Thursday 11 July 2013

Inventor - Functions

I use these a lot & can never find them when I need to use these quickly. So here they are!

Functions

The following table lists the supported functions.

Syntax
Returns Unit Type
Expected Unit Type
cos(expr)
unitless
angle
sin(expr)
unitless
angle
tan(expr)
unitless
angle
acos(expr)
angle
unitless
asin(expr)
angle
unitless
atan(expr)
angle
unitless
cosh(expr)
unitless
angle
tanh(expr)
unitless
angle
acosh(expr)
angle
unitless
asinh(expr)
angle
unitless
sqrt(expr)
unit^1/2
any
sign(expr)
unitless
any (Return 0 if negative, 1 if positive.)
exp(expr)
unitless
any (Return exponential power of expression: for example, return 2 for 100, 3 for 1000, and so on.)
floor(expr)
unitless
unitless (Next lowest whole number.)
ceil(expr)
unitless
unitless (Next highest whole number.)
round(expr)
unitless
unitless (Closest whole number.)
abs(expr)
any
any
max(expr1;expr2)
any
any
min(expr1;expr2)
any
any
ln(expr)
unitless
unitless
log(expr)
unitless
unitless
pow(expr1;expr2)
unit^expr2
any and unitless, respectively
random(expr)
unitless
unitless
isolate(expr;unit;unit)
any
any

Missing fasteners in Autodesk Showcase when importing from Inventor

Q. You notice that fasteners are missing when importing an Inventor assembly into Showcase.

A. Ensure that the content center location in the project settings is set to a sub-folder of the     workspace. Fasteners should then come through to the Showcase model.

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Inventor 2014 Update 2 has been released

Inventor 2014 Update 2 has been released and can be downloaded here.

Autodesk Vault 2014 SP1 is announced


 Autodesk Vault 2014 SP1 can be downloaded here.

Please note that this service pack updates both the client and the server.

Review the readme before you apply the update.