Overview
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Lock in your Inventor skills with a retro product design project for a vintage beverage caddy.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Exercise files
- Review of Inventor workflow and file types
- Inventor user interface review
- Setting up the project file (.IPJ)
- Overview of caddy parts and project approach
- Modeling the caddy base using the Extrude and Hole commands
- Modeling a caddy foot using the Revolve command
- Modeling a ring support using the Sweep command
- Modeling a ring support using the Pattern command
- Modeling a glass tumbler using loft
- Completing the tumbler using loft and shell
- Modeling the caddy arm using the Mirror command
- Overview: Placing and constraining the model parts in an assembly
- Placing and grounding the caddy base, constraining the feet to the base
- Creating the ring support subassembly using the Pattern command
- Creating holes in the caddy base using the Hole and Pattern commands
- Constraining the ring support subassembly
- Constraining the arm to the base
- Placing and constraining the tumblers
- Adjusting materials and appearance to taste
- Modifying the caddy handle with extrude cut
- Adding a handle with Freeform tools
- Overview of the rendering and animation tools in Inventor
- Creating an exploded view of the caddy
- Recording and exporting an animation of the caddy assembly
- Creating a rendered image of the caddy assembly
- Creating a technical drawing of the caddy
- Next steps
