Drawing Annotation

[BobCast0865]

I am using Inventor 2010. Having drawn my geometry and created an extrusion; I would like to create a drawing with all the points dimensioned in absolute X/Y coordinates relative to XY zero for use in programming the geometry into a Prototrak CNC mill. to be keyed in on the shop floor.

 

I do this now in GibbsCam;but the poor print quality usually requires many drawings for one part.

 

and my inventor skills are growing;but,i havent seen this in any of the books or tutorials.

 

thanks for any help

[kencaz]

Unlike AutoCAD (where I never draw from absolute 0,0,0 and use relative coordinates), Inventor is different in that I always [well most of the time], draw my sketch profiles with the origin either center or corner depending on what I need to do with it.

 

 

That does not really matter, however, for your drawings because you can work off of a center line that can represent your origin point which can be anywhere.

 

 

You only need X and Y? What about your Z axis offsets?

 

KC

[BobCast0865]

What I really need to define for them is Start,Endpoint & Center of every radius.Start & Endpoint of every line........ect. Its point to point G-Code programming.I draw the parts to Give them the information that typical prints do not provide in order to expedite the programming.Spindles not turning while they are programming this thing so time is an Issue........Z is not as much of an Issue as these are 2 dimensional profiles.

 

In GibbsCam I click on a point and it posts XY coordinates which is what we feed into the machines along with angle &/or radius as well as feedrate.

[kencaz]

Use Ordinate Dimensions to get X and Y...

 

I selected the Origin point in the lower left corner.

 

 

AutoCAD will also do it for you.

 

 

KC

[BobCast0865]

In the last attachment;the little rectangular block with XYZ coordinates.

That is what I am looking for........How do I do that in Inventor 2010 ?

[kencaz]

In the last attachment;the little rectangular block with XYZ coordinates.

That is what I am looking for........How do I do that in Inventor 2010 ?

 

I'm not sure in Inventor and I can't find any information on it either. You can enter the point data manually, however, that would be a lot of points to enter.

 

 

It's a little easier in AutoCAD because you can cut and paste the point ID data into leader text.

 

 

You can get x-y data from your (idw) with the measure command but it gives points from the sheet not the model... I'll see what else I can find.

 

KC

[kencaz]

Well, you can get point data from the model, however, you'll still have to copy it to your drawing. Better then nothing I guess.

 

 

KC

[BobCast0865]

Maybe best if I continue the way I have been.GibbsCam does do what I need.

I was just thinking if I could do the same in Inventor it would be quicker,do to the much better CAD.

 

I will stick with using Inventor for designing fixtures & tooling.

 

Thanks for your time on this.

[kencaz]

Maybe best if I continue the way I have been.GibbsCam does do what I need.

I was just thinking if I could do the same in Inventor it would be quicker,do to the much better CAD.

 

I will stick with using Inventor for designing fixtures & tooling.

 

Thanks for your time on this.

 

Maybe have a look at this article. Depending on your version of GibbsCAM you may already be able to directly import your Inventor Data.

 

http://www.gibbscam.com/news_events/index.php?page=press-releases&con=207

 

GibbsCAM is able to directly read native Autodesk Inventor models and assemblies for process planning and toolpath generation. The Inventor-to-GibbsCAM add-in also allows Autodesk Inventor models and assemblies to be transferred directly from Autodesk Inventor to GibbsCAM

 

KC

[BobCast0865]

I will look into that..........thanks