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Introduction to Autodesk Inventor ® ®

Dan Banach
Autodesk Education – Programs Manager

© 2013 Autodesk
Introductions and course objectives

© 2013 Autodesk
Introductions
 Dan Banach: Education Programs Manager, Autodesk Education
 Using Autodesk products since AutoCAD R9
 Certified Inventor Professional, Autodesk Certified Instructor and Autodesk
Certification Evaluator
 19 years teaching and consulting
 Authored / coauthored 19 books: 3 - Mechanical Desktop, 16 - Autodesk
Inventor
 15 years - speaker at Autodesk University
 Your experience
 AutoCAD
 Autodesk Inventor
 Others?
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Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
 Model an F1 in Schools™ race car
 Create drawing views of an F1 in Schools race car
 Assemble an F1 in Schools race car
 Enhance the visual appeal of the car by changing the visual style of the
car, adding a decal, shadows and reflections, changing the background
and ground plane and adjusting the light sources

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Chapter 1 - Getting started

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Screen Setup
 Open Inventor and the PDF of the course
 Arrange Inventor and the PDF as shown

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Set project file
 Set the active project- click Projects either on the Welcome
screen or on the Get Started tab > Launch panel.
 Click the Browse button.
 Navigate to and double-click on F1 in Schools.ipj, the
default location is C:\F1 in Schools.
 A check mark should be to the left of the F1 in Schools
project name, verifying that this is the active project file.

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Exercise 1
 In this exercise you learn how to:
 Create a new part file
 Sketch the profile of the part with parametric dimensions
 Extrude profiles adding and removing material

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Exercise 1: Section 1 – Getting started
1. Create a new mm part file

2. Create a new sketch on the XY plane

3. Sketch and dimension the profile

4. Extrude the profile 35 mm

5. Sketch a profile on the bottom of the car

6. Extrude with the Cut operation


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Exercise 1: Section 2 – Define the car body’s shape

1. Create wheel extension

2. Add hole

3. Pattern wheel extension

4. Add fillets

5. Mirror solid body


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Exercise 1: Section 3 – CO2 cartridge and wings
1. Sketch and constrain the profile for the
CO2 cartridge

2. Extrude profile

3. Sketch profile for the front and back wings

4. Extrude front and back wings

5. Add a hole for the CO2 cartridge


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Exercise 1: Section 4 – Final features
1. Angle the front of the CO2 cartridge holder

2. Add side plates

3. Add 2mm fillets

4. Add 7mm fillets

5. Change the appearance/color of the car

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Chapter 2 - Creating drawing views

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Exercise 2: Section 1 – Creating drawing views

1. Create a new ANSI mm drawing file

2. Create base, orthographic and isometric views

3. Create section view

4. Create isometric view from section view

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Exercise 2: Section 2 – Drawing annotation

1. Retrieve dimensions

2. Delete and move dimensions

3. Move dimensions between views

4. Arrange dimensions

5. Add hole notes

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Exercise 2: Section 3 – Editing the model

1. Edit model dimension in the drawing

2. Edit a sketch dimension in the part file

3. Update the drawing views

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Chapter 3 - Assembling an F1 in Schools race
car

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Exercise 3 – Assembling an F1 in Schools race car

1. Create a new Standard (mm) assembly file

2. Place components

3. Constrain the components

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Chapter 4 - Additional visualization options

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Exercise 4 – Additional visualization options

1. Change the Visual Styles

2. Add decals

3. Display shadows

4. Turn on reflections

5. Adjust the background

6. Modify ground plane


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Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings,
and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

© 2013 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

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