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Inventor 2017 – Design Accelerators: Frame Generator
By Peter Maxwell-Stewart
This is the first in a series of blogs on the Design Tab in Inventor 2017. This is an extre...
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Inventor iLogic form behaviour: Enabling Parameter Name
By Connor Ferguson
When using an iLogic form in Inventor you can enable or disable options depending on the value o...
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Inventor 2017 - iLogic: Suppress Component & Constraints
By Scott Cunliffe
Does it bother you that you can’t suppress a component’s constraints at the same you suppress the ...
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Inventor 2017 - iLogic - Create Virtual Parts on the Fly
By Clint Brown
Those Inventor users familiar with virtual parts, will know that they are extremely useful for adding...
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Inventor 2017 - iLogic Tip: Icons for External Rules
By Clint Brown
I have a lot of external iLogic rules that I use quite often. But a list of Rules can be quite diffic...
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Inventor 2017 – Simulating Motion with iLogic
By Connor Ferguson
Inventor 2017 – Simulating a screwing movement using constraints then driving with iLogic
As prom...
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Autodesk Inventor - Create Substitutes, Monitor Framerate
By Scott Cunliffe
Let’s take a look at the lesser used “Create Substitutes” function, and use a framerate monitor ...
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Inventor 2017 - Create a Flat Pattern from a 3D Solid
By Peter Maxwell-Stewart
Welcome to this blog on creating a flat pattern from a solid part with lots of complex fo...
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Inventor 2017 – Export Parameters to iProperties
By Connor Ferguson
One of the lesser known features of Inventor, is the ability to export your model parameters to i...
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Inventor 2017 - iLogic: 3D PDF Export
By Clint Brown
If you've been looking to export a 3D PDF out of Inventor using iLogic, then look no further. I've ba...
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Inventor 2017: iLogic Quick BOM Export
By Clint Brown
Have you ever wanted to quickly export your Inventor Bill of Materials (BoM) using iLogic?
Look no fu...
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Inventor 2017 quick tip – Set rules to suppress part features without using iLogic
By Connor Ferguson
Inside a part document you can actually define a rule (Not an iLogic rule) that will suppress a ...
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Inventor Quick Tip - Part Mass
By Clint Brown
Q: How do I determine the mass of my parts in Inventor?
A: Simply right click on the part at the top ...
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Inventor 2016 – iLogic – Create Multivalue Parameter for Appearances and Materials
By Luke Davenport
Problem:
You want a drop-down list in an iLogic form that allows you to select from a list of ...
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Autodesk Inventor 2016 – Creating a Custom Appearance Library
By Gus Petrikas
Having a separate, custom appearance library in Autodesk Inventor can be very useful, especially whe...
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Inventor 2017 - Feature Recognition tool
By Clint Brown
The much loved Feature recognition tool is now available for the 2017 version of Inventor, the tool...
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Inventor 2017 - Creating iFeatures
By Peter Maxwell-Stewart
In this video I will show you how to create your own iFeatures , Sheet Metal Punches or .ID...
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Autodesk Inventor 2016 – Converting Surfaces to Solids
By Gus Petrikas
Importing / Opening a part file in Inventor and finding a Surface body can be confusing. You expect...
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Inventor 2016 - iLogic: Filter parts list by balloons
By Insider
Here is a little iLogic utility that filters the parts list on a drawing to only show the items that are ...
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Autodesk Inventor 2016 – Removing OLE links from a drawing
By Gus Petrikas
Broken links in Inventor drawings might cause problems reference problems, increase the file size, p...
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Inventor 2016 - iLogic and Drawing Approvals
By Clint Brown
I have been looking at an interesting method of adding "Checked By" and "Approval" information t...
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Inventor 2016 – iLogic – Replace a Component In a Sub-Assembly
By Luke Davenport
Problem:
You need to replace a component using iLogic, but the component is contained within a...
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Inventor 2017 - Shape Generator Tutorial
By Clint Brown
One of my favourite features in Inventor 2016 R2 was the Shape generator. Shape generator, is a utili...
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Autodesk Inventor 2016 – Finding components in the browser and the scene
By Gus Petrikas
If you are working with large assemblies in Autodesk Inventor, here's a tool you must know about:
...
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Autodesk Inventor 2016 – Batch change materials in Assemblies
By Gus Petrikas
Here’s a very easy way to change the materials of multiple parts in an assembly the quick way:
Op...
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Inventor 2016 - Opening a 3D AutoCAD DWG
By Clint Brown
Importing AutoCAD solid models is pretty simple, the trick is to ensure that you use the correct opti...
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Generative Design coming to Inventor 2016
By Clint Brown
Autodesk are set to launch a Mid Year release of Inventor 2016, which is more than likely going to be...
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Inventor 2016 – iLogic – Create Sheet Metal Area iProperties
By Luke Davenport
There’s loads of handy iLogic code for sheet metal kicking about on the Interpipes. Not least o...
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Inventor 2016 - Section Views for Parts and Assemblies
By Peter Maxwell-Stewart
In the video below I will show you how to create simple section views through a part in Inv...
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Inventor 2016 – Converting a Solid to Sheet Metal – An Alternative Method
By Luke Davenport
Problem:
When creating a sheet metal part, you’d like the convenience of modelling an overall ...