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I have run across a common misconception about the Factory Design Suite and that is it’s ability to work with elevations. This post will talk about a few different ways to work with elevations and some of the functionality that lives inside of this unique set of tools. The main tool I will use is creating sub-layouts that I relate back to layers but really they are sub-assemblies. When creating a sub-layout you have the ability to offset the original flush constraint (consider it a work plane) any positive or negative distance. Take a look at the video and like always if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to the cadgeek team. CAD.Geeks@tatatechnologies.com
Video Link: Factory Design Suite – Working with Elevations and Sub-Layouts
Tags: assets
It’s never been easier to take your 2D layouts and create 3D files inside of Inventor then it is now. The Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2012 allows you to share a common library of assets that are created inside of Inventor quickly lay them out inside of AutoCAD and produce those as 3D layouts with a single click. This workflow allows any AutoCAD user to quickly look at multiple layout scenarios without having the knowledge of Inventor to easily produce a 3D layout. This also holds true in the reverse where some can layout there their design intentions inside of Inventor and produce a associative layout inside of AutoCAD with a single click.
Let’s see how: AutoCAD 2D to Inventor 3D in One Click.swf
Task scheduler with Inventor 2011 added Assembly shrinkwrap functionality. This will be a huge time saver for any company needing to create light weight assembly files for use inside of Inventor. This is also great functionality to be utilized for creating factory assets or library items to be used with the Inventor factory suite.
Set up a task to include one or multiple shrinkwraps, and schedule it to perform at a convenient time. Options are available for each assembly in your task. The shrinkwrap Assemblies task can be part of a sequential task also.
You can open your assemblies later using the shrinkwrap substitute levels of detail. This will provide better assembly performance and also good practices for working with the factory asset creation tools.
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Great tool for creating Factory Assets or Batch Sh
Tags: assemblies, batch, shrinkwrap, task scheduler
We take a look at creating a asset with the tools provided with the new Autodesk Inventor Factory Suite. A asset is really just a library part file or assembly file specially created for the factory environment. It will allow you to select floor position of your item, connection points so other items can easily be constrained with a single pick and also allows you to utilize custom parameters to change position of your items within the environment itself. Let’s take a look at creating an asset with Autodesk Inventor Factory Suite.
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Inventor Factory Suite – Creating a Asset
Tags: asset, factory suite, Inventor
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