If you would like to submit an Autodesk related guest post please Email Me for details and consideration. He also writes the CAD Setter Out blog and talks about CAD a lot if you'll let him. IN his spare time he is a semi-professional Dodo catcher and skins rice puddings. Paul Munford is the CAD/CAM manager for Halstock cabinet makers in the UK. 'You cant convince a believer of anything for their belief is not based on evidence, its based on a deep-seated need to believe. It helps the guest author get more visibility among peers as well as shares some valuable knowledge with the readers of this Between the Lines blog, a win – win for everyone. Re: Rotate view only in viewport not in Modelspace. It is always a pleasure to publish a guest post from someone in the Autodesk community. Once in the move command, click next to the 'free move' icon to reveal options to move your surface body along a ray or rotate it around an axis.Īutodesk Inventor's surfacing tools are powerful and user friendly, once you know where to look! Check them out today and let me know how you get on. Surfaces are bodies too! Don't forget that you can move surface bodies using the 'Move bodies' command to be found under 3D model > modify.
Remember to click on the drop down under 'conditions' to pick your preference. Many surfacing tools in Inventor now support tangency or G2 surface conditions. This Autodesk Official Press book helps you become an AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT expert and has been fully updated to cover all of AutoCADs new capabilities. The ultimate reference and tutorial for AutoCAD software. Window Elements Controls display settings specific to the drawing environment. Mastering AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014. List of Options The following options are displayed. Loft to pointĭid you know that you can loft a profile directly to a single point? This is a great way of creating 'Domed' surfaces without have to create a lot of guide geometry. Some options shown above are not available in AutoCAD LT. Note : The 'Repair bodies' tool is used to fix up imported geometry. Tip : If you find yourself using these tools a lot, right click and choose 'Move to main panel' to make them easier to access. 'Replace face' is a really handy surfacing tool that is hidden away with its good buddy the 'Extend face' surface tool right here under the 3D model tab > Surface panel In this post we'll take a look at five surfacing tools you may wish you had discovered earlier! Create surfaces using solid toolsĪ solid feature could really be thought of as an automatic way of creating a number of trimmed surfaces.Īll of Inventor's solid feature tools have the option to create a surface instead - just look for the Transparent Orange Icon. We all love Autodesk Inventor's smooth and clean user interface - but it can make some of Inventor's powerful surfacing tools tricky to discover. Guest post by Paul Munford of the blog CAD Setter Out blog.