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Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook

Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook

By : Alexander Bordino
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Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook

Autodesk Inventor 2023 Cookbook

4.8 (4)
By: Alexander Bordino

Overview of this book

Autodesk Inventor is an industry-leading, computer-aided design application for 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization, and documentation. This book will help to bridge the gap between the fundamentals of this software and the more advanced features, workflows, and environments it has to offer. Using cookbook-style recipes, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding and practical experience in creating dynamic 3D parts, assemblies, and complete designs. You’ll also explore a variety of topics, including automation and parametric techniques, collaboration tools, creating sheet metal designs, and design accelerators such as frame generators. As you progress, the chapters will guide you through surface modeling tools, advanced assembly, and simplification tools, along with covering iLogic, Finite Element Analysis, and more. By the end of this book, you’ll not only be able to use the advanced functionality within Autodesk Inventor but also have the practical experience you need to deploy specific techniques in your own projects and workflows.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Converting a solid into a sheet metal part and performing a rip

In this recipe, you will take an existing solid body part in Inventor, convert it into a sheet metal part, and then perform a Rip operation on the part.

Getting ready

To begin this recipe, you will need to navigate to Inventor Cookbook 2023 | Chapter 12 and open Rip.ipt.

The part has been created via a lofted extrusion, followed by a Shell operation. This has created a solid body part. First, we need to convert this into a sheet metal component. As this has a uniform thickness of 2 mm, this is achievable.

How to do it…

We will start the process of converting the part into a sheet metal part, then we will define the reference points to perform the rip:

  1. In the 3D Model tab, navigate to the far right of the ribbon. Select Convert to Sheet Metal. Select one of the angled faces as the base feature. Select OK for Sheet Metal Rules. The part is converted into a sheet metal part.
  2. Right-click on...

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