How model Wobbler engine in Autocad using Inventor?

Manolis Theofilos

15 Feb, 2012 06:25 PM

This tutorial is very usefull when you need to share a 3D model with a partner that has no 3D modeling software installed.

Wobbler Engine

1. Step 1:

   Inside Inventor choose open
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Navigate to the folder your model is located. For this tutorial I will use my model "Wobbler Engine" in iam format. The same apply for step, iges and any other format Inventor can import.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   After our model is imported we go click the Inventor icon (red arrow) and the drop down menu appears.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   We go to export -> export to DWG
   

   

5. Step 5:

   we choose a name and a location and click save
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Lets see how our model looks like in autocad. We open Autocad (for this tutorial autocad mechanical 2012 is used. A standard version of autocad can also be used)
   

   

7. Step 7:

   We click open and find our dwg file we just created
   

   

8. Step 8:

   After autocad opens our file this is what our screen should look like.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Lets move it around a bit. In the ribbon go to View->Navigate->Orbit-> Free Orbit
   

   

10. Step 10:

    As you can see our model is in full 3d.
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Lets make a render out of this. Go to the Quick Acces Toolbar and choose 3d Modeling
    

    

12. Step 12:

    In the Ribbon go to Render->Render->Render
    

    

13. Step 13:

    After we wait a bit our rendered model looks like this. Notice that autocad automatically uses the colour style our model has in Inventor.