this brief overview of woodwork for inventor,will show you to build a model of kitchen inside of 3d house layout. if you are a shopfitter or you make a furniturefor new houses most likely you can get the floor layout from autocad architecture oreven a 3d model of building. woodwork for inventor works together withautodesk inventor cad. this allows you to use anycad functionalityto import data from many other applications. some of them are shown on the screen. imported model can be used as a referencefor you design. moreover, in most cases your design associativelyreacts to the changes in original model.
when data changes in native application itupdates in autodesk inventor. let’s use a reference geometry for kitchenconcept. it this case we are defining a general volumewhere we need to fit the furniture. it can be of any shape, however for simplicitywe chose rectangular shape. it will be related to the original conceptand react to the changes. using woodwork for inventor we can easily apply panels on those boxes. if the size of box changes – panels changes accordingly. when it’s done those can be trimmed or miteredaccording the design idea we are following. each subcomponent at first can be representedas a simple shape.
in short time you get a simple concept thatyou can approve with the customer. material assignment allows to set the material type, like laminated board or veneer and set another sizes and the grain direction. this allows to precisely calculate the sizeof a workpiece edge banding position and thickness are also included in the calculations. oversize can be added automatically. iboxes are predefined parameters and rule driven assemblies that adapts to your design changes, this significantly improve the design process. when the concept is approved you can just place required components in to defined space
each model you design can be converted to be basic ibox without big effort. then you can fit this model in to design concept. all the materials, covers and fitting are already on the place. if needed you can add advanced logic inside of your assemblies for instance to automatically add additional hinge if the door is too big,or to add different configurations of standard furniture. change management is not a problem at all. just change the concept and the changes will be automatically reflected in the detailed assembly. you can change an element that is used asa reference for multiple objects or you can tweak each individual component separately.
you can assign different materials from userinterface however color management can be done using data from excel document whichcan be gathered from erp system. you can assign new names and codes as wellas change the appearance of the parts. in few clicks you can make all facades from another color. when right color configuration has been chosen the bom is calculated automatically according model data. you can choose various templates to provideoutput in different formats. data is structured according to the needsof different persons who participate in the design and manufacturing process.
cnc technology generator uses advanced geometry analysis and processing rules together with cnc router description. it allows you to make a cnc that perfectly fits your machine abilities in just few clicks. there is not limiting you in the way how you design your models because woodwork for inventor analyses geometry of parts and automatically builds the best tooling solution for each of them. besides that woodwork for inventor generates a complete set of drawings of all the parts and assemblies of your model. templates driven drawing allow you to choosethe way how to show objects.
besides the contours of a part or work pieceyou got a drilling scheme, grain direction a material information automatically. we went through all steps of the design ofa kitchen inside of existing model. we started from generalized shape, then weadded more details, placed predefined iboxes, set the materials and hardware. when it’s done bom, drawings and cnc programsare generated automatically. that’s all the information we would liketo share with you in this video. thank you for your time, let us know what you think in the comments below. please subscribe to not miss our new videos.