Train Project
This project gives a demonstration of how you can take dimensioned drawings and create a functional assembled train using the autodesk inventor software.
Parts
Assembly Views
Presentation Views
Conclusion
During this project I found that the most difficult part was keeping track of dimensions on more intricate pieces that had lots of dimensions. In my opinion, the most important thing I learned from this project was that you should always keep a backup of your files and not edit the original. That way, if you screw up, you've only messed up a copy, not your whole project. The purpose of a section view is to allow you to represent dimension that were more or less "hidden" by other parts of the piece. An auxiliary view lets you view the piece in multiple ways so that you can view all dimensions. A broken view lets you show the true dimensions of a piece without having to view a fully modeled dimension that is larger than desired for a presentation view. Symbols are international, and therefore are used instead of words so that mistakes are not made in translation. Tolerances allow you to give a piece a range of acceptable dimensions based on the desired class of fit.