Knowing the internal volume of an object can help designers optimize its functionality and performance. If you need to determine the amount of space within an object that can be filled with liquid or gas, finding the internal volume using Autodesk Inventor is an essential feature. This tool can be useful for a variety of […]

Are your design engineers struggling to keep up with the increasing demands of your customers? Is your business being held back by inflexible and outdated product design processes? If so, a scalable design approach could be the answer you’ve been looking for, helping you increase productivity, agility, and product quality, all while reducing costs. This […]

Sketch symbols are used to create custom sketch symbols that are unique to the industry you work in, so you can communicate your design intent. The name “sketch symbol” may be misleading because a lot of users might think the sole purpose of this tool is to just sketch symbols. If you are limiting the […]

An Introduction to Inventor Shrinkwrap In Autodesk’s Inventor, there is not a lot of information about the Simplification window and the Shrinkwrap feature. A quick note: starting in Inventor 2022, under the Simplification window, the Shrinkwrap tool is replaced with a new tool called “Simplify”. Think of Simplify as Inventor Shrinkwrap 2.0 version since it […]

A tool that is commonly underused in Inventor is the iProperties tool. iProperties are accessible in any Inventor part and assembly. The purpose of this tool is to fill out important attributes or metadata that pertains to your model. There are multiple ways to populate iProperties. Depending on how simple or complex the attribute needs […]

In this blog post we will be unpacking configuration modeling in an assembly environment. Earlier in 2020, I hosted a KETIV AVA session which went over configuration modeling in Inventor at a part level and that was an easy way to dive into the iLogic interface. If you have not had the chance to watch […]

It’s that time of the year once again when Autodesk introduces their latest and greatest version of Inventor. Below is What’s New in Inventor 2021. The Inventor 2021 release is structured around greater productivity for the end-user as well as the more efficient workflow with less of headaches. Also, for everyone that has posted about […]