Autodesk Inventor 9 Essentials Plus,9781401896591

Autodesk Inventor 9 Essentials Plus

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Pub. Date: 2004-09-20
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Summary

Nearly 800 screen captures adorning this book assist in the clarification of essential Autodesk Inventorà ;® concepts, from basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques. Thoroughly up-to-date, this "how-to" and reference manual provides in-depth explanations of the user interface, toolbars, dialogue boxes, sketch tools, drawing views, assembly modeling, and more for learning and mastering Autodesk Inventor. Highlights include step-by-step tutorials that showcase practical skills and generous exercises designed for self-paced learning or for use in group-based instruction. Confidence will soar as users apply newly learned professional techniques to their own projects, speeding them to proficiency.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
INTRODUCTION xxi
CHAPTER 1 Getting Started
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1(1)
GETTING STARTED WITH AUTODESK INVENTOR
2(2)
Getting Started
2(1)
New
3(1)
Open
4(1)
Projects
4(1)
PROJECTS IN AUTODESK INVENTOR
4(12)
Project Setup
5(1)
Project File Search Options
5(1)
Included File and Workgroup
6(1)
Workspace
7(1)
Workgroup Search Paths
7(1)
Library Search Paths
7(1)
Frequently Used Subfolders
7(1)
Folder Options
8(1)
Options
8(1)
Project File Search Order
9(1)
File Resolution
10(1)
Creating Projects
10(4)
Editing Projects
14(1)
Autodesk Vault
15(1)
EXERCISE I - I PROJECTS
16(1)
FILE INFORMATION
17(2)
File Types
17(1)
Multiple Document Environment
18(1)
Save Options
18(1)
APPLICATION OPTIONS
19(1)
DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM
20(1)
USER INTERFACE
21(2)
TOOLBARS AND PANEL BAR TOOLS
23(3)
Command Entry
23(1)
Toolbars and the Panel Bar
23(1)
Shortcut Menus
24(1)
Windows Shortcuts
24(1)
Autodesk Inventor Shortcut Keys
24(2)
STYLES
26(12)
Style Name/Value
26(1)
Sub-Styles
26(1)
Documents, Style Libraries, and Templates
26(2)
Incomplete Style Libraries
28(1)
Managing Styles
29(1)
Creating a New Style
29(3)
Edit Styles Manually in Documents
32(1)
Renaming a Style
32(1)
The Style Library Manager
33(1)
Creating Style Libraries
34(2)
Style Management Between Style Libraries
36(1)
Preventing Style Library Changes
36(1)
Managing Multiple Libraries
37(1)
Pack & Go
38(1)
CUSTOMIZING MENUS AND TOOLBARS
38(7)
Toolbar Creation
40(2)
Commands Tab
42(2)
Rollup Command Dialogs
44(1)
Undo and Redo
44(1)
VIEWING MODELS FROM DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS
45(4)
Isometric View
45(1)
Camera Views
45(1)
Shadow
46(1)
View Tools
46(3)
EXERCISE 1-2 VIEWING A MODEL
49(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
50(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
51(2)
CHAPTER 2 Sketching, Constraining, and Dimensioning
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
53(1)
SKETCHING AND PART APPLICATION OPTIONS
54(4)
Sketch Options
54(2)
Part Options
56(2)
UNITS
58(1)
TEMPLATES
59(1)
CREATING A PART
60(3)
Sketches and Default Planes
61(1)
New Sketch
62(1)
STEP 1-SKETCH THE OUTLINE OF THE PART
63(9)
Sketching Overview
63(1)
Sketching Tools
64(6)
Precise Input
70(1)
Selecting Objects
70(1)
Deleting Objects
71(1)
EXERCISE 2-1 CREATING A SKETCH WITH LINES
72(1)
EXERCISE 2-2 CREATING A SKETCH WITH TANGENCIES
73(1)
STEP 2-CONSTRAINING THE SKETCH
74(5)
Constraint Types
74(2)
Adding Constraints
76(1)
Snaps
76(1)
Dragging a Sketch
77(1)
Showing and Deleting Constraints
77(2)
EXERCISE 2-3 ADDING AND DISPLAYING CONSTRAINTS
79(1)
STEP 3-ADDING DIMENSIONS
80(6)
General Dimensioning
80(3)
Entering and Editing a Dimension Value
83(3)
EXERCISE 2-4 DIMENSIONING A SKETCH
86(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
87(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
88(2)
Skill Exercise 2-1
88(1)
Skill Exercise 2-2
88(2)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
90(1)
CHAPTER 3 Creating and Editing Sketched Features
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
91(1)
UNDERSTANDING FEATURES
92(1)
Consumed and Unconsumed Sketches
92(1)
USING THE BROWSER FOR CREATING AND EDITING
93(2)
SWITCHING ENVIRONMENTS
95(1)
FEATURE TOOLS
96(3)
EXTRUDING A SKETCH
99(6)
Shape
100(3)
Match Shape
103(1)
More
103(2)
EXERCISE 3-1 EXTRUDING A SKETCH
105(1)
REVOLVING A SKETCH
106(2)
Shape
106(1)
Operation
107(1)
Extents
107(1)
Output
108(1)
Match Shape
108(1)
CENTERLINES AND DIAMETRIC DIMENSIONS
108(2)
EXERCISE 3-2 REVOLVING A SKETCH
110(1)
EDITING A FEATURE
111(3)
Editing Feature Size
111(1)
Renaming Features and Sketches
112(1)
Feature Color
113(1)
Deleting a Feature
113(1)
Failed Features
114(1)
EDITING A FEATURE SKETCH
114(2)
EXERCISE 3-3 EDITING FEATURES AND SKETCHES
116(1)
SKETCHED FEATURES
117(1)
DEFINING THE ACTIVE SKETCH PLANE
117(3)
Face Cycling
118(2)
EXERCISE 3-4 SKETCH PLANES
120(1)
PROJECTING PART EDGES
121(2)
Direct Model Edge Referencing
121(1)
Project Loop and Chain Option
122(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
123(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
124(3)
Skill Exercise 3-1
124(1)
Skill Exercise 3-2
125(1)
Skill Exercise 3-3
126(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
127(2)
CHAPTER 4 Creating Placed Features
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
129(1)
FILLETS
130(6)
Constant Tab
131(3)
Variable Tab
134(1)
Setbacks Tab
135(1)
CHAMFERS
136(4)
Method
137(1)
Edge and Face
138(1)
Distance and Angle
138(1)
Edge Chain and Setback
139(1)
EXERCISE 4-1 CREATING FILLETS AND CHAMFERS
140(1)
HOLES
141(7)
Editing Hole Features
142(1)
Holes Dialog Box
142(1)
Placement
142(1)
Hole Option
143(1)
Hole Type
144(3)
Hole Centers
147(1)
EXERCISE 4-2 CREATING HOLES
148(1)
THREADS
149(3)
Location Tab
149(1)
Specification Tab
150(2)
EXERCISE 4-3 CREATING THREADS
152(1)
SHELLING
153(3)
Remove Faces
154(1)
Thickness
154(1)
Direction
154(1)
Unique Face Thickness
154(2)
EXERCISE 4-4 SHELLING A PART
156(1)
FACE DRAFT
157(2)
Draft Type
157(1)
Pull Direction and Fixed Plane
158(1)
Faces
158(1)
Draft Angle
158(1)
EXERCISE 4-5 CREATING FACE DRAFTS
159(1)
WORK FEATURES
160(3)
Creating a Work Axis
160(1)
Creating Work Points
161(2)
EXERCISE 4-6 CREATING WORK AXES
163(1)
CREATING WORK PLANES
164(3)
Feature Visibility
166(1)
EXERCISE 4-7 CREATING WORK PLANES
167(1)
PATTERNS
168(7)
Rectangular Patterns
169(3)
Circular Patterns
172(2)
Linear Patterns-Pattern Along a Path
174(1)
EXERCISE 4-8 CREATING RECTANGULAR PATTERNS
175(1)
EXERCISE 4-9 CREATING CIRCULAR PATTERNS
176(1)
EXERCISE 4-10 CREATING PATH PATTERNS
177(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
178(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
179(2)
Skill Exercise 4-1
179(1)
Skill Exercise 4-2
180(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
181(2)
CHAPTER 5 Creating and Editing Drawing Views
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
183(1)
DRAWING OPTIONS, CREATING A DRAWING, AND DRAWING TOOLS
184(6)
Drawing Options
184(2)
Creating a Drawing
186(1)
Drawing Tools
187(1)
Drawing Views Panel Bar
187(1)
Drawing Annotation Panel Bar
188(2)
DRAWING SHEET PREPARATION
190(2)
BORDER CREATION
192(1)
TITLE BLOCKS
193(3)
Inserting a Default Title Block
193(1)
Edit Property Fields Dialog Box
193(2)
Creating a New Title Block
195(1)
Reorder and Sort by Name for Drawing Resources
195(1)
EXERCISE 5-1 SHEETS, BORDERS, AND TITLE BLOCKS
196(1)
DIMENSION STYLES
197(9)
The Units Tab
198(1)
The Alternate Units Tab
199(1)
The Display Tab
200(1)
The Text Tab
201(1)
The Tolerance Tab
202(1)
The Options Tab
203(1)
The Holes/Leaders Tab
204(1)
Creating a New Dimension Style
204(1)
Applying Dimension Styles to Selected Dimensions
205(1)
TEMPLATES
206(1)
CREATING DRAWING VIEWS
206(2)
Selecting Drawing View Commands
207(1)
USING THE DRAWING VIEW DIALOG BOX
208(6)
Base Views
212(1)
Projected Views
212(2)
EXERCISE 5-2 CREATING A MULTIVIEW DRAWING
214(1)
AUXILIARY VIEWS
215(9)
Section Views
216(6)
Detail Views
222(2)
EDITING DRAWING VIEWS
224(4)
Moving Drawing Views
224(1)
Editing Drawing View Properties
225(2)
Displaying Tangent Edges
227(1)
Deleting Drawing Views
227(1)
EXERCISE 5-3 EDITING DRAWING VIEWS
228(2)
DIMENSIONS
230(12)
Retrieving Model Dimensions
230(3)
Dimension Visibility
233(1)
Changing Model Dimension Values
233(1)
General Dimensions
234(1)
Adding General Dimensions to a Drawing View
235(1)
General Dimensions-Linear
236(1)
General Dimensions-Radius
237(1)
General Dimensions-Diameter
237(1)
General Dimensions-Angular
237(1)
Moving and Centering Dimension Text
238(1)
Editing General Dimension Extension Lines
239(1)
Editing Model Extension Lines
239(1)
Editing the Arrow Terminator
239(1)
Selecting Drawing Objects
240(2)
MEASURING CAPABILITIES IN DRAWING MODE
242(1)
ANNOTATIONS
243(14)
Center Marks and Centerlines
244(2)
Automated Centerlines from Models
246(2)
Center Mark Styles
248(1)
Text and Leaders
249(1)
Creating and Managing Text Styles
250(1)
Paragraph Settings-Spacing
251(1)
Justifications
252(1)
Rotation
252(1)
Creating a New Text Style
253(1)
Creating a New Leader Style
253(1)
Text Positioning
254(3)
Additional Annotation Tools
257(1)
HOLE AND THREAD NOTES
257(3)
Hole Note Styles
258(1)
Editing Hole Notes
259(1)
EXERCISE 5-4 CREATING TEXT AND DIMENSION STYLES
260(1)
EXERCISE 5-5 ADDING DIMENSIONS AND ANNOTATIONS
261(2)
REVIEW SEQUENCE FOR CREATING DRAWING VIEWS
263(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
264(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
265(2)
Skill Exercise 5-1
265(1)
Skill Exercise 5-2
266(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
267(2)
CHAPTER 6 Creating and Documenting Assemblies
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
269(1)
CREATING ASSEMBLIES
270(1)
ASSEMBLY OPTIONS
271(4)
Assembly Tools
273(2)
THE ASSEMBLY BROWSER
275(1)
BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
276(1)
TOP-DOWN APPROACH
277(3)
Occurrences
278(1)
Multiple Documents and Drag & Drop Components
278(1)
Active Component
279(1)
Open and Edit
279(1)
GROUNDED COMPONENTS
280(1)
SUBASSEMBLIES
281(1)
RESTRUCTURING COMPONENTS
282(1)
REORDERING COMPONENTS
282(1)
ASSEMBLY CONSTRAINTS
283(13)
Types of Constraints
285(1)
Constraint Types
286(6)
Applying Assembly Constraints
292(2)
Moving and Rotating Components
294(2)
EDITING ASSEMBLY CONSTRAINTS
296(2)
EXERCISE 6-1 ASSEMBLING PARTS
298(1)
DESIGNING PARTS IN-PLACE
299(2)
EXERCISE 6-2 DESIGNING PARTS IN THE ASSEMBLY CONTEXT
301(1)
ADAPTIVITY
302(3)
Assembly Tab Options
302(1)
Underconstrained Adaptive Features
303(2)
ENABLED COMPONENTS
305(2)
EXERCISE 6-3 CREATING ADAPTIVE PARTS
307(1)
ANALYSIS TOOLS
308(4)
The Measure Tool
308(3)
Center of Gravity
311(1)
INTERFERENCE CHECKING
312(2)
EXERCISE 6-4 ANALYZING AN ASSEMBLY
314(1)
DOCUMENTING ASSEMBLIES USING PRESENTATION FILES
315(9)
Creating Presentation Views
316(1)
Tweaking Components
317(3)
Animation
320(2)
Changing the Animation Sequence
322(2)
EXERCISE 6-5 CREATING PRESENTATION VIEWS
324(1)
CREATING DRAWING VIEWS FOR ASSEMBLIES AND PRESENTATION FILES
325(1)
CREATING BALLOONS
325(15)
Parts List - Item Numbering Dialog Box Options
327(1)
Auto Ballooning
328(3)
Split Balloons
331(2)
Creating Balloons with User-Defined Symbols
333(1)
Editing Balloons
334(6)
PARTS LISTS
340(3)
EXERCISE 6-6 CREATING ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS
343(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
344(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
345(2)
Skill Exercise 6-1
345(1)
Skill Exercise 6-2
346(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
347(2)
CHAPTER 7 Complex Sketching and Constraining Techniques
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
349(1)
OPENING AUTOCAD FILES
350(5)
Opening an AutoCAD File or AutoCAD Mechanical File
350(5)
IMPORTING AUTOCAD DATA INTO A SKETCH
355(2)
IMPORTING OTHER FILE TYPES
357(1)
SAT
357(1)
STEP
357(1)
PRO/E
357(1)
DXF
357(1)
IGES
357(1)
CONSTRUCTION GEOMETRY
358(1)
ELLIPSES
359(1)
2D SPLINES
360(7)
Bowtie
360(2)
Fit Method
362(2)
Insert Point
364(1)
Close Spline
364(1)
Display Curvature
364(1)
Spline Tension
365(1)
Constrain and Dimension a Spline
365(2)
EXERCISE 7-1 COMPLEX SKETCHING
367(1)
PATTERN SKETCHES
368(2)
SHARED SKETCHES
370(1)
MIRROR SKETCHES AND SYMMETRY CONSTRAINT
370(2)
SLICE GRAPHICS
372(1)
PROJECT EDGES
373(2)
SKETCH ON ANOTHER PART'S FACE
375(2)
EXERCISE 7-2 PROJECTING EDGES AND SKETCHING ON ANOTHER PART'S FACE
377(1)
AUTO DIMENSION
378(1)
DIMENSION DISPLAY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND EQUATIONS
379(2)
Dimension Display
379(1)
Dimension Relationships
380(1)
Equations
380(1)
PARAMETERS
381(6)
User Parameters
383(1)
Linked Parameters
384(3)
PART DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES
387(1)
APPLYING TOLERANCES
388(7)
Standard Tolerances
388(4)
Standard Tolerances Via Parameters
392(1)
Override Tolerances
392(2)
Annotating Tolerances in Drawings
394(1)
EXERCISE 7-3 AUTO DIMENSION, RELATIONSHIPS, AND PARAMETERS
395(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
396(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
397(1)
Skill Exercise 7-1
397(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
398(3)
CHAPTER 8 Complex Part Modeling Techniques
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
401(1)
USING OPEN PROFILES
402(2)
RIB AND WEB FEATURES
404(4)
Shape
405(1)
Thickness
405(1)
Extents
406(1)
Creating Ribs and Webs
406(1)
Rib Networks
407(1)
EXERCISE 8-1 CREATING RIBS AND WEBS
408(1)
EXTRUDE FEATURE TERMINATION OPTIONS
409(1)
EMBOSS TEXT FEATURES
410(4)
Step 1 - Creating Text
410(2)
Step 2 - Embossing Text
412(2)
EXERCISE 8-2 CREATING TEXT AND EMBOSS FEATURES
414(1)
SWEEP FEATURES
415(11)
Shape
415(1)
More
416(1)
Creating a Sweep Feature
416(1)
3D Sketching
417(9)
EXERCISE 8-3 CREATING SWEEP FEATURES
426(1)
COIL FEATURES
427(4)
Coil Shape Tab
427(1)
Coil Size Tab
428(1)
Coil Ends Tab
429(2)
LOFT FEATURES
431(6)
Curves Tab
433(1)
Conditions Tab
433(1)
Transition Tab
434(3)
EXERCISE 8-4 CREATING LOFT FEATURES
437(1)
PART SPLIT AND FACE SPLIT
438(3)
Method
438(1)
Faces
439(2)
EXERCISE 8-5 SPLITTING A PART
441(1)
COPYING FEATURES
442(3)
REORDERING FEATURES
445(1)
MIRRORING FEATURES
445(2)
SUPPRESSING FEATURES
447(2)
FEATURE ROLLBACK
449(1)
FILE PROPERTIES
449(2)
General
450(1)
Summary
450(1)
Project
451(1)
Status
451(1)
Custom
451(1)
Save
451(1)
Physical
451(1)
CENTER OF GRAVITY
451(1)
OVERRIDE MASS AND VOLUME PROPERTIES
452(2)
VISUALIZATION
454(12)
Face Colors
454(1)
Decals
455(3)
Part Colors
458(1)
Texture Mapping
459(3)
Part Materials
462(1)
Shadows
463(1)
Perspective View
464(1)
Background Image
464(2)
EXERCISE 8-6 VISUALIZATION
466(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
467(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
468(1)
Skill Exercise 8-1
468(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
469(2)
CHAPTER 9 Complex Drawing View Creation and Editing
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
471(1)
CREATING A CUSTOM TITLE BLOCK
472(12)
Creating a Text Box
478(1)
Constraining Sketch Text
479(1)
Importing a Title Block Created in AutoCAD
479(2)
Single Line Sketch Text
481(1)
Fitting Sketch Text
481(1)
Copy and Paste Text Geometry
482(2)
CREATING ADVANCED DRAWINGS
484(31)
Broken Views
484(2)
Break-Out Views
486(9)
Section Depth
495(2)
Editing the Section View Depth
497(1)
Creating Draft Views
498(2)
Creating Perspective Views
500(3)
Creating Drawing Views from Design View Representations
503(3)
Opening a Model from a Drawing to Edit
506(3)
Drawing View Alignments
509(4)
Showing and Referencing Work Features in Drawing Views
513(1)
Using Sketches in Drawing Views
513(2)
EXERCISE 9-1 COMPLEX DRAWING VIEW TECHNIQUES
515(1)
MANAGING DRAWING SHEETS
516(6)
Creating Multiple Sheets
516(2)
Creating Sheet Formats
518(1)
Copying Views Between Sheets
519(1)
Moving Views Between Sheets
520(2)
ADVANCED DIMENSIONING TECHNIQUES
522(13)
Dual Dimensioning
522(3)
Baseline Dimensions
525(2)
Baseline Dimension Set
527(2)
Ordinate Dimensions
529(4)
Creating Linear Symmetrical Dimensions
533(2)
HOLE TABLES
535(4)
EXERCISE 9-2 DIMENSIONING DRAWING VIEWS
539(1)
CREATING AND USING SKETCHED SYMBOLS
540(7)
Sorting Sketch Symbols
542(1)
Sketch Options
542(2)
Hiding Edges
544(3)
PARTS LIST TOOLS
547(19)
Parts List Operations (Top Icons)
547(2)
Spreadsheet View
549(1)
Nested Parts Lists
549(2)
Parts List Styles and Standards
551(10)
Defer Drawing Update on Open
561(1)
Creating a Revision Block
561(3)
Printing Drawing Files
564(2)
EXERCISE 9-3 ANNOTATIONS
566(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
567(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
568(1)
Skill Exercise 9-1
568(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
569(2)
CHAPTER 10 Complex Assembly Modeling
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
571(1)
DESIGN VIEW REPRESENTATIONS
572(12)
Creating a New Design View Representation
574(2)
Increasing Performance Through Design View Representations
576(1)
Visibility Overrides
577(1)
Importing Design View Representations from Other Assemblies
578(2)
Creating a Private Design View Representation
580(2)
Associative Design Views
582(2)
ASSEMBLY BROWSER TOOLS
584(19)
In-Place Activation
584(1)
Visibility Control
585(1)
Assembly Selection Tools
586(1)
Component Selection
587(11)
Additional Selection Options
598(1)
Assembly Reorder
599(1)
Assembly Restructure
600(2)
Browser Filters
602(1)
IMATES
603(10)
iMate Options
610(3)
EXERCISE 10-1 CREATING AND USING IMATES
613(1)
DRIVING CONSTRAINTS
614(3)
EXERCISE 10-2 DRIVING CONSTRAINTS
617(1)
CONTACT DETECTION SOLVER
618(4)
PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING
622(2)
Setting Units in a Presentation File
623(1)
CONSTRAINT TOOLS
624(2)
Find Other Half
624(1)
Constraint Tool Tip
625(1)
Constraint Offset Value Modification
626(1)
REPLACING COMPONENTS
626(1)
CONTENT LIBRARY
627(19)
Content Library Options and I-Drop
627(5)
Library Setup
632(2)
Placing Content
634(6)
Content Library Edit
640(3)
Standard Content Section Attribute
643(3)
EXERCISE 10-3 FASTENERS AND PARTS LIBRARY
646(1)
PATTERNING COMPONENTS
647(7)
Component Patterns
647(3)
Assembly Patterns
650(1)
Additional Component Pattern Options
651(3)
EXERCISE 10-4 PATTERNING COMPONENTS
654(8)
Mirroring Components
655(7)
COPYING AN ASSEMBLY
662(4)
EXERCISE 10-5 MIRRORING COMPONENTS
666(1)
ASSEMBLY WORK FEATURES
667(1)
ASSEMBLY FEATURES
668(9)
Assembly Sketches
670(1)
Assembly Features
671(6)
EXERCISE 10-6 ASSEMBLY FEATURES
677(1)
2D DESIGN LAYOUT
678(3)
EXERCISE 10-7 2D DESIGN LAYOUT
681(1)
ADAPTIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES
682(14)
Sketches
683(6)
Adaptive Feature Properties
689(4)
Adaptive Subassemblies
693(2)
Adapting the Sketch or Feature
695(1)
EXERCISE 10-8 ADAPTIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES
696(1)
FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLIES
697(2)
POSITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS
699(7)
Generating Drawing Views from Positional Representations
705(1)
EXERCISE 10-9 POSITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS
706(1)
ASSEMBLY SECTION VIEWS
707(5)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
712(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
713(1)
Skill Exercise 10-1
713(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
714(1)
CHAPTER 11 Sheet Metal Design
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
715(1)
INTRODUCTION TO SHEET METAL DESIGN
716(4)
Sheet Metal Fabrication
716(4)
SHEET METAL PARTS
720(2)
Sheet Metal Design Methods
720(1)
Creating a Sheet Metal Part
721(1)
SHEET METAL TOOLS
722(15)
Sheet Metal Styles
722(5)
Face
727(4)
Contour Flange
731(4)
Flange
735(2)
EXERCISE 11-1 CREATING SHEET METAL PARTS
737(1)
HEM
738(2)
EXERCISE 11-2 HEMS
740(6)
Fold
741(1)
Bend
742(4)
EXERCISE 11-3 MODIFYING SHEET METAL PARTS
746(1)
CUT
747(2)
EXERCISE 11-4 CUT ACROSS BEND
749(1)
CORNER SEAM
750(4)
EXERCISE 11-5 CORNER SEAMS (SHELLED SOLIDS)
754(5)
Corner Round
755(1)
Corner Chamfer
756(1)
PunchTool
757(2)
EXERCISE 11-6 PUNCH TOOL
759(1)
FLAT PATTERN
760(3)
Common Tools
762(1)
DETAILING SHEET METAL DESIGNS
763(1)
EXERCISE 11-7 DOCUMENTING SHEET METAL DESIGNS
764(1)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
765(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
766(1)
Skill Exercise 11-1
766(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
767(2)
CHAPTER 12 Design Automation Techniques
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
769(1)
WELDMENTS
770(2)
CREATING A NEW WELDMENT
772(4)
Converting an Existing Assembly to a Weldment
772(2)
The Weldment Browser and Panel Bar
774(2)
WELDMENT CREATION OVERVIEW
776(7)
PREPARING WELDMENTS
783(1)
Weld Preparation by Extrusion
783(1)
CREATING WELDS
784(20)
Weld Types
787(6)
Fillet Welds
793(11)
MACHINING WELDMENTS
804(3)
EXERCISE 12-1 CREATING WELD BEADS AND MACHINING WELDMENTS
807(1)
DOCUMENTING WELDMENTS
808(14)
EXERCISE 12-2 DOCUMENTING WELDMENTS
822(1)
IPARTS
823(13)
Creating iParts
824(6)
Editing iParts
830(2)
iPart Placement
832(2)
Standard iPart Libraries
834(1)
Custom iParts
834(2)
EXERCISE 12-3 CREATING AND PLACING IPARTS
836(1)
IFEATURES
837(11)
Create iFeatures
838(3)
Insert iFeatures
841(2)
Editing iFeatures
843(4)
Inserting Table-Driven iFeatures
847(1)
EXERCISE 12-4 CREATING AND PLACING (FEATURES
848(1)
DERIVED PARTS
849(3)
Derived Part Symbols
850(1)
Derived Part Dialog Box
851(1)
EXERCISE 12-5 CREATING A DERIVED PART
852(1)
DERIVED ASSEMBLY SYMBOLS
853(3)
Derived Assembly Dialog Box
853(3)
CHAPTER SUMMARY
856(1)
APPLYING YOUR SKILLS
857(2)
Skill Exercise 12-1
857(1)
Skill Exercise 12-2
858(1)
CHECKING YOUR SKILLS
859(2)
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