Drawings in Inventor

This drawing shows one of the many features in Inventor that is very nice to have. With the options of different paper and title block sizes I do not have to keep making new templates for title blocks and border lines on different paper sizes like I did with AutoCAD. I works very well with placing views. All you have to do is load your drawing and click on the spot you want your front view. Then you just drag the mouse over to the right of the front view to create a right side view, to the top for a top, etc. It lets you adjust what lines it shows and doesn't  show. it is very easy to set different scales for the orthographic and isometric views. It also gives the option of showing the views as solid bodies.

Interesting Drawings in Inventor

This drawing took a little longer to figure out. with the grooves and the semicircles and placing them all correctly and finding the correct order of drawing, extruding and arrays this one took a little longer than usual. its a very neat drawing and I am very happy with the way it turned out. So far Inventor has proven to be an amazing software for 3D modeling and design.

New Semester with New Programs

So far Inventor has been a very interesting program to work with. The 3d design is very intuitive and very easy to figure out and work with. This semester I have done around 7-10 drawings with Inventor and all have gone relatively smooth. Overall the most interesting and effective tool is the sketches. being able to modify and create sketches along planes that can be adjusted and placed exactly where needed. Inventor will be an interesting program to work with over the course of this semester.

Final Project

This project was challenging, being the first time doing an exploded view it was a learning experience. Doing the isometric threads and chamfers were interesting. The hardest part about this drawing was the simplest part, the rod that goes through the head of the screw. It was difficult to draw it in isometric without it looking oblong or dedicated to a certain plane as opposed to a 3D object. Overall this semester was a good one. I have learned many new methods and styles to draw objects. I have learned how to do assemblies and exploded views, both of which will help me in the future with my ambitions in custom computer building. The knowledge i have attained this semester will help me design the computers for my clients. This semester was a very interesting and quite challenging semester, but it was a good one.

Intersections and Developments

These Developments are kinda fun. Interesting to put together, they make you take every aspect into consideration. Every side either folds or needs a flap that is attached or will attach. Overall, these are pretty awesome because once we finish the drawing we print it out on heavy weight paper, cut it out and assemble it. Very interesting and entertaining unit.

Pictorials and Fasteners

This unit was a long one. The drawings were not difficult but took time. This one especially. The paper template for it had us moving to larger tables to fit it on with a long enough parallel bar. The drawing was completed on that then transferred to vellum to add in the color. The whole drawing took about a week. The details on it took the longest, the shingles, window frames and the cupola.

Isometric Drawings

While I've done isometric drawings before, I hadn't done the oblique drawings before. This part of the unit was challenging to figure out the correct sizes and locations of different parts. The cavalier and cabinet drawings were challenging primarily because I have never done them before. Learning a new drawing style can always be a little challenging. The drawing ive inserted was one of the more difficult in the unit. because of the half size depth and the chang in the diameter of all the arcs depending on location.