Have you ever wondered what the difference between IDW & DWG file formats in Inventor are? Do you have a preference for IDW over DWG? I’m a big fan of the DWG format, and I highlight 3 reasons that I think DWG is better in this post, but I also show the drawbacks. … More Autodesk Inventor – 3 Reasons Why DWG Is Better Than IDW
I have written a tool that generates colours for Inventor based on the RAL, Pantone and Munsell standards. The idea, is that instead of having a full library of all of the colours (over 4000) from these standards, a user can generate the colour needed on demand, and then choose to add this to their … More RAL + Pantone + Munsell Colour Generator for Inventor
From the Inventor Tube and Pipe Environment, you can export your pipe runs to Bending Machine Formats. The available export types are XYZ, YBC, and LRA. To export Tube & Pipe runs in a bending machine-compatible file format, follow the steps below: Activate “Tube and Pipe Runs” Activate the specific pipe run (“Run02” is active in the image below) Right Click … More Exporting Tube and Pipe Runs in Bending Machine Format
After watching a video on the creation of the famous Star wars intro crawl, I figured that I could easily re-create this in Autodesk Inventor. The results can be seen below: In the original video, a transparent film with the yellow text printed on it, is pulled over a flat plane, while being filmed, this … More Creating a Star Wars Intro Scroll in Autodesk Inventor
Did you know that you need to have Microsoft Excel installed on your PC in order to use all of Inventor’s functionality? … More Inventor + Excel FAQ
