Being Inventive - Inventor Support

Dimension of the internal circle of external threads in views

00/06/2012 Click for blog article

You have applied an external thread to a cylindrical part.Then, you create the view of this part displaying and dimensioning the thread, but you want to know how Inventor calculates the dimension of the internal circle of the thread.The calculation is based on the values in Threads.xls file.For instance you have applied the ANSI Metric M Profile thread (M50x4, Class 6g) to a cylinder with a diameter D = 50 mm.In this case the diameter d of the internal circle of the thread in the view is calculated with the formula below. d = D – [Major Dia Min (column H) – Minor Dia Min (column L)]That is.d = 50 mm – [49.465 – 44.642] mm = 45.177 mmIn case you apply a thread and its column L is empty in the Threads.xls file, as, for instance the ANSI Unified Screw Threads and the majority of the Pipe Threads, the diameter d of the internal line of the thread in the view is calculated with the formula below.d = D – [Major Dia Max (column G) – Minor Dia Max (column K)]Ale

Use one Vault Project file (Inventor)

56/01/2012 Click for blog article

Using multiple Inventor project files can have an impact on how an assembly file resolves the children it consumes. Autodesk has published a best practice on how to configure one Vaulted project file here.BEST PRACTICE FOR VAULT PROJECTSvia crackingthevault.typepad.com

Part Number and Description always in synch for Frames

00/31/2012 Click for blog article

You want to insert the Structural Shape components in your assemblies in the way that in the iProperties, the Description Field value is equal to the Part Number one.So, you have copied the Structural Shape Families you want to use in a custom library.For each of them you have edited the Family Table adding a column with the properties as in the image below.By the way, doing this you get the result you want inserting the Structural Shape components in your assembly with the command Place from Content CenterBut not inserting them with Frame Generator.In order to get the desired result inserting the components either way, you need to replace in the column property Expression “{PARTNUMBER}” with “=” as in the image below.Ale

Mandatory ECO Materials Adviser coming this week-end

57/27/2012 Click for blog article

For those of you that use or are planning to use the ECO material Adviser in Autodesk Inventor 2012, be aware that we are updating this add-in this week-end.We have provided such updates in the past and I am sure you have seen this message after running ECO Materials Adviser the first time.Until now, you could opt out of the update process.The difference is that this new update is a MANDATORY update and this is clearly communicated in the following dialog which you will start seeing this week-end:Even if you refuse to "Click here", we will still redirect you to the Granta resource center from which the update can be downloadedJ.The other novelty is that the update is multi-language.Let me explain why you should install this January 2012 update (version number v3.9.15.0).1. Additional features and performance In addition to general refinement and performance enhancement compared to the original version shipped with Autodesk Inventor 2012, the following specific features are provided in this update:Support for mapping your own custom Inventor material styles to suitable equivalents in the ECO Materials Adviser database. Updates to the information in the ECO Materials Adviser database itself.2. Ability to upgrade to Full Version If you want to upgrade to the full version and take advantage of all the following extra features, you'll first need to have installed this update:Analysis of Autodesk Inventor assemblies of any number of parts, removing the twenty-part limit of the base version. Substantially extended materials database, offering a choice of around 3,000 materials. Include transport and use phase details in eco impact analyses, thus considering all phases of the complete product lifecycle – raw materials, manufacture, transport, use, and disposal. Include the eco impact of surface finishing processes, in addition to the primary manufacturing processes supported in the base version.3. Ensure continued operation and support As part of the policy of on-going enhancement to ECO Materials Adviser, which can involve server as well as client changes, it's not possible to guarantee that superseded versions will continue to work. Update now, and be sure of on-going access to the latest functionality!ThanksBob

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