Using Inventor's Synchronous Belt Component Generator? Here's a quick tip for resetting your pulley information ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor | Synchronous Belt Pulley Width Update Tip
Inventor | Constraining Design Accelerators
Design Accelerators have some really nice features, and a few kinks. Here's how to smooth things out. ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor | Some Quick Tips From A New Project
Six great tips to make your Inventor time more productive. Frame Generator, Top-Down Design, Gesturing, and View Representations ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor | Thoughts from the Weekend Frame Design
Here are some Autodesk Inventor tips I collected while working a simple frame design this weekend. Find out some of the things I use to make Frame Generator a success in my designs. ...Read the rest of this article...
In Design | A little Beta, a little Gear Fun
I’ve been playing with some Bevel Gear designs, and spending way too much time fighting the Bevel Gear Design Accelerator in Autodesk Inventor 2011. I couldn’t tell you why, but I have never like the Bevel Gear tool. The other Design Accelerators, including other Gear Options are great. The Gears I am using here are modified versions of the series on Sean Dotson’s old site. Very nice design and easy to modify. I am thinking [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Incorporating Adaptability in Top Down Design
I decided to be hard headed and push adaptability in a skeletal model. Check out my detailed review of the problems surrounding closed circuit adaptable Top Down design in Autodesk Inventor. ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Selection Order of Gears in Dynamic Simulation
Back to Mismatched Factors on Gears… It doesn’t have to be gears, but many of the Simulation joints are picky about which order they are applied in. It matters not what order you pick a spur gear, the mathematics are the same. However when you are selecting a internal ring gear, or a worm, then it matters. Joint Selection Table I like the graphical Joint Selection Table for most of my Joint applications. It is [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor | Mismatched Factors on Gears in Dynamic Simulation
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Take a look at how to avoid Gear Generator Problems in Autodesk Inventor Dynamic Simulation ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Pitch Surfaces on Gears in Dynamic Simulation
See how Pitch Diameter is a critical member in Simulation Joint preparation ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Garin’s hole article
I was going through my RSS feeds, that are backlogged, and I ran across Garin Gardiner’s page again. Sometimes they have him so busy that he cannot update his page often, but when he does, there is usually something interesting in there. This time Garin’s decided to find a way to use a sledge hammer to drive a thumb tack. Why not? I guess I do it all the time. Get your sledge hammer ready. [...] ...Read the rest of this article...