Linking AutoCAD Block Properties into Autodesk Vault.From the News Desk - Using Hand Gestures to Drive.Using the Mirror Component Command in Autodesk Inv.I'm hoping to revisit these blog posts with videos later! But rather than hold up the show, I decided to place them in text only. That's because I'm in the process of taking classes in the evenings, and I quite simply, don't have the time I used to. You may realize that I'm not creating videos as often as I used to. I'm only recreated what he's shared in Inventor. It was originally created by Dave Goetsch on and shared on GrabCAD here.
So take a look at it and see where it might be able to help you! So there it is! An example where the mirror component tool really helped me out. Now the new rocker is placed in my assembly, now I can turn the visibility of the other components back on, and position the rocker in the assembly. The new rocker highlighted, and show in the browser.
Now with all my options set, I can click okay to create the new component. In this case, I've already renamed the files, and selected the option to place them in the existing assembly. I can also choose if I want Inventor to open these files in a new assembly, or place them in this one. I'll have the ability to rename the new files here (which I've done). With everything the way I want it, I can click next in the dialog box. I can always reposition with assembly constraints later! Also, notice how the mirrored subcomponents are colored green in the preview, and the reused subcomponents are colored yellow. In this case, I just chose the side of the bushing. This can be a workplane, or a flat plane on the part. Now, I just have to select a plane to mirror about. Selecting each component in the dialog box allows the status of each subcomponent to be changed. While every situation varies, in this case I only need to change the rocker arm, so I can reuse every other subcomponent. That's indicated in the browser below.īy default, Inventor wants to mirror everything. Notice that I'm still working in the assembly the rocker is placed in. That is, until I realized the intake rocker arm is just a mirror image of the exhaust side.įirst, in order to make things easy, I isolated the rocker assembly. Needless to say I wasn't excited about repeating the same for the intake side. The arm has an interesting twist in it that's required to make it work. I first created the rocker arm for the exhaust side, which was a bit of a challenge.
The 9 cylinder radial in it's current stage of completion Most recently, I was working on the rocker arms in the engines valve train. Over time, I've been slowly rebuilding a 9 cylinder radial engine I found on GrabCAD. I could go on talking about theory, but instead, I think I'll use an example of where I used this function. This tool will create opposite handed components, using another component for reference. That tool, is the Mirror Component command in the assembly file. In this weeks post, I chose to visit a tool that's been around a while, but I think doesn't always get it's due. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.” “Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted.
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