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Place a sheet metal part into an assembly and apply constraints so that you can design within the context of an assembly.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:03
In the assembly environment in Inventor, you can add components to create assemblies.
00:09
A component can be a subassembly, an unconsumed sketch, a part, a surface, or any mixture of both.
00:16
In this example, a sheet metal part is placed into an assembly.
00:20
From the Home tab, click Open.
00:23
In the Open dialog, locate and select the file Assembly, Cartridge Body_002.iam, then click Open.
00:31
Begin with a sheet metal part already created and saved as a part file.
00:37
In the graphics window, right-click to open the marking menu, and select Place Component.
00:42
This displays the Place Component file explorer.
00:46
Navigate to the sheet metal part, select the file—Motor Bracket_002.ipt, for this example—and then click Open.
00:55
Back in the graphics window, pick to place the part into the overall assembly.
00:60
Right-click and choose OK.
01:03
Except for the first placed component, all placed components are unconstrained and ungrounded.
01:09
Assembly constraints establish the orientation of the components
01:14
in the assembly and simulate mechanical relationships between components.
01:18
One type of constraint to use is a Mate constraint.
01:22
This positions selected components face to face or with the faces flush.
01:27
To add a Mate constraint, right-click to open the marking menu, and select Constraint.
01:34
The Place Constraint dialog displays.
01:37
On the Assembly tab, the Type is set to Mate by default.
01:41
In the graphics window, select the upper face of the sheet metal part,
01:46
and then select the right face of the motor to mate with the first selection.
01:50
The part mates with the second selection.
01:53
In the dialog, select Apply.
01:57
Now, apply another constraint to align the part flush with the assembly.
02:02
In the Place Constraint dialog, choose the Flush option.
02:06
With the dialog still open, in the graphics window, zoom into the part.
02:11
Then, select the front face of the part and the front face of the assembly body.
02:17
Click Apply.
02:19
Apply another constraint, this time aligning the bottom face of the part and the bottom face of the side panel.
02:25
Select the bottom face of the part and the bottom face of the side panel.
02:31
Set the Offset for this constraint to 3.5mm, and then click OK.
02:37
Inserting components such as sheet metal parts into assemblies in Inventor
02:43
allows you to continue designing parts in context with the rest of the assembly.
Video transcript
00:03
In the assembly environment in Inventor, you can add components to create assemblies.
00:09
A component can be a subassembly, an unconsumed sketch, a part, a surface, or any mixture of both.
00:16
In this example, a sheet metal part is placed into an assembly.
00:20
From the Home tab, click Open.
00:23
In the Open dialog, locate and select the file Assembly, Cartridge Body_002.iam, then click Open.
00:31
Begin with a sheet metal part already created and saved as a part file.
00:37
In the graphics window, right-click to open the marking menu, and select Place Component.
00:42
This displays the Place Component file explorer.
00:46
Navigate to the sheet metal part, select the file—Motor Bracket_002.ipt, for this example—and then click Open.
00:55
Back in the graphics window, pick to place the part into the overall assembly.
00:60
Right-click and choose OK.
01:03
Except for the first placed component, all placed components are unconstrained and ungrounded.
01:09
Assembly constraints establish the orientation of the components
01:14
in the assembly and simulate mechanical relationships between components.
01:18
One type of constraint to use is a Mate constraint.
01:22
This positions selected components face to face or with the faces flush.
01:27
To add a Mate constraint, right-click to open the marking menu, and select Constraint.
01:34
The Place Constraint dialog displays.
01:37
On the Assembly tab, the Type is set to Mate by default.
01:41
In the graphics window, select the upper face of the sheet metal part,
01:46
and then select the right face of the motor to mate with the first selection.
01:50
The part mates with the second selection.
01:53
In the dialog, select Apply.
01:57
Now, apply another constraint to align the part flush with the assembly.
02:02
In the Place Constraint dialog, choose the Flush option.
02:06
With the dialog still open, in the graphics window, zoom into the part.
02:11
Then, select the front face of the part and the front face of the assembly body.
02:17
Click Apply.
02:19
Apply another constraint, this time aligning the bottom face of the part and the bottom face of the side panel.
02:25
Select the bottom face of the part and the bottom face of the side panel.
02:31
Set the Offset for this constraint to 3.5mm, and then click OK.
02:37
Inserting components such as sheet metal parts into assemblies in Inventor
02:43
allows you to continue designing parts in context with the rest of the assembly.
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