

When creating an assembly, you usually start by removing all six degrees of freedom on the components so it is fully constrained within the assembly and cannot move. In addition, engineers use subassemblies to more advantageously bring together these assemblies. Design intent comes into play with the use of the type of constraint, constraint selection of part geometry, offset value parameter equations, and the like. But design intent is not just limited to the creation of single part files, it is just as important when creating assembly models.įor years, designers have used constraints in Autodesk Inventor assembly files to position and orient components with other components in an assembly. Most designers use design intent when modeling single part objects, by using relationships including sketch placement, use of constraints and parameters in sketches, equations in parameters, feature creation extents, and many others.

Sverko IMAGINiT Tricks Tutorial: Inventor's Joint Connections are easier to use and have more flexibility compared to Constraints.Įditor's note: This tutorial courtesy of IMAGINiT Technologies.ĭesign intent is a concept that engineers use when modeling 3D solid objects and assemblies, so that the relationships between the parts work together and update automatically and without problems.

Autodesk Inventor's New Joint Connections 30 Mar, 2015 By: Elvis R.
