Engineering Design and Graphics with Autodesk Inventor 2008
James D. Bethune, Boston University
Autodesk, Autodesk, Inc.

ISBN-10: 0131592254
ISBN-13: 9780131592254

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 500 pp
Published: 05/04/2007

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Appropriate for Engineering Design courses

 

Using a step-by-step format, this book introduces Autodesk Inventor 2008 and shows how to use Autodesk Inventor to create and document designs. This edition features four new chapters and a stronger emphasis on engineer drawings and on drawing components. Sample problems, end-of-chapter projects and a variety of additional exercises reinforce the material and allow the reader to practice the techniques described.

Appropriate for Engineering Design courses

 

Using a step-by-step format, this book introduces Autodesk Inventor 12 and shows how to use Autodesk Inventor to create and document designs. The content of the book goes beyond the material normally presented in an engineering graphics text associated with CAD software to include exercises requiring students to design simple mechanisms. Sample problems and a variety of additional exercise problems reinforce the material and allow the reader to practice the techniques described.

 

HALLMARK FEATURES

 

Step-by-step format–throughout the text.

·        Allows students to work directly from the text to the screen.

·        Provides an excellent reference during and after the course.

 

Exercise, sample problems and projects–appear in each chapter.

·        Provide examples of software capabilities and give students an opportunity to apply their own knowledge to realistic design situations.

·        Includes examples of how to create an animated assembly, apply dimension to a drawing, calculate shear and bending values and more!

 

ANSI and ISO standards–are discussed when appropriate.

·        Introduces readers to both the ANSI and ISO standards so students learn appropriate techniques and national standards.

 

Autodesk Learning License–is now offered via a Prentice Hall and Autodesk partnership.

·        Receive the student version of the Autodesk Inventor 2008 software packaged with the text by using a special ISBN.

·        Includes a 180-day software license agreement and a 1-year license agreement to provide adequate time for students to complete all the activities in the book.

 

New! Increased emphasis on engineering drawings–and on drawing components, such as springs, bearing, cams and gears.

  • Places more importance on drawing and includes coverage of different drawing formats such as .ipt; .iam; ipn; and idw. 

New! More on Design Accelerator and Content Center–appears in this edition.

  • Shows how to create and draw using these two features of the Autodesk Inventor 2008 program.  

New! Chapter 9, Springs–includes coverage of compression springs, tension springs, torsion springs, and Belleville springs.

  • Shows how to draw springs using the Standard .ipt format and the Coil command.
  • Shows how to draw springs using the Design Accelerator.  

New! Chapter 10, Shafts–includes coverage of chamfers, retaining rings, retaining ring grooves, keys and keyways, splines, pins, O-rings and more!

  • Gives thorough treatment to topic and shows how to draw shafts using the Design Accelerator. 

New! Chapter 11, Bearings–covers three types of bearings: plain, ball, and thrust bearings.

  • Shows how to match bearings to specific shafts using the Content Center.
  • Explains tolerances between a shaft and bearing bore and between the bearing’s outside diameter and the assembly housing. 

Revised! Chapter 12, Gears–now emphasizesdrawing gears and mounting them into assembly drawings.

  • Includes coverage of spur, bevel, and worm gears and features two new extensive assembly exercise problems.
  • Shows how to create gear hubs with setscrews and keyways with keys, and how to draw assembly drawings that include gears.

 

1.      Getting Started

2.      Two-Dimensional Sketching

3.      Three-Dimensional Models

4.      Orthographic Views

5.      Assembly Drawings

6.      Threads and Fasteners

7.      Dimensioning

8.      Tolerancing

9.      Springs

10.  Shafts

11.  Bearings

12.  Gears

13.  Sheet Metal Drawings

14.  Weldment Drawings

15.  Cams

 

Appendix

 

Index.

 

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