Advanced Autodesk Inventor 2016

Explore 3-D sketching in Autodesk Inventor, using the 3-D sketch environment and view cube to switch between flat and three-dimensional work, applying precise input, relative coordinates, bends, coils, and helices.

Master twisting sweeps in Autodesk Inventor 2016 by rotating a profile along a path with the twist option, producing twisted geometry like a twisted spring.

Discover centerline loft in Autodesk Inventor to control shape between profiles using a center line sketch on an angled work plane, improving curvature during transitions.

Explore the RIP command to create rib networks in plastic parts, setting up the rib profile, thickness, extension, draft, and bosses using point centers and profile lines.

Explore the bend part tool in Autodesk Inventor. It previews bends with radius and angle but cannot flatten or offer k-factor control, making it mainly for visual geometry.

Explore multi-body modeling in Autodesk Inventor, enabling a single part file to host multiple solids, share design intelligence across IPs, and reduce design time.

Explore multi-body creation in Inventor by turning one extrusion into two solid bodies with split tools, then use new solid versus join options to manage assemblies and visibility.

Explore multi-body modification in Autodesk Inventor by creating a core inside a casting, then subtracting it with the combine tool while preserving the core as a separate solid.

Demonstrate multi-body modification in Autodesk Inventor by deriving a desk grommet as a derived reference and positioning it with move, rotate, cut, and delete face operations.

Learn to convert a multibody Inventor part into reusable IPT components, reusing bodies like sidewalls and dividers, propagate groove location parameters, and manage component naming, templates, and derived assemblies.

Continue exploring the make components command in Autodesk Inventor, updating a multibody assembly and demoting components into a lid subassembly, using pattern-driven links and derived part references with local updates.

Explore the sheet metal environment in Autodesk Inventor, creating parts with unified thickness and bend rules, and using flap patterns to unfold for CNC, laser, or waterjet fabrication.

Learn how sheet metal styles in Inventor set defaults, thickness, and material, and define unfold rules using bend tables, equations, and k factors to match flat patterns for fabrication.

Explore the face command in sheet metal workflows to create a base feature from a fully constrained 2d profile, offset in the z direction, and edit the sketch for refinement.

Explore the contour flange tool in the sheet metal environment to create complex, open-profile geometry, control bend radii, and adjust unfold options.

Learn how the contour roll tool creates a sheet metal contour flange in Autodesk Inventor, using a centerline centroid, 2d sketch, and unfolding to a flat pattern.

Explore the lofted flange tool in sheet metal to create transitions between shapes, control thickness and unfolding, and tailor facets, bend methods, and unfolding behavior for ducting geometries.

Create a secondary contour roll on existing sheet metal geometry by sketching a single open profile, using a center-line axis, and applying the contour roll to drive the geometry.

Discover how the bend tool in Autodesk Inventor sheet metal connects a flange to a face, offering fixed edge, extend, align side faces, unfold, and 45 or 90 degree options.

Use the corner seam tool in Autodesk Inventor’s sheet metal to control gap and relief between flange edges. Adjust the seam to extend perpendicularly and create tear relief.

Explore the sheet metal punch tool in Autodesk Inventor 2016, creating and placing predefined punch geometries as IDC features, with sketch centers, type options, resizing, rotation, and patterns.

Create sheet metal punches in Autodesk Inventor by extracting I feature, naming punches such as louvers and lance bridges, and configuring table driven size parameters for width, length, and depth.

Learn how to mirror a sheet metal piece in Autodesk Inventor 2016, address thickness in the mirrored part for valid flat patterns, and consider saving a copy as an alternative.