>a single parameter value/equation etc to drive paramenters inside a multitude of parts
Link spreadsheet.
AFAIK it's in there.
>Adaptive features are like a toy shovel
Might find documentation on Skeletal/Master/Muscular modeling techniques.
Cbliss.com augi.com au.autodesk.com as well as the Skill Builders.
>The parameter tutorial was a bit shallow.
Also look into various Inventor publications - the tutorials and help are very very brief intros.
>Can mulitiple parts link to the same spreadsheet?
Might take 5 minutes to give it a try.
>Can multiple part linke to more than one spreadsheet for different sections of parameters?
Might take another 5 minutes.
Keep experimenting and post here with dataset example when you run into trouble. There is a tremendous amount of functionality in Inventor which might be initially difficult to discover for someone new to the program.
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