Autodesk Inventor iDoor Tutorial
Page 7 - Sketching the Stile Profiles

The finished right stile sketch will look like the one below. Click on the image to open an image in a new browser window that shows the same sketch with the dimensions set to show Equations. The equations are the parameters that need to be used for the different elements of the sketch. Also, I made a crappy video that can be ignored (next page).

Besides the parameters that were manually added to the sketch during creation, there are vertical and horizontal constraints on every line that were added as the sketch was drawn (via the constraint glyphs that were accepted). There are also less obvious constraints such as a Colinear Constraint
between the two lines that lead into and out of the panel groove (the big slot on the left side). That constraint is added by grabbing the Colinear Constraint
tool from the Constrain Panel
and clicking on both lines. The image to the right shows constraint visibility turned on for both lines....

 

....the quarter round bead detail is kept in place by applying a vertcal constraint from it's center point to the top end point, and a horizontal constraint from the same center point to the lower end point. If all is well, the status bar will say "full Constrained' the image below will take you to an image of the sketch with everything turned on. Its always a mess when Show All Constraint is selected (right click during sketching) but you can see all of the Horizontal and Verical constraints that were added automatically. Continued....

 

 

 

iDoor Tutorial Introduction Page 1 - Starting the Sketch and adding parameters Page 2 - Constraining the Sketch and adding parameters Page 3 - Finishing the Layout Sketch and Adding new Parameters Page 4 - Adding Parameters and Starting the Stile Profiles Page 5 - Adding Parameters and Starting the Stile Profiles - Continued Page 6 - Starting the Stile Profiles - Continued Page 7 - Sketching the Stile Profiles Page 8 - Sketching the Stile Profiles - Continued Page 9 - Sketching the Rails Page 10 - Sketching the Rails - Continued Page 11 - Sketching the Raised Panel Page 12 - Sketching the Raised Panel - Continued Page 13 - Sketching the Raised Panel - Continued Page 14 - Sketching the Raised Panel - Continued Page 15 - Sketching the Raised Panel - Continued Page 16 - Sketching the Raised Panel - Continued Page 17 - Sketching the Raised Panel - Continued Page 18 - Starting the Panel Cutter Sketch Page 19 - The Panel Cutter Sketch - Continued Page 20 - The Panel Cutter Sketch - Continued Page 21 - The Panel Cutter Sketch - Completion Page 22 - Finishing the Skeleton Page 23 - Creating the Solid Bodies Page 24 - Creating the Solid Bodies - Continued Page 25 - Creating the Solid Bodies - The Rails Page 26 - Creating the Solid Bodies - The Stiles Page 27 - Creating the Solid Bodies - The Panel Page 28 - Creating the Solid Bodies - The Panel - Continued Page 29 - Conclusion - Testing The Model