Inventor

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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Inventor 2017 – Simulating Motion with iLogic
By Connor Ferguson Inventor 2017 – Simulating a screwing movement using constraints then driving with iLogic As prom...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...