Inventor – Sketch Block Webinar
I received the invitation to the Autodesk Inventor Users Group webinar a bit late today.
…During any event there is that guy that shows up after everything gets rolling, and tries to slip in unnoticed…….That was me today.
It was worth it. John Krause gave a great presentation.
Some of the highlights I felt like mentioning were:
- Sketch Blocks
- Flexible Block option
- Make Components
- Layout Constraints
- 3D Kinematics
John Covered Sketch Blocks quite well, and touched on how these ease the interaction of new users coming from the AutoCAD environment. Considering the limited timeframe, he covered this topic very well.
In case anyone was a bit behind, Sketch blocks allow the user to create blocked rigid sketches that exist in the fluid sketch environment of Inventor. Each block is designated separately in the model browser, and are held in place by various sketch constraints, allowing the rigidity (and usefulness) of blocks, with the dynamics of constraints.
Using the combined constraints and block’s flexible option in the 2D sketch environment allows for dynamic and fast design concept modifications.
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Fun in Kyoto (lovely wife on camera)
My name is John Evans, and I am an Autodesk Inventor and Civil 3D Certified Professional. I currently work for Gustin, Cothern, and Tucker, Inc., a Civil Engineering firm in Niceville, Florida. There I manage the Civil 3D seats, training, troubleshooting, construction data management, and occasionally programming. I also work as a consulting author at Tekni Consulting, where I write content for Inventor training courses. I attended Autodesk University 2006 and 2007 in Las Vegas.
I have extensive experience in Aerospace maintenance, Mechanical engineering and manufacturing, and Civil Engineering/Surveying, both field and office, and I speak English and Japanese. When I am not answering questions here, I am with my family, writing training material, studying Japanese, or in my machine shop.
I Currently use AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010, Autodesk Inventor 2010, MasterCAM X2, InventorCAM, and Mach3.
If I could do more of something besides blogging to you all, it would probably be…
At Autodesk University!!!!!
Having loving wife hold that huge Nikon while I watch my kids, spending time with my Japanese Friends, in Japan, Cutting parts in my machine shop, Playing poker, Swinging a sword in Kenjustu class, spending time with my 2 best friends Jamie and Jason, and learning something new.
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