Autodesk Inventor iDoor Tutorial
Page 29 - Conclusion - Testing The Model
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you may want to rotate the model into an upright position (watch the view
cube), and change he Home View to this orientation.
There are numerous other possibilities for this door that will be explored in coming tutorials, but for now, we will call it done. except for the testing.
In real life, a door such as this would rarely have any of the parameters change beyond the Opening_Width and Opening_Height, but in custom cabinet shops, there are always exceptions; especially when Islands and Bars are part of the overall design.
Another thing to keep in mind is that there are no Min/Max controls on Inventor parts unless you program the part with iLogic--- which will be included in another tutorial.
What this means is that if you were to set the width or height parameters smaller than the sum of the parts in-between, bad things will happen. The same goes for making the rail or stile sum larger than can be accommodated without making the panel profiles disappear. Another case of bad things happening...
...but that's what the undo button is for.
I am currently working on the next tutorial ---a hinge schema that adds the correct number of euro style hinge bores. The user just chooses a left or right pattern.
Play around with the parameters to see what happens, but do it on a copy if you want to use the iDoor you have just created as a base for one of the future tutorials. Ideas for follow-up tutorials include;
- Make components from part to demonstrate usage 'Make Components' function.
- Add iLogic rules that will:
- Add numerous hinge configurations Done
- Add Min/Max sizes Done
- Add multiple edge profiles Done
- Author Part for Content Center
- Publish to Content Center
- Add standard and custom properties.
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I will be adding the new tutorials as soon as I get some feedback on this one to complete it. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email them to me.