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Allow CAD Parameters to be used in Tool & Toolpath Expressions

Allow CAD Parameters to be used in Tool & Toolpath Expressions

All three products are tightly integrated into their respective CAD system's user interface. But the only way it interacts with the model is through the geometry itself... it would be hugely powerful if we could use the parameters which drive the geometry in some of the toolpath definitions... or even just leverage the CAD parameter system as a single location to change the value of a whole bunch of toolpaths and their expressions in one place... as in change one CAD parameter and have it change a whole bunch of toolpaths.

 

There are a number of examples... pattern qty... for when the current CAM pattern options don't get the job done. Drill & Tap tool definitions being tied to hole parameters (this could be potentially bad... but then so is the current system.. it could also be freaking awesome in a configuration scenario). Or a way to create your own parameters to drive toolpaths... like in the example below for undercut chamfers... instead of hard coded values (1 & 0.5), we could enter a CAD parameter, and changing it in one place would update it in many.

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There are also huge opportunities then to script a whole bunch of things using iLogic in Inventor for use with Inventor HSM... or via Scripting inside Fusion 360. 

6 Comments
gavbath
Collaborator
matthewweake
Advocate

By doing this in the Inventor HSM product, you can then have any parameter you want passed into and iProperty for a lot of other cool stuff.

I'm sure I would go nuts with some iLogic smarts!

Anonymous
Not applicable

Yes please!

scottmoyse
Mentor

I think only Exported parameters from Inventor and User parameters from Fusion should be supported... just so the list of parameters doesn't get unmanageable. 

akersmason
Explorer

This would be immensely useful. We have a large volume of work, we use Inventor and Inventor CAM. If CAD parameters were available in CAM, tool templates could be used with minimal manual adjustments needed. Automation is the future.

scottmoyse
Mentor
Unfortunately, this is unlikely to appear in Inventor CAM. But it is
available already in Fusion

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