When using iLogic our imagination is one of the few limits of the functionality. Today I take a look at using select case in a very simple fashion. You can use these same ideas to test multiple variations within your design. The case structure lets you choose between more than two alternatives. Let’s take a look at my example.
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iLogic – Using Select Case in Rules
Tags: rules, select case
If you have Inventor 2011 loaded and haven’t looked at the lighting styles yet, please stop whatever you are doing and check them out now! The new 3D environments available in 2011 in combination with the “image based lighting” can create some really stunning visuals. If you ever need to create compelling imagery for sales, marketing, or conveying ideas within your organization, this is one of the first things to try out.
There is a public trial available for Autodesk’s latest FEA based optimization tool available for download on Autodesk Labs (labs.autodesk.com). This allows a user to specify model parameters that they would consider changing, and the optimization iterates through all of the available combinations to determine which will result in the lowest weight while maintaining a specified safety factor. This is something that could be accomplished with the optimization tool in Inventor Simulation, but it could take hours to solve. The beauty of the new tool is that all of the computing is done in “The Cloud” with multiple iterations being processed simultaneously. This allows you to continue working on your workstation while the calculations are solved online and in a fraction of the time it would otherwise take. After solving, a configuration sorter allows you to see the results of each combination and filter for options that meet your safety and weight factor criteria.
I am going to take a look at writing a rule within iLogic that is going to allow me to control minimum and maxium values for a given parameter. The best part is I can take advantage of the rules wizard found within iLogic to basically write the rule for me.
Let’s take a look:
ILogic Writing a Parameter Limits Rule
There is more and more content available on the Inventor Wiki Help every day now. I was just browsing through the content available and noticed that there are also some good video based examples now posted. The one that struck me most was the video on direct manipulation.
Simply launch the Wiki Help and do a search on “Direct Manipulation” and you will find that the content includes a nice video.
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