1. © 2012 Autodesk Dario Nicolini Product Manager Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic: a great Autodesk tool to improve Inventor features

2. © 2012 Autodesk Class Summary In this class you will explore how Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic manages all Autodesk ® Inventor ® features, the approach to create a new iLogic project, problem analysis and its synthesis in order to improve your productivity. You will also learn how to create and manage iLogic parameters, rules, interfaces and how to work with Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic Events.

3. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Describe how iLogic works  Create and manage iLogic parameters  Add and manage iLogic rules  Work with events and interfaces  Describe our experience

4. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic: a great Autodesk tool to improve Inventor features Module 1: Describing how iLogic works Dario Nicolini Product Manager

5. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this section, you will be able to:  Describe what iLogic is  Explore all iLogic commands  Describe what you can do with iLogic

6. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: what is it?  Autodesk ® Inventor ® standard Add-in  Available on every Autodesk ® Inventor ® package  Integrate VB.NET language  Available on parts, assemblies and drawings  Rules based  Every rule manages Autodesk ® Inventor ® Parameters

7. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: commands  Ribbon Tab Manage  Ribbon Panel iLogic  “Add Rule” is the main command  “iLogic browser” shows all rules in the file  “Event Triggers” manages all Autodesk ® Inventor ® Events  “iTrigger” can automatically execute a rule

8. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: features  Easy to use  Autodesk ® Inventor ® Objects easy management  Accessible for programmers and non programmers  Integration with external.dll (VB.Net, C#...)  Code Snippet

9. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

10. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic: a great Autodesk tool to improve Inventor features Module 2: Creating and managing iLogic parameters Dario Nicolini Product Manager

11. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this section, you will be able to:  Explore key parameters and standard parameters  Describe the parameter types  Add new Multi-Value parameters

12. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic Parameters  Numeric, Boolean or Textual parameters  Single-Value or Multi-Value parameters  Key or not key Parameters

13. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic Parameters  Numeric Parameter  double, integer…  True/False parameter  boolean  Text parameter  string numeric = 10 numeric2 = 5,5 string1 = “New string value” boolean1 = True boolean2 = False iProperties.Value("Project","Description") = string1 iProperties.Value("Custom",“IsActive") = boolean1

14. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Multi-Value parameter Right click on parameter Type text and click add

15. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Multi-Value parameter Click OK to confirm

16. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

17. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic: a great Autodesk tool to improve Inventor features Module 3: Adding and managing iLogic rules Dario Nicolini Product Manager

18. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this section, you will be able to:  Differentiate internal rules and external rules  Browse file rules  Add new rules  Work with code snippet  Advanced code snippet

19. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: internal and external rules Internal Rule: plus  Embedded into files  Specific for files features Internal Rule: minus  Private for active document External Rule: plus  Public for all files  Useful for general features External Rule: minus  Not embedded into files

20. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: browse rules  Rules browsing by clicking on “iLogic Browser”  Internal and external rule are shown  Rule management directly from the browser

21. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Add rule  “Add Rule” command or right click on rule browser  Rules have a name  Rules have a content Rule content

22. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: code snippet  Piece of code ready to be used  Double click to insert it in rules  Available on internal and external rules Double click

23. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: advanced code snippet  Run Other, Advanced Drawing API and Advanced API  Developer skill necessary  Complete control of all Inventor Objects

24. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

25. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic: a great Autodesk tool to improve Inventor features Module 4: Working with events and interfaces Dario Nicolini Product Manager

26. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this section, you will be able to:  Describe how event works  Explore iLogic events  Link a rule to an event  Describe how is an interface  Create new interfaces  Show an interface in a rule

27. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic Events  Fired when in Inventor something change  Pre-Event and Post-Event Post-Event Event Pre-Event

28. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic Events  “Event Triggers” command  Application Events, Document Events Application Events Document Events

29. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: link rule to Event  Access via “Event Triggers” command to iLogic Events  Right click on event  Link the rule to the selected event

30. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Interfaces  Visual descriptor of the data entry  Private or Global interfaces  Modal or Not Modal

31. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Create a new interface  Creation through “iLogic Browser”  Drag&drop feature available  Objects direct editing through the interface

32. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: interfaces and rules

33. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

34. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic: a great Autodesk tool to improve Inventor features Module 5: Describing our experience Dario Nicolini Product Manager

35. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this section, you will be able to:  Find which types of components can become iLogic components  Face problem analysis and its synthesis  Transform old components into new iLogic components

36. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic components: Which?  Modular components  Similar components  Components that differ in their dimensions Industry segments:  Industrial machinery  Plant  Building  Architecture

37. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Problem analysis  Parameters analysis (key, not key, multi-value…)  Features analysis (Work Features, iFeature…)  Model structure analysis (embedded.xls, derive components…)

38. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Problem synthesis  Define all products families  Define family parameters and features  Identify the family model logics

39. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Components to iLogic components family According to problem synthesis Redesign iLogic parameters iLogic rules iLogic links between parts and assemblies Define Parameters structure Rules structure Links structure Create Test the behavior Test

40. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Redesign…  Create general features in order to create a “template” file  Design thinking to family and not to component  Use a scheme name for component features Products Products Template

41. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Define…  Define Parameters: key, not key, multi-value…  Define rules: part rules and assembly rules  Define rules links

42. © 2012 Autodesk iLogic: Create…  Parameters structure  Rules structure  Links structure

43. © 2012 Autodesk References and resources  Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org  Autodesk ® WikiHelp: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enuhttp://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu  Autodesk ® Discussion Groups: http://forums.autodesk.com/#http://forums.autodesk.com/#  Prisma Tech: http://www.prisma-tech.it/http://www.prisma-tech.it/  Prisma TECH Facebook profile Prisma TECH YouTube Channel

44. © 2012 Autodesk Class Summary By now you should be able to work with iLogic, manage and create iLogic parameters and rules, use Autodesk Inventor Events and create user interfaces that help user to manage input data, analyze iLogic components thinking to their configurability, redesign components in order to create iLogic components. Feel free to contact me for any Autodesk ® Inventor ® iLogic questions. Thanks for your time! Dario Nicolini – Prisma Tech S.r.l. d.nicolini@prisma-tech.it www.prisma-tech.it

45. © 2012 Autodesk Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.