Autodesk Inventor mini guide upload

Autodesk Inventor Simple mini guide

Prepared and Compiled by: Bolaji Oladipo

Contents

• Launching the Autodesk Inventor environment and creating a new document

• Drawing a simple wall bracket

– Sketch

– Extrude Boss/Base tool

– Rib tool

• Conclusion


Launching the Autodesk Inventor environment

• Double-click on the Autodesk Inventor icon on the desktop to launch the Autodesk Inventor :

i. Click new then choose the metric template option and part (standard (mm).ipt) to start a new single part drawing.

ii. Or choose the assembly option to assemble already created parts.

iii. Then click ‘Create’


Drawing a simple wall bracket

When drawing on a 3 D environment, there are usually several ways of realizing a model. This is due to our different ways of picturing images. This reason explains why different times are spent on same drawing, using different concepts.


A 2D Sketch of the wall bracket

Fig. 1Prepared and Compiled by: Bolaji Oladipo

Steps

• From the left pane draw tree, click the ‘origin’ to view the various planes available

• From the various planes displayed, select the ‘xyplane’

• From the top ribbon menu bar, select ‘3D model’

• Select the ‘sketch’ option

• A four cardinal point appears with a center (the origin)


Steps

• Select ‘center rectangle’ from the sketch option, snap the mouse to the origin and draw a rectangle

• Note: All dimensions in ‘mm’ already

• Select ‘Dimension’ and pick the horizontal side, type 100 mm and press the enter key

• Also, pick the vertical side, type 70 mm and press the enter key

• You should see a drawing similar to fig. 2


Steps


Steps

• Click the ‘Finish Sketch’ at the top right corner of the environment.

• Click ‘Extrude’ from the ‘3D model’ ribbon and in the space provided for dimension, type 10 mm

• Click the ‘OK’ to confirm the dimension

• You should see a cuboid that looks like fig. 4 as shown below


Steps


Steps


Steps

• Click on the top face of the cuboid• Click the ‘Create Sketch’• Select a ‘two point rectangle’ • Sketch by snapping the mouse pointer from the corner

of the rectangle face to the adjacent edge• Dimension the side to 10 mm by using the ‘dimension’• Click the ‘Finish Sketch’ at the top right corner of the

environment.• Extrude by 40 mm using the ‘Extrude’ and by selecting

the newly drawn rectangle with the mouse pointer• Click ‘OK’


Steps


Steps


Creating a rib on the wall bracket

• Select the ‘yz plane’ of the model from the drawing tree

• Click on ‘Right’ from the view cube at the right of the environment. This enables the plane to face you.

• Select a line and draw from the top edge of the model as shown in fig. 7

• Constrain the start of the line to the top edge of the model by:– Click on the coincident constraint

– Click on the start of the line

– Click on the top edge of the model


Steps• Also, by using the same coincident constraint:

– Click on the coincident constraint,

– Click on the end of the line

– Click on the corresponding horizontal edge of the model as shown in fig. 7

• Click on ‘home’ from the view cube at the right of the environment to give a 3D view of the model.

• Dimension the vertical edge with the end of the drawn line as 20 mm


Steps


Steps


Steps

• From the ‘3D Model’ option, click ‘rib’• On the screen, a rib menu dialog box pops up,

make the thickness ‘both sides’ keeping it to 10 mm, click:– ‘Parallel to sketch plane’– ‘direction 2’– ‘to next’All as appropriate

• Click ‘OK’ • The result should look like fig. 11 below


Steps


Steps


Steps


Conclusion

• Note: This guide is just to give a fore-sight to Autodesk Inventor environment. The in-depth shall be taught in class.


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Autodesk Inventor mini guide upload