Last week's tips were well discussed. Let's keep the conversation going on here too shall we?
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Don't waste your time asking for someone to
send you a SAT file. Have them send you their Pro/E, SolidWorks, or Catia files
in the native format. Autodesk Inventor's native translators will open the
native formats and allow you to work with the models so that you can integrate
them into your designs, make 2D Native DWG files, assembly instructions, and so
on.
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Still flipping through your Machinist Handbook
for the Axial Pitch of your Spur Gears? Use the Design Accelerators right inside
of Inventor and have Inventor create the geometry based upon the functional
application of these standard parts. In the Assembly environment, click the
Design tab... (in your best Yoda voice) "A wonderful world of automation you
will find young Jedi... "
There are 12 ways to create a work plane in Inventor. You'll need to know how to make them at one time or another. If you need to know how to create a specific workplane, click the workplane button, right click your mouse in the graphics area and choose How To. Work features are as important to understand as modeling features. Word. -
Do as much as you can to solve your design
mathematically as possible. Especially when laying out assemblies with multiple
dependencies, or using Muti-Bodies for your layouts. Sounds simple, but spending
that extra time up front will pay off when you need to make changes. Unless of
course all of your designs are right the first time...every time. [grin]
Flatten your .SAT files. Again, just to show how well we play with others we can flatten sheet metal parts that were modeled in other CAD systems. Open the file, hit the "Convert to Sheet Metal" option > Change the thickness according to the thickness of the part > Hit Flat Pattern. Done.
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-Rob
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