How to....Parametric Kitchen Assembly

[tookemtoni]

Hello,

Just ran across this video https://youtu.be/zEKvK-0R6p4?t=369.   

I know that there won't be a 1:1 feature comparison but I know that Inventor can do this! But how?

We only talking about the workflow from time marker 6:20 to 9:38.

[Gabriel_Watson]

Sure:
https://www.woodworkforinventor.com/free-trial-download/download-trial/
(a good overview video about it: https://youtu.be/_bcnK-MpEO4 )

Now, other free out-of-the-box alternatives would be Inventor Factory (available in PDMC subscriptions) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtipoMF1wN0

Or iLogic to do the same thing, but there are too many to mention:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=inventor+cabinetry+design

[robertast]

Yes, in solidwork there is only a beautiful video, but in terms of the time spent on it, there is nothing economical. I make templates that I manage through iLogic. I am typing a set of required cabinets using iLogic-Copy. And then I assemble the kitchen. Drawings change on their own, so they change quickly.
The only thing I wanted to get from Autodesk. So it's drag and drop using the iLogic-Copy function. It was very convenient to work with blanks.
And as shown in the video, these solidworks troubles are definitely unnecessary. Faster with Inventor.

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@Gabriel_Watson  wrote:
Now, other free alternatives would be Inventor Factory

Did I miss something? Has the Inventor Factory become free?

[pcrawley]

@robertast - It is "free" if you count paying for it when you paid for your Product Design Collection as "free".  

Or if you purchased Inventor outside the Collection, then it is the opposite of "free" 😉

The workflow shown in the video between 6:20 to 9:38 has a direct relation in Inventor called "iCopy".  I can't remember if iCopy is one of those add-ins turned off by default (like AutoLimits) - but iCopy is awesome once you get the hang of it.  You can build a complete assembly (including drawings) with reused parts and custom parts - place it as a copy, and have it resize to those picked points as shown in the video.

If you are into any form of cabinet making, then go with the other suggestions above - like Woodwork for Inventor/

[robertast · Accepted solution]

My employer is greedy and didn't buy me a collection.😉

As for iCopy, thanks for the reminder. Woodwork is a good app, but you need to enjoy working with multi-body. Well, there are nuances in it.

Otherwise, you just have to work to find your style and everything will get it quickly and perfectly. And the Inventor is the best program for this

[Gabriel_Watson]

Thanks for the correction. Yeah, Factory Utilities comes through with PDMC subscriptions, which is typically worth it for most design stations using both Inventor and ACAD.
I think the OP wanted something that could work with a skeleton frame, and because cabinetry seems way less complex than industrial automation the top-down approach is kind of inevitable.

[robertast]

This is the function I would like to get from Inventor. This is from one project (where there are developments) to a new project. Something like iLogic-Copy. Only much more convenient.