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Bennetts
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animate extrusion

Hi Guys .... i am fairly new to inventor ... so here goes .... i am trying to show a blank plank of  "wood" being past though profile knife and cutter head and then on the other side of the knife i would like the plank of wood to now  be of course profiled acordingley. The only way i can explain that to people not in the wood tooling industry (that means everybody who will read this!!) is, imagine a block of aluminium going into a die at one end and coming out the other as its extruded shape. My problem is animating this process, i have no idea where to start !!! is it even possible ? I have drawn the knives and cutter head and can even get them to rotate using a drive constraint......................... Any help  would be greatly appreciated

 

Cheers

 

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Message 2 of 12
JDMather
in reply to: Bennetts

Assign parameter to lengths.
Animate parameter shortening one while lengthening the other.

Attach your assembly here.


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Hi Bennetts, 

You'll need to use the tools in the Studio environment to do this rather than the Drive Constraints tool. You'll likely need to link your extrusion cut length parameter from the plank to the assembly (from the assembly go to Tools > Parameters > Link button > change the file type to look for .ipt files) and select the plank model). Then you can add the parameter to the favorites and animate it.

 

Attached are some simple example files (please excuse the lack of real world details). You can open the assembly and go to the Studio Environment and then use the Animation Timeline controls to play it.

 

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
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@Curtis_Waguespack wrote:

 

Attached are some simple example files (please excuse the lack of real world details).  

 


Curtis - I think the cutter is rotating the wrong direction. 
Smiley Very Happy

 

Bennetts,
Of course you could also have the tool rotating in place and the stock moving.
If you have trouble figuring it out from Curtis' example - attach what you are able to complete.


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@Anonymous wrote:

@Curtis_Waguespack wrote:

 

Attached are some simple example files (please excuse the lack of real world details).  

 


Curtis - I think the cutter is rotating the wrong direction. 
Smiley Very Happy


Smiley Happy

 

Yeah, I knew I'd get called on that, but it took me too long to get the GIF file small enough to post, to justify re-doing it once I noticed it. Smiley Happy

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@Curtis_Waguespack wrote:

Yeah, I knew I'd get called on that, but it took me too long to get the GIF file small enough to post, to justify re-doing it once I noticed it. Smiley Happy


Good demonstration on the basic technique.  Hopefully Bennetts will be able to figure it out from your files.


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Message 7 of 12
JimSteinmeyer
in reply to: JDMather

I want to see chips flying off the board !  Smiley Very Happy

That is fantastic!  I will have to spend some time looking at it to figure out how you did that. This could be a fun tool to learn.

 

Jim

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Message 8 of 12
Bennetts
in reply to: Bennetts

Amazing ............... thank you gentlemen, you can tell I am not used to using these discussion forums ..... to receive such a quick reply from such knowledgeable chaps as your selves  is very cool…………… I have a very thumbed version of Mastering autodesk inventor 2011 …… I also have a very thumbed copy of Great Expectations …. Tried contacting that author about something but he didn’t reply at all !!!....... just rude if you ask me 🙂

Thanks once again ……………….. if it doesn’t  work I will be taking JD up on his offer !!

 

 

Bennetts (Gary Shaw)

Message 9 of 12

Stunning work!


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Message 10 of 12
Bennetts
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Thank you  to JD and Curtis for their help re: animation....... i have another question .... is it possible to import my animation in to showcase..... or 3ds Max ????

 

thanks

Message 11 of 12
Bill_Bogan1
in reply to: Bennetts

Showcase 2012 and up do allow you to nominate constraints and these are turned into animation actions in Showcase.

  1. Start Showcase 2012
  2. On New Scene tab, select an Inventor assembly to import.
  3. On Inventor Import Settings, specify the constraint to animate.

Parameters do not transfer over for animation - to the best of my recollection.

 

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Message 12 of 12
Bill_Bogan1
in reply to: Bill_Bogan1

BTW, you can use parameter animation for some really effective things in Inventor Studio.

Attached is an example I did some time ago.

 

All dimensional constraints are all based off of one parameter. Then I just animate that one parameter to make the all changes.

 

Bill Bogan

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