By David Fetz on May 27th, 2010
I have recently posted a blog talking about saving money in manufacturing using the i CHECK IT tool, while reviewing more checks that the product offers I reverted back to my days as a designer and the common mistakes I had made. One of the biggest mistakes was probably one of the simplest you would think and that was ordering the wrong size stock (material) to produce a component (part). I know every design some where along the way the wrong material had been ordered and that is really never realized until its to late. Know I can quickly check for this error and save time and money on every project.
Let’s take a look:
Did You Order the Right Size of Material – iCheckit
Tags: best practices
By David Fetz on May 27th, 2010
Topics: Autodesk Inventor, Inventor, i CHECK IT for Inventor, i check it, parameters Tags: best practices
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By admin on September 18th, 2009
Now we’ll get to the real advantages of parametric design. You may write math formulas into your dimensions to drive your design with only a few parameters.
Hidden user variables can control the values of multiple dimensions in the design.
Check out the VIDEO
If you interested in a really powerful example of parametric expressions then check out my post on Autodesk Inventor,
Math Rules!Blogged by Josh Hunt, Yet another CAD Geek
By admin on September 18th, 2009
Topics: AutoCAD, Parametric, expressions, parameters
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By admin on September 1st, 2009
More recently I have seen a large demand to customize the information within iProperties. One great way to do this is take advantage of the expressions that can be created in iProperties using either other iProperties or parameter values that have been created during the modeling process. Using Parameter values in expressions in iProperties can allow a user to automate such common iProperties such as description. The keys to doing this successfully are to carefully name your parameters ( User Parameters work best), export those parameters so that they will be shown on the custom tab of the iProperties, and create the correct expression. There is a simple example here in the video to get you started.
Added by Rodney, another one of those CAD Geeks.
By admin on September 1st, 2009
Topics: Autodesk Inventor, iproperties, parameters
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By admin on August 11th, 2009
iParts can be a great way to simplify your parts library. However, I constantly hear that it’s pain to remember which features to suppress for each configuration. My answer is to create rules with math.
We can write equations that provide values and then suppress the features based on those values. There are hundreds of ways to use these but I want to stress that sometimes this can get too complex. That is when you want to look into iLogic or Inventor Automation.
Created by Josh, Yet another CAD Geek
Props to my friend (and CAD Geek) Chris Weitzel for collaborating on these equations.
By admin on August 11th, 2009
Topics: Autodesk Inventor, Feature Suppression, iParts, parameters
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By admin on December 18th, 2008
When configuring your AutoCAD Electrical one area that can be confusing is setting up your wire tag information so that all your wire numbers read the way you want them too. First thing first is where do we configure your wire tags. This can be accomplished in two areas the first being under the properties for a given project or you can do this by a sheet by sheet basis when selecting the drawing properties. Just remember the %N must always be part of the wire format string. Below is a little cheat sheet to help better understand what parameters you have to work with.
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Created by Dave one of the Cad Geeks
By admin on December 18th, 2008
Topics: AutoCAD Electrical, parameters, wire numbers, wire tags
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