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Create Digital Prototypes
Traditionally, designers and engineers create a layout, design the parts, and then bring
everything together in an assembly. Once the design is created, the next step in the traditional
process is to build and test a physical prototype.
NOTE This chapter describes how to create digital prototypes in Inventor LT
With Autodesk Inventor
®
, you can create an assembly at any point in the design process. You
can virtually explore, test, and validate a digital prototype as the design evolves. You can
visualize and simulate real-world performance of the design, so there is less reliance on costly
physical prototypes.
The basic component of a digital prototype is the part file. A part model is a collection of
features or solid bodies that define your digital prototype. Parametric modeling provides the
ability to apply driving dimensions and geometric relationships to the model. These dimensions
and relationships are called parameters. Parameters control the size and shape of a model.
When you change a parameter, the model updates to reflect the changes. Using parameters,
you can control multiple parts in an assembly.
Parts
A file with an . ipt extension represents a part file. A part is represented on disk
with only one file type. However, there are many different types of part files.
They can be simple to complex. Some of the common types of parts are
explained in the following section. The workflow you use to create the part is
what determines the part type.
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