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Create an iLogic form to automate the configuration of a wheel assembly.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:03
With iLogic, you can use forms to create and connect a custom user interface for parameters, properties,
00:10
and rules of an Inventor part, assembly, or drawing document.
00:14
In this tutorial, you create a form to automate the configuration of a wheel assembly.
00:20
To start, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click Projects.
00:26
In the Projects dialog, click Browse, navigate to where the project files are saved,
00:32
and select Wheel Assembly start data set.ipj, and then click Open.
00:38
In the Projects dialog, click Done.
00:42
From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open.
00:47
Select WheelAssembly_Configured.iam, and then click Open.
00:53
On the ribbon, Manage tab, iLogic panel, expand the drop-down and select Add Form.
01:02
Name the new form Wheel Configuration and click OK.
01:11
In the Form Editor, begin the form by dragging the WheelSize Parameter under the Wheel Configuration Label.
01:19
Then drag both the NumberOfSpokes and Slot parameters into the configuration.
01:27
From the Toolbox, continue defining the form by dragging an Empty Space, a Splitter, and another Empty Space into the configuration.
01:39
Complete the form by dragging the TotalPrice Parameter to the bottom.
01:45
You can see the form update in real time as you build it.
01:51
Select WheelSize in the listing below Wheel Configuration.
01:56
In the Properties, Name section, add a space to the corresponding Label listing to update the diplay name in the form.
02:07
Repeat this process for the NumberOfSpokes entry, and the TotalPrice entry., then click OK to complete the form.
02:15
In the iLogic browser, open the new form by selecting it in the Forms tab.
02:21
You can now dynamically update the wheel assembly based on what you enter into the form.
02:27
Apply a Wheel Size of 22, set the Number Of Spokes to 5, and check the Slot box for True.
02:34
Click Done to update the assembly.
02:39
You can also edit an existing form.
02:43
In the iLogic Browser, on the Forms tab, right-click Wheel Configuration and select Edit.
02:50
Add the WheelFinish parameter under the Slot parameter.
02:55
Note that a green or blue arrow appears showing where the new parameter will appear in the form.
03:03
Add an Empty Space, and then add the BrakeMaterial and CaliperFinish parameters to the form.
03:14
Ensure that the label for each new parameter is updated to include a space, and then click OK to complete the edit.
03:29
Open the form again and change the Brake Material to Ceramic and the Caliper Finish to Smooth-Red.
03:37
Save your project file.
Video transcript
00:03
With iLogic, you can use forms to create and connect a custom user interface for parameters, properties,
00:10
and rules of an Inventor part, assembly, or drawing document.
00:14
In this tutorial, you create a form to automate the configuration of a wheel assembly.
00:20
To start, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click Projects.
00:26
In the Projects dialog, click Browse, navigate to where the project files are saved,
00:32
and select Wheel Assembly start data set.ipj, and then click Open.
00:38
In the Projects dialog, click Done.
00:42
From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open.
00:47
Select WheelAssembly_Configured.iam, and then click Open.
00:53
On the ribbon, Manage tab, iLogic panel, expand the drop-down and select Add Form.
01:02
Name the new form Wheel Configuration and click OK.
01:11
In the Form Editor, begin the form by dragging the WheelSize Parameter under the Wheel Configuration Label.
01:19
Then drag both the NumberOfSpokes and Slot parameters into the configuration.
01:27
From the Toolbox, continue defining the form by dragging an Empty Space, a Splitter, and another Empty Space into the configuration.
01:39
Complete the form by dragging the TotalPrice Parameter to the bottom.
01:45
You can see the form update in real time as you build it.
01:51
Select WheelSize in the listing below Wheel Configuration.
01:56
In the Properties, Name section, add a space to the corresponding Label listing to update the diplay name in the form.
02:07
Repeat this process for the NumberOfSpokes entry, and the TotalPrice entry., then click OK to complete the form.
02:15
In the iLogic browser, open the new form by selecting it in the Forms tab.
02:21
You can now dynamically update the wheel assembly based on what you enter into the form.
02:27
Apply a Wheel Size of 22, set the Number Of Spokes to 5, and check the Slot box for True.
02:34
Click Done to update the assembly.
02:39
You can also edit an existing form.
02:43
In the iLogic Browser, on the Forms tab, right-click Wheel Configuration and select Edit.
02:50
Add the WheelFinish parameter under the Slot parameter.
02:55
Note that a green or blue arrow appears showing where the new parameter will appear in the form.
03:03
Add an Empty Space, and then add the BrakeMaterial and CaliperFinish parameters to the form.
03:14
Ensure that the label for each new parameter is updated to include a space, and then click OK to complete the edit.
03:29
Open the form again and change the Brake Material to Ceramic and the Caliper Finish to Smooth-Red.
03:37
Save your project file.
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