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Inventor: Setting the “Scope” of iPart Editing Posted: 7/26/2010
The process of authoring an iPart is easy if you take the time to model your Inventor part, add and name all desired features, and name all parametric dimensions. Discover how to effectively author iParts using the editing scope function.
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AutoCAD Mechanical: Functional Design Posted: 7/26/2010
Learn how to use the belt and chain generator tool in your design and drafting process.
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AutoCAD Mechanical: Intelligent Fillets and Chamfers Posted: 5/11/2010
Rather than using the standard fillet and chamfer tools in AutoCAD, discover how AutoCAD Mechanical’s tools understand that you are placing smart objects. Discover how you can make changes to smart objects and have the model adjust accordingly.
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AutoCAD Mechanical: Associative Hide Situations Posted: 5/11/2010
Discover how associative hide situations will give your 2D data depth just like 3D from a CAD-standards point of view. Learn how to differentiate between foreground and background objects by hiding the appropriate lines.
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Inventor: Customizing Inventor Studio—Rendering Your Designs, Your Way Posted: 2/10/2010
Discover how to create your own custom Inventor Studio assembly where you control the entire environment, including the walls, lights, and cameras. Learn how you can use this Studio assembly as a standard template for future renderings, reducing the time necessary to create quality images.
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AutoCAD Electrical: Tackling Text Posted: 2/10/2010
Learn how to change the font sizes and styles of wire numbers. Discover how to lock or delete all wire numbers project-wide.
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Inventor: Merging Assembly Layouts with Part Creation Posted: 11/16/2009
Discover how to simulate a four bar linkage and process it into an assembled model.
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Inventor: Using Sketch Blocks Posted: 11/16/2009
See how to create a simple test of your design idea without having to make a fully functional 3D assembly.
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Inventor: Where Does This Part Go? Posted: 9/28/2009
See how including reference geometry in your Inventor sub-assemblies helps in the creation of Inventor models and adds clarity to final drawings.
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Inventor: IF THEN ELSE with Inventor’s Parameters Posted: 9/28/2009
Learn about functions that are typically overlooked, but easy to use and quite powerful.
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Inventor: Using Frame Generator to Create More Than Just a Skid Posted: 7/21/2009
See how to create more than just a simple rectangular frame—create a 3D model that will act as the skeletal model for your frame. Frame generator automates the creation of steel frames and attaches steel members to your sketch.
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Inventor: Sketch Tips for Overlapped Profiles and 3-point Arcs Posted: 7/21/2009
Learn about some hidden treasures within the sketch environment.
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Inventor: Skeletal Modeling Posted: 6/9/2009
Cut hours of design time by using the Derive tool. Learn how to work with a master sketch and driving parameters to easily develop assembly configurations.
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Inventor: Creating a Square-to-Round Sheet Metal Transition Posted: 6/9/2009
Learn how to use the Lofted Flange tool to create a square-to-round sheet metal transition and add a rip to create a flat pattern.
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Autodesk Inventor: Design Accelerators and the V-Belt Posted: 5/14/2009
Learn the benefits of using design accelerators, specifically the synchronous belt.
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Inventor: Changing the View and Hiding Components in Presentation Animations Posted: 2/5/2009
Learn how Inventor allows you to change the view of the model and hide components as part of a presentation animation.
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Inventor: I’ve got style, do you have style? Posted: 2/5/2009
Learn how adding new material to your Style Library will insure that your Digital Prototype is accurately represented.
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Inventor: A Method for Designing a 3D Part in the Context of an Existing Assembly Posted: 6/17/2008
Inventor offers a few methods for creating a three-dimensional part, but by far the easiest is to use work points created from existing part and feature geometry.
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Inventor: Inline Work Features Revisted Posted: 5/6/2008
Learn how Inline Work Features help you focus on the design task instead of the functionality of the software and streamline your browser and graphics area.
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Inventor: Associating Sketch Geometry with a Drawing Posted: 5/6/2008
See how you can attach sketch geometry to an Inventor drawing view when the standard annotations tools do not meet your needs.
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Autodesk Inventor: Parametric Modeling Posted: 2/8/2008
Controlling a pattern parametrically can be a great time saver and allow design teams everywhere to be more efficient, and more accurate than ever before.
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Autodesk Inventor: Adaptive Assemblies Posted: 10/24/2007
Walk through an example of how to create adaptive geometry with Inventor 2008.
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Autodesk Inventor: Application Option Settings, and Custom Toolbars, and Add-Ins, Oh My… Posted: 8/17/2007
Learn some lesser known and used application options settings, create a custom toolbar, customize the keyboard, and look at the Inventor add-ins dialog.
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Autodesk Inventor: Documenting iAssemblies - Drawing Part List and Tables Posted: 7/24/2007
Many AutoCAD users would save time created chart drawings were one .dwg file represented many finished products. Autodesk’s Inventor has the ability to create chart drawings built in and is easy to use.
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Inventor Studio: The Animate Fade Tool Posted: 6/21/2007
In this tip, see how to get a component to fade in at the start of an animation.
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Autodesk Inventor: The Bolted Connection Generator Tool Posted: 5/24/2007
See how to create bolted connections that are fully constrained and easy to edit.
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Autodesk Inventor: Creating a Custom Content Center Library Posted: 4/19/2007
Companies often require a different name for Autodesk Inventor Content Center fasteners to appear in the assembly browser as well as in the drawing parts list. This tip describes the process for modifying a custom library to display a different file name, part number, and a custom property called bin number.
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Autodesk Inventor: Providing Flat Patterns to Manufacturing Posted: 2/23/2007
See how to export flat patterns in a format that virtually any CAM package can handle.
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Autodesk Inventor: Determine the Volume Inside Your Parts and Assemblies Posted: 1/22/2007
Determining volume -- such as the volume of oil in a modeled oil pan -- is easy with the technique described in this tip.
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AutoCAD Electrical: Panel Layouts Posted: 1/22/2007
Determine interference when mounting components in the front door of the enclosure using AutoCAD Electrical.
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Autodesk Inventor: Representing Manufacturing Process with iParts Posted: 10/31/2006
Use iParts to create a design to show in various states of manufacturing.
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Autodesk Inventor: Drawing for Dough Posted: 9/19/2006
See useful tips for getting the correct views in Autodesk Inventor
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Autodesk Inventor: Entering Property Information into the Title Block Posted: 8/17/2006
Learn how to link part or assembly information, add a prompted value, and add a custom property to the title block.
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AutoCAD Mechanical: Projected View Creation Posted: 7/18/2006
Use construction tools in AutoCAD Mechanical to speed up projected view creation.
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Autodesk Inventor: Lofting and G2 Surfacing Posted: 6/19/2006
Our expert demonstrates the new lofting and G2 surfacing functionality in Inventor 11.
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Inventor: New Positional Representations with Excel Posted: 2/22/2006
Autodesk’s positional representations illustrate assemblies in multiple predefined positions. Learn how to apply constraint overrides and create additional positional representations using Microsoft Excel, allowing you to create both simple and complex representations of machine motion processes.
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Inventor: Easily Control the Size of Your Inventor Parts Posted: 12/14/2005
When users create an Inventor part file they normally use the first sketch to define the base feature of the part. This sketch is then consumed when the first modeling feature is created. You can build incredibly functional and versatile Inventor components by using the first few sketches in your part file as Control Sketches. This demonstration will outline the use and creation of a simple Control Sketch component.
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Inventor: Style Editor and Templates Posted: 8/17/2005
In Inventor, each time you open a new idw you want your own default style options available from your templates. Our expert will show you this process to save time and to have all the options at your finger tips each time you open your default template idw.
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AutoCAD Electrical: Toolbar Customization for Productivity Posted: 7/18/2005
Using AutoCAD Electrical for point-to-point wire diagrams can be made even more productive with a little toolbar customization. Learn how a simple command macro added to a custom toolbar will save you even more time.
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Inventor: Parametric Assemblies and Parts using Inventor Part Files Posted: 6/16/2005
Use an Inventor part file as an alternative to an Excel spreadsheet to develop and control parametric parts and assemblies. This method will be more efficient and reliable than Excel-driven parts and assemblies.
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Inventor: Assembly Constraint Review Posted: 3/14/2005
Learn how changing the display mode can make it easier to see your assembly constraints.
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Inventor: Multiple Viewports Posted: 2/16/2005
Inventor allows you to have multiple files, assemblies or drawings open at the same time. This tech tip will show you how you can have multiple windows or viewports of the same part or assembly. This allows you to view the same assembly from simultaneous camera positions.
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AutoCAD Electrical: Custom Smart Blocks Posted: 1/13/2005
The Black Box Builder in AutoCAD Electrical allows users coming from AutoCAD to migrate their existing blocks to be used as "Smart" blocks in AutoCAD Electrical. This tip will show viewers how easily this can be done
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