AutoDesk Inventor Basics at TechShop

1. AutoDesk Inventor
at
TechShop RDU
Ray Harris
ray@harris.net

2. Outline
What is Inventor
How to Get Inventor
The CNC Workflow
What you’ll learn in the Basics Class

3. What is Inventor?
3D Computer Aided Design
Solid Modeling
Parametric Design
Visualization and Simulation
Digital Prototyping

4. How to Get Inventor
Download from AutoDesk
http://students.autodesk.com
Create a Student Account
School: TechShop in San Fransisco,
CA
Almost All AutoDesk Products
Three-year Educational License

5. How to Get Inventor
DVDs from Front Desk
Either
Bring PC in to install
Take discs home for 2 days with
$100 deposit
Six-month Commercial License

6. How to Get Inventor
Buy a commercial license
Inventor LT ($995)
Inventor ($3495)
Content Center, Design Accelerators
Inventor Professional ($7295)
Tube, Pipe, Cable Routing
Mold Design & Stress Analysis

7. The CNC Workflow
CAD - Computer Aided Design
Create a digital model of the part
CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing
Create tool paths that will make part
CUT - Cut with CNC machine
Use tool paths to create part

8. CAD at TechShop
2D Design 3D Design
Corel Draw Inventor
InkScape Blender
AutoCad
2.5D
V Carve
Export to DXF Export to STL
All have their own internal file format

9. CAM at TechShop
2D CAM
Epilog Print Driver >> Laser Cutter
FlexiStarter >> Vinyl Cutter
These t wo Cut directly
V Car ve >> Plasma Cutter
Generates G-Code files
All Import from DXF files

10. CAM at TechShop
2D & 2.5D CAM
V Car ve >> ShopBot
V Car ve >> Tormach
Generates G-Code
All import from DXF files

11. CAM at TechShop
3D CAM
Cut3D >> ShopBot
Cut3D >> Tormach
ReplicatorG >> MakerBot
All import STL files
All export G-Code files

12. Cutting at TechShop
2D Cutting
Epilog Print Driver >> Laser Cutter
FlexiStarter >> Vinyl Cutter
TorchMate >> Plasma Cutter
2.5D and 3D Cutting
ShopBot Control >> ShopBot
Mach 2 >> Tormach
ReplicatorG >> MakerBot

13. CNC Classes at TechShop
CAD Classes
CorelDraw for CNC
Inventor
AutoDesk Inventor Basics
Inventor Skill Builder I - Sketching
Introduction to Assemblies
Inventor Sheet Metal

14. CNC Classes at TechShop
CAM Classes
Concepts of CNC
Terminology
Calculate Speeds and Feeds
Climb vs Conventional Cut
CNC CAD/CAM Soft ware Level 2
VCar ve
Cut3D

15. CNC Classes at TechShop
Cut Classes
Laser Cutter SBU
Vinyl Cutter SBU
Plasma Cutter SBU
ShopBot SBU
Tormach SBU
MakerBot SBU

16. What You’ll Learn
The Inventor User Interface
Parts of UI and Application Options
Manipulating 2D and 3D Views
Creating a New Project
Types of Inventor Files
Part and Assembly Files
Drawing and Presentation Files
Create a new Part File

17. What You’ll Learn
Create a 2D Sketch
Drawing, Parameters and Constraints
Create a 3D Feature
Create a 3D Solid from a 2D Sketch
Modify a 3D Solid
Merge t wo 3D Solids (Join and Cut)
Modify Tools (Hole and Fillet)
Export a Part to an STL File