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Extracting Inventor Sheet Metal Extents via iLogic
by Clint Brown
I was asked recently if it is possible to extract the extents of a flat pattern, and write the sizes t...
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Manage Huge Assemblies- Inventor 2014 Express Mode
by Clint Brown
Inventor 2014 allows you to open models in “Express Mode” which is essentially a light weight model. ...
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Inventor - Annotating Punch Tools
by Clint Brown
There is a subtle little trick to Annotating punch tools in flat sheet metal parts that I came across...
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Inventor 2012 - FEA Results with iLogic forms and DWF's
by Clint Brown
I have been using the FEA tools in Inventor quite a bit lately and I have come up with 2 cool workflo...
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Autodesk Inventor 2015 - Solving Assembly Constraints
by Chris Turner
Just a quick blog to share a great tip to help resolving Assembly Constraints in Inventor.
If you a...
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Inventor 2015 Sketch Horizontal or Vertical
by David Gate
When constraining your sketches how often have you picked the horizontal/vertical constraint and it ei...
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Inventor 2015 - Cannot Change BOM Structure
by David Gate
Settings a component or sub-assemblies Bill Of Materials (BOM) Structure Default allows you to define ...
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Inventor: Automatically Add iProperties for BIM with iLogic
by David Gate
When creating models in Inventor you probably spend a small amount of time adding in iProperties. Alth...
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Inventor 2014 - Assembly Part Wireframe
by David Gate
Inventor has a number of different visual styles that you can use to view your model in different ways...
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Inventor 2013 - Making Assembled Parts Temporarily Transparent
by David Gate
Making Assembled Parts Temporarily Transparent to Ease Working in Inventor 2013
Often when working wi...
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A bit of fun with Inventor iLogic and driven constraints
by Clint Brown
I’ve called this a bit of fun with iLogic and driven constraints, because my intention is exactly tha...
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Inventor Quick Tip - Draft Analysis
by Clint Brown
A handy tool for Plastic Moulding design, Casting design and anyone who is interested in Draft on the...
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Direct Edits in Autodesk Inventor 2015
by Clint Brown
Inventor 2015 now has some fantastic new modelling features built right into the modelling environm...
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MS Word Report from Inventor 2014
This morning I ran across a new blog post by Jürgen Wagner, who writes a really good Inventor Blog, but in German, so...
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Inventor iLogic Snippets
By Clint Brown
In this blog post, I would like to explore the often overlooked iLogic Snippet.
Essentially a Snippet...
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Inventor Drawings - DWG v IDW & AutoCAD
by Clint Brown
I get asked a lot of questions about Inventor drawings an AutoCAD, and the Inventor DWG file format. ...
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Inventor 2013 - Routed Systems & AutoCAD Electrical
by Clint Brown
With the Introduction of Product Design Suite Premium 2013, CAD users now have a few additional tools...
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Autodesk Inventor - New to iLogic? Start here!
By Clint Brown
If you are new to iLogic and want to start getting into how it works, give this a try as your first b...
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Colour Over-rides in iParts with iLogic - Inventor 2011
by Clint Brown
There was a forum post by one of our Cadline Community members asking if it was possible to add co...
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Missing Inventor 2014 Content Centre Libraries
by Chris Turner
We get a lot of support queries about missing standards in the Inventor Content Centre libraries. Us...
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Inventor 2013 - Positional Representations
by Chris Turner
Occasionally I get asked about displaying a model in a drawing in different ‘positions’. This could ...
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Using Inventor 2012 and Inventor 2013 Together
by David Gate
If you plan to use both Inventor 2012 and Inventor 2013 on your machine then there are a few things yo...
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Inventor 2015 - Frame Generator - Show lengths on Drawing
by Clint Brown
This weekend, I started looking at a little project at home. The idea is to replace a lean-to roof...
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Tips & tricks for better Section Views in Inventor 2015
by Clint Brown
Have you ever wanted more control over your Autodesk Inventor Section views? Ever wondered how you cou...
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Inventor 2017 Quick Tip - Export Face as DXF
By Clint Brown
A great tool in Inventor is the ability to export the profile of a flat face out to DWG or DXF. If yo...
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Inventor 2017 - Quick Tip - "F" Key Shortcuts
By Clint Brown
Inventor has a few shortcut keys for Navigating around models that are really simple, yet really effe...
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Inventor Basics - Quick Tip - Trim and Extend
by Clint Brown
Here’s a quick productivity tip in Inventor. When in Sketch mode, you can switch between the trim and...
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Sketch Blocks in Inventor : A How-to Guide
By Clint Brown
One of the often-overlooked tools in Inventor is the Sketch block (added in around the Inventor 2010 ...
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Trouble Shooting Inventor iLogic Error Messages
by Clint Brown
I wanted to look at some common error messages in Inventor’s iLogic, and offer some advice on how to ...
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BIM for MFG - Open Revit files in Inventor 2014
by Clint Brown
One of the new features in Autodesk Inventor 2014, is that we can now not only create parametric Revi...