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| Inventor | Bill of Materials Editor | andrewcarlile | Is there a way to type in a new entry to the BOM? Or does everything in the BOM have to have a model in an assembly? | Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:22 am |
| Inventor | Drawing views | pharold@markeymachinery.com | Why was the ability to turn parts invisible within a given view removed in 2013 version? this is an Extremely useful and important function. | Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:46 am |
| Inventor | Wires and Cables | patrick.miller | IcoCable,
If you do not require the actual twisted geometry, you can use the wire and/or cable commands and add a style to the library so your bill of materials is correct. If you require the actual geometry, there is not a command in Cable and Harness for that. There are posts in the discussion groups related to using the coil feature for this, but it will be complex if you need to bend it.
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...rs/m-p/2509085
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...il/m-p/1771885 Hope this helps,
Patrick Miller
Autodesk DLS Learning Experience | Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:32 am |
| Inventor | Constrain Cylindrical Components | patrick.miller | nondeduvel,
In this assembly, the lock pins are instances of the same part so any changes to one will be reflected in the other whether that's changing geometry or adding work features. If you did not want this, then you would have to save a copy of the lock pin then replace one of the instances. Patrick Miller
Autodesk DLS Learning Experience | Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:01 am |
| Inventor | Tutorials | jameslenane@yahoo.com | Hi folks,hope you can help,I have inv 2011 and when I click tutorials their it is in all its glory,just pick what I want to do and off I go,now I downloaded 2012 and they were not there just the wiki help page so today and went to autodesk and downloaded the tutorials and followed all the instalation info and put them into projects box and double clicked so their active and ready to go but when I click the tutorials tab I just get the wiki page,can you help as 2011 set up was perfect as I could split my screen and look at inv and tutorials at the same time,is their something wrong,having a problem with Features recognition enabler aswell,do I choose x64msi or 86msi on 64 bit system,I just dont understand,my email-jameslenane@yahoo.com,really stuck!!!!! | Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:31 am |
| Inventor | 管理零件規劃 | greencoretw | 在參數中 d41和d59方程式都為port_b_drill_depth
應該將 d41 的方程式改為 port_c_drill_depth | Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:03 am |
| Inventor | Drawings | aragorn_66 | Hi got a big problem!
I was making a project and when I opened *.idw file put everything I needed into that file and wanted to print it. Problem is that some lines has disappeared as I tried to print it (or print it into pdf file) (in fact nothing was correctly visible) and I couldn't click on some lines. | Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:50 am |
| Inventor | Wires and Cables | IdoCable | Does anyone know the step-by-step commands to make a twisted pair/triad/quad of wires? | Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:11 pm |
| Inventor | Nested Flexible Sketch Blocks | IdoCable | 8. Double clicking on Screw Rod Assy under the Blocks folder selects the instances that were dropped into the graphics window. Everything else disappears (not just grayed out). 13. Although I have used the Collinear Constraint on the centerlines for the Worm Gear Assy and Connecting Rod, the constraint glyphs to not appear when Show All Constraints is activated. Four instances of the Perpendicular Constraint do show, but no Collinear Constraint glyphs are visible. 15. Moving the Connecting Rod cannot be performed until editing the block is finished. Attempting to move the Worm Gear Assy (before editing is finished) results in the outline of the Worm Gear Assy moving, but not the interior circles or points. Step 16 MUST be completed before Step 15. 18. After applying the Coincident Constraint, right-click in the graphics window, and select the green check mark (OK). If the Coincident Constraint command is not ended, the blocks can not be moved at all. 20. Flexible for the Screw Rod Assy cannot be selected under the Block folder. When Flexible for Screw Rod Assy:1 is selected, both the Screw Rod Assy:1 AND the Link Plate move. Flexible for Link Plate is not selected. The Pivot Plate remains in its original position. Is it possible to move Screw Rod Assy:1 without also moving Link Plate? When Flexible for Screw Rod Assy:2 is selected, Screw Rod Assy:2 moves as expected, and nothing else moves. | Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:14 pm |
| Inventor | Format Sketch Blocks | IdoCable | Step 5: The color for Worm Gear Assy:2 instance would not change until I clicked on Worm Gear Assy under the Blocks folder. | Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:24 am |
| Inventor | Constrain Cylindrical Components | nondeduvel | When creating the work axis on one of the lock pins in step 8, a work axis was also automatically created on the other lock pin. Why is this? In this excercise it's a good thing but what if I didn't want the second work axis to be created? | Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:54 am |
| Inventor | Summary | nstalker | good stuff! | Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:51 am |
| Inventor | Constrain to the Origin | nstalker | thanks for the video! | Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:42 am |
| Inventor | Other Features | nstalker | Ctrl + W also closes Google Chrome without warning I just found out | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:56 am |
| Inventor | Walk and Look | nstalker | fresh | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:53 am |
| Inventor | Rewind | nstalker | sweet | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:49 am |
| Inventor | Up and Down | nstalker | I'm not sure what the use of this is. Doesn't pan do the same thing? | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:47 am |
| Inventor | Front View | nstalker | I think the confusion comes from the "start a new drawing" bit. Broken down into steps, this is how to do it. Select "I" --> "New" --> "Default" tab --> "Standard.idw" --> Click "OK". Now when you click on the styles editor you will see a standard in the browser. If you start a new part or assembly you will not see this, only if you start a new drawing. | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:41 am |
| Inventor | More about Orbit | nstalker | good info in the comments! | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:30 am |
| Inventor | Overview: SteeringWheels | paul.normand | You can also change the zoom direction in Application Options>Display. Check the Reverse direction box under Zoom Behavior. Cheers,
Paul Normand (Autodesk) | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:24 am |
| Inventor | Overview: SteeringWheels | nstalker | Ooh so this is where you can change the direction that the mouse zooms. I'm used to zooming using the default direction that AutoCAD uses and Inventor is opposite of this (like other solid modelling programs) so I want to change it to be like AutoCAD for easy switching between programs. Good info! | Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:18 am |
| Inventor | Summary | nstalker | Agreed thanks for making text step-by-step tutorials available | Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:55 am |
| Inventor | File Versions | nstalker | very nice feature! Glad I learned about it. | Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:50 am |
| Inventor | What's New | cadprofessor | Autodesk Inventor 2013 - What's new is more available on the CADProfessor - Blog - http://www.cadprofessor.in | Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:37 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | nondeduvel | When creating a new sketch on the front face (step 3), the whole thing turns on it's side so the front face is turned 90 degrees in the sktech ... I've tried the sketch tab -> modify -> rotate command but it doesn't want to select anything. In the main origin I can see that the Y axis is actually positioned horizontally and the Z axis is pointing upwards. I guess I can resolve the problem by just reversing the two axes but how? | Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:37 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | reivaj_king@hotmail.com | "Error Opening File. Make sure input file is DWG file and not currently opened."
This message appears when I try to Insert an ACAD file into a sketch on Inventor Professional 2012, and I only was usign Inventor and I installed Service Pack 1 - for Autodesk Inventor 2012 (Build 190) | Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:20 am |
| Inventor | Create the Assembly | paul.normand | Thanks for the comment. I added the file extension information to step 2. Cheers,
Paul Normand (Autodesk) | Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:39 am |
| Inventor | Create the Assembly | nondeduvel | i believe it hasn't been mentioned in the previous tutorials how to create a new assembly file. i've been looking in the help topics for half an hour without results. it's only after seeing the last line of this page that i could figure out it should be a '.iam' file. this should be mentioned in the beginning of this page. i hope this kind of necessary information will be present in all the following tutorials i have to go through! thanks for your help,
nondeduvel | Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:13 am |
| Inventor | Create a Revolved Feature | jeaton01 | Seems more intuitive to use "Project Cut Edges" rather than Project Geometry. | Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:04 pm |
| Inventor | Mirror the Sketch | jeaton01 | If the x axis has been selected as an entity to be mirrored the over constrained message will appear. It would help if it were explained that the lines must all be drawn within the same line command or the sketch will not be continuous. | Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:50 am |
| Inventor | Erstellen von Kabelbaumobjekten | jan.braun@tu-clausthal.de | Bei der Erstellung des ersten Drahtes wird im Text von U3-Pin2 gesprochen. Im Bild markiert ist aber U3-Pin1. Auch im zweiten Bild geht die Verbindung vonU3-Pin1 aus. Ich denke, der Text müsste dahingehend geändert werden. | Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:03 am |
| Inventor | Erstellen von Kabelbaumobjekten | jan.braun@tu-clausthal.de | Beim Hinzufügen der Kabel bzw. Drähte wird in Schritt 2. von der Kategorie "Allgemein" gesprochen. In meiner Version von Inventor 2012 erhalte ich keine deutschen Übersetzungen. "Generic" kommt wohl dem "Allgemein" am nächsten. In der dann erscheinenden Liste von Namen stimmen die Kabelfarben auch mit den weiteren Angaben dieses Tutoriums überein. | Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:54 am |
| Inventor | Erstellen von Kabelbaumobjekten | jan.braun@tu-clausthal.de | Ich glaube, in Schritt 2. sollte die deutsche Übersetzung von "Harness Assembly1" richtig "Kabelbaum1" lauten. Wenn ich richtig liege, dann müssten die weiteren Erwähnungen von "Harness Assembly1" ebenfalls geändert werden. | Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:50 am |
| Inventor | Zuweisen einer Referenz-Markierung zu jedem Exemplar | jan.braun@tu-clausthal.de | Ich denke, dass in der Anweisung 4. ein Fehler ist. Die Referenz-Bestimmung für Teil 360575:2 muss U9 und nicht U 8 lauten. Jedenfalls kann ich nicht zwei Mal U8 vergeben. | Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:47 am |
| Inventor | 完成表格 | greencoretw | 「倒角」不可有「」,要改為 倒角 | Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:03 pm |
| Inventor | 修改草圖標註 | greencoretw | 4.在「編輯標註」對話方塊中輸入基準。如果不想打字,可以在「編輯標註」視窗右邊三角箭頭選擇「列示參數」,即可選擇中文參數。 | Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:52 pm |
| Inventor | 連結外部表格 | greencoretw | 如果是依照建立外部表格方式
基準= base
緣口= lip
面= face
倒角= chamfer
6 = extrude2 | Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:43 pm |
| Inventor | 命令内标记菜单 | hong663171 | 非常好的人性设计！ | Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:54 pm |
| Inventor | 嵌套靈活草圖圖塊 | greencoretw | 「靈活」應咳改為「彈性」才正確! | Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:44 pm |
| Inventor | 建立 iMate | greencoretw | 1.如何記錄插入 iMate 的名稱，Insert In1。
1.2.步驟是否可以不需要操作.直接由3.步驟操作. | Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:41 pm |
| Inventor | Create parts in assemblies | patrick.miller | khosking, When you create a part within an assembly, you select a face or plane for the new sketch for the part. The origin planes in the new part are aligned to the selected face. The XY Plane is planar to the selected face and the other planes and axes are positioned from there. Hope this helps. Patrick Miller
Autodesk Learning Experience | Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:50 am |
| Inventor | Create parts in assemblies | khosking | How are the part planes, axis & point of the new part defined? I notice that their location can vary, depending on the assembly content & arrangement. | Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:50 pm |
| Inventor | Work with Parameters | mbunting2012@gmail.com | Inventor cannot link spreadsheets via Microsoft Excel Starter (2010) -- it must link spreadsheets via a fully-functional version of Microsoft Excel. The reason has to do with the way by which Inventor searches for the Excel file on your computer's registry. Otherwise, you will receive an error message saying "Not implemented." However, Excel files made via Microsoft Excel Starter can be linked by Inventor via Microsoft Excel, but not the other way around. Bottom line: You cannot link spreadsheets without a fully-functional version of Microsoft Excel. | Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:04 am |
| Inventor | What's New | MRanda | I have a Inventor 2013 New Feature post twice (sometimes more) weekly at the OpenDesignProject. Each post covers one new feature in-depth. There is a drop-down list on the site to look at all of the posts, but there are always a few on the front page as well, and the original post links to all as well. Stop by and check it out at: Main Page - http://opendesignproject.org/ Inventor 2013 New Features Links - http://opendesignproject.org/2012/03...-new-features/ Mark Randa
The OpenDesignProject | Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:39 am |
| Inventor | 建立 iMate | greencoretw | 1. 要如何記錄插入 iMate 的名稱，Insert In1。 1. 2. 步驟容易讓人誤解,可以不需要
從3. 開始建立即可 | Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:10 am |
| Inventor | 嵌套靈活草圖圖塊 | greencoretw | 「靈活」應該改為「彈性」才正確! | Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:02 am |
| Inventor | Set sketch scale by the first dimension | MariaManuela | One of the best sketch news! Love it! | Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:12 am |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | IdoCable | 7. The constraints operation must be finished before the sub-assembly can be made flexible. If you do not finish the constraints operation, you cannot highlight/right-click the sub-assembly in order to make it flexible. | Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:02 pm |
| Inventor | Insert a 2D Part and Constrain to a Solid | IdoCable | 10. The solution on the right is also the result of constraining the sketch to the visible inside plane of the base. No amount of editing will fix it. Close the file, and start over. | Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:51 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | IdoCable | Step 14: When I try to select the Piston Rod in the graphic workspace, the entire sub-assembly highlights, and the Analyze Interference operation returns 9 areas of interference (8 bolts, plus the piston rod-clamp). When I use the browser to make the selections, I get 0 areas of interference. I also do not see Extrusion4 in the browser (I have expanded all items in the browser). | Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:45 pm |
| Inventor | Constrain Cylindrical Components | IdoCable | This page is in serious need of more images and/or animations. | Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:17 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | IdoCable | Step 6 is confusing me as well. If the rectangle is coincident with the projected line, why is there a need to place a constraint (vertical or horizontal)? In fact, I get an error message about over-constraining the model when I try to place the constraints per the instructions. | Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:01 pm |
| Inventor | Migrate custom templates | MFGTPwikitester | Thank you very much for pointing this out. The content has been updated to: 'Also review the steps for migrating your style library to the new release. Go here for detailed information on migrating your style library'. Thank you again,
Jeanie Wayker, Learning Experience Team | Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:28 am |
| Inventor | Show all child components in a parts list | neil.cross@smd.co.uk | Yep it's definitely been around for a while. I've studied the Whats New pages carefully for the last few years and this has happened every year, they put something in which has been around for years and is in fact not new. My theory is that they need to beef up this section due to the lack of actual new content, or somebody within Product Support got sick of being asked how to do this and asked for it to be slotted in here! | Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:35 am |
| Inventor | Migrate custom templates | EdwardRose | The Note is Step 4 "NoteYou should synthetic consider template local styles and migration of style library." does not make sense. Why or what is the word "synthetic" in there. What should it be replaced with or how should that line read? | Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:10 am |
| Inventor | Centerlines and center marks | Margherita | oops... I stand to be corrected once again... sorry... I see it is available - from automated centrelines... you just have to click the punches button. Thanks Autodesk :) ok, but then what would really be nice, would be if the same size slots could have the same prefix, similar to the way the holes are numbered in the table HTV (hole table view) | Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:56 am |
| Inventor | Centerlines and center marks | Margherita | ooh... and you know what would be really great... if you could retrieve your center marks from punches. Not an option on 2012 as yet. | Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:53 am |
| Inventor | 자동 구속조건 변환 애니메이션 | dongmyung.machine@gmail.com | 애니메이션이 안 나오네요....// | Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:34 am |
| Inventor | Centerlines and center marks | Margherita | Ok, never mind... I figured it out - the sketch must NOT be adaptive before using the punch tool. | Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:52 am |
| Inventor | Centerlines and center marks | Margherita | yes carl9940, but you have to use the punch tool in the modify panel on the Sheet Metal tab. Then, in the drawing you can use CM (center mark) to create a proper center mark. I've got another problem though, when I share a sketch and want to use points on the shared sketch, the punch tool doesn't pick up the points and keeps on giving me an error message saying 'No sketches are available. First create a sketch, then use the Hole Center tool to define the position of each Punch Tool'. But the thing is what in the world do they mean with "Hole Center" tool. As far as I know, it is PO (point / center point)? Unless there is some new command somewhere that I'm not aware of? | Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:16 am |
| Inventor | Constrain Cylindrical Components | IdoCable | Step 11 (1st segment): After completing the mate/flush of the short shaft and the clamp, I tested the piston for push/pull. The long shaft remained in position (as it should since it is a pivot), but the short shaft did not follow its hole in the clamp as expected. What's wrong? Is there a later step that will anchor the short shaft to the clamp? | Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:23 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | IdoCable | At Step 2: "Start the Extrude command. Enter a distance of 32 mm. Use the symmetrical in both directions option. Click OK to create the extrusion." Following these directions to the letter, I cannot click 'ok', the button is dimmed. After starting the Extrude command, one must select the Clamp Sketch, or Inventor does not 'know' what to extrude. | Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:06 pm |
| Inventor | Insert a 2D Part and Constrain to a Solid | paul.normand | Hi, I believe you missed completing the action in step 8. Expand the Origin folder of the clamp sketch and pick the XY Plane to satisfy the first pick. When you use the Assemble command, the object to move is always selected first. Hope that helps. Cheers, Paul | Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:53 pm |
| Inventor | Insert a 2D Part and Constrain to a Solid | IdoCable | At Step 9 I get the following pop-up message: "A grounded component is selected to move. Would you like to continue?" My options are Yes/No. Selecting "Yes" allows the base to move about (a "No" selection makes no visible/action change). The Mate Constraint does not appear. | Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:42 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | ballp@correo.unimet.edu.ve | i am a bit confuse with the steps 14 to 15 14.. i think i manage to do it. First i selected the rod and the clamp (in that order) and the i choose the analyze command and somehow it work, however I never made anything set 1 o set 2 15...what its the clamp hinge? what does it mean "edit the sckect under extrusion 4? | Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:26 pm |
| Inventor | 準備進行分析 | kevinyucc | 從瀏覽器"中間曲面" 或 "偏移" 點選滑鼠右鍵的關聯式功能表在軟體中是"編輯薄殼"，不是"展示厚度"，請修正Help文件內容。 | Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:46 am |
| Inventor | パーツの作成 | Keiji_Nakayama | Cannot watch the video | Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:47 am |
| Inventor | iPart Fundamentals | Margherita | Hi, when I right-click on Table and click on 'edit via spreadsheet' nothing happens. Great. | Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:32 am |
| Inventor | Animación de coincidencia | moysud@gmail.com | Buenísimo muy simples los vídeos no había usado esta herramienta y creo la usare ahora | Fri Apr 6, 2012 7:26 pm |
| Inventor | Associative Sketch Geometry Projection | patrick.miller | obourne, You are correct that this has been possible with EDGES for awhile. The ability to project associative SKETCH geometry is new. Also, as LotzH pointed out, the accompanying Application Option to control the default sketch behavior is new. Thanks for your interest and participating in the WikiHelp!
Patrick Miller
Autodesk DLS Learning Experience | Thu Apr 5, 2012 12:36 pm |
| Inventor | Product Design Suite Workflows | mark.young | I was hoping for Inventor to Mudbox | Thu Apr 5, 2012 8:00 am |
| Inventor | 2D Mirror Self Symmetric | mark.young | This should be very useful. It was awkward before. | Thu Apr 5, 2012 6:55 am |
| Inventor | Inhaltscenter-Editor | r.lehmann@albg.eu | Zum Abschnitt "Anpassen von Dateinamen für Familien in einer Kategorie": Der Tip, wie man den Dateinamen als Exemplarnamen enthält einen Fehler. Hier wird auf das Attribut "Member.DisplayName" verwiesen. In der deutsch-sprachigen Version sucht man dieses vergeblich. Hier heißt es "Variante.Anzeigenname"! MfG Ralf Lehmann | Thu Apr 5, 2012 2:30 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | brad@myshaksales.com | How do I define the edges of a part in a IPT file. I have found in Application settings, display edges but when I check it off and open inventor again, nothing happens. | Wed Apr 4, 2012 6:42 am |
| Inventor | Copy drawing views to the same sheet | LotzH | So glad that this finally came thru..... Would save a lot of time and money........... Well done Autodesk!!! | Tue Apr 3, 2012 11:51 pm |
| Inventor | Persistent display settings in Parameters | LotzH | LOVE IT!!!!! | Tue Apr 3, 2012 11:44 pm |
| Inventor | Associative Sketch Geometry Projection | LotzH | @obourne - I think what they are refering to is the fact that it is a option in the Application Options to have it by default as associative or not? | Tue Apr 3, 2012 11:40 pm |
| Inventor | Dimensions in drawings | andrewcarlile | What about if I have a dual dimension and I only want a tolerance on the metric part and not the English part? | Tue Apr 3, 2012 12:51 pm |
| Inventor | Analysis of thin wall bodies | kevinyucc | Good! | Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:55 am |
| Inventor | Редактор спецификаций | dhomo | "Адаптация рабочего цикла столбца
Отображение диалогового окна "Адаптация", в котором можно добавлять или удалять столбцы спецификации."
Пункт контекстного меню называется "Выбор столбцов" а не "Адаптация рабочего цикла столбца" | Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:10 pm |
| Inventor | iPart Fundamentals | paul.normand | There are two skill builder tutorials for iParts that might be helpful located here:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...12&id=10893362 Cheers,
Paul Normand (Autodesk) | Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:11 am |
| Inventor | iPart Fundamentals | patrick.miller | carimkus, You have to use the CONCATONATE function in Excel to combine text and cell contents. To access the table data in Excel, right-click the Table node and select Edit via Spreadsheet. In the Description cell, enter =CONCATONATE ("Text1 ", B4, " text2"). Where B4 is the cell with the desired value. Patrick Miller
Autodesk Learning Experience | Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:35 am |
| Inventor | iPart Fundamentals | carimkus | I have an iPart factory and trying to customize a field in the table row, through Inventor.
The column in the table for the field to be customized is the parameter iProperties>Project>Description.
Adding text is easy but including information from another column on the same row is not, can't seem to get the syntext right. Keep geting the error message (Detected potential damaging errors in the table. Unable to interpret a cell:"").
i'm attempting to do the following in the cell; (Add Text)(Add Cell information from same row)(Add Text).
Can anyone give some guidence. | Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:50 am |
| Inventor | Use the Motion Loads in Stress Analysis | klompee | By changing the scaling of the display glyph:
(1) One by one: Right click the load/moment glyph and select edit load/moment. It is likely though you have to expand the window (>>) to see the option.
(2) All at once: Go to Stress Analysis Settings - "General"-tab: reduce the Global Glyph Scale. | Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:56 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | 20112679@abcol.ac.uk | I am trying to paste an AutoCAD block into Inventor I keep getting this message........... "Error Opening File. Make sure input file is DWG file and not currently opened." I dont understand why its not working. From AutoCAD I Copy clip the block then in Inventor I Paste...........
If I go to Insert ACAD File, I get to see the preview where you can select layers. I click next then finnish. But it does not work.
I have done it in the past but this is the second time in a design it has not worked. Please help. I need to import this block into my Inventor model. | Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:36 pm |
| Inventor | Associative Sketch Geometry Projection | jason.dupree | Maybe they fixed how projected edges can lose it's adaptivity when working with iLogic? That'd be nice. | Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:14 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | avib@satec-global.com | Thanks Paul ,
You did it | Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:05 am |
| Inventor | Add user parameters to text | obourne | That's very useful. I see it being a good way to "see" the contents of a paramter without having to open the param. table. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:01 pm |
| Inventor | Create a two-point-center rectangle | obourne | Very good. Hopefull next year we will see a two point slot command. ;) | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:57 pm |
| Inventor | Set sketch scale by the first dimension | obourne | Very nice. This will help with preventing sketched from "jumping" around after dims are applied. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:54 pm |
| Inventor | Show all child components in a parts list | obourne | Not sure why this is new. It's been aroung since R3 at least. Maybe I'm missing something. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:51 pm |
| Inventor | End treatment support on curved frame generator beams | obourne | Great. This will go a long way towards making FG more usable for complex frames. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:49 pm |
| Inventor | Alignment of a frame member through geometry | obourne | Great. This will go a long way towards making FG more usable for complex frames. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:48 pm |
| Inventor | End of Part marker | obourne | I like it a lot. This will be very good for parts with many features. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:47 pm |
| Inventor | Associative Sketch Geometry Projection | obourne | I'm not sure why this is considered new. It's been around for 10+ years. That said I think having projected sketch geometry (in context of an assembly) be adaptive by default is a bad idea. Most new users have no idea what "adaptive" is and will make many, many adative sketch links which will slow down processing/updating for large assemblies. I suggest that adaptivity should be opted into by advanced users who are using it deliberately and not as a default option used by everyone and any one. I'm not poo pooing...I'm just sayin'. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:46 pm |
| Inventor | Drag 3D sketch geometry | obourne | I'm glad to see improvements with 3D (and 2D) skecthes. Using CVs should be much easier than points. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:38 pm |
| Inventor | Equation curves | obourne | I love it when an Inventor wish finally comes true. This will be very useful. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:37 pm |
| Inventor | Dimension arc length | obourne | Glad to see this was added. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:36 pm |
| Inventor | Point cloud | obourne | Excellent! | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:33 pm |
| Inventor | Analysis of thin wall bodies | obourne | I'm glad to see this made it into this release! | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:29 pm |
| Inventor | Default Application Options | obourne | I suggest that on the assembly tab that associative cross part geometry creation be off also. | Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:24 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | paul.normand | Hi, What you want to do is possible and pretty easy once you know the steps. Select the face you want to change, right-click and choose Properties. The Face Properties dialog box appears. Click the drop down to expand the list, pick the face color and click OK to apply the change. Cheers,
Paul Normand (Autodesk) | Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:56 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | avib@satec-global.com | Hello ,
Imagine a sheet metal bracket with 2 sides .
When selecting the color of the part it is the same allover .
I want to simulate that each side will be in a different color ?
Is this possible ? | Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:14 am |
| Inventor | Write Information to an Excel Spreadsheet | Kyle.Sullivan | I keep getting an error here and I am not sure why, Error in rule: update_excel_spreadsheet_rule, in document: my_manifold_block (iLogic) Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. Any ideas on why this happens? | Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:59 am |
| Inventor | Thread features | paul.normand | The tapped hole and thread features rely on an Excel file for information. Tapped hole failure usually results from no Excel, the wrong version of Excel, or OpenOffice. There is an Inventor discussion group thread below that has more details. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...t/true#M395932 Best Regards,
Paul Normand (Autodesk) | Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:57 am |
| Inventor | 增强的小工具栏 | cbx-shanghai@163.com | 我认为应当给用户一条路：不使用小工具栏。因为至少到2012版本，小工具栏也没能完全取代经典界面 | Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:33 am |
| Inventor | 指定材料 | cbx-shanghai@163.com | 材料的分类是必要的，至少因分为金属和非金属 | Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:31 am |
| Inventor | Installation | kiedra.taylor@gmail.com | The generic responses here were not helpful at all. I'm not impressed with this product. | Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:55 pm |
| Inventor | Visualize Results | svnuckova | Hallo, this is currently not possible. But we will add it to our Wish List.
Thank you very much for your comment,
Stepa Vnuckova, Content Developer, Autodesk | Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:32 am |
| Inventor | Templates for drawings | nstalker | good info! | Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:05 pm |
| Inventor | Ground and Root Component | patrick.miller | Hi MarkWScreens, What version of Inventor are you using. I know for 2011 and 2012, the Productivity Panel is on the Assemble tab. If you are using 2011 or 2012, right-click on a panel in the Assemble panel then go to the Show Panels flyout. Is Productivity checked? Hope this helps,
Patrick Miller
DLS Learning Experience | Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:29 am |
| Inventor | Ground and Root Component | MarkWScreens | Productivity panel is not part of the assemble tab. Where do I find it? | Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:30 am |
| Inventor | Visualize Results | mickaj_weiss | is it possible to check displacement in one of the chosen axis? | Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:02 am |
| Inventor | Test for Range of Values | ag7751@bris.ac.uk | Here is more simplified code: If mass <= 100 Then
bracket_width = 1
ElseIf mass >= 400 Then
bracket_width = 6
Else
bracket_width = (mass-mass Mod 100) /100 +1
End If | Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:40 am |
| Inventor | Create Dimension Rule | ag7751@bris.ac.uk | The code can be greatly simplified to:
bracket_width = mass/100 | Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:18 am |
| Inventor | Print Designs | paul.normand | I need more information in order to understand what the type of content you want to use in Word.
Is it an image or is it text such as a parts list? Thanks,
Paul Normand (Autodesk) | Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:39 am |
| Inventor | Degrees of Freedom | redingd | Yes, klucha is correct. The flush constraint removes translation perpendicular to the constraint plane. It also removes two rotations, leaving only rotation about the axis perpendicular to the constraint plane. - Thanks. Darin Redinger
Autodesk | Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:54 am |
| Inventor | Uso del testo negli schizzi delle parti | rmonti.ut@hofmann.it | How can I add a text parameter in a sketch text? | Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:55 am |
| Inventor | Parametri nei modelli | rmonti.ut@hofmann.it | I cannot find how to use text parameters in a sketch text... | Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:50 am |
| Inventor | Print Designs | ausejo_ewan@yahoo.com.ph | how to transfer it to microsoft word ? :) | Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:45 pm |
| Inventor | Degrees of Freedom | klucha | Nope, tutorial is correct, flush constraint removes 3 degrees of freedom, one translation and two rotations | Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:31 am |
| Inventor | Degrees of Freedom | xpronet4@gmail.com | Under the first picture you wrote:
"You add constraints to restrict degrees of freedom. For example, adding one flush constraint between this part and one of its canonical planes removes 3 degrees of freedom."
I think you meant 2 degrees of freedom, check it out and correct me if Im wrong.
Thx :) | Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:39 am |
| Inventor | Structural Shape Authoring | DWEN | Once I have published a part for frame generator, how can I Ad some more rows in the Ipart table? | Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:01 am |
| Inventor | Drawing Browser | VeoliaDesigner | How do I change a drawing sheet format from an existing drawing with one from a drawing templte which I just created without having to create a new drawing. | Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:54 pm |
| Inventor | Mirror a Feature | paul.normand | The comment made by spfurlong pointed out that the first image did not show counterbore selected. An image correction mistakenly used Spotface instead of Counterbore. The images are now correct for Counterbore. Thanks beaudins! Paul Normand
DL&S Learning Experience Team | Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:49 pm |
| Inventor | Mirror a Feature | beaudins | In step 2, the selection is "Spotface" instead of "Counterbore" (the second button from top). This is a minor detail but it could occur as an issue talking about Standards. | Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:09 pm |
| Inventor | Export drawing data to AutoCAD | patrick.miller | sdlab2, There is currently no way to export some data to model space and other date (annotations) to paper space. However, there are many ways to create DWG data in Inventor. How are you using the DWG data (what is the desired end result, workflow, etc.)? Maybe there is a way to do it or maybe we can add something to the wishlist for a future release. Thanks,
Patrick Miller
DLS Learning Experience Team | Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:27 am |
| Inventor | Export drawing data to AutoCAD | sdlab2 | Is there no option to export model data to model space, and annotation to paper space? | Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:40 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | andrewcarlile | Here is what inventor could do that would be awesome. Include the tolerances in the ipt files and have it do 2 things: 1) show the tolerances automatically in the part drawing
2) use those tolerances to check for fit and interference For example, if i was putting a plate in a tube, the plates dimensions need to not exceed the smallest inner diamter of that tube, so the tolearance checker could make sure that the tolerance is +0 -something just a thought | Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:04 pm |
| Inventor | Design Inspiration - where do you get it? | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Here is another article about the physical attributes of a specific fish scale which prevents the piranha teeth from penetrating the scale. Possible application, improved body armor for law enforcement personnel.
http://www.designnews.com/document.a...ers+-+DN+Daily | Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:58 am |
| Inventor | Test for Range of Values | scaaty | Thanks spfurlong... | Fri Mar 9, 2012 3:10 pm |
| Inventor | Create Feature Activation Rule | scaaty | Yes, the advice worked nicely. | Fri Mar 9, 2012 2:53 pm |
| Inventor | Create a Text Parameter | scaaty | I believe Mr Patton was not refering to 'key' comment in line 9 but the comments in step 8. You can't change the value in this parameter line. You can only toggle in the equation line from the three options: base, flange and none. So the statement in line 8 does not make sense. | Fri Mar 9, 2012 1:47 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | adamlilja | Cannot modify the library file C:\Users\adaml\Desktop\AR-15\Z15-LW-RCVR-AL REV C.ipt Component C:\Users\adaml\Desktop\AR-15\Z15-LW-RCVR-AL REV C.ipt is not checked out to you. Edits are not allowed on this file. I made a bunch of parts and put them in an assembly. Now when I go back to edit the parts I get this error. This has never happened in any other assemblies. | Fri Mar 9, 2012 1:27 pm |
| Inventor | Mass properties | byronwblack | I have failed to find a way to report the Area property in either my assembly BOM or a Parts List for that assembly. It appears that Mass is the only physical general property that is available for selection in the Column Chooser. Would you please enhance your post to include a link to additional information regarding the procedure to which you are referring in the statement "BOM expressions and drawing text may display physical properties (mass, volume, area, and density)."?
Thank you | Fri Mar 9, 2012 9:12 am |
| Inventor | BIM Exchange | jernk | I am trying to figure out how to get back link to 'Supplier Content'. I can't figure out what is the connection between Mosaic Project and the icon "Supplier Content' in my Autodesk Inventor 2012. Please help me. Thank you. | Fri Mar 9, 2012 6:35 am |
| Inventor | Stress Analysis | MiroIndustries | When I bring an Inventor assembly file into Autodesk Simulation Mechanical to run an FEA all to parts that I pulled from the Inventor Content Center are missing in the model. Any ideas why this is happening? | Wed Mar 7, 2012 11:13 am |
| Inventor | More about Orbit | scaaty | I am with you on this. To actually go over and pick on the cube to do a dynamic is a waste of time. If you do it 200 times in a session, it adds up. I discovered the shift+middle button (or wheel) myself and use it faithfully like in Pro/E and Solidworks. It is instantaneous. | Wed Mar 7, 2012 9:59 am |
| Inventor | Work Environment | paul.normand | For the fastest answer to your question, please post ti the Autodesk Inventor discussion forum. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 Include as much information as you can, and attach the model to your post if possible. Cheers,
Paul | Tue Mar 6, 2012 12:24 pm |
| Inventor | Work Environment | cratetechdesign | I can't figure out what I've done wrong, but somehow my file now says "(For Drawing)" after it, and it will not all me to manipulate sheet metal, or add constraints to some parts. Someone please help! I'm on a time crunch. | Tue Mar 6, 2012 12:05 pm |
| Inventor | Place Content Manually Using iMates | sonhall@jdm | Hi, I noticed this too. After step 5 right-click in graphics window and select change size. Then you will get the Family dialog box. | Tue Mar 6, 2012 6:06 am |
| Inventor | Enter Environment and Create a Simulation | tcuric@gmail.com | i don't have Stress Analysis im my Environments tab >Begin panel
I have Inventor 2012 Factory Design Suite Premium EDIT: Only Professional Have Stress Analysis? | Tue Mar 6, 2012 1:42 am |
| Inventor | Refine your Project | steve.frampton@fischerconnectors.co.uk | Hi all, i hope this may help.
I had the same error message as "PyroMan99", i was trying to add the "Abor Press" location from the origianl "Tutorials" folder, i assumed that was where it should come from (the tutorial does not indicate otherwise).
I eventually went back and "added paths from directory" from the "Abor Press" folder from the newly created "InventorMasterProject", this seemed to work fine, although i do not understand this, if i have just created a new project in this directory structure, why do i have to add the sub directories again (?).
Steve. | Sat Mar 3, 2012 1:26 pm |
| Inventor | Bill of Materials Editor | paul.normand | You are very welcome! For the fastest response on your new question, you might try posting the question in the Inventor discussion forum. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 -Paul | Fri Mar 2, 2012 11:55 am |
| Inventor | Bill of Materials Editor | carimkus | Thank you Paul,
I have another issue with Fram Generator drawing BOM;
One of my like components has cutouts in it, making the mass "Varies" between these like components.
Is there a way of getting around this? | Fri Mar 2, 2012 11:40 am |
| Inventor | Bill of Materials Editor | paul.normand | It is a faily simple process once you know the steps. Here is something you can try: 1. Edit the Parts List to add a MASS column. 2. Right-click the Mass column in your parts list and select Format Column.
3. Click on the Substitution tab and Enable Value Substitution.
4. Click the dropdown box, select "Browse Properties", and select Mass. 5. In the box "When rows are merged, Value used is", switch from "First Value" to "Sum of Values". Cheers,
Paul Normand
DL&S Learning Experience | Fri Mar 2, 2012 10:59 am |
| Inventor | Detail Views | paul.normand | The most efficient way to do this is to use a representation. A Detail view can use a View or Level of Detail representation that is different than the parent base view. For example, the Base View and Detail view are originally created from the assembly View rep named Master. Open the assembly file, create and name a new rep and turn off the visibility of the parts you do not want to appear. Save the assembly and return to the drawing. Edit the detail view to use the new rep. Cheers,
Paul Normand DL&S Learning Experience Team | Fri Mar 2, 2012 10:48 am |
| Inventor | Bill of Materials Editor | carimkus | regarding Frame Generator drawing BOM:
Is ther a way to display the total weight of like components in the BOM of the parts list?
Can a column be created with an expression that multipies ITEM QTY with MASS, if so what sould the expression look like? | Fri Mar 2, 2012 9:53 am |
| Inventor | Detail Views | carl9940 | Is there a way to remove a part from a detail view? | Fri Mar 2, 2012 8:41 am |
| Inventor | Drag All the Geometry | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Yes, that is correct. That is the proper workflow. Ted Saufley
DLS Manufacturing Engineering | Fri Mar 2, 2012 7:56 am |
| Inventor | Rotate a Sketched Line | tcorey | How do you rotate by Reference? In AutoCAD, when the prompt asks for rotation angle, you type R, specify an existing and then new angle. | Fri Mar 2, 2012 12:40 am |
| Inventor | Rotate a Sketched Line | tcorey | I only get a Sketch tab if I first go to Model and select Create 2D Sketch. The tutorial doesn't tell us this. | Fri Mar 2, 2012 12:38 am |
| Inventor | Drag All the Geometry | tcorey | I am able to select individual lines without entering sketch mode, but I can only get the selection box if I go to the Model tab and select Create 2D Sketch. After doing that, I can make a selection box and move multiple items. | Fri Mar 2, 2012 12:30 am |
| Inventor | Creación de bocetos | aljua2000 | Ciertamente, y en el caso de los que no sabemos ingles se nos dificulta mucho hay algo que se pueda hacer para que sea el audio en español | Thu Mar 1, 2012 3:55 pm |
| Inventor | Use Work Planes to Terminate a Hole | paul.normand | Thanks for pointing this out. I added this information you requested to the beginining of Step 4. Paul Normand
DL&S Learning Experience Team | Thu Mar 1, 2012 3:44 pm |
| Inventor | Use Work Planes to Terminate a Hole | jabman81 | I think there needs to be a clarification on the thread depth in step 2 or 3. In step you say to set the Hole depth to 14mm but the default thread depth is 6mm. It is not until step 12 that I realized that the thread depth should also be 14mm. | Thu Mar 1, 2012 2:36 pm |
| Inventor | Text in drawings | carl9940 | but is there a way to link it to a table of notes? | Thu Mar 1, 2012 11:38 am |
| Inventor | Text in drawings | paul.normand | It sounds like what you need is to create a sketch symbol. The symbol can contain geometry and text - even prompted entries.
Regards, Paul Normand, Autodesk Inventor LX Team. | Thu Mar 1, 2012 11:06 am |
| Inventor | 绘制草图 | tianxiaoab | 有中文的吗？ | Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:12 pm |
| Inventor | Customize work environments in Autodesk Inventor | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi ocavins,
To open every document with Shaded with edges, do the following: 1. Before opening any document, go to Tools tab > Options panel, click Application Options. 2. In the dialog box, for Appearance, click Use applications settings.
3. Click the Settings button. 4. In the Display Appearance dialog box, set the Visual Style to Shaded with edges.
5. Click Ok to close the Display Appearance dialog box. 6/ Click OK to close the Applications Options dialog box.
Using the application setting, all documents, regardless of their individual settings, will use whatever the Application settings are for initial Visual Style display. If you chose Shaded with edges and Application settings, then all documents will open in that visual style. Does that work for you? Bill Bogan, DL&S, Learning Experience team. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:41 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | paul.normand | Hi,
More details about the file structure and dependencies might be needed to answer this question. I would post this on the Inventor forum. The user community is very responsive. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 Cheers,
Paul Cheers,
Paul | Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:23 pm |
| Inventor | Split the Part into Two Solid Bodies | paul.normand | Hi, I suspect that the surface does not extend far enough or that different geometry exists somewhere. This is hard to troubleshoot without viewing the actual model. You can email me the file if you like and I can take a look, or post the file to the discussion group. The user community is very responsive. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 or paul.normand@autodesk.com Cheers,
Paul | Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:19 pm |
| Inventor | Getting Started | horsepower4x4 | no information I could find on Iparts, creating, using, idw generation of tables, etc. Seems as though Autodesk has moved on to Ilogic thinking everyone already nows how to use iparts. I was wanting to find a video because Autodesk text tutorials leave out so much basic info. Our department (8 designers) has been using Inventor for more than 8 years but we only use the basic tools becuase it's so hard to learn the other features. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:24 am |
| Inventor | Customize work environments in Autodesk Inventor | ocavins | Is there a way to lock in a visual style? I prefer Shaded with Edges, and the default is Realistic. I have changed it in every options I have found, but it doesn't stick when parts are closed, and re-opened. Small annoyance. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:39 am |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | stamy1 | Cross-part projection failed because the sketch is in a part which is adaptive in another assembly How i can remove the old adaptivity and make a new one? | Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:12 am |
| Inventor | Make Components | patrick.miller | The note in step 9 is an alternate method to set the templates before running the Make Components command. Instead of setting the template for each component you can set the default before running the command. For the tutorial, this is just a note and does not require any action. Patrick Miller
MFG Learning Experience | Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:11 am |
| Inventor | Split the Part into Two Solid Bodies | KyleMJewell | Hello, i've gone through this tutorial twice now and whenever i get to the splitting process and attempt to split it i get this error: Create parting line failed spline.ipt: Errors occurred during update Split1: Could not build this Split The attempted operation did not successfully complete due to unforeseen problems. Try with different options or inputs. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:48 am |
| Inventor | Make Components | domkexp@one.lt | Step 9: In this dialog box, choose the default part and assembly templates for the Make Components command - this sentence is not very clear, what should I actually have to select? I canot find anything related to default part or assembly? | Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:18 am |
| Inventor | Drawings | kubicoi | Hello andrewcarlile, Thank You for Your question. Unfortunately, Inventor currently does not include any tool that could automatically create the table you need. We have added your request to a list of Inventor improvements and additions to be finished in future releases. Regards,
Irena Kubicova Learning Experience Team, Autodesk Inventor | Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:17 am |
| Inventor | Create Rules in the Assembly | domkexp@one.lt | You forgot to change the name, for example from Mate:4 to port_b_cap_center or something similar depending on how assembly was created. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:43 am |
| Inventor | Edit iLogic Parts from Within an Assembly | domkexp@one.lt | Maybe it would be useful to mention the dimension in mm as well? | Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:33 am |
| Inventor | Text in drawings | carl9940 | Is there a way to make a note flag? For instance if I have a bunch of notes on a drawing and don't want to have text on the part, can I flag those locations (like the part number bubbles) and have the note flags reference a note? | Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:33 pm |
| Inventor | About this tutorial | claudia_alv | Hi! did you get any answer? I get the same notification for Autodesk Moldflow and was looking for a response. I'm using Firefox. | Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:47 pm |
| Inventor | Nested Flexible Sketch Blocks | domkexp@one.lt | 13.Right-click, and select Show All Constraints Somehow there is only Show Constraits, but not All. And for some reasons, step 15 is not working - I can move only both sketches together. | Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:05 am |
| Inventor | Use AutoDrop | domkexp@one.lt | In "Place form Content Center" dialog box, do I need to check Tools-> AutoDrop? | Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:52 am |
| Inventor | Place Content Manually Using iMates | domkexp@one.lt | Hi, Something is missing here. After step 5 I don't get the Family dialog box. Instead i am getting AutoDrob box with 5 buttons. And there is nothing similar to Use iMate. It happens even though I unchecked the Tools->AutoDrop. | Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:41 am |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | paul.normand | To remove a read only file attribute, browse to the file location on your hard drive, right-click the file and select Properties. If you see a dialog box telling you that Inventor file properties should be accessed with iProperties, click OK. This refers to internal properties such as material and part number. When the windows properties dialog is displayed, clear the check mark next to Read Only and close the dialog box. Regards,
Paul | Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:00 pm |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | Kyle.Sullivan | I am having a problem when I go to merge the two assemblies. Basically I keep getting a warning about the sub_assy being a read only file so it will not let me place it. How can I change this? | Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:49 pm |
| Inventor | Edit the Tapped Hole Location | paul.normand | Hello, the image on this page shows what the model looks like when you are editing the sketch that created Hole2.. Step 3 points out that when you are editing a sketch the part "history" is temporarily rolled back to the model state that existed when the sketch was created. After you finish the sketch edit, Hole3 and Hole4 appear. Hope that helps. Best regards,
Paul | Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:27 am |
| Inventor | Constraint tools | paul.normand | Sometimes using a different browser can give you better results. -Paul | Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:35 am |
| Inventor | Constraint tools | billrata@comcast.net | Is there a way to speed up these download of these annimations? Seems to take forever. | Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:50 am |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | domkexp@one.lt | How to make the piston free to spin? | Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:28 am |
| Inventor | Create a Tangent Work Plane | domkexp@one.lt | Thread depth? | Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:06 am |
| Inventor | Symmetrical and Offset Work Planes | domkexp@one.lt | How can I obtain the constraints in step 9 ? | Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:45 am |
| Inventor | View Projection | seawaygames@gmail.com | Thanks, this really helped me. I'm a student trying to teach my self and I decided to try the drawing feature, and I couldn't figure it out. Thanks | Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:33 pm |
| Inventor | Drawings | andrewcarlile | why isn't there a table for dimension tolerances (like a k6 fit for example) that pulls in all the names and dimensions automatically? Like a hole table but for dimension tolerances | Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:53 pm |
| Inventor | Configure Standard and User Libraries | paul.normand | You are correct. Changing the properties of the existing file will resolve the issue..
-Paul | Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:00 pm |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | paul.normand | Thanks for the solution Bill. A new step was added to the text to make sure the filter setting is correct.
-Paul | Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:56 am |
| Inventor | Edit the Tapped Hole Location | domkexp@one.lt | Why in this figure there are no concentric and other hole as one step before? | Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:16 am |
| Inventor | Verify the Changes | billrata@comcast.net | Not finding the Library View list, or anything saying Merged View. | Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:45 am |
| Inventor | Configure Standard and User Libraries | billrata@comcast.net | Is'nt it easier just to open the properties for tutorial_files.ipj and uncheck the read only box? Am I missing something here? | Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:24 am |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | billrata@comcast.net | Found my problem, maybe your's sa_hobson. Check the filter and make sure it is set to ALL, not KEY. | Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:47 am |
| Inventor | About this tutorial | domkexp@one.lt | Maybe it would be useful to state, that Bracket_Assembly.iam is located in tutorial_files project, and not in the InventorMasterProject. | Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:00 am |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | paul.normand | I was reading these threads and wondering if you have Microsoft Excel installed. If not, that may be the cause of no display. Best regards,
Paul Normand | Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:26 am |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | billrata@comcast.net | I have the same problem as sa_hobson. Help would be apprecieated | Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:53 am |
| Inventor | Create Rules in the Assembly | billrata@comcast.net | Same problem as Adonis. Maybe somebody has an answer? | Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:44 am |
| Inventor | Learn about projects | varindersra | Not very useful because the search results link goes to the main title not to the specific topic I am searching for. | Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:43 am |
| Inventor | Rule Text Reference | billrata@comcast.net | Is there something like a programmers handbook for iLogic? Definitions of the vars, etc., would be nice. Thanks | Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:35 am |
| Inventor | Create Block Size Rule | 163531@viauc.dk | wow, that is a lot of info.
The underlying mechanism is understandable, but all the params get me confused. I have no idea what height or offset mean, so I don't know why they are given different values. In my opinion some images with the block showing the involved parameters/ dimensions wouldn't hurt | Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:38 am |
| Inventor | Constrain Cylindrical Components | s831333@students.cdu.edu.au | More often than not when executing the contrain command: after selecting the 2 mating parameters, the parts align with the audible "POP" showing the result of the constraint... all looks good but the "apply" and "OK" buttons on the constraint command selection box remain "grey" and so only option is to "cancel" so can't keep the changes/constraint.... do exactly the same sequence and eventually I can apply the constraint.... also have trouble saving changes because pins and shafts are "read only". | Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:24 pm |
| Inventor | Thread features | higdong1@citadel.edu | I have the same problem. I made a sketch and revolved it to have a hollow cylinder in the center. When I click thread, nothing happens. Please help. | Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:12 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | tmulligan@dgeinc.com | Just got inventor installed and I created some template drawings in the template dir. with changes to the default styles. When I try to open the template i get a message telling me my styles will be overriden with the default. Regards,
Tom | Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:37 am |
| Inventor | Mirror the Sketch | charlie@graphicrad.com | same here | Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:44 am |
| Inventor | Add the Hardware | walt_j1@yahoo.com | Step 4 calls to add ANSI B 27.7M. However, in step 6, there will be 4 instances of ANSI B 27.7N 3AMI-7? | Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:14 am |
| Inventor | Testen der Blockformregel | Kowacki | 1.Erstellen Sie einen Textparameter mit dem Namen Block
Stimmt nicht überein mit,
If block = “tee” Then
Block-<<-block
soll groß geschrieben werden.
If Block = “tee” Then
Erst dann hat bei mir funktioniert. | Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:25 am |
| Inventor | Create a Revolved Feature | projects@aimindustries.com.au | #4 I dont get the Green Dot at the projected line mid point for selection (Shown as red in screenshot?). I get a VERY small icon on the dynamic input (cursor) menu indicating mid point, endpoint etc. How do I turn on the Green Dot? | Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:47 pm |
| Inventor | Centerlines and center marks | carl9940 | Is there a way to put a proper center mark on a slot? | Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:48 pm |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | sa_hobson@hotmail.com | Thank you for your quick response Ted. I restarted the tute and went through each step methodically & am quite certain I have carried out each step correctly. I have the derive_test.ipt part with the holes open in one tab and in the other tab down the bottom and the source part der_001.ipt as the selected tab. In both of these I do not have any parameters in this window. When I open the FX parameters panel the window opens and I have the three rows; Model Parameters, Reference Parameters & User Parameters. Looking forward to your advice and thanks for the help so far. | Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:55 am |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Hello Sean, Could you have inadvertently missed these all-important steps from the Create a Derived Part section earlier in the tutorial? Create a Derived Part
Select the source file and create the derived part:
1.On the ribbon, click Manage tab Insert panel Derive.
2.Double-click der_001.ipt in the Open dialog box. Best regards. Ted Saufley
DLS Manufactring Engineering | Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:29 am |
| Inventor | Modify the Parent Part | sa_hobson@hotmail.com | It seems as tho I've stuffed up with file locations on my computer. The problem is; when I follow the "click the Manage tab Parameters panel Parameters." path in Inventor, there are no defined parameters. It is completely blank. Assistance to get me back on track is greatly appreciated, I hope I haven't missed something very basic. Sean | Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:52 am |
| Inventor | Structure of bills of materials | scottmoyse | my changes were published but Autodesk didn't add the extra characteristics where I wrote: "Autodesk should add the other characteristics here." For some reason the Reference section didn't have characteristics like the others do. I assume Autodesk have verified what I have written is true? I tested it and found it to be true, but this is a help file others will be using so I hope all the additions are verified. | Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:15 pm |
| Inventor | Productivity tools | paul.normand | Hello - If I understand what you are asking, the answer is yes and it is pretty easy. Just select part D in the browser, and drag it into assembly B. The constraints should be respected, but without seeing the geometry I can't guarantee that there won't be some conflicts which might invalidate a constraint. Cheers,
Paul | Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:24 am |
| Inventor | Add a Rule Fillet to a Feature | paul.normand | Hello - you are correct that in order to get the results shown in the image, you must use exclude faces on the rear surfaces of the clip. This tutorial is a few releases old. It looks like changes to the modeling kernel after this tutorial was created may have changed the behavior. I modified to the text to include this step. Thanks for pointing this out. -Paul | Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:14 am |
| Inventor | Create a Rule Fillet | paul.normand | Hello - You are correct that the image at the top of the page is different. There is a 0.2 mm recess specified in the rib option which means there is an edge that should be visible. The image at the bottom of the page should be correct. It may look slightly different if you have edge display being enabled. Thanks for the comment!
-Paul | Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:59 am |
| Inventor | Productivity tools | carl9940 | Is there a way to move a component with constraints 'down' a level? What I mean is, if I have assembly A and it contains assembly B and parts D and E and they are all constrained properly, can I move part D down to assembly B? | Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:49 am |
| Inventor | Add a Rule Fillet to a Feature | jackreece | In order to get the results shown in this last image you will need to EXCLUDE FACES and select the rear surface of each clip | Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:25 am |
| Inventor | Create a Rule Fillet | jackreece | The values given in the previous page do not generate the image provided in this page. | Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:34 am |
| Inventor | Add Constraints | kubicoi | Hello duncan, thank you very much for sharing your tip. I have added your comment to the Help Quality Improvements list, so this discrepancy should be soon fixed in the Help source files.
Irena Kubicova Autodesk Inventor Learning Experience Team | Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:12 am |
| Inventor | Sheet Format | kubicoi | scsawall, thank you very much for your suggestion. I have added this item to the list of quality improvements to be finished in the Help.
Regards,
Irena Kubicova, Autodesk Inventor Learning Experience Team | Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:52 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | JLLucas | Here is a feature suggestion for WikiHelp: it would be nice to have a button that allows expanding/collapsing of all the contents. When doing a search on wikihelp, the search function would locate the relevant keywords within the topic, but one can not find the keywords within a page until clicking and expanding the right section. A expanding/collapsing button would greatly help, especially with a particularly lengthy topic with many sections and sub-sections. | Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:19 am |
| Inventor | Section views | kubicoi | Thank you very much for sharing your tip, Carl9940. I will add your suggestion to the Help quality improvements list.
Irena Kubicova, Autodesk Inventor Learning Experience Team | Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:37 am |
| Inventor | Modify the iFeature File | patrick.miller | drgonsior, Do you have MS Excel installed? Excel is required to work with iFeatures, iParts, and iAssemblies. Patrick Miller
MFG Learning Experience | Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:50 am |
| Inventor | Modify the iFeature File | drgonsior@gmail.com | i get the following warning, when i attempt to Save. "Failed to export Desel Table" HELP THANKS | Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:36 pm |
| Inventor | Break Operations | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | I'll make a note, but cannot guarantee any notice out of the norm. The best method for keeping abreast of these developments is to participate in Beta evaluation. Some, to help raise visibility have gone to the AUGI website and posted there about the need to improve a feature. That way others can add their voice as to the importance of the improvement. | Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:56 am |
| Inventor | Break Operations | carl9940 | That would be perfect. Is there a way you can keep me posted on this? | Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:04 am |
| Inventor | Add Constraints | whunter | How can I actually see the constraint after I've applied it without hovering over it with the mouse cursor in the browser? | Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:33 pm |
| Inventor | Use the Motion Loads in Stress Analysis | nyamol | The arrows are so gigantic that they hide the component. How can I change the size of the arrows like the figure above? | Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:19 pm |
| Inventor | Add a Sliding Joint | nyamol | I understand this section. However, technically, the mechanism here is the same as the relation between the Scottish Yoke and the Roller described in the previous section (Add Friction). But why is the constraint between the Scottish Yoke and the Roller built in Assembly environment? | Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:33 pm |
| Inventor | Building a 2D Contact | nyamol | What is the advantage of using sketch geometry to establish 2D contact? Using surfaces seems natural and reasonable, while adding sketch geometry sounds like extra load.
By the way, I first added a comment with the default setting without knowing my email address would appear on the comment. I deleted the original comment, changed my user name, and then re-added the same comment. It is not a good idea to use email address as user name on comment thread by default. | Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:42 pm |
| Inventor | Break Operations | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi carl9940,
It could be similar to section views where you select the view, create a sketch and use projected geometry to anchor the break locations. It would make these consistent with other specialized views. We will pass this along to the designers.
Bill Bogan, DLS Learning Experience Team | Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:36 am |
| Inventor | Break Operations | carl9940 | Could autodesk make this 2 sketch lines instead of floaty lines so that I can dimension them? For example, if I have a part that can change lengths and I need to print off a new drawing, it would be sweet if I could say that the lines were a set distance from each end of the part. Then I could update the part length, then just open the part drawing and not have to adjust anything, it would just be ready to go. | Thu Feb 9, 2012 8:14 am |
| Inventor | Section views | carl9940 | figured it out, you edit the sketcy, project something and dimension off of that. Autodesk, make that a procedure! Super useful thing you don't brag about | Thu Feb 9, 2012 8:03 am |
| Inventor | Section views | carl9940 | Is there a way to attach a section view like you can with a detail view? | Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:57 am |
| Inventor | Acerca de este aprendizaje | Juank.CAD | gracias jrf! | Sun Feb 5, 2012 5:11 pm |
| Inventor | Sheet Format | scsawall | I think you may be after how to fill in the Title Block values which was not obvious to me until I remembered to update the properties of the actual model. Just right click on the model in the browser field, select properties, and fill in the tabs for Summary, Project, ...ect. The title block will update with this info. | Sun Feb 5, 2012 3:42 pm |
| Inventor | Add Constraints | duncan@easthalton.freeserve.co.uk | When adding the Pinned Constraint you don't get a dialogue box, but a minimised interface that does not include a selection for "relative" or "absolute". You need to RMB the icon and select Edit to check whether it is relative or absolute. | Sun Feb 5, 2012 7:50 am |
| Inventor | Tutorials | duncan@easthalton.freeserve.co.uk | Can I make a suggestion for every Tutorial, that you put the "Save this file as, my_XXXXXXXX.xxx" at the beginning so that if a person doesn't finish a tutorial it has already been saved and I've found that by saving a file regularly whilst working you are less likely to have problems, like crashing to the desktop etc. | Sun Feb 5, 2012 6:42 am |
| Inventor | Installation | smileyj91@yahoo.com | Dear jeanie.wayker@autodesk.com,
Actually I just went to add/remove programs on my laptop, selected the software and chose repair. It was reallt easy and fast. | Thu Feb 2, 2012 8:24 pm |
| Inventor | Детали | andr-nl | В списке тем надо изменить "3D эскизов" на "3D эскизы" | Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:32 pm |
| Inventor | Plantillas para piezas de chapa | Juank.CAD | good!! | Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:57 pm |
| Inventor | Installation | jeanie.wayker@autodesk.com | Please contact Product Support for help with this -You can engage directly with Product Support by posting questions to the Inventor Discussion Groups here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 . Product Support responds to all issues posted. Thank you,
Jeanie Wayker
MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:33 am |
| Inventor | Installation | viku88@gmail.com | Hi I am a student and I have just downloading Inventor. When I try installing it gives my an error that some product installations have failed. What do i do? Vikash | Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:40 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | You're very welcome! Bill Bogan | DL&S | Learning Experience Team | Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:08 pm |
| Inventor | Edit a Part in an Assembly | FreshMD | I see. Thank you very much! | Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:18 pm |
| Inventor | 插入輪廓 | kevinyucc | 翻譯名稱"細管"錯誤，在台灣，通常說"型鋼"或"方型鋼管"，或者是依照軟體名稱"框架成員"；沒有人說"細管"。
後續其他"細管"翻譯建議修改為"型鋼"或"框架成員"。 | Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:14 am |
| Inventor | Create the Self-draining Route | thistledownsname@gmail.com | When I try to add the second leg of the route, it gives me an error that the connections do not fit because of different nominal sizes. But everything looks like it's at 3/4 inch. | Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:09 pm |
| Inventor | Descripción general | Juank.CAD | hay una aplicacion q instalas con mozilla firefox q se llama DownloadHelper y el te captura todos los videos q se encuentran en ejecucion, | Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:59 am |
| Inventor | Creación de bocetos | n-ochoa@uniandes.edu.co | Este video tiene el audio en inglés, a pesar de que la interfaz mostrada está en español. // This video has the audio in english, despite the fact that the interface shown is in spanish. | Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:00 pm |
| Inventor | Configuration | claudw | Hello hardwick_rp, In our Help about WikiHelp, we have the following explanation. "The Autodesk WikiHelp combines learning resources provided by Autodesk with knowledge from our vibrant user community." Think of WikiHelp as documentation (Help) about the products with the added bonus of the community. Peers can share information and our authors can add to the content. But, we are not a reseller or product support. That is why, sometimes, we redirect people to other resources where they can work with the correct experts to resolve issues. I hope this clarifies the issue. Regards,
Claudia Wood, Manufacturing Learning Experience Manager | Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:46 pm |
| Inventor | Links and Resources | krish2 | thanks Bill great tip | Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:37 pm |
| Inventor | Links and Resources | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi Krish2, you can create custom parameters using appropriate names for your purposes.
1. In the Manage tab, click Parameters. 2. In the Parameters dialog box, at the bottom left, click Add Numeric (or appropriate kind of parameter). 3. Give the parameter a name, value, etc. E.g. say that d0 is length. Name the parameter Length and specify the length value.
4. In the area above where parameters are listed, locate d0. In the Equation column, click the entry on the row matching d0. 5. At the right side of that field is an arrow > click that and then click List Parameters. 6. From the Parameters list, select Length. Length is now the parameter used for d0. 7. Repeat the process as many times as needed using the naming convention you prefer. Hope this helps.
Bill Bogan, MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:32 pm |
| Inventor | Add Pins to Connector | patrick.miller | A couple quick things to check:
1) you must have Inventor Routed Systems or Inventor Professional installed. It will show in the title bar.
2) you must be editing a part to have the harness panel available. Step 2 states to double-click part 360124 to enter part edit mode. Hope this helps.
Patrick Miller
Autodesk MFG Learning Experience | Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:27 pm |
| Inventor | Add Pins to Connector | joe.salopek@gmail.com | Harness panel is not showing for me. Does anyone know how to make it available? | Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:10 pm |
| Inventor | Help | hardwick_rp@hotmail.com | When I have the same question other people have already asked and all I do is get redirected it tells me that your people are too lazy to type the answer to the problem. This is rediculous | Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:28 am |
| Inventor | Configuration | hardwick_rp@hotmail.com | I need help installing my autodesk inventor, I'm having this problem when trying to install AutoDesk Design Review i get a screen that says "Installtion Complete. Some products have failed to install." However the product that has failed to install is Microsoft Visusual C++ 2010, even though I have a newer installation. (posted by big_d_acosta101@hotmail.com) Your reply was Hello! I am sorry that you are having problems with this. Please contact your reseller for technical issues. Well, YOU are the reseller so what now? | Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:25 am |
| Inventor | Name and match iMates | CADtekk | I use Inventor 2012 SP1, WinXP64, i7, 24 Gigs, certified graphics, etc., etc.
iMates grab whatever is a matching constraint configuration. It does not matter what name the iMate is given and/or what name(s) are in the match list. I have tried all manner of naming conventions, numbers, ASCII, text, etc. to no avail. The iMate feature is deeply flawed and remains so. This nonsense has been going on since they were first introduced and continues even today with AIP2012.
I began using inventor consistently since Inventor 5 was released. I just stay away from them thar iMates all together because this issue remains unaddressed. For some real fun, try the option for "place component at all matching iMates" and you'll have a weed field of unwanted placements at every single similar constraint type, parts will even double up on already 'spent' iMates. Fun to watch though... | Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:32 pm |
| Inventor | Create Feature Activation Rule | CadUser46 | derrick, this is the kind of advice i'd like to hear more of. As a non-professional programmer finding this type of down to earth spoon feeding explanation is exactly what i need. Thank you. | Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:58 am |
| Inventor | Understand Workspaces | danielrosenstein@hotmail.com | Hello! The previous page in the tutorial has the student open the tutorials project. It may be useful in this tutorial page to give explicit instructions how to mimic the current screen shot. I figured out that I need to go to the open icon in the "get started" tab in Inventor to see this dialog box.
May be obvious for some, but could be clearer for all. | Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:12 pm |
| Inventor | Acerca de este aprendizaje | angelsv69@hotmail.com | http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...12&id=16463987 intenta entrar a esa pagina y descargate el archivo | Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:11 am |
| Inventor | Configuration | tschlichting@pinecity.k12.mn.us | We are using Inventor for the first time. When you start Inventor you get two error messages that state - "Unable to create a Direct 3D device for your 3D graphics hardware. Please make sure you have the latest version of Direct X installed and have the most recent version of you 3D graphics hardware driver installed." Then when I click OK I get "Direct 3D 9 graphics hardware initialization failed. Switching to use software graphics." We are a Project Lead The Way school. We are using mac's with bootcamp and in Windows mode we are using I believe Windows 7. This may or may not be related, but when you create a circle, it appears as more of an oval. | Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:53 am |
| Inventor | Getting Started | nick.hasselblad@autodesk.com | http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/training/deu/video_upload | Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:14 am |
| Inventor | Configuration | jeanie.wayker@autodesk.com | Hello! I am sorry that you are having problems with this. Please contact your reseller for technical issues. You can also contact Product Support for -You can engage directly with Product Support by posting questions to the Inventor Discussion Groups here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 . Product Support responds to all issues posted. Thank you,
Jeanie Wayker
MFG Learning Experience Team | Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:25 am |
| Inventor | Getting Started | KHBeyer | Wie kann ich ein Video hochladen? | Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:19 am |
| Inventor | Getting Started | KHBeyer | Wie kann ich ein Video hochladen? | Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:19 am |
| Inventor | Add a Section View | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | The view was already selected when you clicked the Section View command, so the next step is to sketch the section line. Hope that helps, Bill Bogan, MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:27 pm |
| Inventor | Add a Section View | sp262541@students.mimuw.edu.pl | In point 1, my status bar immediately says 'Enter the endpoints of the section line' instead of 'Select a view or view sketch'. | Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:16 pm |
| Inventor | View Projection | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | That looks like temporary graphics we display to show you the orientation. What does it look like after you place the view and it cleans up the display? Bill Bogan, MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:12 pm |
| Inventor | View Projection | sp262541@students.mimuw.edu.pl | I'm experiencing a rendering issue while moving my mouse around the base view: http://i40.tinypic.com/2m7u14m.png How can I resolve this? | Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:05 pm |
| Inventor | Configuration | hilliardjag007@gmail.com | I'm currently installing Inventor and I am in the installation process for the language pack and I am getting an error message that reads "verify that the file exists and that you can access it" how can I fix this problem? | Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:55 pm |
| Inventor | Drawing Browser | dennisf44@aol.com | Got it, Thanks Dennis | Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:38 am |
| Inventor | Installation | jeanie.wayker@autodesk.com | Hi Joshua, I am sorry to hear you are having this problem. This sounds like a technical issue. Please contact Product Support for help with this -You can engage directly with Product Support by posting questions to the Inventor Discussion Groups here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 . Product Support responds to all issues posted. Thank you,
Jeanie Wayker
MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:23 am |
| Inventor | Создание пользовательских отчетов | cad_trainer | Так не получится, нужно вводить "Номер детали", в кавычках. Свойства надо вводить так, как как они написаны в диалоге "Свойства детали". | Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:45 am |
| Inventor | Installation | smileyj91@yahoo.com | Hello, My name is Joshua and I just downloaded this software so I could actually do my homework at home. I waited 6hrs for it to install. However, when I active the program everything looks like it downloaded ok. But there are no templates listed when I select NEW. I am getting so far behind in class. Can anyone please give me some answers or advice? Joshua | Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:36 am |
| Inventor | Acerca de este aprendizaje | lepelaezr@unal.edu.co | el link http://www.autodesk.com/inventor-tutorial-data-sets no sirve redirecciona a http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu ¿donde puedo descargar este complemento? | Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:57 pm |
| Inventor | Functions | SteveX82 | FYI - The Constraint.iMateDefIsActive(“SubAssem:1”,“iMate:1) function does not work as advertised. It only works if iMate:1 is the ONLY iMate, or it is located on the top of the iMate list in the browser. This was brought up on the AD forums several months ago, but I haven't seen a fix for it yet. | Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:43 am |
| Inventor | Configuration | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Hello Neda, When you use the New command to begin a new part (or drawing, or assembly) be sure to select the appropriate metric (mm) template. Doing so makes construction and dimensioning of metric parts very easy. If you've already started constructing a part, click Tools tab > Options panel > Document Settings and change the settings on the Units tab. Hope this helps. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:44 pm |
| Inventor | Configuration | neda.nourshamsi@etu.unistra.fr | Hello, I want to change in to mm for distance in inventor, because all of sizes in my lessons are in mm, how i can do this? how can i change in to mm in invenor program? | Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:34 am |
| Inventor | Where is my Product Key and Serial Number? | ramg81@ymail.com | how i find my product key and serial number . | Mon Jan 9, 2012 10:01 pm |
| Inventor | Drawing Browser | paul.normand | Hello - To display the browser, click the View tab and then click the User Interface drop-down and select browser. Hope that gets you going. Cheers,
Paul | Mon Jan 9, 2012 8:35 am |
| Inventor | Drawing Browser | dennisf44@aol.com | I accidentally removed the Browser Bar, How do I get it back? | Mon Jan 9, 2012 7:05 am |
| Inventor | Hole tables | MagnusPERSSON7893 | How do i create a table when all my corners are rounded?
A snap command like apparent intersection would have been useful.
I dont want to use a hole as a reference point. | Mon Jan 9, 2012 5:39 am |
| Inventor | Drawings overview | nadeemsarwar | Autodesk Inventor 2012 Tutorial | Fri Jan 6, 2012 10:28 pm |
| Inventor | 关于本教程 | shundegoodfriend@gmail.com | 这里的教程所提到的教程文件 Manifold_Block_no_rules.ipt也是不能正常下载到的，教程数据集连接是指向http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/ 希望修正。 | Fri Jan 6, 2012 2:05 am |
| Inventor | Part browser | grj.inventor | I accidentally turned the browser off by clicking the X at the top of the browser box. I didn't find a listing on how to turn it back on. Stumbled across the process -- go to the VIEW tab, choose the USER INTERFACE pull down, check the box. | Thu Jan 5, 2012 4:50 pm |
| Inventor | Configuration | jeanie.wayker@autodesk.com | Hello! Please contact your reseller for technical issues. You can also contact Product Support for -You can engage directly with Product Support by posting questions to the Inventor Discussion Groups here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 . Product Support responds to all issues posted. Thank you,
Jeanie Wayker
MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Jan 5, 2012 5:01 am |
| Inventor | Installation | jeanie.wayker@autodesk.com | missleahanna, Please contact your reseller for technical issues. You can also contact Product Support for -You can engage directly with Product Support by posting questions to the Inventor Discussion Groups here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 . Product Support responds to all issues posted. Thank you,
Jeanie Wayker
MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Jan 5, 2012 5:00 am |
| Inventor | Installation | missleahanna@gmail.com | I have been trying to install inventor for the past 12 hours. Everytime I installed in less than 5 seconds Screen will show up say Failed Installation. I have followed instructions from beginning to end. Can someone please help me load this in my computer. | Thu Jan 5, 2012 2:56 am |
| Inventor | Configuration | big_d_acosta101@hotmail.com | I need help installing my autodesk inventor, I'm having this problem when trying to install AutoDesk Design Review i get a screen that says "Installtion Complete. Some products have failed to install." However the product that has failed to install is Microsoft Visusual C++ 2010, even though I have a newer installation. Please help. | Wed Jan 4, 2012 11:33 pm |
| Inventor | Create and Pattern a Hole | sp262541@students.mimuw.edu.pl | In point 11 you have to select Flip direction also for Direction 2. It's not said or enabled on the screenshot, but is visible on the movie. | Wed Jan 4, 2012 5:09 pm |
| Inventor | Name and match iMates | paul.normand | I may have been mistaken to state that it was legacy behavior. It is possible that the help was incorrect and thanks to mcadae, the help text has been corrected. If it was legacy behavior, the best guess is that it was probably 2008 or 2009 when the change was made. -Paul | Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:49 am |
| Inventor | Examine a Project | arturo.jrz@gmail.com | Ted, I have Inventor Prof 2012 on Win7 32 bit, i'm able to download the files, i can see the file at the .zip folder, and thre content with the .iam, .idw, .ipn files... but i cannot extract'hem, it says: Unknown format or Damaged files... don't know where/what the problem is.... | Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:38 am |
| Inventor | Export drawing data to AutoCAD | patrick.miller | pekelney, Thanks for your feedback on this content. I updated the links in the "Note". Nearly all the content on this page also applies to dxf. The exceptions are the AutoCAD Mechanical and Inventor DWG information. When you export from IDW to DWG/DXF, all geometry that is visible in the drawing views is exported (including bend lines). You can turn off the visibility of bend lines before exporting. Alternatively, you can export the flat pattern from the sheet metal model (right-click Flat Pattern and Save Copy As). In the Options dialog, turn off the visibility of the IV_TANGENT, IV_BEND, IV_BEND_DOWN layers. Save this configuration for later use. See Export flat patterns procedure on the page below for more info on exporting flat patterns: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu?adskContextId=REDIRECT_IDD_MB_DWGOUT_DLG&language=ENU&release=2012&product=Inventor Hope this helps.
Patrick Miller
MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Jan 4, 2012 7:19 am |
| Inventor | Parameters in models | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Thank you cellt2 for the feedback. We endeavor to provide the most precise help we can, but cannot account for every circumstance. If you click on the first procedure above (Use parameters in models), the first link under that discussion is a "Show me how to use parameters" video. Perhaps you can find pertinent information there. Additionally, you can use search to narrow the field of interest and exploration. Here's an example:
http://wikihelp-stg.autodesk.com/Spe...U&version=2012 Additionally, one Learning Experience goal is to continue to add video examples of key functionality, so we will add the request to the list. Thanks again,
Bill Bogan, Manufacturing Learning Experience Team | Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:10 pm |
| Inventor | Parameters in models | cellt2 | Just stating what can be done is useless. Theere needs to be clear examples of how it is done. e.g. Just saying that a part parameters can be linked to Excel is no help. There needs to be a simple pop-out showing the format otherwise a simple query can take hours to figure out. | Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:49 pm |
| Inventor | Examine a Project | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | arturo, Are you able to open any of the files? Do the files appear with file name extensions like .ipt, .iam, and .idw? What version of Inventor are you running? Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Jan 3, 2012 4:01 pm |
| Inventor | Examine a Project | arturo.jrz@gmail.com | Hi Ted, I've already dowloaded the files, but when i open them, it says that the File has has an unknown format or that the File is damaged, i've downloaded two times by now... is that a problem with my computer or is it with the link? | Tue Jan 3, 2012 3:47 pm |
| Inventor | Links & Resources | Vanrick | mic | Tue Jan 3, 2012 10:40 am |
| Inventor | Export drawing data to AutoCAD | pekelney | Note on DWG file translation should indicate that bend lines are left in when model geometry only is selected (at least for .dxf). I wonder if this should be the default behavior? | Sun Jan 1, 2012 9:43 am |
| Inventor | Export drawing data to AutoCAD | pekelney | Please clarify if everything on this page also refers to .dxf, not just .dwg The user is brought to the page by the help button when using save as to a .dxf file. | Sun Jan 1, 2012 9:41 am |
| Inventor | Export drawing data to AutoCAD | pekelney | Note on saving drawing files as Autodesk Inventor Drawings ends with a missing link for more information. | Sun Jan 1, 2012 9:40 am |
| Inventor | Name and match iMates | Rayzor1953 | Legacy behavior prior to what release? | Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:39 pm |
| Inventor | Offset Components from the Layout Plane | redingd | Updated steps 24 and 25 - thanks solodim1974. Darin Redinger, Autodesk | Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:37 am |
| Inventor | Create Flat Pattern | MelJM | I cannot use the Procedure for "Create flat patterns in sheet metal" because when I go to the Sheet Metal Tab > Flat Pattern panel I can only see the button for Go to Flat Pattern, and it is grayed out because I haven't been able to create a flat pattern yet. This procedure seems like it worked in previous versions, but it is not successful for me in 2012. How can I find the Create Flat Pattern button? I've tried to add it to the RMB menu, too, and still can't find the command. | Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:08 pm |
| Inventor | Sample Test Page - Test Notifications | jingy | testing. | Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:15 am |
| Inventor | Simulation | pm.patel189@yahoo.com | Is there any plan for Curved Beams and its analysis? | Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:46 pm |
| Inventor | Summary | markpatton@alum.rit.edu | is it possible for someone to create general steps for the "what next?" part of this summary page, this would help to make sure i have completed the task efficiently. | Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:28 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hello, What is it you are looking for? It isn't evident by the comment. Bill Bogan, MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:16 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | holland.mcmahon@gmail.com | Can anyone help me, because when I try to get on autodesk it keeps just giving me information about inventor. If anyone can help me I would be forever greatful! | Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:13 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | holland.mcmahon@gmail.com | Can anyone help me, because when I try to get on autodesk it keeps just giving me information about inventor. If anyone can help me I would be forever greatful! | Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:13 pm |
| Inventor | 3D Wire Frame | robertoempresa@gmail.com | great video! | Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:13 pm |
| Inventor | Section views | kubicoi | ileblanc, suppressing (hiding) edges works the same in all view types: To suppress edges in a drawing, select the edges, right-click, and click Visibility to clear the Visibility check mark. To display the hidden edges, right-click the view, and click Show Hidden Edges. Then select edges to make visible, right-click, and click Done.
Irena Kubicova, Autodesk Inventor Learning Experience Team | Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:57 am |
| Inventor | 3D Wire Frame | ismailasi | Hi Amy,
I like background music. Can you give me information about the music? | Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:39 pm |
| Inventor | ilogic form designer edit browser | claudw | Hi search,
Thanks for your comment. Occasionally, the streaming takes a long time. You can try refreshing the page. It seems to be working fine today. I tested Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. Let us know if you continue to have a problem.
Regards,
Claudia Wood, Autodesk Manufacturing, Learning Experience Manager | Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:10 am |
| Inventor | ilogic form designer edit browser | search_00971@hotmail.com | This one is not working, it says stream not working. | Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:26 pm |
| Inventor | Vídeos sobre conceptos básicos | arpinventor | como puedo bajar todos estos videos Vídeos sobre conceptos básicos ...Angel | Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:51 am |
| Inventor | Descripción general | arpinventor | Alguien puedo ayudarme como puedo descargar este video que tiene por titulo (Descripción general ) se trata de inventor gracias Angel | Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:41 am |
| Inventor | Section views | ileblanc | Is it possible to suppress the cut edges of a break out view? This would be a handy feature for illustrations. | Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:14 pm |
| Inventor | Calculate Part Numbers | stefanomenci@universecorp.com | This is a more compact form, 3 lines instead of 60: port_a_screw_part_number = "UNBRAKO-" & (port_a_size * 100).ToString("000") & "-SCREW"
port_b_screw_part_number = "UNBRAKO-" & (port_b_size * 100).ToString("000") & "-SCREW"
port_c_screw_part_number = "UNBRAKO-" & (port_c_size * 100).ToString("000") & "-SCREW" Here more info about string formatting:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fht0f5be.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd260048.aspx | Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:44 am |
| Inventor | Tube and pipe assemblies | patrick.miller | chissam, Is Tube and Pipe not listed on the Environments tab > Begin panel? A couple things to verify: 1) You must have Inventor Routed Systems or Inventor Professional. Standard Inventor does not have the Tube and Pipe environment. You can confirm your version on the title bar at the top of the screen or go to Help > About Autodesk Inventor. 2) If you do have Inventor Pro or RS, you must be in an assembly to access the Tube and Pipe environment. Hope this helps! Patrick Miller
Senior Content Developer
Autodesk MFG Learning Experience | Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:11 pm |
| Inventor | Create a Text Parameter | williamjoynes@live.co.uk | Click the drop down menu, select flange... look to the right and see a black box on the top of that columb it says key... now simply click on the little black box and it will display a small tick. (finished) | Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:03 pm |
| Inventor | Interfaz | claudw | Buenas dias NeoDark, De nada. Claudia Wood, Autodesk Manufacturing | Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:31 pm |
| Inventor | Write Information to an Excel Spreadsheet | MjDeck | This tutorial uses named ranges that are defined in the Excel worksheet. In this rule statement:
GoExcel.CurrentCellValue("Block_Style") = block
Block_Style is an Excel named range. You can also set cell values using row and column addresses, such as:
GoExcel.CurrentCellValue("A1") = 3.1 The CurrentCellValue function is basically the same as CellValue. Here's a more complete sample: GoExcel.CellValue("part_number.xls", "Sheet1", "A1") = "Test"
GoExcel.CellValue("B1") = 4.75 | Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:15 pm |
| Inventor | Create the Part from Scratch in Autodesk Inventor | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | cwalker41, Sometimes the videos are slow to load. Also, which browser are you using? Issues have been reported with IE8, so we recommend using IE9, Mozilla, or Google Chrome. Hope this helps. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:48 am |
| Inventor | Create the Part from Scratch in Autodesk Inventor | cwalker41@student.cscc.edu | I'm not able to view the video. What do I need to do? Thanks. | Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:42 am |
| Inventor | Créer un projet | david.decolle@pierrard.be | 6. Cliquez sur Créer au bas de la boîte de dialogue. | Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:05 am |
| Inventor | Downloadable Content | fjvillalpando | I've downloaded it, but there are some assemblies with missing parts.. maybe i just downloaded it wrongly... but if there are any flaws, could you make us know? | Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:35 pm |
| Inventor | Write Information to an Excel Spreadsheet | markpatton@alum.rit.edu | is there a snippet for the "GoExcel.CurrentCellValue("columnName") =" function? all i could find is "GoExcel.CurrentRowValue("columnName") = ". | Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:51 pm |
| Inventor | Concentric animation | paul.normand | Hi rcobbjr,
Video playback is dependant on your internet browser. If you have more than one internet browser installed, you could try opening in a different browser. If you are using IE7 or 8, you might try Chrome, Safari, or Firefox.
Regards, Paul | Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:25 am |
| Inventor | Concentric animation | rcobbjr | I cannot see the video. Why? | Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:17 am |
| Inventor | Tube and pipe assemblies | chissam | Under the Procedures section instruction 1 says "Environments tab > Begin panel > Tube and Pipe." What option or other thing do I have to enable so that the tube and pipe environment is active? | Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:11 am |
| Inventor | More about Orbit | paul.normand | Greetings and thanks for posting a comment. In addition to clicking the Orbit Icon, you can access the Orbit command using one of the following methods: • Press and hold the left mouse button on the view cube
• Shift + middle mouse button
• F4 + left mouse button
Note: Left mouse click when the reticle is active to set the view rotation center. Best Regards, Paul | Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:47 am |
| Inventor | Orbit and Pivot Point | search_00971@hotmail.com | I guess i will use this lovely wheel. i worked with it in AutoCAD, but ofcourse i didn't use the Orbit :) | Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:13 pm |
| Inventor | More about Orbit | search_00971@hotmail.com | Isn't there any way of using the orbiting without going to choose it from its Icon,
like for example in Alias we use the Left Click Mouse button with the Alt.
Is it the only way ?
Hope someone can push me in the right direction
Thank you | Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:07 pm |
| Inventor | What's New | driftwood | Yes, Paul & "Whunter", I agree TOTALLY!!!
And, while I realize that this is "off-topic", as "W" points out, it is actually relevant in that we are all here for the same purpose; to accomplish a task/goal. And, while the poor attitudes of some members might not directly interfere with that purpose, it certainly affects the overall atmosphere of this forum as well as our collective disposition. Actually, I have my own list of suppositions as to why some of these "one-line wonders" seem to be such miserable people and why they apparently enjoy being condescending and rude to others. However, I don't feel that it would be any more appropriate for me to express my thoughts as to their obviously impaired ability to successfully create more than one string of characters nor would it be constructive if I were to express my beliefs regarding the "wonderful" influence that innovations in communication such as texting has/have had on the degradation of their abilities to communicate in the written form. Suffice to say that this is a professional forum and professionalism, in all aspects of participation, would be greatly appreciated by other forum members, of course. Much more importantly though, and whether you regard the opinions of your online colleagues or your workplace colleagues to be important to you, consider that the good people at Autodesk that work very hard to provide a consistently reliable and robust family of products for your benefit, without which, you would likely not be able to produce a set of working documents that would reflect a level of quality even as "impressive" as that which you have demonstrated with regard to your written communication skills. Undoubtedly, you receive the benefit of their hard work and consideration on a regular basis through your use of the Autodesk family of products. And, while I don't like to "tell" others what they should/should not do, let me just suggest that it might behoove you to consider where you might be if the attitudes of the people engaged in reading your comments and improving the functionality of these tools that we all value so greatly were not dissimilar to your own. Sobering, isn't it? Chances are that (assuming, of course, that you complete your curriculum and, assuming that your father is as effective in helping you to procure an actual job by continuing to exert whatever influence he possesses that has obviously played a role in your arrival at this point in life), if you are successful in procuring a job, even an entry-level position within a professional practice firm, as you begin to interact with your superiors and/or your clients, you will likely realize that it is certainly not a requirement that people treat one another with mutual respect. But I believe that you will also find that it is definitely a concept that you will grow to appreciate more and more. And, after you have had the opportunity to "grow" in your new environment through finding yourself on the receiving-end of the arrogance and rudeness that you seem to be so fond of, you might even develop something called "empathy" (you can right-click to look-up it's meaning-but don't worry, it's not a disease, or anything like that). In any case, to all of the Autodesk employees that have worked so hard to enrich my life over the past 25 years, I would like to extend a big "Thank You!!!". And I, for one, along with "Paul" and "Whunter", would certainly like to express how thankful I am for all of your hard work but ALSO for your consistently professional, caring and sincerely concerned attitudes toward your work and toward the users of Autodesk products across the globe! And to everyone in this forum, I apologize for the length and the content of this post but I felt compelled as this is an ever-worsening problem online and elsewhere... | Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:53 pm |
| Inventor | About this tutorial | duncan@easthalton.freeserve.co.uk | It would be helpful to have a recommended extraction location - default location. | Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:49 pm |
| Inventor | Definieren der ersten Positionsdarstellung | wh@holzwarth-cad.de | Bild sollte mit Folgeseite getauscht werden | Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:23 am |
| Inventor | Getting Started | jhunt | I think these stress analysis assumptions should be published in the WikiHelp. Everyone should read and understand them before using and relying upon Inventor Stress Analysis. Also they should appear the first time a user opens the Inventor Stress Analysis environment. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...linkID=9242018 | Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:01 am |
| Inventor | Functions | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hello Edward, Thank you for posting your comment. We are aware of this issue and have planned a solution. In the mean time, please bear with us as we strive to improve and refine this process. Best Regards, Bill Bogan - Manufacturing Learning Experience Team | Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:03 am |
| Inventor | Functions | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hello Edward, Thank you for posting your comment. We are aware of this issue and have planned a solution. In the mean time, please bear with us as we strive to improve and refine this process. Best Regards, Bill Bogan - Manufacturing Learning Experience Team | Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:03 am |
| Inventor | Functions | EdwardRose | I searched for "iProperties.Materials" and it takes me here where now I have to expand everything to try and find the information that I am looking for. I thought the purpose of a search function was to take you to the information that you were searching for. I mean book indexes would be simple if they only gave you chapter and not the page, they would be nearly useless, sorta like this search function | Fri Dec 9, 2011 7:02 am |
| Inventor | Create a Frame Leg | AdonisRatify | I tried step 4 several times and the only way I could make it work, properly, is to align part origin to the XZ plane | Thu Dec 8, 2011 1:52 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | aclancy84 | I'm trying to saving an assembly (a weldment assembly) but recieve the following error messages: Problems encountered while saving the document. Error(s) detected while writing segment AmBREPSegment in database M:\Turbine\100 SERIES\101T8549\101T8549G002\MODELS\101T8549G002 - OP#240.iam Error detected while saving object of type MIxTransactablePartition in M:\Turbine\100 SERIES\101T8549\101T8549G002\MODELS\101T8549G002 - OP#240.iam Error detected while saving object of type MIxPartition in M:\Turbine\100 SERIES\101T8549\101T8549G002\MODELS\101T8549G002 - OP#240.iam The attempted write operation did not succeed. Part file may be corrupt. The database in M:\Turbine\100 SERIES\101T8549\101T8549G002\MODELS\101T8549G002 - OP#240.iam could not be saved Can anyone help me to understand the issue here? | Thu Dec 8, 2011 9:11 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | paul.normand | Hi Sealtiel and Matt, The best place to get answers to support questions is the Inventor discussion group forum. Please post your question here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 They may ask you to post screen captures or files. Cheers,
Paul | Tue Dec 6, 2011 3:47 pm |
| Inventor | Help | paul.normand | Hi Sealtiel, The best place to get answers to support questions is the Inventor discussion group forum. Please post your question here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 Cheers,
Paul | Tue Dec 6, 2011 3:45 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | mheller50 | PLTW Teacher needing help! I have a couple computers that when Inventor is pulled up, all the letters are represented as boxes. So you cannot read anything, only see the boxes and the icons. I have looked through a number of settings and have no clue what to change. Also, don't know if its the program or the computer either. Can send screenshot if need be. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Matt Heller
Westminster High School | Tue Dec 6, 2011 3:24 pm |
| Inventor | Help | sealtiel.saragih@gmail.com | Hi,
I am a student and beginer in Inventor 2012 I created a mold design of bicycle frame. when i generated core and cavity, i faced some problems.
it said, 1. there are small gaps between these edges (edge set 1, maximum gaps is 25.16917 mm. edge set 2, maximum gaps is 25.16917mm) 2. runoff surfaces penetrate the porduct (surface 1, surface 2, until surface 6) how can i solve that problems? is anyone can help me? regards,
Sealtiel Saragih | Mon Dec 5, 2011 11:13 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | sealtiel.saragih@gmail.com | Hi, I am a student and beginer in Inventor 2012 I created a mold design of bicycle frame. when i generated core and cavity, i faced some problems.
it said, 1. there are small gaps between these edges (edge set 1, maximum gaps is 25.16917 mm. edge set 2, maximum gaps is 25.16917mm) 2. runoff surfaces penetrate the porduct (surface 1, surface 2, until surface 6) how can i solve that problems? is anyone can help me? regards,
Sealtiel Saragih | Mon Dec 5, 2011 10:36 pm |
| Inventor | Inventor Tutorials | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Vance, May I suggest that you post your query to the Inventor newsgroup? There are many users who can provide help and examples for you there. Here's the link: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...ventor/bd-p/78 Best regards, Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Dec 5, 2011 9:48 am |
| Inventor | Measurement units | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | The easiest way to make this switch is to 1. copy the millimeter templates from the Metric folder and paste them in the Templates folder that is one level higher, where you see Standard.ipt, Standard.iam etc. 2. delete the Standard templates from the Templates folder.
3. In the Templates folder, rename the copied metric templates to Standard.ipt, Standard.iam, etc.
That will make your millimeter templates the standard when use use the QAT tools for creating new documents. Hope that helps, Bill Bogan
Manufacturing Learning Experience Team | Mon Dec 5, 2011 8:16 am |
| Inventor | Inventor Tutorials | lehman1788@student.d211.org | http://www.google.com/imgres?q=curve...w=1366&bih=586
i made a part very similar to one of those and i am having trouble dimensioning the 45 degree rotation (if you draw a straight line off of the flat edges on the ends, the angle where they intersect is the angle im trying to dimension) can anyone help?
Vance | Sun Dec 4, 2011 12:54 pm |
| Inventor | Measurement units | Da_marstar@hotmail.com | How do I use the metric templates to save the time changing from inches to millemeters? it appears that I have the exact same problem as raike94. | Sun Dec 4, 2011 9:43 am |
| Inventor | Create Rules in the Assembly | AdonisRatify | Nothing has changed... | Thu Dec 1, 2011 6:03 am |
| Inventor | Criação de um Esboço em uma Face de peça | kennedysoares | Não uma cota especifica informando o tamanho da linha maior no esboço. | Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:58 pm |
| Inventor | Assembly features | paul.normand | The key word in your comment is "configurations". I think the solution is to create an iAssembly. After you create a table driven assembly, one of the tabs in the table is labeled Exclusion. This allows you to Include/Exclude components, constraints, etc. You can look up iAssemblies in the online help for more info. I also posted the handout for a class I taught at AU last year on iFeatures, iParts, and iAssemblies on my tips and tricks page. http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/index.php?title=Inventor/enu/Community/User_Pages/Paul_Normand%27s_Page_of_Tips Hope this gets you going and thanks for posting a comment.
Cheers, Paul | Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:18 pm |
| Inventor | Öffnen der Baugruppe | dkottis | i.O. | Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:11 pm |
| Inventor | Assembly features | jperry_ASC | Is there a section detailing part suppression in assemblies that I'm missing? I can't seem to find anything. I'm curious as to why suppressing a part in an assembly keeps the constraints in place. If I'm trying to make multiple configurations within a single assembly file, it's a hassle to have to manually suppress and unsuppress individual constraints, especially when Inventor isn't clear about which parts constraints are connected to. | Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:56 am |
| Inventor | Kóty na výkresech | KarelC | Chybí popis kóty typu "Lineární průměr"
poloviční kóta - jde vidět jen polovina od jedné vynášecí čáry k textu kóty a má dvojnásobnou hodnotu ( například od průměru k ose je hodnota celého průměru )
vytvoří se jako lineární kóta, ale před určením polohy se v kontextovém menu změní typ na "lineární půměr" | Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:54 am |
| Inventor | Interfaz | NeoDark | exelente gracias | Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:25 am |
| Inventor | Descripción general | NeoDark | gracias
por el video | Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:23 am |
| Inventor | Descripción general | NeoDark | gracias
por el video | Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:23 am |
| Inventor | eLearning | NeoDark | Quiero aprender a usar inventor como una herramienta de trabajo | Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:12 am |
| Inventor | Creación de dibujos | willyavilam@gmail.com | ESTA MUY BUENO ME AYUDO MUCHO | Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:01 pm |
| Inventor | 質量性質 | kevinyucc | 慣性性質：在軟體對話視窗中，「主軸線」為「主要」。 | Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:29 pm |
| Inventor | Create Rules in the Assembly | AdonisRatify | help: i keep getting this error message when i try to create this rule:
Error in rule: port_b_rule, in document: my_manifold_block (iLogic) Constraint.IsActive: "port_b_cap_center" was not found in the document: "my_manifold_block (iLogic)". I have gone back and tried to edit the constraint to no avail. please help me. | Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:17 am |
| Inventor | Rule Text Reference | AdonisRatify | Look. I know that adding rules is alot like adding computer code to a commodore 64 back in the 80's but this tutorial rocked! awesome work guys. | Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:59 am |
| Inventor | Assembly Motion and Loads | redingd | Thanks for the input, whunter. Darin Redinger
Autodesk | Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:32 am |
| Inventor | Overlay Views | kubicoi | Hello g.vendermerwe,
Thank You for Your comment. Click the new hyperlinks in the procedure to learn more about assembly representations.
Best Regards,
Irena Kubicova, Learning Experience Team | Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:53 am |
| Inventor | Migrieren von Autodesk Inventor-Daten | mayr.mario@riedler.com | also bei mir funktioniert das Migrieren der Daten mithilfe des Migrationsdienstprogramms so nicht.
wenn ich vorher die Daten mit dem Vault Explorer auschecke gibt es jede Menge Fehlermeldungen (Datei ist schon ausgecheckt...... und weiter hinten in der Log-Datei steht dann .....Datei nicht gefunden.
Checke ich allerdings nicht wie oben beschrieben die Daten voher mit dem Vault-Explorer aus funktioniert alles.
Nur checkt das Dienstprogramm dann meine Daten auch wieder alle ein, und das soll man doch mit Zusatzmodul von Inventor machen, um die Dateiabhängigkeiten zu bewahren.
Wie ist nun der richtige Weg? | Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:08 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | ewa@cumi.com.au | Hi, I created iso.dwg drawing in inventor and saved. i opened in autocad. it is opening in sheet (I mean paper space). I could not edit any. so i tried to get them in model space by typing the command CHSPACE. But I could not find any drawins in model space. can you pleae help ? Surya | Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:16 pm |
| Inventor | Verwalten von Bibliotheken auf dem Server | mayr.mario@riedler.com | ich lese hier zum ersten mal davon daß man 2 separate Server verwenden soll. Warum ist das besser? Macht das nur Sinn wenn man besonders viele Inhaltscenter-Dateien hat? | Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:03 am |
| Inventor | Manage Part Configurations | AdonisRatify | I'm using Inventor 2012, and the Port_A_Drill_Depth is displaying as port_a_d_d. as well as the Port_B, but the Port_C is displaying as "depth from front". It has Locked up my system when I tried to create the rule...Is this a problem? | Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:07 pm |
| Inventor | Inventor Tutorials | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hello Matthew,
There are also these resources:
http://usa.autodesk.com/support/documentation/
http://forums.autodesk.com/
Although you mention AutoCAD, I will assume that you posted here because you are interested in Inventor tutorials. Feel free to contact me, using the link associated with my name, with more specific information, such as the release you are using, and the installation path, etc. If there is anything I can do, short-term, I will help. If not, then the best thing to do would be contact the support team through the first link above. | Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:56 am |
| Inventor | About this tutorial | whunter | Print, Save as PDF doesn't work, I get a new page that says Bad Request (Name contains invalid characters) The URL is: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/@api/de...ges/156327/pdf My browser: Google Chrome (15.0.874.121 m) | Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:12 am |
| Inventor | Inventor Tutorials | rjolbrich | According to my Norton Internet Security 2012, the help installer file contains malware!
Has anyone else been warned by their security software? Bob | Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:50 pm |
| Inventor | Measurement units | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | raike94, Are you changing the units from inches to millimeters? if that's the case, why not begin a new part (or assembly) using one of the metric templates supplied with Inventor? That will save you the trouble of changing inches to millimeters for both part construction and dimensioning operations. And if you're using a different system of units, you can set up all the defaults according to your needs and then save the file in the Inventor Templates folder so that it will always be readily accessible to you. Provide a different name for your custom template so that you don't write over an existing template. Hope this helps. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:20 am |
| Inventor | Assembly Motion and Loads | whunter | This tutorial is much easier to follow and understand than the preceding two. I suggest that this be the first tutorial one tackles, then Dynamic Simulation - Part 1 and 2. | Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:02 am |
| Inventor | Measurement units | raike94@hotmail.com | Well.. This function and I doesnt seem to get along very well. Yeah, sure I can go to Tools and then change the units, but every time I open a new file the units switch back to "Inch". This is really getting to me if I'm making lots of files during a short period of time, since its an annoying procedure to change units constantly. I've tried to re-configure the program (Im on an educational version) but it still doesnt want to do my bidding :(
It would be really nice for future Inventor editions if you could PERMANENTLY change the units in "Tools > Units", since I recognize this pain in the neck all to well from Autodesk Inventor 2009.
Help anyone? | Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:40 am |
| Inventor | Installation Instructions | j.vander.r@zeelandnet.nl | I downloaded it several times inventor 2011,then i want it to install and it say error download a frech copy | Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:06 pm |
| Inventor | 加入約束和負載 | kevinyucc | 螺釘指得是元件中的Screw | Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:37 pm |
| Inventor | 排除元件 | kevinyucc | 中文化團隊對模型中的元件名稱做了多餘的翻譯動作，說明中的"控點"指得是瀏覽器元件中的"Handle"，"螺釘"指得是"Screw"，SHC_10-32x6沒有翻譯反而不會造成任何認知上的問題。 | Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:36 pm |
| Inventor | Installation | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | kateslee, Have you contacted your reseller? They should always be your first point of contact if you experience difficulties installing or configuring your Autodesk product. In the unlikely event that they are unable to help you, please contact Autodesk Product Support. Best regards, Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:29 pm |
| Inventor | Installation Instructions | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | singhnakul8, Your reseller should be able to help you if you're having difficulty installing Inventor. If your reseller is unable to assist you, please contact Autodesk Product Support. Best regards, Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience | Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:22 pm |
| Inventor | Power Screw Calculator | muhammedjassim | thanks | Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:25 am |
| Inventor | Summary | charlydabuilder | Very Helpful. Thanks Autodesk | Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:52 pm |
| Inventor | Installation | kateslee@hughes.net | After spending most of the day searching for a resolution to my problem thru pages and pages of data
about installation problems-- I'm tired and more than a little cranky. I'm 67 yrs old and not a happy lady.
While not new to cad design systems (catia v4 & v5, pdgs, and a couple of others) over the space of 40 years,
I'm trying to set up Inventor Pro for my friend to try to get trained on. The problem I'm trying to resolve is
when I pick the icon to launch Inv/Pro I get an error message "the application is unable to launch-
error 0xc0000142" yada yada. Considering the fact that I have spent a total of approx. 2 weeks just
getting the program onto my computer, I would like not to have to uninstall/reinstall yet once again.
The only module that failed to load up properly was the main Inventor mechanical design package. Is there anyone who would be able to clue me as to the proper next step? Obviously I am so new to Autocad that
I don't even know what I don't know. Thank you | Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:19 pm |
| Inventor | Installation Instructions | singhnakul8@gmail.com | please let me know how can i install autodesk inventor professional 2012 i m unable to install it | Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:09 pm |
| Inventor | Mass properties | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Ryan,
You're most welcome, glad I could help. Bill Bogan Subject Matter Expert, MFG Learning Experience | Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:57 am |
| Inventor | Mass properties | Ryan_Pitre | Bill,
Thank you this is exactly what I needed to use to accomplish my task at hand. | Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:09 am |
| Inventor | Export parts and more | mark.young | Thanks for the quick update. I understand it now. | Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:51 am |
| Inventor | Export parts and more | patrick.miller | Mark, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have updated the content for Bitmap Save Options. Please let me know if you still have questions about this setting. Patrick Miller
Autodesk MFG Learning Experience | Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:30 am |
| Inventor | Improve workflow with user-defined folders | patrick.miller | There are cases where component patterns, work planes or other dependent features cannot be dragged due to relationships to other features. To work around this, drag the new folder directly before or after the feature then drag it in. Or you can right-click the feature and select Add to New Folder. I'm sure there are cases where this is difficult but it is a part of feature relationships in the browser. Patrick Miller
MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:39 am |
| Inventor | Export parts and more | mark.young | There is an tick box in Bitmap Save Options for "Only show active components for in-place editing", but no explanation of it in this help. | Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:19 am |
| Inventor | Inventor Tutorials | mathew@itsconversions.com | I have read all of the advice, and tried all of the downloads to no avail. Every time I try to use the tutorials, all it gives me is the option to print. I have to pause and go online to find support, what a pain. you would think they could find an easy fix for such a frequent complaint. I used to use another system, and was told that AutoCAD was the way to go for our automotive R&D company, but I am starting to have doubts. I am spending more time looking up help it seems than getting anything done. You would think that after spending over 15k, you could get some decent support.......... | Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:54 am |
| Inventor | Mass properties | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | After thinking about this during the day, if you are wanting to add a new material with it's physical properties, you need to use the Styles Editor. Check out this information: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2012/Help/0073-Autodesk73/0285-Work_Env285/0292-Styles_a292/0296-Work_wit296
Look for "Set Material Styles" under Procedures and "Style and Standard Editor - Material Style" under References for details on adding and editing materials. I'd recommend reading the whole Work With Styles series of content to be familiar with how styles work.
Hope that is what you're looking for. Bill Bogan
Subject Matter Expert, MFG Learning Experience | Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:11 pm |
| Inventor | Improve workflow with user-defined folders | dfarrellnep | I notice that in many situations, node selections do not drag to new or recently created folders. Is there a reason for this? I have a large amount of component patterns and work-planes that would be nice to organize and keep uniform. Any suggestions or explanations would be appreciated. | Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:54 pm |
| Inventor | Mass properties | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi Ryan, Can you add a little more explanation of what you are trying to do? Perhaps I can help. Bill Bogan
Subject Matter Expert, MFG Learning Experience | Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:22 am |
| Inventor | Object Defaults and Standards | kubicoi | Hello Mark,
Thank you for your question, and please excuse a delayed response. The style specified in Styles > Object Defaults is used as a default style for new annotations. For existing annotations, you can set a new style by using the Annotate tab > Format panel (this way you override the default style). The current style defined in Object Defaults corresponds to the By Standard item in the Annotate tab > Format panel > Styles list. Tip: You might want to look at the Home > Inventor > English2012 > Help > Show Me Animations > Show Me Animations > Drawings - Annotations > "Set defaults for sketch hatching" or "Hatching in drawing sketches" animation. Regards,
Irena Kubicova
Learning Experience Team, Autodesk Inventor | Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:51 am |
| Inventor | Mass properties | Ryan_Pitre | i want to add a new material to my physical properties | Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:32 am |
| Inventor | Select Other - Behavior | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | mcgyvr, Yes, that is quite correct. Thank you for sharing that tip with other users! Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:02 am |
| Inventor | Select Other - Behavior | mcgyvr | Tip.. You can use your mouse wheel to scroll through the available selections quickly. | Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:54 am |
| Inventor | Constrain the Panel Part- Third Constraint | 20112679@abcol.ac.uk | When I do it the direction vectors are pointing in the same direction. So I use the Flush constraint. | Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:24 am |
| Inventor | Downloadable Content | mabethnsex | Sheet !! Sheet !! Can't download it | Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:45 am |
| Inventor | Create a Text Parameter | markpatton@alum.rit.edu | step 8. dosant make sence to me. | Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:07 am |
| Inventor | Descripción general | fractalcad | excelente video | Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:46 pm |
| Inventor | Object Defaults and Standards | markpatton@alum.rit.edu | is anyone out there that can answer my previous question??? | Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:05 pm |
| Inventor | Overlay Views | g.vandermerwe@smst-tubes.com | Hi In order to make an overlay view. Where do you start. "•In the assembly, create design view representations that show only components of interest. For an uncluttered overlay view, specify a design view representation when placing the overlay view."
In othere words, please explain the quote above. How do I create the representations it talks about.
Thank you. | Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:57 pm |
| Inventor | Object Defaults and Standards | markpatton@alum.rit.edu | in step 4. i understand why we must :On the Object Defaults tab, set Active Object Defaults to Modified Object Defaults (ISO).
i dont understand how this action effect the drawing: On the Available Styles tab, select DimensionModified (ISO) style. this action dosant seem to effect choices in the "object Default" tab, nor dose it effect choises under: in the drawing, ribbon>annotate>format > style.
im still able to change the dimmention style whether the "DimensionModified (ISO) style" is selected or not? | Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:34 am |
| Inventor | Bend Order Annotation | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Yes, the tutorial directs you to use the default Press Brake. I'm glad everything is working for you now. Best regards. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience | Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:25 am |
| Inventor | Summary | 20112679@abcol.ac.uk | Enjoyable!! | Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:07 am |
| Inventor | Bend Order Annotation | 20112679@abcol.ac.uk | I relised my mistake I used a Die Formed Lofted Flange.
What type did the Tutorial say to use (default is Press Brake)?
My mistake was pointed out in the discussion group. Thanks | Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:51 am |
| Inventor | Bend Order Annotation | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | I assume you're referring to the Bend Order Annotation ribbon command on the Manage panel, yes? Were you able to create the flat pattern successfully? What version of Inventor are you running? Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:05 pm |
| Inventor | Assembly components in patterns | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi Joshua,
Easy peasy... Edit the Component pattern. Click the other parts you want to add to the pattern. They should then preview in the pattern. Click OK.
Let me know if that doesn't work for you. Wait a sec... what do you mean "linked" patterns? Please clarify for me. Bill Bogan
Subject Matter Expert, MFG Learning Experience | Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:26 pm |
| Inventor | Assembly components in patterns | jperry_ASC | Thanks for responding Bill,
I'm referring to the addition of new parts to the component pattern, not simply an adjustment of the pattern's iterations. For example, if I were to have a pattern set up with a screw and nut, but find that I forgot to include a washer. Is it possible to add that washer into the pre-existing screw-and-nut pattern? From what I can see, the program doesn't allow me to. The only recourse seems to be deleting the entire pattern and remaking it from scratch. My actual problem involved a series of linked patterns. Because I was unable to make an alteration to one of the patterns, I had to delete the entire set and start over. Is that really what's necessary? Joshua | Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:15 pm |
| Inventor | Bend Order Annotation | 20112679@abcol.ac.uk | My Bend Order Annotation is greyed out when I go to click it. Cant sus out what I am doing wrong.
Any sugestions? | Wed Nov 9, 2011 10:56 am |
| Inventor | Tutorials | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Searching WikiHelp for Skill builders: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2012/Help/0073-Autodesk73/0074-Getting_74/0143-Set_Your143/0156-Learning156/0160-Skill_Bu160 Skill builder web location: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...linkID=9242016 Hope that helps, Bill Bogan
Subject Matter Expert, MFG Learning Experience | Wed Nov 9, 2011 9:28 am |
| Inventor | Edit Sketch Blocks | craig@1911.com.au | Hi,
I suspect most users of the tutorials (especially if it will not work for them) will follow them to the letter: That is where the problem is, the wording of line 8 is incorrect. It says “Hold down the Ctrl key, and click the four lines of the rectangle.” What it should say is select one of the four lines of the rectangle, then hold down the Ctrl key to select the other three. When all four lines are selected, right-click and select Add To Block. The video cannot clarify the problem either because it does not show the order of the key strokes and mouse clicks in relation to each other. As an aside, the Shift key will also perform the same function as the Ctrl key in this instance.
Cheers, Craig. | Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:48 am |
| Inventor | Stress Analysis Help | misuszatek0@gmail.com | Hi , would like to find out the statystical accuracy of the stress analysis symulations and whhat thay depend on thanks | Mon Nov 7, 2011 6:58 pm |
| Inventor | Assembly components in patterns | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi jperry_ASC,
Can you provide some additional description? There is the ability to suppress individual instances (third item in procedures above) in the component pattern. To add to the pattern you would simply edit the pattern and modify the number of instances or inputs. You can sever the link of a component to a pattern. What else are you looking to do? Thanks,
Bill Bogan
Subject Matter Expert, MFG Learning Experience | Mon Nov 7, 2011 6:53 pm |
| Inventor | Assembly components in patterns | jperry_ASC | One tip for the next version or patch. Please allow the user to be able to add or remove parts to a component pattern. If you're dealing with a considerably large product design, it can be a chore to delete the entire component pattern (or patterns) completely and then start all over with the additional or omitted part. | Mon Nov 7, 2011 6:02 pm |
| Inventor | Import DWG data to part sketch | claudw | Hello CADDapult,
Thank you for bringing this broken video to our attention. We replaced it with a "clean" one. Apologies for the delay. Regards,
Claudia Wood, Autodesk Manufacturing Learning Experience Manager | Mon Nov 7, 2011 11:13 am |
| Inventor | Front View | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Inventor uses multiple document types, including drawings .IDW or .DWG. Perhaps the step should say: Start a new drawing document, thereby indicating that it is a change in the document type. Bill Bogan
Subject Matter Expert - Autodesk MFG Learning Experience | Mon Nov 7, 2011 10:42 am |
| Inventor | Create a tube and pipe assembly | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | CADDapult, thanks for picking up on that anomaly and bringing it to our attention. I fixed it. See above. Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Nov 7, 2011 9:29 am |
| Inventor | Create a tube and pipe assembly | CADDapult | step 2 should be "Tutorial Files> Tube & Pipe > Air System" folder. | Mon Nov 7, 2011 8:28 am |
| Inventor | Migrate or synchronize user libraries | kubicoi | Hello Scott,
Thank you very much for pointing on this defect. The link should work now. Regards,
Irena Kubicova, Learning Experience Team, Autodesk Inventor | Mon Nov 7, 2011 12:51 am |
| Inventor | Sketch points | KennethCampbellJr3770 | Sketch Points from XLS Office 2010 does not work as "tk4b" has noted. I have very carefull created XLS per instructions but no luck. This should not be a WISH list item. It is a documented Inventor function that does not work? Hope we can fix or understand the problem? Thank you, Ken | Fri Nov 4, 2011 10:41 pm |
| Inventor | Check in Three | claudw | Hello mrhoa,
Your comment made our day. Built by Design was created entirely by students for students! We are thrilled that you find it helpful as a mentor to FIRST students. Good luck with your robots! We'll make sure that the team that designed this great site receive your message. Regards,
Claudia Wood, Autodesk Manufacturing Learning Experience Manager | Fri Nov 4, 2011 8:24 pm |
| Inventor | Start a New Assembly File | cristi.neagu | Make sure you use inches as document units. If you use mm, the scripts will cause problems with the patterns. | Fri Nov 4, 2011 6:27 pm |
| Inventor | Hatch Styles | claudw | Hello Craig,
Thank you so much for pointing this out. We will rework the pages to remove any confusion. We appreciate getting feedback like this. It makes it better for everyone who comes along later. Regards,
Claudia Wood, Autodesk Manufacturing Learning Experience Manager | Fri Nov 4, 2011 3:27 pm |
| Inventor | Punch Holes (continued) | claudw | Thanks to prhudson for the kind contribution of the note in Step 8. Tips like this help everyone. Regards,
Claudia Wood, Autodesk Manufacting Learning Experience Manager | Fri Nov 4, 2011 3:21 pm |
| Inventor | Import DWG data to part sketch | CADDapult | Has this thing been broken for 4 months? Any idea how much longer before the link is repaired? | Fri Nov 4, 2011 11:35 am |
| Inventor | Create Feature Suppression Rule | craig@1911.com.au | Hi,
The tutorial worked very well, I noticed that the "Rule Browser" has had a title change it is now called the "iLogic Browser" in Inventor Pro 2012 and it contains two extra tabs. Cheers, Craig. | Fri Nov 4, 2011 4:21 am |
| Inventor | Object Defaults and Standards | craig@1911.com.au | Hi,
In this tutorial I believe the "object Type" diagram located under the text in step 4 belongs in step 3 under or next to the other diagram, thereby showing the process progressing to the end result. Cheers, Craig. | Fri Nov 4, 2011 12:46 am |
| Inventor | Hatch Styles | craig@1911.com.au | Hi,
I am commenting on this page based on the premise that each page in any one tutorial follows on from the other.
In which case steps 3 & 4 are already covered in the previous page "Override Annotation Style"
Following steps 3 & 4 in "Hatch Styles" gives a dialogue box indicating "Failed to save, duplicate style exists"
Regards, Craig. | Fri Nov 4, 2011 12:04 am |
| Inventor | Migrate or synchronize user libraries | scottmoyse | It appears the 'Manage Content Center libraries by using the server console' link under the 'Migrate and Synchronize libraries by Update Tool' procedure is broken. | Thu Nov 3, 2011 4:48 pm |
| Inventor | Examine a Project | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Dan,
To answer your question regarding the differences between Inventor and Fusion… Parametric modelers like Inventor leverage a history tree in constructing solid models. While this approach works well for the vast majority of modeling tasks, last minute design changes and conceptual work can sometimes be difficult. The direct modeling approach allows a user to change model geometry/topology without being restricted by a native model's existing parametric and/or history data, or an imported model's lack thereof. This makes direct modeling particularly useful for working with very complex native models or imported models. Think of Inventor Fusion as a hybrid of both parametric and direct modeling paradigms. While Fusion can certainly be used as a separate solid modeling application, its’ advantages are best realized when used in concert with Inventor (and also AutoCAD). Hope that helps. Be sure to check out the Fusion videos on our Wiki pages that Bill recommended. Cheers.
-Ted | Thu Nov 3, 2011 2:05 pm |
| Inventor | Examine a Project | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi Dan,
Go to the top of this page. Under the search box, click Home. On the WikiHelp Home page, there is a list of products on the left side. At the bottom of the list is All Products, click that. In the Products list, locate Inventor Fusion. That will take you to the wikiHelp for Fusion where you will find videos and help information. Enjoy!
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Nov 3, 2011 1:46 pm |
| Inventor | Examine a Project | dknelson_ballard | Hello Ted,
Thank you for clarifying that "Inventor Fusion" is not the same as "Inventor"...although I'm not clear what the differences are. I am a Novice AutoCAD user, and our Engineering Manager purchased an installation that included Inventor Fusion, so I was attempting to familiarize myself with it. I, too, was attempting to access Inventor tutorials and couldn't understand why Project Manager was not available from the "I" menu. After spending a number of hours trying to download and install tutorials and help files, (apparently not valid for my Fusion product), I resigned myself to advance through the tutorial...only to find your comment, above. Since I am not the first to encounter this con"fusion", maybe it makes sense to post a disclaimer on the main Inventor Tutorial page that these tutorials do not apply to the Fusion product. Could you give a brief explanation of what Fusion is designed to do (as opposed to the standard Inventor)? Are there comparable tutorials for the Fusion product? Thanks!
Dan Nelson
Engineering Technician
Ballard Material Products
Making Fuel Cells Work | Thu Nov 3, 2011 1:07 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | patrick.miller | It sounds like the connection to the server is interrupted at some point. Is it possible for them to save to the local drive? Patrick Miller
Autodesk Manufacturing Learning Experience | Thu Nov 3, 2011 4:13 am |
| Inventor | Check in Three | nick.hasselblad@autodesk.com | I reconstructed the video without the music track. | Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:08 pm |
| Inventor | Adjust visibility of components | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hello HaroldRC, Thank you for bringing this to light. This is a known defect and was fixed in Inventor 2012 SP1. If you have not downloaded SP1 please do so and confirm that this service pack has addressed your issue. Thank you,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Nov 2, 2011 2:02 pm |
| Inventor | Adjust visibility of components | HaroldRC | Components made invisible in a presentation file cannot be turned back on. Even when a part is visible, there is no check next to the visibility option in the browser like you would see in an assembly file. This occurs whether the part is from the content center, downloaded file, or custom part. HRC | Wed Nov 2, 2011 12:41 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | krausch | Error locking the file H:\Puzzle Cube\lockfile.lck. Error code 33. Error locking the file H:\Puzzle Cube\lockfile.lck. Error code 33. I receive this error when my students try to save. Any help would be appreciated. We are using Inventor Professional 2012. | Wed Nov 2, 2011 8:30 am |
| Inventor | Create a Revolved Feature | jonpoint | No matter what I do, I always end up with '1 dimension needed'.Before adding dimensions, your video shows 6 dimesnions needed, mine shows 13! Huh? | Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:26 pm |
| Inventor | Use Work Planes to Terminate a Hole | jonpoint | I cannot create a new sketch on the rotated face. The only option is to 'open', but that takes me back to the profile drawing. How do I create a new sketch on the rotated face? | Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:02 pm |
| Inventor | Text in drawings | casey5190 | I was wondering why inventor does not have a spell checker. | Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:30 am |
| Inventor | Sample Test Page - Test Notifications | mattkelly65@yahoo.com | Test for email | Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:55 pm |
| Inventor | Customize work environments in Autodesk Inventor | jeff_jordan | Copy Model iProperties Settings>"Specifies the iProperties to copy from the model into the active drawing or template when the first drawing view is placed. The copy sets the starting values for iProperties in the drawing. Once copied, the properties do not update automatically when they are changed in the model." Why isn't there a way to keep these properties syncronized automatically? Or at least the option to synchronize automatically? | Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:15 am |
| Inventor | Work with Large Assemblies | prabakarm | Greg, Inventor is already leveraging multi-core hardware to improve performance. The areas in the product where we leverage multi-core processing today are in drawing view creation/update, rendering, mass property calculations. We will continue to expand into other areas where we see measurable benefits for our customers. Prabakar.
Sr.Product Line Manager, Inventor Products | Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:35 pm |
| Inventor | Check in Three | mrhoa31103@aol.com | Your entire tutorial suite was awesome...I've seen several to teach Autodesk Inventor and think yours strikes the right balance and depth. Need to get that SuperCad library back out there. Your going to make my life much easier as a CAD mentor and using Robot Examples really brings it home for new FIRST students. | Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:13 pm |
| Inventor | Check in Three | mrhoa31103@aol.com | Remix Tracks - Sound is too loud - cannot hear speaker. It's like the sound levels were reversed. | Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:09 pm |
| Inventor | Downloadable Content | mrhoa31103@aol.com | dropbox has errored out "Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled! " Where else can I get your SuperCAD Library? | Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:34 pm |
| Inventor | Configuring Autodesk Inventor | gfast2@hotmail.com | I think Measurement Units can not be changed after installation can really reduce the size of the software's interface, but I have to say, that let me take at least one hour to fix my stupid mistake. | Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:33 pm |
| Inventor | Application Options settings | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Hello JLLucas, Do the following to enable offline Help: 1. Edit the C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Bin\HelpIds.xml file in Notepad.
2. Change the UseOnline="1" to UseOnline="0" Best regards and thanks for using the Wiki. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:16 pm |
| Inventor | Application Options settings | JLLucas | I am looking for the option of turning on Full Help (offline help) all the time. From the installation instruction, it is said that offline help would be utilize when offline and wikihelp would be used when online, which I didn't think it would've worked, and I did not bother to try since I am in no mood of turning TCP/IP connection on and off just fro accessing offline As it turns out, I was right it Inventor kept trying to access wikihelp even when the site had been down yesterday (10/26/11). So, the question remains, regardless of whether the paragraph above was adding any information, how do you turn on the offline help and keep accessing it all the time? Are there any registry entries that could be edited? Or there are safer interfaces to use? | Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:46 pm |
| Inventor | Punch Holes (continued) | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | Autobud, Are any of the other thread types available? Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:55 am |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | claudw | Hello pj,
Sorry to hear you are getting error messages. May I refer you to Product Support? We have a page here on WikiHelp that gives advice about the various resources within Product Support. They are the experts in troubleshooting errors. I wouldn't want to mislead you. Thank you for using Inventor and Autodesk WikiHelp. http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/Community/Product_Support Regards,
Claudia Wood, Manager, Autodesk Manufacturing Learning Experience | Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:12 am |
| Inventor | Part view representations | patrick.miller | You are correct that work feature visibility is supported in view representations and feature suppression is not. Work feature visibility is a display issue (like view orientation or part color) and can be included in a view representation. Feature suppression is a computation issue which affects more than just the display so it was not included in view representations. We have received this feedback from other users and are considering how to handle feature suppression with part DVR. The workaround currently is to use iParts to suppress features within a single part. Hopefully that could work for your situation. Patrick Miller
MFG Learning Experience | Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:31 pm |
| Inventor | Part view representations | msmaxwell | If I'm not mistaken ... View Representations in parts do NOT give you control of "Feature" visibility. "Features" do not have a visibility option, but can be suppressed. Additionally, "Features" are not the same thing as "Work Features." View Representations DO give control of visibility of "work features" ... NOT "features." Why emphasize this distinction? I was looking to the View Representations in a part to show different states in a drawing for a single part. (eg. Turned dimensions, then add thread features, then add keyways.) It would have been nice to use that kind of functionality from a single part in a drawing just as Level of Detail Views work for assemblies. | Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:01 pm |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi jwehmer, Click on the View tab and in the Windows panel click User Interface, then click Browser. That should turn it back on. Cheers,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:52 am |
| Inventor | Autodesk Inventor | jwehmer@uark.edu | I accidently deleted the panel on the left of my window, i have tried for a while now and can't get it back.
How do i get it back? | Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:10 pm |
| Inventor | Punch Holes (continued) | Autobud | Caould not acces the ADSK-Metric-120. I coudl select it from the drop down menu however it remained red and was unusable. | Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:23 am |
| Inventor | Use Sheet Metal Defaults | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | spfurlong, This is not an issue as long as Step 4 from the Create a Style page earlier in the tutorial is not overlooked. "4. Before continuing, select All Styles from the drop-down menu." Ted Saufley MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:50 am |
| Inventor | Define the New Style - Appearance Attributes | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | spfurlong, Perhaps you missed Step 4 from the previous page (Create a Style)? "4. Before continuing, select All Styles from the drop-down menu." Best regards. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:30 am |
| Inventor | Punch Holes | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | I have updated the Skill Builders link, spfurlong. Thank you for calling this to our attention. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:53 am |
| Inventor | Specify Segment Rules | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi Laurence,
If the tutorial does not require changing the other files, then there is no need to save them as they haven't changed. The save command knows the state of files in an assembly, if they have changed and not been saved, it will display "Yes" for those files. If a file has not changed there is no reason to save it.
If you cannot save the assembly, try using Save As and give it a new name. Otherwise, you will need to change the permissions on the tutorial files folder so you have write permission. Cheers,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:17 am |
| Inventor | Place iFeatures from a Family | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | This is a 7 page (or panel) tutorial. The instruction is to go back to page 3 and do those steps. Then return to this here and start with step 2. In the column to the left, you can see panel/page 3 (entitled Insert an iFeature), just click on that to go to the page and get started. Then, in the browser, click on this page to return to it. Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:12 am |
| Inventor | Get Started | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi spfurlong,
If you installed them, you may already have admin permissions or may not need those permissions. If so, you can go to the folder where the tutorial files are installed and right-click the folder, then set the Read-only property to Off (unchecked). Make sure the setting propagates to all sub-folders. Everything will be editable at that point. I'd recommend saving the files to names other than what you have when you open them. Maybe with your initials at the end. That way you always have the originals to start from when doing a refresher. Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:06 am |
| Inventor | Section views | scottwinslow | In Break Out Display Box, " Section All Parts" is greyed out. I have one particular bearing that will not section when using "Break Out" command, but does section when Using "Section" command. Problem is, I can't use "Section" command due to I have a multi level section at different depths. | Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:40 am |
| Inventor | Use Sheet Metal Defaults | spfurlong | Make sure to click on edit sheet metal rule, and change the filter from Local to all, in order to have access to the rule created in the prior tutorial steps. | Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:28 pm |
| Inventor | Define the New Style - Appearance Attributes | spfurlong | In order to change the color style to galvanized (texture) as per step 2, I had to change the filter styles back to "all styles" from "local styles" which was selected in a previous step. | Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:05 pm |
| Inventor | About this tutorial | spfurlong | If you followed the install directions provided by autodesk for this tutorial (copied below), then the main folder in your windows explorer, 'tutorial files' is likely set to 'read only'. I had to go to the folder properties, and uncheck read-only for that folder, subfolder and files. This is important for the next steps in this tutorial in order to change the use style library to read-write when managing the active project. See step 3 on the next page to see what I'm talking about.
Am I the only one with this problem? Sorry if it's just my problem, or if I am introducing a no-no. "Windows Vista/Win 7:
Extract the tutorial files to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\.
After extracting the tutorial files, double-click the tutorial_files.ipj file in the folder to launch Inventor and set the tutorial files project current. The tutorial files are now accessible and ready for use." | Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:51 pm |
| Inventor | Punch Holes | spfurlong | Is the link above in note available? | Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:49 pm |
| Inventor | Specify Segment Rules | laurence-masson-autodesk | Can someone from Autodesk comment on this part of the Tutorial? | Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:34 am |
| Inventor | Apply the Style | laurence-masson-autodesk | "EDIT STYLE FAILED" This is what Inventor tells me when I change the active style to Medium Copper Tubing from the drop-down list. | Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:25 am |
| Inventor | Specify Segment Rules | laurence-masson-autodesk | I tried to save the assembly at this point. It is not saving all the associated files as they are read only. Can someone advise me please? | Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:17 am |
| Inventor | Place iFeatures from a Family | spfurlong | Totally lost on getting from step 1 to 2... | Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:15 pm |
| Inventor | Find and correct design errors | pj@garlicheads.net | Cannot find reference to Colors style named 'Plastic (White)' in file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Au.../Materials.xml. Style 'Materials:ABS Plastic' has not been loaded from file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Au.../Materials.xml. Error loading file 'file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Au.../Materials.xml'. Cannot find reference to Materials style named 'Default' in file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Au...MetalRules.xml. Style 'SheetMetalRules:Default' has not been loaded from file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Au...MetalRules.xml. Error loading file 'file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Au...MetalRules.xml'. Cannot open XML file: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Design Data\Colors.xml. Cannot read texture image C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Textures\Chrome.dds Here are all my error messages when trying to create a new assembly. How do I fix this short of un-installing Autodesk Inventor 2012 and re-installing it? | Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:25 pm |
| Inventor | Get Started | spfurlong | How do I save over the tutorial files when they keep saying they are read only... Where can this be changed? | Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:17 pm |
| Inventor | Create an Assembly | spfurlong | After Step Nine, I had to click Return, then activate Strap in order to do the revolve around axis part. | Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:17 am |
| Inventor | Work with Parameters | spfurlong | Make sure your filter is set to All, not Key | Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:47 am |
| Inventor | Test for Range of Values | spfurlong | Be careful about copying the code, make sure your cases are matched. Example, I set mass to Mass, and copied code, couldn't figure out what was wrong for the longest time. | Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:37 am |
| Inventor | Tooling 桌面圖庫 | kevinyucc | 沒有連結！？ 英文版有！
在這邊：http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...linkID=9242019 | Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:14 am |
| Inventor | Rob Cohee's Wiki Page | nick.hasselblad@autodesk.com | Rob - The rap is not bad, not bad at all. Hidden talents. Now not so hidden. | Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:24 am |
| Inventor | In-canvas Tools | patrick.miller | 1. In the Ribbon, click the Tools tab then Customize button. 2. Select the Marking Menu tab on the Customize dialog box. 3. Select the environment (Dynamic Simulation) from the Environment drop-down. 4. Select the Marking Menu button you want to change then select the desired command from the list. There is a video here: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2012/Help/0000-What's_N0/0001-User_Int1/0004-Marking_4 Hope this helps.
Patrick Miller
MFG Learning Experience | Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:50 am |
| Inventor | In-canvas Tools | reynaldo.bis | How do you customize this In-Canvas Tools? | Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:29 pm |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi gezildire, thanks for the feedback. We'll take a look at what can be done to improve clarity on this tutorial. Regards,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:14 pm |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | gezildire@yahoo.gr | After a few tries it's ok(I deleted the previous post in order to avoid confusion and to bother you with no-mean...)
Though I think a few more pictures (e.g. after each constrain what the assembly would look like, even if that might be trivial) would help to follow the steps with less doubts....
Thanks. | Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:00 pm |
| Inventor | Create a Contact Set | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Update: The Resting Position "drag" issue is known and is being addressed. Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:29 am |
| Inventor | Create a Contact Set | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | The resting position looks to be anchored after the first attempt to move it. I unchecked the resting position option and moved the piston. I then turned it back on and could move the piston, and the moment I let the cursor go (mouse button up) the piston snapped into the resting position. After that I could not move it again.
Not sure if this is "as designed" or "an issue" needing resolution. I will investigate further. Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:31 am |
| Inventor | Chain length calculation | vmtlv | How to calculate the number of chain links (Xo) for three sprocket ? ( 3 center distance )
and Actual center distance for this case ? | Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:24 am |
| Inventor | Create a Contact Set | spfurlong | Nile_ and I are having the same issue, when I click use as the resting position it locks the piston.
Right click Last Mate in Browser under Piston
Edit
Select Use offset as resting position
Maximum selected and set to 10 mm
Minimum selected and set to 0 mm
Ok
And the piston is locked on the end face of the Cylinder Head Cover- Back
Redo steps to get to Edit Constraint dialogue,
Uncheck Use offset as resting position
Keep Maximum at 10 mm and Min at 0 mm
OK
Piston is limited to 10 mm offset from end face of the Cylinder Head Cover- Back
But no snap back.... What am I missing?
Thanks, and sorry for the length | Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:16 am |
| Inventor | Insert and Constrain a Subassembly | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Initially, it looks like the difference between a Mate and a Flush constraint. But without working through it myself that is only a guess. I will try this in a little while to see what I can find out. Cheers,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learnign Experience Team | Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:59 am |
| Inventor | Create a Contact Set | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | The difference between the two lies in the additional things you can do with the constraint command. You can create transitional constraints, motion constraints, and apply limits. The Assemble command applies constraints, but only those relative to putting components together.
More discussion on the additional constraint capability is here: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu?adskContextId=REDIRECT_IDD_UC_GEOM_SELECTION_DLG&language=ENU&release=2012&product=Inventor Cheers,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:54 am |
| Inventor | Create a Contact Set | gezildire@yahoo.gr | In the previous topic we used the "assemble" command,now the "constraint". It seems that in general they do the same things, but somehow(that I miss) they differentiate? | Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:21 am |
| Inventor | Create a Contact Set | Nile_ | When I click 'use as the resting position'* the piston basically locks at the resting position I choose. Is it a bug? Rest all is working fine with me. Good to see prompt replies from the developing team, thanks! *The last tip after point 13. | Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:56 am |
| Inventor | Summary | laurence-masson-autodesk | The Plastic Parts & Features exercise was very enjoyable & very user friendly. Although It took longer than the estimated time to complete. I believe I learned the commands used in this tutorial, & if & when I am to do it again I would be successful in the time scale. | Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:28 am |
| Inventor | Insert a 2D Part and Constrain to a Solid | bill.bogan@autodesk.com | Hi gezildire,
When saving an assembly you are presented with a list of its dependent components and the opportunity to save these. This allows you to save/migrate any changed or dependent components to the newest release in the same action. Note, though, it is usually best to migrate your data with a new release. You might want to look at Task Scheduler for accomplishing migration in a convenient way.
Cheers,
Bill Bogan | MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:02 am |
| Inventor | Mirror a Feature | ted.saufley@autodesk.com | spfurlong, Good catch! I have updated the image acccordingly. Thanks for bringing this one to our attention. Ted Saufley
MFG Learning Experience Team | Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:02 am |
| Inventor | Object Defaults and Standards | kubicoi | Hello mohanius,
Thank you very much for your comment. We will use your suggestions to improve the tutorial. For your information, a video related to working with styles is already available in the Help: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2012/Help/3320-Show_Me_3320/3321-Show_Me_3321/3574-Drawings3574/3585-Set_defa3585 . Best Regards,
Irena Kubicova
Learning Experience Team, Autodesk Inventor | Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:09 pm |
| Inventor | 新特性 | Henry.Huang | 看下面文章：
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