Category: Inventor Stuff
Using Pattern Component
I got this ballpen from Autodesk just last January. Then I suddenly thought of why don’t I try modeling it in Autodesk Inventor. I began first with the main part and used the Revolve feature. Afterwhich, I entered in the assembly environment and continued doing the design there. You’ll notice that there’s a small green
Content Center is Not Loading
The name of my computer in the office was changed and then, I thought of using the Content Center of Autodesk Inventor and it won’t open. And it sucks that it would not open at the time that I need it the most. And thus, I searched for the solution at the Support site of
Happy Holidays
I based the design of this candle holder from the Design Excellence’s World Cup where you’ll download a 2D drawing in PDF format and execute it in Autodesk Inventor. I still can’t figure out how to make the darn base but since Christmas is getting a lot nearer, I just made my own one. This
Active Project is Not a Vault Project
As I was preparing my slides for tomorrow’s class for the Autodesk Inventor Customized training, I’ve had some problems logging in to the Vault. Everytime I logged in, a dialog box appears saying that the active project is not a vault project. But it is a vault project. Then, I learned from one of the
Steps to the Tower of Power
In creating this tower of power or the chess piece rather, I have used Autodesk Inventor’s time-saving tool which is the Design Accelerator. I used the Shaft Generator component of Design Accelerator for the basic profile of the chess piece. Afterwards, I applied two revolved cuts for the curved and the tapered cylindrical surfaces of
Emboss Tips for Starters
Here’s a picture of a rendered assembly of iPod Nano that I did in Autodesk Inventor. I used the assembly-centric method (otherwise known as the top-down assembly). I started first with the blue cover on top. In reality, there are only two colors available for iPod Nano and those are black and white. Actually, I
Rendering Decals
The image above was rendered using Inventor Studio. In the assembly file, there is a decal on the LCD screen. Unfortunately, Inventor Studio does not have the capability of rendering decals. This has been one of my problems in using Inventor. However, this Q&A about rendering decals has answered my question. The one who answered
USB Flash Drive
This is a rendered image of a USB Flash drive assembly that I designed using Autodesk Inventor. It was rendered using Inventor Studio. I just used the default camera view and shop lighting as my lighting style. The scene style is a customized one where I only tweaked the offset and the gradient color. The



