documentation of the CAD system?

First, you will notice the special order in which the different topics of the Inventor® software are discussed in the manual. On the one hand, subsequent chapters are mostly, only dependent on the knowledge of previous chapters. On the other hand, I wanted to make sure that a beginner, in particular, should be able to quickly understand the scope of a typical 3D system in its entirety. In addition, it was vital to me to distinguish between those commands which are "absolute necessary" and "less important" tools. Therefore the book was basically divided into three parts.

Within the first and second part, the three main topics of most 3D systems are repeatedly explained: the "Part Modeling", the "Assembly Modeling", and the creation of "Drawings". Additionally, at the end of the second part, the chapter "Special Subjects" is also included. In this chapter more subject-specific topics are discussed, like for example "Sheet Metal Design" or "Weldment Design".

Within the third part, all those topics are explained, which are also very interesting, but are not absolutely necessary to create the first designs.

The many exercises will also be very beneficial for you. Basically they consist of two distinct types. On the one hand, there are the relative small exercises which are available for all theoretically discussed commands. On the other hand, there are also the major exercises, which are generally more focused on multiple subjects or on solving a design task.

The additional and often different explanations of the theoretical background of the various tools and capabilities of the Inventor® software in comparison to the help system can also be an advantage for you. Great importance is particularly attached on a clear structuring of the respective topics. Therefore in the following sections, you will find relatively little "text in the form of a novel", but many "main points" and even more matching "sub points".

Finally, I don't want to forget to emphasize here that the most effective way to learn a CAD system is a good training course in combination with a matching manual. If you also share this opinion, please have a closer look at my website on the Internet.

I wish you a lot of success in working with the Inventor® software.

Armin Graef

Internet: www.armin-graef.de

Basic Course Autodesk® Inventor® 2015

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COPYRIGHT

All rights reserved, including the translation. No part of this work may be reproduced or processed electronically, duplicated or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of the author.

Author: Armin Graef Internet: www.armin-graef.de

DISCLAIMER

This work was thoroughly checked. Author and publisher exclude any liability for damages, resulting from direct or indirect use of this work.

TRADEMARKS

The software and hardware names and the trademarks used in this work are subject to legal copyright, trademark and patent protection.

Autodesk, AutoCAD, DWG, the DWG logo, and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and other countries.

All screen shots of dialog boxes in this book are screen shots of Autodesk products. Autodesk screen shots - reproduced with permission of Autodesk, Inc.


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PREFACE TO THE BASIC COURSE

As mentioned before, my whole training manuals to the Autodesk® Inventor® 2015 software are divided into three parts.

This manual, the so-called "Basic Course", contains "Part 1" and "Part 2". Within the "Basic Course", the knowledge which is especially necessary to create the "first" designs is explained.

The other manual the so-called "Advanced Course" contains "Part 3".

The "Tables of Contents" of both books can be downloaded via the website "www.armin-graef.de".

THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF BOTH BOOKS

The highest levels of the contents of both books are shown on the right.

In "Part 1" and "Part 2" they do not contain any technical subdivision. The different terms of a 3D system (sketches, features, assemblies, ...) are only used below these chapter headings.

The repetition of the three main topics "Part Modeling", "Assembly Modeling" and "Drawings" was chosen, so that, first the "simpler" tools and then the "more complex" tools to the same main topic could be explained.

Within the chapter "Special Subjects", the topics "Sheet Metal Design", "Weldment Design", "Simple piping ...", "More complex Solid Modeling", and "Frame Generator" are discussed.

In "Part 3" the aforementioned manner of subdivision was not carried out anymore.

Book: Basic Course

• Part 1 - Introduction - Part Modeling - Assembly Modeling - Drawings

• Part 2 - Part Modeling - Assembly Modeling - Drawings - Special Subjects

Book: Advanced Course

• Part 3 - Representations and Selection methods - Additional Tools - Skeletal Modeling - Administration and Configuration - Parameters and Libraries - Data Exchange - Splines and Surface Modeling - Tube and Pipe - Cable and Harness - Stress Analysis and Frame Analysis - iLogic - Data Management with Autodesk Vault - Design Accelerator - Adaptivity - Further Display Tools - Presentations - Inventor Studio


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SPECIAL CONVENTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

To simplify notation and to improve clarity, the following conventions and abbreviations are often used in this document.

Text example in the document Action to be performed

Ribbon/3D Model/Create/Revolve

<Revolve>

Choose the "Revolve" command by clicking once with the left mouse button on the icon "Revolve" on the Ribbon (Model tab, Create panel) (Abbreviation: angle brackets)

Browser/Sketch1/Edit Sketch

[Skizze1/Edit Sketch]

Choose the "Edit Sketch" command by clicking once with the right mouse button (context menu) on the name "Sketch1" within the browser (Abbreviation: square brackets)

Graphics Window/RMB/Extrude

{Extrude}

Choose the "Extrude" command by clicking once with the right mouse button within the graphics window and select the item "Extrude" from the context menu (for example from the special Marking Menu)

(Abbreviation: curly brackets)

.../RMB/... Press the right mouse button on any object


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Contents

Basic Course

Part 1:

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 15

1.1 Copying the exercise files to the hard disk ........................................................................................................... 15

1.2 Launching Autodesk Inventor .............................................................................................................................. 15 Projects .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 New ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Save, Save as, Save Copy as .......................................................................................................................... 17

Open ............................................................................................................................................................... 18

1.3 Choosing commands ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Ribbon ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 Quick Access Toolbar .................................................................................................................................... 21

Application Menu .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Status Bar ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Browser .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Marking Menus (Context Menus in the graphics window) ............................................................................ 23 Mini-Toolbars for Direct Manipulation in the graphics window ................................................................... 23 Repeat the last command (Enter or Spacebar) ............................................................................................... 25

1.4 Viewing tools ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 ViewCube ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Navigation Bar ............................................................................................................................................... 25 Zoom, Pan, and Orbit ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Visual Styles .................................................................................................................................................. 27

1.5 Help System .......................................................................................................................................................... 28

2. Part Modeling .......................................................................................................................................... 29

2.1 Basics about Parts ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Elements and properties of parts .................................................................................................................... 29

Different types of features ............................................................................................................................. 29

2.2 Sketches ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 2.2.1 Basics about Sketches ....................................................................................................................................... 33

Creating, Finishing and Activating a Sketch .................................................................................................. 33

Basic Rules for Creating Sketches ................................................................................................................. 35

2.2.2 Creating and Editing Sketch Geometry ............................................................................................................. 35

Creating Sketch Geometry by Drawing ......................................................................................................... 35

Creating Sketch Geometry by Projecting ....................................................................................................... 36

Editing Sketch Geometry ............................................................................................................................... 36

Type of sketch geometry: Normal, Construction, Centerline, Center Point................................................... 39 2.2.3 Basics about Dimensioning and Constraining Sketches .................................................................................... 40

Adding dimensions and constraints ............................................................................................................... 40

Means to see the "Degree of dimensioning or constraining" ......................................................................... 40

Use of the so-called Heads-Up Display at the Cursor while creating contours ............................................. 41 2.2.4 Dimensioning Sketches ..................................................................................................................................... 41

Distinction of different kinds of Dimensions within Sketches ....................................................................... 41

Rules for Creating Sketches and Dimensions ................................................................................................ 41

Visibility of Dimensions ................................................................................................................................ 42

Creating and Editing Dimensions .................................................................................................................. 42


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2.2.5 Constraining Sketches .......................................................................................................................................44 Point alignment ..............................................................................................................................................44 Manual creation of 2D Constraints ................................................................................................................45

Constraint Settings .........................................................................................................................................46 Showing and Deleting Constraints .................................................................................................................47

2.2.6 Aligning sketch geometry at the "Origin" .........................................................................................................49

2.3 Sketched Features .................................................................................................................................................52 2.3.1 Extrude ..............................................................................................................................................................52 2.3.2 Revolve ..............................................................................................................................................................54 2.3.3 Holes and Threads .............................................................................................................................................55

Holes without and with Threads .....................................................................................................................55

External and Internal Threads ........................................................................................................................57

2.4 Placed Features .....................................................................................................................................................58 2.4.1 Fillet ..................................................................................................................................................................58 2.4.2 Chamfer .............................................................................................................................................................59 2.4.3 Rectangular Pattern ...........................................................................................................................................60 2.4.4 Circular Pattern ..................................................................................................................................................62

2.5 Work Features .......................................................................................................................................................63 2.5.1 Work Planes ......................................................................................................................................................63 2.5.2 Work Axes .........................................................................................................................................................65 2.5.3 Work Points .......................................................................................................................................................66

2.6 Primitive Shapes ...................................................................................................................................................67

2.7 Exercises ...............................................................................................................................................................68 2.7.1 Holder ................................................................................................................................................................68 2.7.2 Clamping ring ....................................................................................................................................................71 2.7.3 Shaft ..................................................................................................................................................................75 2.7.4 Palm grip ...........................................................................................................................................................77 2.7.5 Features on turned parts .....................................................................................................................................80

Creating a radial hole and a keyway groove on a cylindrical part..................................................................80 Creating a rotatable radial hole on a conical part ...........................................................................................81

3. Assembly Modeling ............................................................................................................................... 83

3.1 Basics about Assemblies .......................................................................................................................................83 Elements and properties of assemblies ...........................................................................................................83

Turning off the visibility of occurrences ........................................................................................................83

Modifying the components of assemblies ......................................................................................................84

3.2 Parametric positioning of occurrences in assemblies ............................................................................................85

3.2.1 Creating 3D Constraints with the Place Constraint tool ....................................................................................85

Assembly Constraints with (Alt key) + (Dragging with the left mouse button).............................................85 Mate (important) ............................................................................................................................................86 Angle (important) ...........................................................................................................................................89 Tangent ..........................................................................................................................................................90 Insert (important) ...........................................................................................................................................91 Symmetry (important) ....................................................................................................................................92

Limits .............................................................................................................................................................92 Motion ............................................................................................................................................................93 Transitional ....................................................................................................................................................94 Constraint Set .................................................................................................................................................94

3.2.2 Creating Joints with the Place Joint tool ............................................................................................................94

Rigid (important) ............................................................................................................................................95 Slider (important) and Rigid with Offset Origin (important) .........................................................................96

Rotational with Between Two Faces (important) ...........................................................................................97

Cylindrical ......................................................................................................................................................98 Planar .............................................................................................................................................................98 Ball .................................................................................................................................................................99

3.2.3 Displaying and Editing Relationships .............................................................................................................100

Displaying Relationships and changing the offset .......................................................................................100

Edit Relationships and Relationship Conflict Analysis ................................................................................101


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3.2.4 Driving according constraints or joints ........................................................................................................... 102

3.2.5 Flexible assemblies ......................................................................................................................................... 103

3.3 Placing and Creating components in assemblies ................................................................................................ 103

Placing components in an assembly ............................................................................................................. 103

Creating a new component in an assembly .................................................................................................. 104

3.4 Basic administration tools and measuring tools .................................................................................................. 106

3.4.1 Creating a new project by copying a sample project ....................................................................................... 106

3.4.2 Measuring tools ............................................................................................................................................... 107

3.5 Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................. 109 3.5.1 Steel frame ...................................................................................................................................................... 109

Project folder and project file....................................................................................................................... 109

Main assembly and Vertical brace ............................................................................................................... 109

Cross brace ................................................................................................................................................... 112 Longitudinal brace ....................................................................................................................................... 114 45deg brace .................................................................................................................................................. 116

4. Drawings ............................................................................................................................................... 119

4.1 Basics about Drawings ....................................................................................................................................... 119 Storing and elements of a drawing ............................................................................................................... 119

User interface ............................................................................................................................................... 120

4.2 Drawing views .................................................................................................................................................... 121 4.2.1 Creating drawing views and simple editing commands .................................................................................. 121

Base view ..................................................................................................................................................... 121 Projected View ............................................................................................................................................. 122 Auxiliary View ............................................................................................................................................ 122 Detail View .................................................................................................................................................. 122 Selecting objects and Moving drawing views .............................................................................................. 122

Section View ................................................................................................................................................ 124 Break ............................................................................................................................................................ 128 Break Out ..................................................................................................................................................... 129 Crop ............................................................................................................................................................. 130 User-defined rotated Base Views ................................................................................................................. 131

4.2.2 Further tools to modify drawing views ........................................................................................................... 131

4.2.3 Multiple Sheets ................................................................................................................................................ 137

4.3 Annotations ......................................................................................................................................................... 138 4.3.1 Centerlines....................................................................................................................................................... 138 4.3.2 Dimensions ...................................................................................................................................................... 140

Drawing dimensions .................................................................................................................................... 140

Model dimensions ........................................................................................................................................ 143 Chamfer Note ............................................................................................................................................... 144 Editing dimensions ...................................................................................................................................... 144

4.3.3 Text and Leader Text ...................................................................................................................................... 147 4.3.4 Hole and Thread Notes .................................................................................................................................... 150

4.4 Printing ............................................................................................................................................................... 151

4.5 Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................. 152 4.5.1 Angle plate ...................................................................................................................................................... 152


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Part 2:

5. Part Modeling ....................................................................................................................................... 157

5.1 Automatic creation of Adaptivity .......................................................................................................................157

5.1.1 Adaptive Work Features ..................................................................................................................................157 By directly creating Work Planes, Work Axes, or Work Points ..................................................................157 By creating Work Planes when creating sketches ........................................................................................159

5.1.2 Adaptive or non-adaptive sketches by projecting objects ................................................................................159

5.2 Sketches and Features .........................................................................................................................................161 5.2.1 Editing Sketches ..............................................................................................................................................161 5.2.2 Restructuring within the Part Browser ............................................................................................................162

Modifying the order of features ...................................................................................................................162

Using the End of Part marker .......................................................................................................................162

5.2.3 Copying and Pasting features ..........................................................................................................................164

5.2.4 Mirroring features ............................................................................................................................................165 5.2.5 Splitting faces or parts .....................................................................................................................................166 5.2.6 Creating Texts .................................................................................................................................................167

Text ..............................................................................................................................................................167 Geometry Text .............................................................................................................................................168

5.2.7 Emboss ............................................................................................................................................................168 5.2.8 Image and Decal ..............................................................................................................................................169

Insert Image..................................................................................................................................................169 Decal ............................................................................................................................................................170

5.3 Parameters and Tolerances .................................................................................................................................171 5.3.1 Using parameters in dimensions ......................................................................................................................171

5.3.2 Tolerances in model files .................................................................................................................................172 5.3.3 Changing the Dimension Display ....................................................................................................................172

5.3.4 Parameters dialog box .....................................................................................................................................173

5.4 Derived Component ............................................................................................................................................176 5.4.1 Deriving a part to a part ...................................................................................................................................178

Mirroring a part ............................................................................................................................................178 Scaling a part ................................................................................................................................................178 Simple example to Skeletal Modeling..........................................................................................................178

5.4.2 Deriving an assembly to a part ........................................................................................................................180

Simplification of an assembly ......................................................................................................................180

5.4.3 Exporting objects within the Base Component ................................................................................................181

6. Assembly Modeling ............................................................................................................................. 183

6.1 Content Center ....................................................................................................................................................183

6.2 Assembly features ...............................................................................................................................................189

6.3 Auxiliary functions .............................................................................................................................................190 Section Views ..............................................................................................................................................190 Assigning existing Materials and Appearances ............................................................................................191

Properties (iProperties) of a component .......................................................................................................193

Free Rotate and Free Move of components ..................................................................................................195

6.4 Pattern, Replacing, Copying, Mirroring, and Restructuring Components ..........................................................196 6.4.1 Pattern Components .........................................................................................................................................196 6.4.2 Replacing Components ....................................................................................................................................197 6.4.3 Copying Components ......................................................................................................................................199

Basic types of copying .................................................................................................................................199

Description of the Copy Components tool ...................................................................................................200

6.4.4 Mirroring Components ....................................................................................................................................203 Description of the tool ..................................................................................................................................203 Properties of mirrored components ..............................................................................................................204

6.4.5 Restructuring Components ..............................................................................................................................207


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6.5 Design Assistant ................................................................................................................................................. 209 6.5.1 Basic commands .............................................................................................................................................. 209 6.5.2 Copying, renaming, and replacing files ........................................................................................................... 211

Creating an "Independent copy of an assembly with associated drawing" .................................................. 212 Creating an "Independent copy of an assembly with associated drawing with immediate replacing" ......... 214 Replacing a component ................................................................................................................................ 215

Creating an "Independent copy of a part with associated drawing" ............................................................. 215 Renaming multiple file ................................................................................................................................ 216

6.6 Bill of Materials .................................................................................................................................................. 217 Property BOM Structure .............................................................................................................................. 217

Bill of Materials Tool................................................................................................................................... 218 Virtual Component ...................................................................................................................................... 221

6.7 Exercise: Basic steps to create an assembly ...................................................................................................... 222

6.7.1 Preparations ..................................................................................................................................................... 222 "Without Autodesk Vault" ........................................................................................................................... 222

"With Autodesk Vault" ................................................................................................................................ 222

6.7.2 Creating the initial design................................................................................................................................ 222 6.7.3 Continuing the design ...................................................................................................................................... 227

"Without Autodesk Vault" ........................................................................................................................... 227

"With Autodesk Vault" ................................................................................................................................ 228

7. Drawings ............................................................................................................................................... 233

7.1 Balloons and Parts Lists...................................................................................................................................... 233 7.1.1 Customizing the format of Balloons and Parts Lists ....................................................................................... 233

7.1.2 Creating and Editing Balloons ........................................................................................................................ 235

Creating ........................................................................................................................................................ 235 Editing .......................................................................................................................................................... 236

7.1.3 Creating and Editing Parts Lists ...................................................................................................................... 237

Creating ........................................................................................................................................................ 237 Editing .......................................................................................................................................................... 237

7.2 Predefined Symbols ............................................................................................................................................ 240 7.2.1 Surface Texture Symbols ................................................................................................................................ 240 7.2.2 Feature Control Frame symbols ...................................................................................................................... 240

7.2.3 Datum Identifier Symbols ............................................................................................................................... 240 7.2.4 Datum Target symbols .................................................................................................................................... 241 7.2.5 Feature Identifier Symbols .............................................................................................................................. 241 7.2.6 Adding text to a Leader Text ........................................................................................................................... 241

7.3 Sketches and Sketched Symbols ......................................................................................................................... 242

7.3.1 Independent Sketches ...................................................................................................................................... 242 7.3.2 Dependent Sketches (on drawing views) ........................................................................................................ 242

7.3.3 Draft View ....................................................................................................................................................... 243 7.3.4 Sketched Symbols ........................................................................................................................................... 244

Creating Sketched Symbols ......................................................................................................................... 245

Inserting Sketched Symbols ......................................................................................................................... 246

Pattern Sketched Symbols or AutoCAD Blocks .......................................................................................... 247

7.4 Special Objects and Dimensions......................................................................................................................... 247

7.4.1 Work Features, Model Sketches and Center of Gravity in views .................................................................... 247

Work Features .............................................................................................................................................. 247 Model Sketches ............................................................................................................................................ 247 Center of Gravity ......................................................................................................................................... 248

7.4.2 Special Dimensions ......................................................................................................................................... 248

7.5 Hole Tables ......................................................................................................................................................... 249

7.6 Revision Tables and Revision Tags .................................................................................................................... 252

7.7 General Tables .................................................................................................................................................... 255

7.8 Displaying components with the BOM Structure type Reference ...................................................................... 257

7.9 Replacing Model References .............................................................................................................................. 258


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8. Special Subjects .................................................................................................................................. 259

8.1 Sheet Metal Design .............................................................................................................................................259 8.1.1 Basic sheet metal tools ....................................................................................................................................259

Face ..............................................................................................................................................................259 Flange ...........................................................................................................................................................261 Corner Seam .................................................................................................................................................263

8.1.2 Flat Pattern ......................................................................................................................................................265 Creating a Flat Pattern and displaying it in a drawing .................................................................................266

Sketches within the Folded Model and the Flat Pattern ...............................................................................269

Exporting a Flat Pattern ...............................................................................................................................269

8.1.3 General properties of Sheet Metal parts ..........................................................................................................270

Sheet Metal Defaults ....................................................................................................................................270 Managing the "Sheet Metal Rule", "Material", and "Unfold Rule" styles ...................................................271

8.1.4 Further sheet metal tools..................................................................................................................................276 Cut ................................................................................................................................................................276 Project Flat Pattern .......................................................................................................................................277 Contour Flange .............................................................................................................................................278 Fold ..............................................................................................................................................................279 Bend .............................................................................................................................................................279 Hem ..............................................................................................................................................................280 Punch Tool ...................................................................................................................................................281 Contour Roll .................................................................................................................................................282 Unfold and Refold ........................................................................................................................................283 Lofted Flange ...............................................................................................................................................285 Rip ................................................................................................................................................................286

8.1.5 Exercises ..........................................................................................................................................................287 Creating the sheet metal part "Carrier" ........................................................................................................287

Creating a sheet metal part from a "block" ..................................................................................................290

Creating a sheet metal funnel with tube .......................................................................................................291

8.2 Weldment Design ...............................................................................................................................................294 8.2.1 Creating weldment assemblies ........................................................................................................................294

8.2.2 Drawing views of weldment assemblies ..........................................................................................................302

8.2.3 Exercises ..........................................................................................................................................................305 Weldment assembly "Cylinder barrel" .........................................................................................................305

8.3 Simple piping with 3D-Sketches and Sweeping .................................................................................................310

8.3.1 3D-Sketches .....................................................................................................................................................310 8.3.2 Sweep features with 2D and 3D sketches ........................................................................................................312

8.4 More complex Solid Modeling ...........................................................................................................................319

8.4.1 Extrude ............................................................................................................................................................319 8.4.2 Revolve ............................................................................................................................................................320 8.4.3 Ribs and Webs .................................................................................................................................................321 8.4.4 Shell .................................................................................................................................................................323 8.4.5 Face Draft ........................................................................................................................................................325 8.4.6 Fillet ................................................................................................................................................................328 8.4.7 Connecting cross sections (Loft) .....................................................................................................................331

8.4.8 Sweep ..............................................................................................................................................................336 8.4.9 Coil ..................................................................................................................................................................337 8.4.10 Direct Edit .......................................................................................................................................................338 8.4.11 Sketch Coordinate System ...............................................................................................................................341

8.4.12 Copying and Pasting sketches .........................................................................................................................342

8.4.13 Projecting edges and curves ............................................................................................................................342

Projecting Cut Edges ....................................................................................................................................342 Project Curve to Surface ..............................................................................................................................343

8.4.14 Helical Curve ...................................................................................................................................................344 8.4.15 Sketch Properties .............................................................................................................................................345 8.4.16 Bend Part .........................................................................................................................................................346


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8.4.17 Multi-body parts .............................................................................................................................................. 347 8.4.18 Storing solid bodies as separate parts .............................................................................................................. 348

Make Part ..................................................................................................................................................... 349 Make Components ....................................................................................................................................... 349

8.4.19 Move Bodies ................................................................................................................................................... 350 8.4.20 Combine .......................................................................................................................................................... 351 8.4.21 Delete Face ...................................................................................................................................................... 351

8.5 Frame Generator ................................................................................................................................................. 353 8.5.1 Basic steps for creating a frame ...................................................................................................................... 353

8.5.2 Inserting and changing Frame Members ......................................................................................................... 353

Basics of inserting Frame Members ............................................................................................................. 353

Changing Frame Members ........................................................................................................................... 355

Further options when inserting Frame Members ......................................................................................... 356

8.5.3 Modifying the end treatments between Frame Members ................................................................................ 357

Miter Corners ............................................................................................................................................... 357 Trim to Frame Members .............................................................................................................................. 358

Trim and Extend to Face .............................................................................................................................. 359

Notch Frame Members ................................................................................................................................ 359

Lengthen - Shorten Frame Member ............................................................................................................. 360

Remove End Treatments .............................................................................................................................. 361

End Treatments on curved or merged frame members ................................................................................ 361

8.5.4 Additional tools of the Frame Generator ......................................................................................................... 362

Frame Member Info ..................................................................................................................................... 362

Refresh ......................................................................................................................................................... 362 Presentation of Frame Members within Parts Lists ..................................................................................... 362

Reuse............................................................................................................................................................ 363 Change Reuse .............................................................................................................................................. 363

8.5.5 Publishing customized frame members ........................................................................................................... 366

Publishing a part whose cross section is not changeable (no iPart) ............................................................. 367 Publishing a part whose cross section is changeable (iPart) ........................................................................ 368

8.5.6 Exercises ......................................................................................................................................................... 370 Assembly "Frame1" ..................................................................................................................................... 370

8.6 Plastic Parts ........................................................................................................................................................ 373 Grill .............................................................................................................................................................. 374 Rest .............................................................................................................................................................. 375 Lip ................................................................................................................................................................ 376 Boss.............................................................................................................................................................. 377 Snap Fit ........................................................................................................................................................ 378 Rule Fillet .................................................................................................................................................... 379

Appendix:

9. Index ...................................................................................................................................................... 381


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Part 1

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Part 1

Autodesk® Inventor®

Basic Course

Part 1

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COPYRIGHT

All rights reserved, including the translation. No part of this work may be reproduced or processed electronically, duplicated or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of the author.

Author: Armin Graef Internet: www.armin-graef.de

DISCLAIMER

This work was thoroughly checked. Author and publisher exclude any liability for damages, resulting from direct or indirect use of this work.

TRADEMARKS

The software and hardware names and the trademarks used in this work are subject to legal copyright, trademark and patent protection.

Autodesk, AutoCAD, DWG, the DWG logo, and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and other countries.

All screen shots of dialog boxes in this book are screen shots of Autodesk products. Autodesk screen shots - reproduced with permission of Autodesk, Inc.

Part 1 Introduction

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1. INTRODUCTION

Main Topics • Copying the exercise files to the hard disk • Launching Autodesk Inventor • Choosing commands • Viewing tools • Help System

1.1 COPYING THE EXERCISE FILES TO THE HARD DISK At the beginning, you should copy the exercise files of the book into a folder on your local computer or on your network. Please, do the following: • Download a ZIP file from the Internet

- go to the main web page of the book: "www.armin-graef.de/Book-Inventor2015.aspx" - choose the following link at the bottom of the page: "Download the exercise files (English)"

- first, another web page appears on which the so-called "Book Number" will be checked - please enter the "Book Number" (you can find the "Book Number" at the end of each book) - please also enter any password (please remember; to repeat the download)

- then, the web page appears from which the ZIP file can be downloaded - click the link "Course_Inv2015.zip" and save the file in any folder on your local computer or on your

network • Extract the downloaded ZIP file

- after you have downloaded the ZIP file, you can extract the file to any folder (e.g. to "C:\") - only one main folder ("Course") with many subfolders and files will be created.

1.2 LAUNCHING AUTODESK INVENTOR To launch the Inventor software, double-click the program icon on your desktop. After that, the following window appears: • either: the Home screen ("My Home" tab)

- this is the default setting after an installation - it can be permanently switched on (default) or off via

the option Ribbon/Tools/Options/Application Options/General/Show My Home on startup

- "upper area": to create new files - "Basic" or "More"; see also the New tool - the type of the drawing template at "Basic" can be set

via .../Application Options/Drawing/Default ... - "middle area": to open most recently used files

- the files can be sorted (or filtered) by different criteria; "very important" files can be pinned

- "lower area": to select a project file (see Projects) • or: the Inventor main window

(also appears after closing the Home screen) - on the left of the Ribbon, you can choose

one of the following commands - New

- to create new files - Open

- to open existing files - Projects

- to manage the projects of Autodesk Inventor.

Subsequently, the above commands and the Save... tools are described by means of some short explanations and exercises.

Application menu

Ribbon

Quick Access Toolbar

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PROJECTS

Before you open or create an Inventor file which references other files, you should always activate a "suitable" project file that contains storage locations and other important information of these files.

In Autodesk Inventor, a Project consists of the following elements: • a set of folders for saving or opening files • a set of files that are stored in the (upper) folders • a so-called Project File (*.ipj) in which the paths of the folders and other information are stored.

If you activate a project file, you have the following advantages: • the referenced files are stored or opened relatively with respect to their storage locations within the project file

- so projects (the Inventor files, the folders and the project file) can be moved or copied easily • error messages appear, if you open a file that references other files which cannot be found in the storage locations of

the project or in their subfolders - so opening files of other projects by mistake can be prevented (if you do not ignore the error message).

After you have chosen the Projects command from the Home screen or the Launch panel of the Get Started tab of the Ribbon, the Project Editor appears and you can do the following actions: • Activating a project file in the upper list

(which has been added before) - by a double-click

• Adding an existing project file to the list - the "upper list" of the project editor

displays all project files and links to project files that reside in the so-called Projects folder - after installation the Project folder is

a subfolder of the (local) "Users" folder

- after installation the project "Default" is active

- to add a project to the upper list you can

click the Browse button of the Project Editor and then select the desired project file - by doing this, a copy of the whole project is not saved in the (local) Project-Folder but a

(Microsoft Windows) link to the selected folder • Creating a new project file and changing its properties

- this is explained in section "Part 1/Assembly Modeling/Basic administration and auxiliary tools" and in section "Part 3/Administration and Configuration/Project Management" (Advanced Course).

In the following exercise, you should select the project "0_Exercises-Theory" from the exercise files. According to the upper explanation, a link to the desired project will be created.

Exercise 2-1: Do the following: • Choose the Project Editor

- Ribbon/Get Started/Launch/Projects • Add the project file

- Button: Browse... - Folder: ...\Course\Inv2015\Server\Projects\

0_Exercises-Theory - File: 0_Exercises-Theory.ipj

• Activate the project - is automatically activated while adding the project file.

Note: Other projects of the "exercise files" All other projects of the "exercise files" can also be added and activated in the same manner.

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9. INDEX

3

3D Sketch ................................................................. 310 3D-Constraint ............................................................. 85 3D-Line .................................................................... 310 3D-Spline ................................................................. 310

A

Adaptivity ................................................................ 157 Adjust ......................................................................... 60 Alignment ........................................................ 132, 134 Alt key ........................................................................ 85 Alternate Solution .................................................... 319 Angle .......................................................................... 89 Angular Foreshortened ............................................. 248 Annotations .............................................................. 138 Appearances ............................................................. 191 Application Menu ...................................................... 21 Arc ..................................................................... 35, 310 Arc Length Foreshortened........................................ 248 Arc Weld .................................................................. 276 Area .......................................................................... 194 Area Loft .................................................................. 331 A-Side ...................................................................... 265 Assembly.................................................................... 83 Assembly features .................................................... 189 Associative ............................................................... 196 Asymmetric ................................................................ 52 Auto Dimension ......................................................... 42 AutoDrop ................................................................. 184 Automated Centerlines ............................................. 138 Auxiliary View ................................................. 122, 123

B

Ball ............................................................................. 99 Balloons ................................................................... 233 Base View ........................................................ 121, 122 Baseline Dimension ................................................. 140 Baseline Justification ............................................... 167 Basic Steps ............................................................... 222 Bead ......................................................................... 295 Bend ................................................................. 279, 310 Bend Compensation ................................................. 273 Bend Order Annotation ............................................ 265 Bend Part .................................................................. 346 Bend Relief .............................................................. 273 Bend Table ....................................................... 267, 273 Bend Transition ........................................................ 274 Between ..................................................................... 52 Bill of Materials ....................................................... 217 BOM ........................................................................ 218 BOM Structure ......................................................... 217 Borders ..................................................................... 119 Boss .......................................................................... 377 Box ............................................................................. 67 Break ........................................................................ 128

Break Out ................................................................. 129 Browser ...................................................................... 22

C

Cantilever ................................................................. 378 Center Line ............................................................... 331 Center Mark ............................................................. 138 Center of Gravity .............................................. 194, 248 Center Point ................................................................ 39 Centered Pattern ....................................................... 138 Centerline ........................................................... 39, 138 Centerline Bisector ................................................... 138 Chain Dimension ...................................................... 140 Chain Select ............................................................. 356 Chamfer ........................................................ 35, 59, 189 Chamfer Note ........................................................... 144 Change Reuse ........................................................... 363 Check In ................................................................... 231 Check Out................................................................. 230 Circle .......................................................................... 35 Circular Pattern ............................................ 36, 62, 189 Clearance.xls .............................................................. 55 Coil ........................................................................... 337 Coincident .......................................................... 45, 311 Collinear ............................................................. 45, 311 Combine ................................................................... 351 Component ......................................................... 83, 103

Copy ................................................................... 199 Mirror ................................................................. 203 Pattern ................................................................. 196 Replace ............................................................... 197 Restructure .......................................................... 207

Concentric ............................................................ 45, 55 Connecting cross sections ........................................ 331 Constraint ................................................................... 85 Constraint Inference Priority ...................................... 46 Constraint Set ............................................................. 94 Constraint Settings ..................................................... 46 Constraints.................................................................. 44 Construction ............................................................... 39 Content Center ......................................................... 183 Contour Flange ......................................................... 278 Contour Roll ............................................................. 282 Coordinate System ................................................... 341 Copy ..................................................... 36, 38, 199, 211

Feature ................................................................ 164 Sketch ................................................................. 342

Corner Seam ............................................................. 263 Cosmetic Centerlines ................................................ 265 Cosmetic Weld ......................................................... 295 Counterbore ................................................................ 56 Countersink ................................................................ 56 Create Component .................................................... 104 Crop .......................................................................... 130 Cross sections ........................................................... 331 Cut ...................................................................... 52, 276 Cut Across Bend....................................................... 277

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Cut Inheritance ................................................. 132, 134 Cut Normal ............................................................... 277 Cylinder ...................................................................... 67 Cylindrical .................................................................. 98

D

Datum Identifier Symbols ........................................ 240 Datum Target ........................................................... 241 Decal ........................................................................ 170 Degrees of Freedom ................................................... 85 Delete ......................................................................... 36 Delete Face ............................................................... 351 Demote ..................................................................... 207 Density ..................................................................... 194 Dependent Sketches ................................................. 242 Derived Component ................................................. 176 Design Assistant ....................................................... 209 Design Views ........................................................... 134 Detail View ...................................................... 122, 123 Dimension Display ................................................... 172 Dimension Input where possible ................................ 41 Dimensions ......................................................... 41, 140 Direct Edit ................................................................ 338 Direct Manipulation ................................................... 23 Distance ...................................................................... 52 Draft ......................................................................... 325 Draft View ................................................................ 243 Drawing Dimensions ................................................ 140 Drawing views ......................................................... 121 Drawings .................................................................. 119 Drive ......................................................................... 102 Driven dimensions...................................................... 41

E

Editing Dimensions .................................................. 144 Editing Sketches ....................................................... 161 Elements of a sketch ................................................... 33 Ellipse ......................................................................... 35 Emboss ..................................................................... 168 End Fill ..................................................................... 303 End of Part................................................................ 162 End Treatments ........................................................ 361 Enter ........................................................................... 25 Equal .......................................................................... 46 Excel ......................................................................... 255 Excel table ................................................................ 174 Export ....................................................................... 348 Export Objects .......................................................... 182 Extend ................................................................ 36, 359 Extended Names ......................................................... 22 External Thread .......................................................... 57 Extrude ....................................................... 52, 189, 319

F

Face .......................................................................... 259 Face Draft ................................................................. 325 Failed Boolean ......................................................... 177 Feature ........................................................................ 29 Feature Control Frame ............................................. 240 Feature Identifier Symbols ....................................... 241

Fill Voids ..................................................................181 Fillet ............................................. 35, 58, 189, 328, 379 Fillet Weld ................................................................294 Filter .........................................................................174 Find Files ..................................................................211 Fix (2D) ......................................................................46 Fix (3D) ....................................................................311 Flange .......................................................................261 Flat Pattern ...............................................................265 Flexible assemblies ...................................................103 Fold ...........................................................................279 Folded Model ...........................................................272 Foreshortened dimensions ........................................248 Formatting ................................................................345 Frame Generator .......................................................353 Frame Members

Change ................................................................355 Frame Member Info ............................................362 Insert ...................................................................353 Lengthen - Shorten Frame Member ....................360 Miter Corners ......................................................357 Notch...................................................................359 Remove End Treatments .....................................361 Trim and Extend to Face .....................................359 Trim to Frame Members .....................................358

Free Move .................................................................195 Free Orbit ...................................................................26 Free Rotate ...............................................................195 From Sketch ...............................................................55

G

General Dimension ..................................... 42, 140, 310 General Table ...........................................................255 Geometry Text ..........................................................168 Grill ..........................................................................374 Groove ......................................................................376 Groove Weld ............................................................295 Grounded ....................................................................85

H

Hatching ........................................................... 132, 134 Heads-Up Display ......................................................41 Helical Curve ............................................................344 Help System ...............................................................28 Hem ..........................................................................280 Hidden Lines ............................................................133 Hide All relationships ...............................................100 Hole .................................................................... 55, 189 Hole Notes ................................................................150 Hole patching ...........................................................177 Hole tables ................................................................249 Hollow Space ...........................................................177 Home Screen ..............................................................15 Home View .................................................................26 Horizontal ...................................................................45

I

Identical ......................................................................60 iFeature .....................................................................281 Image ........................................................................169

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Import Points ............................................................ 311 Include Geometry ..................................................... 310 Include Slice ............................................................. 124 Independent Sketches ............................................... 242 Inertial Properties ..................................................... 194 Infer constraints ......................................................... 47 Infer iMate ............................................................... 319 Inference .................................................................... 46 Inseparable ............................................................... 217 Insert .................................................................. 91, 353 Insert Image ............................................................. 169 Internal Thread ........................................................... 57 Internal Void ............................................................ 177 Intersect ...................................................................... 52 Intersection Curve .................................................... 310 iProperties ................................................................ 193 Isolate ......................................................................... 83 Isometric View ......................................................... 122

J

Jogged dimensions ................................................... 248 Join ............................................................................. 52 Joint ............................................................................ 94

K

Key ........................................................................... 173

L

Leader Text ...................................................... 148, 241 Limits ......................................................................... 92 Line .................................................................... 35, 310 Linear ......................................................................... 55 Linear Weld ............................................................. 275 Linking

Dimensions ......................................................... 171 with a model file ................................................. 174 with an Excel table ............................................. 174

Lip, Groove .............................................................. 376 Lock ........................................................................... 96 Loft ........................................................................... 331 Lofted Flange ........................................................... 285

M

Machining ................................................................ 294 Make Components ................................................... 349 Make Part ................................................................. 349 Mark Mode................................................................. 23 Marking Menus .......................................................... 23 Mass ......................................................................... 194 Match shape ............................................................. 319 Mate ........................................................................... 86 Material .................................................................... 194 Materials .................................................................. 191 Measure

Angle .................................................................. 107 Area .................................................................... 107 Distance .............................................................. 107 Loop ................................................................... 107

Menu Mode ................................................................ 23

Minimum Remnant .................................................. 274 Minimum Solution ................................................... 319 Mini-Toolbars ............................................................ 23 Mirror ....................................................................... 176

Components ........................................................ 203 Feature ................................................................ 165 Feature (within an assembly) .............................. 189 in a 2D sketch ....................................................... 36 in a 3D sketch ..................................................... 311

Miter Corners ........................................................... 357 Model Dimensions ................................................... 143 Model Parameters ..................................................... 173 Model References ..................................................... 258 Model Sketches ........................................................ 247 Mold Making .................................................... 352, 373 Motion ........................................................................ 93 Move .......................................................................... 36 Move Bodies ............................................................ 350 Move Face ................................................................ 189 Move Faces .............................................................. 350 Multi Select .............................................................. 356 Multi-body parts ....................................................... 347 My Home ................................................................... 15

N

New ............................................................................ 17 Normal ............................................................... 39, 217 Notch ........................................................................ 359 Notch Profile ............................................................ 369 Numeric Parameters ................................................. 174

O

Occurrence ................................................................. 83 Offset .......................................................................... 36 Open ........................................................................... 18 Optimized ................................................................... 60 Orbit ........................................................................... 26 Ordinate Dimension ................................................. 140 Orientation from Base .............................................. 132 Origin ......................................................................... 49

P

Pan .............................................................................. 26 Parallel ............................................................... 45, 310 Parameters ................................................................ 173 Parametric dimensions ............................................... 41 Parametric positioning ................................................ 85 Part ............................................................................. 29 Parts Lists ................................................................. 233 Parts Only ................................................................. 217 Path sketch ............................................................... 312 Pattern ................................................................ 60, 196 Pattern symbols ........................................................ 247 Perpendicular ...................................................... 45, 310 Persist constraints ....................................................... 47 Phantom.................................................................... 217 Physical Properties ................................................... 194 Pipe ........................................................................... 313 Place Component...................................................... 103 Place Constraint ......................................................... 85

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Place Joint .................................................................. 94 Placed Features ..................................................... 29, 58 Planar ......................................................................... 98 Plastic Parts .............................................................. 373 Point, Center Point ..................................................... 35 Pointer Input ............................................................... 41 Polygon ...................................................................... 35 Predefined Symbols.................................................. 240 Predict Offset and Orientation .................................... 87 Preparations .............................................................. 294 Primitive Shapes ......................................................... 67 Print .......................................................................... 151 Profile ......................................................................... 52 Project

Flat Pattern .......................................................... 277 Project Curve to Surface .......................................... 343 Project Cut Edges ..................................................... 342 Project Geometry.......................................... 36, 49, 159 Projected View ................................................. 122, 123 Projects ....................................................................... 16 Promote .................................................................... 207 Properties.................................................................. 193 Punch Tool ............................................................... 281 Purchased ................................................................. 217 Purge ........................................................................ 174

Q

Quick Access Toolbar ................................................ 21

R

Radial Fill ................................................................. 300 Rails ......................................................................... 331 Raster View .............................................................. 121 Rectangle .................................................................... 35 Rectangular Pattern ...................................... 36, 60, 189 Reduced Memory Mode ........................................... 177 Reference.................................................. 159, 217, 257 Reference Parameters ............................................... 174 Refold ....................................................................... 283 Refresh (Frame Members)........................................ 362 Relationships ................................................ 85, 94, 101 Relax Mode ................................................................ 47 Rename ..................................................................... 211 Repeat the last command ............................................ 25 Replace ............................................................. 197, 211 Replacing Model References .................................... 258 Rest ........................................................................... 375 Restructure Components .......................................... 225 Restructuring Components ....................................... 207 Restructuring within the part browser ...................... 162 Reuse ........................................................................ 363 Revision Tables ........................................................ 252 Revision Tags ........................................................... 252 Revolve ...................................................... 54, 189, 320 Rib .................................................................... 321, 374 Ribbon ........................................................................ 20 Rigid ........................................................................... 95 Rip ............................................................................ 286 Rotate ................................................................. 36, 132 Rotated Base Views ................................................. 131 Rotational ................................................................... 97

Rule Fillet .................................................................379

S

Sample project ..........................................................106 Save ............................................................................17 Save as ........................................................................17 Save Copy as ..............................................................17 Scale ............................................................. 36, 38, 176 Section Depth ...........................................................124 Section Participation .................................................133 Section through a model file .....................................190 Section View ............................................................124 Select Other... .............................................................86 Selecting objects .......................................................122 Sheet .........................................................................120 Sheet Formats ...........................................................119 Sheet Metal Defaults ................................................270 Sheet Metal Design ...................................................259 Sheets .......................................................................137 Shell ..........................................................................323 Show Constraints ......................................................311 Show relationships....................................................100 Show Sick relationships ...........................................101 Simplification ................................................... 177, 181 Skeletal Modeling .....................................................178 Sketch coordinate system ...........................................33 Sketch Coordinate System ........................................341 Sketch geometry .........................................................35 Sketch plane ...............................................................33 Sketch Properties ......................................................345 Sketch Select ............................................................356 Sketched Features ................................................. 29, 52 Sketched Symbols .................................... 120, 242, 244 Sketches .............................................. 33, 161, 189, 242 Slice ..........................................................................133 Slider ..........................................................................96 Slot .............................................................................35 Smooth (G2) ..................................................... 311, 331 Snap Fit.....................................................................378 Spacebar .....................................................................25 Spar ...........................................................................374 Sphere .........................................................................67 Spline ........................................................................310 Split ...................................................................... 36, 38 Split faces or parts ....................................................166 Split Tool ..................................................................166 Spring .......................................................................337 Stacking text .............................................................147 Status Bar ...................................................................21 Stretch ................................................................... 36, 39 Structural Shape Authoring ......................................366 Structure ...................................................................211 Structured .................................................................217 Surface Texture Symbols..........................................240 Sweep ....................................................... 189, 312, 336 Symbols ....................................................................240 Symmetric ............................................................ 45, 52 Symmetry ...................................................................92

T

Tables .......................................................................255

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Tangent ................................................ 45, 90, 311, 331 Taper .......................................................................... 52 Taper Tapped Hole..................................................... 55 Tapped Hole ............................................................... 55 Tear .......................................................................... 275 Text .......................................................................... 147 Text Parameters ....................................................... 174 Text within a sketch ................................................. 167 Thread ................................................................ 57, 337 Thread Depth ............................................................. 56 Thread Features ................................................ 132, 134 Thread Notes ............................................................ 150 Thread Runouts .......................................................... 56 Thread.xls................................................................... 55 Through hole .............................................................. 56 Title Blocks .............................................................. 119 To Next ...................................................................... 52 Tolerance.................................................................. 144 Tolerances ........................................................ 145, 172 Torus .......................................................................... 67 Transitional ................................................................ 94 Trim ................................................................... 36, 359 Trim to Frame Members .......................................... 358 True/False Parameters .............................................. 174 Twisting of swept profiles ........................................ 318 Type of sketch geometry ............................................ 39

U

Unfold and Refold .................................................... 283 User Parameters ....................................................... 174

V

Vault ......................................................................... 222 Vertical ....................................................................... 45 View Face................................................................... 26 View Justification ..................................................... 132 ViewCube ................................................................... 25 Viewing tools ............................................................. 25 Views ....................................................................... 121 Virtual Component ................................................... 221 Visual Styles ............................................................... 27 Void .......................................................................... 177 Volume ..................................................................... 194

W

Web .......................................................................... 321 Weight ...................................................................... 331 Weld Bead Report .................................................... 296 Weld Caterpillar ....................................................... 302 Welding Symbol ............................................... 295, 302 Weldment Design ..................................................... 294 Welds ....................................................................... 294 Where Used .............................................................. 209 Work Axes ................................................................. 65 Work Features .................................................... 29, 247 Work Planes ............................................................... 63 Work Points ................................................................ 66

Z

Zoom .......................................................................... 26

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