Clint Brown's Autodesk Blog
Thomas Rambach of CADToolbox.com recently asked if I would BETA test his latest creation "Batch Logic". Before I get into Batch Logic, it's worth pointing out that Thomas is the creator of Swift Prints and Design Notes for Inventor. Batch Logic is two fantastic utilities rolled into one, the first for Inventor and another for... Continue Reading →
Back in 2015, I wrote a blog post detailing some best practice around calculating assembly surface areas for paint or coatings, sadly this post has disappeared from the interwebs, but I did include a reference to it in my AU London class "Need for Speed: 102 Productivity Hacks for Inventor" The Area iProperty of an... Continue Reading →
In a previous life, I used to design rotationally moulded fuel tanks for Automotive OEM's. A big part of the job was squeezing as much extra capacity into the tanks. Usually, I would calculate the volume before shelling the model, and then again after shelling the model. The difference between these 2 numbers is the... Continue Reading →
I found some code on a forum showing how to handle mouse events in iLogic. Using the mouse selection code, I decided to write a bit of iLogic to show iProperties, for parts selected in an Assembly file. In the code, I have set the selection filter to "Part", the default is "Component", this means that... Continue Reading →
