Tips & Tutorials Blog: inventor tips

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Helpdesk Technician Mark Lancaster One of the new features of Inventor 2020 is the ability to create end caps for your frame generator model. For example, I’m able to create a flush, internal, sharp cornered, 1/8” thick end cap for this frame member. Or perhaps I want a cap […]

Posted on Feb. 27, 2019 by Manufacturing Applications Consultant, Dave Breiner In this Autodesk Inventor tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to subtract one solid from another in an Inventor assembly by using a mating part. This can provide immediate time-savings to your designs and prevent you from having to create 2-3 sketches to achieve […]

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Synergis Manufacturing Applications Consultant, Dave Breiner Autodesk Inventor can help save you time and increase accuracy in your designs with a feature called projected geometry. This technology allows you to borrow geometry from existing parts when creating a new part in an assembly. While this process is relatively straightforward, […]

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Synergis Manufacturing Applications Consultant, Dave Breiner Autodesk Inventor iProperties can be used to classify, manage, and search for files, to create reports, and to automatically update title blocks and parts lists in drawings and bills of materials in assemblies. While most users understand the importance of iProperties in organizing […]

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Synergis Manufacturing Applications Consultant, Dave Breiner Some you may know, some you may not and some you may have forgotten. If you need to change the visible state of a part in an assembly. Select the part in the browser (Fig. 1). Pressing Alt-T turns the part transparent (Fig. 2). In (Fig. […]

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dave Breiner, Synergis Solutions Engineer: iLogic Drawing Form As I promised, here is the follow-up to “Fill Out Your Title Block with an iLogic Form”. There are a number of ways to improve and add to the information you may need to see in your Title Block. I am […]

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Dave Breiner, Synergis Solutions Engineer: I have always thought that the manner of filling out the Inventor Title Block could be a little more stream lined. Is the Title in the block the Title from the iProperties or is it the Description? Then there are the multiple tabs and […]

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Dave Breiner, Synergis Solutions Engineer: I get a lot of questions from people not familiar with Sheet Metal. They ask how they can create a quick flat pattern from a cone or transition piece. They may not be interested in learning sheet metal, but need a flat pattern for […]

How can I be more efficient in my designing with Inventor? What are the best tricks for my workflow? Are there easier ways to accomplish what I am doing? These are the questions we get on Helpdesk every day.  Fortunately, we have Product Support Specialists that have industry experience and have sat in your shoes.  […]

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Mark Lancaster, Synergis Solutions Product Specialist: Back in July, I hosted a Synergis60 (our monthly free) webcast regarding Inventor Tips and Tricks.  For those who were able to attend, hopefully you learned something new and were able to apply these items into your modeling workflow.  If you were unable […]