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Inventor Tips & Tricks

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Sketch @ Offset Plane

Starting a sketch

that’s offset to

this plane/face

Left/hold/drag –

Apply sketch

offset distance

Select face to

start sketch

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Trim CTRL/Trim Line

Trimming away selected

line would force me to

select it twice due to

the inferred of the

trimmed line with other

geometry

Hold down CTRL key and

select cutting line

RMC and select

CONTINUE in order to

trim line to cutting edge

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Line – Restart

Currently

sketching.. Now

want to start

sketching from a

different point

(red arrow)

RMC and Restart

(and select new

starting point)

Bypass Constraints

Automatically

determining

perpendicularTemporary bypass

inferred

constraints

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Sketch Perpendicular Line

Sketch and apply

perpendicular

constraint

Hold and Drag to

draw perpendicular

EOP Marker – Starting Over

Removing all

highlighted featuresDrag EOP to correct

location, RMC on EOP

and Delete All

Features

Always in the Middle

Center hole in part

face no matter

the dimensions

Define work

point – Center

Point of Loop

of Edges

Select work

point as hole

placement

Tangent Faces and Edges

Select slot faces (or

edges) for …

Select one face or edge,

RMC, Select

Tangencies.

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Project Flat Pattern

Mounting slot across

different sheet metal

faces and bends

Project Flat Pattern

information and sketch

slots as needed

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Constraining on the Fly – ALT DRAG

Constrain hardware

to plate as shown

Hold <ALT> key and

dragging to constrain in

less time/steps

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Find component – Method #1

Locate component

in model?

RMC and Find in

Window

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Locate component

in model?

Select and “END”

key

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Locate component

in model?Toggle to Zoom

Select and select

part in browser

Toggle Visibility/Transparent

From the model browser

or graphics screen, RMC

and select Visibility or

Transparent

Select component in

model browser or

graphics screen and Toggle - Transparent

Toggle - Visibility

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Change Selection Priority (on the fly)

Want to select this

part of the sub-assy

RMB

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Measure to Assemble

Hold and Drag

RMC

Section View

Break section view

projection

While placing

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Center of Gravity/Drawing View

Display calculated

center of gravity

(COG) in drawing view

Locate model under

drawing view, RMC

and select COG

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Dimension to Tangent

But we get this

instead!!!

We want this

Sweet spot or tangent

glyph appears

2nd

annotation

point - Keep

moving until

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View Suppression

Base or

projected view

not needed of a

Section View

RMC on base of

projected view

and Suppress

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Apparent Intersection

Achieving this

type of dimension

RMC

Hover & select intersecting

geometry

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Note - Follow View

Drawing note

follows a drawing

view

Create

standard leader

text

RMC leader/text &

Delete Leader

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Detail View to follow

Dimensional

modifications could

cause detailed

view to be

incorrect

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RMC on Detail View

indicator, select Attach

and where you want to

attach the boundary too

Start Drawing – Toggle File DefaultsJ

Numerous models

loaded, base view

defaults to last active

Cancel drawing view and toggle

back to model needed

Toggle back to

drawing and start

base view

EOP Marker – File Size Reduction

File Size w/EOP @ ENDDrag EOP or

RMC “Move

EOP”

Starting with Blank State

New “Standard”

part/assembly/presentation/

drawing

Blank to start

with

Inventor Save Status

Determine why an Inventor

file needs to be saved

Body Integer Checker (part/assembly)

Customer Issue:

Unable to extrude 2

sketches

First & Last Saved Version

Window/File

Explorer, RMC and

iProperties

Details tab

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