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At the time of writing, Informed Design automatically generates a thumbnail image of your manufacturing model.
So, how can you improve the thumbnail image, and make it more useful to the Revit user?
The answer is 3D annotations!
Informed Design: Automatically generated thumbnail image
How to improve the Informed Design thumbnail image with 3D annotations
A ‘General’ annotation can be used to include data in the thumbnail image. This data can come from iProperties, or Parameters, meaning that it will update with each variant generated.
Autodesk Inventor: 3D Annotation, General note
Dimension annotations can be used to show the dimensions of the design. Dimension annotations can be overridden and used as labels that map to an input, such as ‘HEIGHT’ or ‘WIDTH’.
Autodesk Inventor: 3D Annotation, dimension text override
Leader text can be used to indicate specific features or values.
Autodesk Inventor: 3D Annotation, leader note
An improved thumbnail image for informed design
The 3D Annotations are included in the thumbnail image, allowing the Revit user to understand the effect of changing the inputs on the generated variant. What an improvement!
Informed Design: Thumbnail image with annotations
Where can I learn more about 3D Annotations in Autodesk Inventor?
Click here for more information on 3D annotation and model-based definition in Autodesk Inventor.
