Autodesk® Inventor® 2014 and Inventor LT™ 2014 Essentials -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- What You Will Learn -- What You Need -- What Is Covered in This Book -- The Essentials Series -- Chapter 1: Connecting to the Interface -- Exploring the Graphical User Interface -- Opening a File -- Exploring the Ribbon -- Rearranging the Panels -- Using the Browser -- Exploring the File Tabs -- Highlighting and Enabled Components -- Working in the Graphics Window -- Checking Out the Status Bar -- Autodesk 360 Sign-In -- Using Marking Menus -- Setting Application Options -- Using the Import/Export Buttons -- Exploring the General Tab -- Exploring the Colors Tab -- Exploring the Display Tab -- Exploring the Hardware Tab -- Exploring the Assembly Tab -- Exploring the Drawing Tab -- Exploring the Sketch Tab -- Exploring the Part Tab -- Using Visualization Tools -- Understanding the Visual Styles -- Using Shadows -- Using Ground Reflections -- Using the Ground Plane -- Putting Visual Styles to Work -- Setting the Lighting Style -- Using Color Override -- Working with Project Files -- Creating a Project File -- Modifying the Project File -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 2: Introducing Parametric Sketching -- Exploring the Essential Elements of a 2D Sketch -- Controlling a Sketch -- Coincident Constraint -- Common Constraint Options -- Alternate Points for Alignment -- Further Exploring Geometric Constraints -- Using Dimensional Sketch Constraints -- Getting Started with Sketch Dimensions -- Changing the Constraint Structure of a Sketch -- Defining and Placing Sketches -- Creating a Sketch -- Creating a Sketch on a Work Plane -- Exploring the Dimension Tool -- Going beyond Basic Lines -- Making Sketch Entities More Than Powerful -- Cleaning Up a Roughed-In Sketch.

Saving Steps in Sketching -- Creating Splines -- Using Sketches for Concept Layout -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 3: Introducing Part Modeling -- Creating 3D Geometry: The Parametric Solid Model -- Defining the Base Feature -- Using the Extrude Tool -- Options for Starting a Part -- Setting the Material and Color -- Reusing Sketch Geometry -- Connecting to Other Sketch Data -- Defining Axial Features -- Creating a Revolve Feature -- Building Complex Shapes -- Creating Sweep Features -- Leveraging Primitives -- Including Placed Features -- Adding an Edge Fillet -- Adding Edge Fillets with Multiple Radii -- Applying a Chamfer -- The Hole Feature -- Linear Hole Placement -- Placing Concentric Holes -- Creating a Circular Pattern -- Placing Sketched Holes -- Placing a Hole on a Point -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 4: Creating 2D Drawings from 3D Data -- Drawing Views of a Part -- Types of Drawing Views -- Starting a New Drawing -- Placing the Base and Projected Views -- Placing a Section View -- Creating an Auxiliary View -- Creating a Detail View -- Editing Views -- View Alignment -- Changing Alignment -- View Appearance -- Adding Detail to Drawing Views -- Center Marks and Centerlines -- Editing a Detail View Placement and Callout -- Dimensioning -- The General Dimension Tool -- The Baseline and Baseline Set Dimension Tools -- The Chain and Chain Set Dimension Tools -- The Ordinate and Ordinate Set Dimension Tools -- The Hole and Thread Notes Tool -- Retrieving Model Dimensions -- Associativity -- Replace Model Reference -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 5: Introducing Assembly Modeling -- Creating an Assembly -- Understanding Grounded Components -- Applying Assembly Constraints -- The Mate Constraint -- The Insert Constraint -- The Angular Constraint -- The Tangent Constraint -- The Transitional Constraint.

Working with the Content Center -- Using the Bolted Connection Generator -- Joints: An Alternative to Constraints -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 6: Exploring Part Modeling -- Modeling using Primitives -- Creating the Not-So-Primitive Part -- Using the Cylinder -- Being Well-Rounded with the Sphere -- Some Uses for the Torus -- Understanding Work Features -- The Midplane Work Plane -- Normal to a Curve at Point -- Stacking Features -- Sketch-Based Work Features -- Combining Various Work Features -- Completing the Construction -- Using Sketched Feature Termination Options -- Using To and To Next -- Building between Faces -- Building Features in More Than One Direction -- Editing and Redefining Work Features -- Modifying a Plane to Change a Feature -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 7: Advanced Part Modeling -- Creating 3D Sketches -- Projecting a 3D Sketch -- Defining a Loft Path Using a 3D Sketch -- Creating Loft Features -- Using the Engineer's Notebook -- Creating a Sweep with a Guide Rail -- Creating a Sweep with a Guide Surface -- Creating a Shell -- Building a Hole Pattern -- Creating a Rectangular Hole Pattern -- Expanding on the Rectangular Pattern -- Exploring Advanced Efficiency Features -- Combining Fillet Types -- Adding a Draft Angle -- Replacing One Face with Another -- Fillet Error Handling -- Mirroring -- Using a Fillet to Close a Gap -- Adding a Coil -- Using Open Profiles -- View Representations in a Part -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 8: Creating Advanced Drawings and Annotations -- Creating Advanced Drawing Views. -- Projecting Views from a Section View -- Creating a Sketch in the Drawing View -- Generating the Break Out View -- Changing Part Drawing Behavior -- Removing Part Visibility -- Implementing View Suppression -- Drawing Element Suppression -- Using Break View -- Creating a Slice View.

Placing a Custom View -- Using Advanced Drawing Annotation Tools -- Using Automated Text -- Placing Leader Text -- Including Special Symbols -- Creating a Balloon Callout -- Using the Auto Balloon tool -- Creating a Parts List -- Editing Dimension Values -- Placing Ordinate Dimensions and Automated Centerlines -- Hole Tables -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 9: Advanced Assembly and Engineering Tools -- Controlling the Assembly Environment -- Creating View Representations -- Creating Level-of-Detail Representations -- Using Design Accelerators -- Using the Bearing Generator -- Using the Adaptivity Feature within the Assembly -- Using the Shaft Component Generator -- Calculating and Graphing Shaft Characteristics -- Using the Spur Gears Component Generator -- Using the Key Connection Generator -- Working with Additional Assembly Tools -- Mirroring Components -- Deriving Components -- Constraining and Animating Assembly Motion -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 10: Creating Sculpted and Multibody Parts -- Developing Specialized Features for Plastic Components -- Creating a Surface Using a Sketched Feature -- Sculpting a Solid from Surfaces -- Stitching Surfaces Together -- Splitting Bodies -- Adding a Lip -- Adding a Boss -- Creating a Rest -- The Rule Fillet Tool -- Adding a Grill -- Embossing or Engraving -- The Snap Fit Tool -- Adding Ribs -- Adding Decals -- Creating an Assembly Using a Multibody Solid to Maintain a Consistent Shape -- Converting Bodies to Components -- Draft Analysis -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 11: Working with Sheet Metal Parts -- Defining Sheet Metal Material Styles -- Building Sheet Metal Components -- Creating a Basic Face -- Adding Sides to the Part -- Building from the Middle -- Updating a Part Using Styles -- Using an Open Profile -- Adding Library Features around Bends.

Adding Cut Feature around Bends -- Exploring an Advanced Open Profile Tool -- Building Transitions in Sheet Metal -- Working with Existing Designs -- Adding the Finishing Touches -- Preparing the Part for Manufacture -- Building the Flat Pattern -- Documenting Sheet Metal Parts -- Establishing the Process -- Documenting the Process -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 12: Building with the Frame Generator -- Creating Metal Frames -- Beginning the Frame -- Inserting Members on Edges -- Inserting Members between Points -- Inserting Members on Curves -- Editing Metal Frames -- Defining Joints with the Miter Tool -- Changing an Edit and the Trim To Frame Tool -- The Trim/Extend Tool -- Creating Notches -- The Lengthen/Shorten Tool -- The Change Tool -- Controlling Frame Documentation -- Working with the Bill of Materials and Parts List -- Changing the Frame Skeleton -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 13: Working in a Weldment Environment -- Converting an Assembly -- Calculating a Fillet Weld -- Preparing to Apply Weld Features -- Applying Weld Features -- Adding a Fillet Weld and the End Fill Tool -- Adding a Groove Weld -- Adding a Cosmetic Weld and Weld Symbols -- Adding an Intermittent Fillet Weld -- Adding Machined Features to the Weldment -- Documenting Welds and Weldments -- Extracting the Physical Properties of the Beads -- Creating Weldment Drawings -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Appendix: Autodesk Inventor Certification -- Index.