Autodesk Inventor: Configurable Designs and Automation

Learn how to iterate and automate your designs with the intelligent tools in Autodesk Inventor: parameters, iFeatures, iMates, iParts, iAssemblies, and iLogic.

Introduction

• Avoiding design fatigue
• What you should know
• Overview of the data sets

1. Parameters: Foundation to Automation

• Importance of parameters and equations
• Parameter basics
• Equations in parameters
• User parameters
• Functions in parameters
• Summary and best practices

2. Data Reuse with iFeatures

• iFeatures overview
• Setting up a part to be an iFeature
• Publishing iFeatures
• Adding parameters to iFeatures
• Creating table-driven iFeatures
• Adding intelligence to iFeatures
• Summary and best practices

3. Streamlining Assembly Creation with iMates

• What are iMates?
• Creating a simple iMate
• Creating composite iMates
• Inferring iMates from existing constraints
• Summary and best practices

4. iParts: Creating Part Configurations

• Introduction to iParts
• Creating and defining a simple iPart
• Creating and defining a more complex iPart
• Placing iParts in assemblies
• Standard iParts vs. custom iParts
• Summary and best practices

5. iAssemblies: Creating Assembly Configurations

• Overview of iAssembly configurations
• Creating iAssemblies
• Example of iAssembly
• Creating multiple iAssembly configurations
• Summary and best practices

6. Introducing Product Configurations with iLogic

• Overview of iLogic configurations
• Preparing a part for iLogic
• Part-level rules
• Building an iLogic configurator form
• Configuring the front frame
• Configuring the step assemblies
• Configuring the rear frame and platform
• Introduction to generative design
• Summary and best practices

Conclusion

• Next steps