Not ready for the full functionality of Inventor? Consider expanding your 2D engineering process with. Autodesk has been working toward the addition of generative design technology in your design workflow for a few years now. The Shape Generator is Inventor’s first step into this modeling world and its capabilities can already drastically change your design process. This article takes a look at how to use the mesh output to refine your parametric models, to include it in your assemblies and to manufacture the generated parts. Author: David Ponka - Senior Manufacturing Applications Expert, IMAGINiT Technologies.
In today’s industry, creating parts and assemblies that function as they should, quickly and accurately, is the name of the game. So why not take advantage of iFeatures? IFeatures are perfect for features that need to change size, or features that can be inserted into multiple parts quickly.