Inventor Tutorial – Layout Part Creation – Side Elevation – 2

Inventor Tutorial for version 2013 - Side Elevation of the Automated CabinetIn the first Inventor Tutorial in this series we went through a lot of the Inventor basics, and left off with a Layout Part with a couple parameters in it controlling a rectangle that describes the extents of our model straight down the middle. In this post we will start to refine the sketch to start representing the features of our cabinet.

We will begin sketching at the Centerpoint, and work our way around the model clockwise. We will add parameters via the Parameter Editor and apply them to the sketch as needed. I am hoping to make this cabinet configure to have, at a minimum, a bank of drawers and a door/pair of doors. We could –and may –go a lot further, but for starts, let’s leave it at that. Open up the Automated Cabinet Design.ipt, and get to the RIGHT view according to the View Cube

 

Inventor Tutorial – Layout Part Creation  - Post Two – Image 01 - Start in the correct orientation

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