New Learning Guide available to teach 3D Annotations in Autodesk Inventor 2018!

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By Jennifer MacMillan

3D Annotations are now available in Autodesk® Inventor® 2018! This is great news for everyone looking to implement a Model-based Definition workflow or to add 3D annotations and then share the manufacturable design using a 3D PDF. Additionally, for those that still need 2D drawings, you can also retrieve the 3D annotations directly into a drawing view. These are really useful and welcomed enhancements to the 2018 release! To support the learning of all the new tools, ASCENT has released a new title, Autodesk Inventor 2018: Working with 3D Annotations & Model-Based Definition.

To get started, you will see that all annotation tools are available in the Annotate tab and that they are nicely broken up into three descriptive panels: Geometric Annotation, General Annotation, and Notes.

You can create seven different types of 3D annotations:

Dimension annotations display and visually identify the exact size, location, and acceptable tolerance values for a selected geometry.
Hole/Thread Note annotations communicate how a hole is to be manufactured.
Surface Texture annotations communicate special surface finishes for faces on the model.
Leader Text and General Note annotations communicate additional text-based model information. Leader text annotations reference model geometry, whereas General note annotations are added to one of the four screen quadrants.

Tolerance Feature attaches GD&T annotations to faces of a 3D model to accurately define the acceptable size variations during manufacturing.
General Profile Note annotations can be used to assign a profile tolerance for any face that does not explicitly have a tolerance feature assigned.

The focus of this ASCENT"s new learning guide (Autodesk Inventor 2018: Working with 3D Annotations & Model-Based Definition) is to teach you how to use the seven annotation types and to share your 3D annotated models as 3D PDFs, as STEP files for use by other software applications, or in 2D drawing views. This learning guide assumes that you know how the model is to be annotated and aims to only explain how they are added using the Autodesk Inventor software.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Jennifer

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