The tools don’t have the sophistication of ‘shrinkwrap’ like tools in other systems (Creo and NX are particularly strong in this area) and there are also no tools available to remove internal geometry automatically or to create an obscured form. Either create a single part file that takes the part geometry and creates a single geometric lump or either substitute specific parts for manually created geometry (perhaps showing an edited form) or use built in tools to define primitives that can be swapped for sensitive parts. You start by selecting the parts you want to simplify from either the assembly browser, from a folder or dynamically from the graphics window. The Simplify toolbar only has three commands and is pretty workflow driven. The first is creating a lighter weight dataset from an assembly or indeed, complex part. These can be used in two basic use cases.
#AUTODESK INVENTOR 2014 SOFTWARE UPDATE#
The next update that’s going to be useful for working with assemblies as well as communicating intellectual property in the form of 3D models, is the set of Simplify tools. The one pitfall is that Express mode isn’t yet available for working in the same manner with drawings.
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All without having to load the full model.įor those dealing with increasingly large and complex assemblies, then these tools are undoubtedly useful, particularly if working with modular products. With the model loaded in Express mode, the user can still add, remove or substitute parts/sub-assemblies and work with the product structure (assembly tree). While this isn’t anything new, the tools added to back it up most certainly are. The idea is that when an assembly is above a certain size (it’s typically user defined based on number of parts), the system can load it in a pure graphics only mode. This builds on the ‘graphics’ only loading mode that most modern 3D design systems have already.Įxpress load lets you work with large datasets To assist with the sheer handling and efficiently manipulation of these types of datasets, there are a number of updates that are going to prove useful. Assembly modellingĪssemblies are always a challenge but when you get into the hundreds, if not thousands of parts, then things can be difficult, even with today’s workstations. The same problems also often arise when building coils. Operations that previously would have failed can now be built where self intersections have caused issues. There’s also been work done on making specific modelling commands more reliable - in particular when sweeping large profiles around small radius corners. In terms of sketching, there are new tools to build slots more quickly and more options when sketching rectangles, whether linear or based on an arc.
Although there has been some robustness built into the existing operations. There’s not a huge amount that’s been changed in the part modelling tools - more evolution, than revolution.
We’ll explore the possible reasons for that later on, but for now, let’s look at the updates. Looking at what’s new in documentation, the updates to the core Inventor system seem to a little lacking in this release. We’ll also touch on some of the other applications and services that are available as part of the package. So, in the next few pages we’re going to focus on the system, what’s changed and what’s been added in the 2014 release. While the suites approach undoubtedly offers huge value for money, the facts are that for those engaged in design, the core area of interest is always going to be Inventor. The higher end suites also include NavisWorks Manage for factory layout and design. Alongside the various flavours of Inventor, the Product Design Suite now also includes Alias Design (for industrial design and surface modelling), 3ds max, Showcase, Mudbox and Vault. The introduction of a ‘suites’ based sale meant that users could only have the option of taking on a bundle of tools. Fluent Meshing gives access to mesh preparation, abstract and control tools directly
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