Dependant Views and Reference Section Adjustment Issue

Description/Excerpt: This is an issue that many people may never run into, but if you do you`ll realize it`s not fun! The problem comes about when you are using dependant views and you have reference sections pointing to another view and you modify the section mark in it`s length and/or head/tail location. If you place a reference section and say stretch... [Read more]

punching&bending cam linked with inventor 11

Description/Excerpt: Hello everybody, In our company we use punching and bending machines to produce sheet metal products. Our CAD software is inventor 11 and we are very satisfied. However, our CAM software for the punching and bending machines is TRUMPH`S software called TOPS 300 and TOPS 600 respectively. At the time our CAD/CAM process in the R&D... [Read more]

Remove Those Flat Faces

Description/Excerpt: This tip is more aimed at those of you that create consumer products although I am guessing several of you that don`t necessarily design consumer products will be able to take advantage of the tip. The other day I was designing something and needed to take a flat face and replace it with a slight dome. If you look at most consumer... [Read more]

Tracking Components In Project That Increase File Size

Description/Excerpt: I have a fairly simple early-schematic model. I started out by importing (linking) the autocad site plan and then working off of that. Then, it was decided that there would be two identical buildings on the site (at least for now), so I decided to link the building model into a site twice, to save on modeling time. The problem is:... [Read more]