There are many books that show you how to perform individual tasks with Autodesk Inventor, but this book takes you through an entire project and shows you the complete engineering process. You will finish off your project by creating 3D animations of your robot in action. In the final chapter of this book you learn how to combine all the robot parts into assemblies and then run motion analysis. Using the knowledge you gained about linkages and mechanism, you will learn how to modify your robot and change its behavior by modifying or creating new parts.

You will learn the basic types of planar four-bar linkages commonly used in mechanical designs and how to use the GeoGebra Dynamic Geometry software to simulate and analyze 2D linkages.

This book continues by examining the different mechanisms commonly used in walking robots. Also included is coverage of gears, gear trains and spur gear creation using Autodesk Inventor. You will also become familiar with many of Inventor's powerful tools and commands that enable you to easily construct complex features in your models. You will start by learning to model simple robot parts and before long you will graduate to creating more complex parts and multi-view drawings.Īlong the way you will learn the fundamentals of parametric modeling through the use of geometric constraints and relationships. The author begins by getting you familiar with the Inventor interface and its basic tools. No previous experience with Computer Aided Design(CAD) is needed since this book starts at an introductory level. You will learn to model parts, create assemblies, run simulations and even create animations of your robot design. This book features a simple robot design used as a project throughout the book. This book will teach you everything you need to know to start using Autodesk Inventor 2022 with easy to understand, step-by-step tutorials.

Covers modeling, gear creation, linkage analysis, assemblies, simulations and 3D animation.

Features a simple robot design used as a project throughout the book.

Teaches beginners how to use Autodesk Inventor with easy to understand tutorials.

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