Autodesk Inventor 2021 / 2022 - Advanced Assembly Training

Explore techniques to add components into an Autodesk Inventor assembly, including place tool, copy-paste, drag-and-drop, and folder insertion, with constraints to define part relations.

Identify components in an assembly using the model browser or graphic window, then isolate and edit subassemblies with highlighting. Use selection priority options to control picking parts, bodies, or features.

Add a virtual component in an assembly to appear in the bill of materials, using Create Component to set grease as a virtual component.

Learn to enable or disable adaptivity in Autodesk Inventor assemblies, manage adaptive features at component, feature, or sketch levels, and see how a pin diameter updates when adaptivity is on.

Compare the Constrain and Join tools in Autodesk Inventor; the Join tool restricts degrees of freedom with a single command, illustrated by placing an extrusion on a base plate.

Use the rigid joint option in the joint tool to create a fixed, weld-like connection between two components by selecting origins, aligning edges, and applying the rigid relationship.

Learn to create a planar joint in the joint tool to achieve two translational movements and one rotational movement, using automatic or manual type selection and slider limits when needed.

Insert washers into an assembly using iMate matching, enable iMate, and place across all matching iMates; then create and save composite iMates to apply multiple constraints at once.

Learn to locate and manage relationships in Autodesk Inventor using show, show sick, and hide all to identify and fix constraints, isolate components, and view constraint details.

Lock relationships to fix piston position for inspection, then unlock; protect preserves translational and rotational motions when adding other constraints in large assemblies.

Identify constraint conflicts, geometry changes, and component replacements in Autodesk Inventor, and fix them using design doctor and isolate and edit, while resolving protected constraints for reliable assemblies.

Learn to locate and update the center of gravity in an Inventor assembly using the center of gravity tool, iProperties origin data, the measure tool, and mass update.

Detect component interference with the Analyze Interference tool in Autodesk Inventor, using Set 1 and Set 2 or all components, and review interferences, treating subassemblies as components and thread-type interferences.

Activate contact sets for both components to mimic real world motion inside a three dimensional assembly, and enable the contact solver to enforce the joint constraints.

Explore content center in Autodesk Inventor to quickly insert standard components like bolts and pins, manage favorites, apply ANSI filters, and switch between thumbnail, list, detail, and table views.

Learn to insert Content Center components into an assembly, configure dimensions and thread type, and distinguish between OK and Apply workflows to create standard or custom parts.

Learn to search content center components in Inventor using advanced criteria: choose families, filter by fasteners like socket head and hex head, and apply nominal diameter, length, and thread length.