One nifty new work flow is the ability to edit вЂdumb geometryвЂ™ i.e. In the joinery business, a lot of what we do starts off (or ends up) square, so I am sure that I will be able to make use of the new primitivesвЂ™ tools extensively. However, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck we might as well all pretend itвЂ™s a duck. Instead the new primitivesвЂ™ tools roll up the creation of the sketch and the feature into one. Unfortunately these arenвЂ™t true primitives вЂ“ like in Inventor Fusion. One of my favourites is the inclusion of Primitives. The part modelling environment has its fair share of new features. You may have to be a Maths wiz to work them out!

Equation curves вЂ“ I have no clue about these.

Drag geometry in 3D sketches вЂ“ 3D sketches could now live up to their promise.Splines can now be created with interpolation points or control vertices in 2D and 3D sketches вЂ“ This should make splines easier to work with.Use parameters in sketch text (part and drawing sketches) вЂ“ One less use for iLogic.Dynamic trim & extend вЂ“ Wave your cursor like a magic wand, and make your geometry disappearвЂ¦.Arc length dimensioning вЂ“ Save having to use complicated formulas like this!.Perpendicular constraints for arcs вЂ“ Save having to add geometry to constrain arcs.Scale sketch from first dimension вЂ“ That first parameter will no longer blow your sketch all to cock.Centre point rectangle вЂ“ Save picks and clicks constraining those base sketches.In particular I impressed that 3D sketching has so many improvements, I am hoping that drag-able geometry will make 3D sketching useful. The vast majority of the вЂenhancementsвЂ™ in this release of Inventor are in the Sketching and part modelling environment.Д¬onsidering that Sketching tools do not make for sexy marketing, itвЂ™s nice to see that Autodesk have listened to us users and worked hard to implement so many improvements. Will Inventor 2013 make my work any easier? You can also right click on the EOP itself to move it to the top or the bottom of the Feature tree.Д¬onclusion : If you have made the leap to the Inventor Ribbon, you will have no problem picking up these logical and well implemented enhancements to the Inventor User Interface. You can now insert it under any feature by right clicking and choosing вЂMove EOPвЂ™. The good old вЂEOPвЂ™ or вЂEnd of part markerвЂ™ has learned a few new tricks.

If you do a lot of multi-body part modelling IвЂ™m sure that you will find this useful. ItвЂ™s always annoyed me how often I have to scroll past loads of parameters before I get to the user parameters I need.

For example, if you collapse the Model Parameters folder, it remains collapsed the next time you open the dialog box. In the Parameters dialog box, the state of the display of folders now persists. Persistent display settings in Parameters The old dialog has not gone, but it will be rolled up by default, to encourage you to try out the new вЂIn canvasвЂ™ tools. The shell tool now has direct manipulation tools and a min toolbar. Note : By definition, an empty sketch is fully constrained вЂ“ so the push pin will show until you add some geometry. Commands that were previously available via right click or вЂFвЂ™ keys are now also available as a toggle in the status bar.ДЇully constrained sketches are now indicated in the feature tree with a little вЂPush pinвЂ™ icon. The sketch environment has a neat little addition at the bottom of your screen.

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