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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

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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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Creating area lofts

An area loft enables you to create geometry by blending multiple profiles; they are similar to rail and centerline lofts, except with an area loft, you can define the area of each section at specific points along its path or centerline.

In this recipe, you will use an Area Loft operation to create the base geometry of a glass. The sketches and planes have already been created for you.

Getting ready

Open Glass.ipt file from the Chapter 4 folder.

How to do it…

In this example, we will use Area Loft to create the geometry of a glass. This will involve using the standard Loft command and selecting the Area Loft options. To do this, see the following:

  1. With the Glass.ipt file open in Inventor, navigate to the 3D Model tab and select the Loft command.
  2. The Loft command window now opens. From here you can create a range of different lofts but in this example, we will use the Area Loft function to create the geometry of this glass from the...

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