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For courses in Engineering Design
Using a step-by-step format, this book introduces Autodesk Inventor 2009 and shows students how to use Autodesk Inventor to create and document designs. This edition features the addition of chapter test questions, helping students assess their understanding of key concepts. Sample problems, end-of-chapter projects and a variety of additional exercises reinforce the material and allow students to practice the techniques described. The content of the book goes beyond the material normally presented in an engineering graphics text associated with CAD software to include exercises requiring students to design simple mechanisms.
This edition is updated to include:Using a step-by-step format, this book introduces Autodesk Inventor 2009 and shows how to use Autodesk Inventor to create and document designs. This edition features four new chapters and a stronger emphasis on engineer drawings and on drawing components. Sample problems, end-of-chapter projects and a variety of additional exercises reinforce the material and allow the reader to practice the techniques described. Allows users to work directly from the book to the screen. Includes examples of how to create an animated assembly, apply dimension to a drawing, calculate shear and bending values and more! Introduces readers to both the ANSI and ISO standards so users learn appropriate techniques and national standards.
1. Getting Started
2. Two-Dimensional Sketching
3. Three-Dimensional Models
4. Orthographic Views
5. Assembly Drawings
6. Threads and Fasteners
7. Dimensioning
8. Tolerancing
9. Springs
10. Shafts
11. Bearings
12. Gears
13. Sheet Metal Drawings
14. Weldment Drawings
15. Cams