This book will teach you everything you need to
know to start using Autodesk Inventor 2014 with easy to
understand, step-by-step tutorials. This book features a
simple robot design used as a project throughout the
book. You will learn to model parts, create assemblies,
run simulations and even create animations of your robot
design. An unassembled version of the same robot used
throughout the book can be bundled with the book.
No
previous experience with Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)
is needed since this book starts at an introductory
level. The author begins by getting you familiar with
the Inventor interface and its basic tools. You will
start by learning to model simple robot parts and before
long you will graduate to creating more complex parts
and multi-view drawings.
Along the way you will learn
the fundamentals of parametric modeling through the use
of geometric constraints and relationships. You will
also become familiar with many of Inventor's powerful
tools and commands that enable you to easily construct
complex features in your models. Also included is
coverage of gears, gear trains and spur gear creation
using Autodesk Inventor.
This book continues by
examining the different mechanisms commonly used in
walking robots. You will learn the basic types of planar
four-bar linkages commonly used in mechanical designs
and how to use the GeoGebra Dynamic Geometry software to
simulate and analyze 2D linkages. Using the knowledge
you gained about linkages and mechanism, you will learn
how to modify your robot and change its behavior by
modifying or creating new parts.
In the final chapter
of this book you learn how to combine all the robot
parts into assemblies and then run motion analysis. You
will finish off your project by creating 3D animations
of your robot in action.
There are many books that
show you how to perform individual tasks with Autodesk
Inventor, but this book takes you through an entire
project and shows you the complete engineering process.
By the end of this book you will have modeled and
assembled nearly all the parts that make up the TAMIYA
Mechanical Tiger and can start building your own
robot.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - Getting Started
- Parametric Modeling Fundamentals
- CSG Concepts and Model History Tree
- Parametric Constraints Fundamentals
- Pictorials and Sketching
- Symmetrical Features and Part Drawings
- Datum Features in Designs
- Content Center and Gear Generator
- Advanced 3D Construction Tools
- Planar Linkage Analysis using GeoGebra
- Design Makes the Difference
- Assembly Modeling and Motion Analysis
- Index