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If you’ve ever tried to create a feature in a flat pattern and then have it appear in the folded model in Inventor within a sheet metal environment, then you’re probably aware by now that you can’t. T...

The ability to share a 3D model with almost anyone on practically any device makes “Shared Views” a really powerful function in Autodesk Inventor. A shared view is an online visual representation of t...

“Smart robots assembling products from a plethora of manufacturing lines by physically reconfiguring themselves on the factory floor” “Security drones handling monotonous tasks ranging from monitoring...

Inventor is full of incredibly useful design tools which are aimed at increasing productivity in common manufacturing situations, one of these is the “Frame Generator”. By default, in Inventor, you wi...

The Unwrap command in Inventor allows you to unwrap most shapes that cannot be flattened by the unfold command and saved or exported in different formats. Unwrap can be used to create a flat surface p...

If you have created your own hardware in Woodwork for Inventor, added it to the assembly and then generated a bill of materials which displays all your panel parts but no hardware, then this step by s...

If you are struggling to create your own Edge Band material in Woodwork for Inventor please check out this guide, which will show you how with 6 simple steps. Step 1 Select the woodwork design tab in ...

The latest version of the fantastic add-in product for furniture design, Woodwork for Inventor v9, now uses the JSON database platform instead of the Microsoft SQL Compact Edition. Handily, the develo...

When you are generating manufacturing information (part code, name, size, and material) or linking system data to the information in the part labels in Woodwork for Inventor, it is important to indica...

Do you use Inventor Professional as part of the Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection? Are you looking to minimize waste? Do you use tools such as laser, plasma and water jet?...