Hi all,
I am really new to Inventor so I am going to ask some basic question. I have Inventor Pro 2014 and I want to make some gears, but not sure where the design tab is in the ribbon. I thought it might be in the ribbon when you first open a new template.
Also, I watched the videos in Infinite Skills, and I am still not sure if I am to create each individual part, or do I create the whole thing in drawing. Like right now, I am designing a gear reduction box from a tutorial that I did in TurboCAD. In TurboCAD, and in AutoCAD, I did the all the parts in one file. Is that the case in Inventor, or do I create each part individually then put it all together under a different file? It seemed that, that is the way it’s done in Inventor.
Thanks for all your help,
John
You must be in the Assembly Environment to use the Gear Design Accelerator.
Start a new assembly (*.iam) file.
The CADWhisperer YouTube Channel
Thanks so much JD,
How about my other question, the one about making a sperate file for each part, or can I do it all in one file.
Many thanks again,
John
How much training have you had using Inventor?
Do you understand the difference between parts and assemblies?
Do you understand what is actually in an assembly (*.iam) file?
The gear design accelerator does create the gears as two separate part files.
It always creates pairs of gears, so if you only need one part - you can delete the other part file (if there is a chance you will edit the gear specifications - you should keep both, but only use the one.
Post your assembly here if you can't figure it out.
The CADWhisperer YouTube Channel