What is Inventor?
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Autodesk Inventor is a 3D modeling software created by Autodesk. Inventor is used to create 3D prototypes.
My Widget, Made From a Sketch to an Object
At first I received 6 different widget drawings.
After I finished sketching my widget, I started up Inventor. After booting up Inventor, I started drawing a 2D sketch on the XY Plane. I also added dimensions needed to create this L-Shape.
After extruding, I went back to drawing on the XY Plane of my extruded shape. I created a box that I would cut out with the extrude tool.
After creating this U-Shape, I had to make my corners angled. I did this by going back to the XY Plane, drawing a 2D sketch and using dimensions when needed.
Again, back to the drawing board. I head to the top view and start drawing another shape on top of it. I make dimensions that allow me to create the shape I want to.
This is the final product in Inventor, I went ahead and saved it and loaded it into the Maker-Bot software.
Right after I started printing my widget.
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I then had to sketch them myself and decide which one I would like to 3D Print.
After finalizing my 2D Sketch I went ahead and extruded it and got this.
After drawing and making accurate dimensions, I went ahead and extruded the new shape I created. I didn't extrude it outwards, I extruded it inwards so it cut out the shape I created.
After finishing these two knew sketches, I went ahead and extruded them inwards again.
After drawing on the top view, I went ahead and extruded my shape. I extruded inwards yet again to cut out my shape.
My Widget inside of Maker Bot.
My Widget almost finished printing.
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This is the finished product.