Last week we started a Link to Inventor for detailing a 3D model file.
I wanted to build on that and give you the final piece of how edits are handed of to the 2D drawing file.
The model and the drawing will maintain the link and this will ensure that the information that is being detailed is the latest model available.
Check out this video:
Enjoy,
INCAT CAD Geek
Placing dimensions on drawing views has to be one of the most time consuming parts of creating working drawings. AutoCAD Mechanical has a set of automated dimensioning tools that greatly increase your producttivity when dimensioning your drawings.
Check out this video:
I will use the multi-dimension tool to place several dimension on the view in just a few picks.
Enjoy this one it will save you hours in no time.
Jim.....Another INCAT CAD Geek
One of the really nice features that AutoCAD Mechanical has going for it today is its ability to manage your dimscale factor on the fly.
How many times have you created a drawing and then ran out of space on the sheet and had to change its over all scale?
Well with AutoCAD Mechanical those worries are over. The dimensions will update to the sheet scale on the fly for you.
Check out this video:
Enjoy,
Jim.....Another INCAT CAD Geek!
For those of you that have been using Inventor for a while, I wanted to make sure you haven't fallen into a rut with your dimensioning techniques. Check out this example of dimensioning in Inventor drawing views as an example of what can be done in Inventor 2008!
I've come across this dilemma quite a few times at INCAT.... A customer is migrating from 2D AutoCAD to Inventor (finally) and the question comes up to if they will re-model some of their existing AutoCAD data into Inventor. More often than I like to hear, the answer is NO, we can't verify that our AutoCAD data is accurate. Over-ridden dimensions are mostly to blame for this answer. It seems it is much easier to edit a dimension to the length that you want it to be rather than go through all of the hassles of updating all of that non-associative geometry (I smell trouble). My Dad always used to tell me "If you can't find the time to do it right now, how are you going to find time to FIX it later?"
Inventor to the rescue! Although it won't compensate for the fudge factor your colleagues choose to use in AutoCAD, Inventor WILL adjust imported dimensions to the correct dimension that the geometry is drawn to.
Check this video out of some changed dimensions in AutoCAD and how Inventor "repairs" them to what the geometry reflects....
http://screencast.com/t/SqQYAt4t
Hope that helps,
John with the INCAT CAD geeks
I was recently asked how to dimension to Apparent Intersection within an Inventor IDW.
I thought I would post since I do recall learning this for the first time and it was one of those commands that isn't very discoverable. :(
Link to Video to see how
Hope this helps
Kevin with the INCAT CAD Geeks
