Constraining components in assemblies – the best practices
In this recipe, you will use constraints and assemble a brake assembly from multiple Inventor parts and subassemblies. In doing this, we will cover best practices with the Constraint tool.
You may have noticed that within Inventor, there are two distinct methods of combining parts together in an assembly – Joints and Constraints. Both can be used independently or combined together to achieve the desired design intent.
Both assembly constraints and assembly joints are used to create relationships between components that determine a component’s location and the allowable movement.
The Constrain and Assemble commands are methods of positioning components by gradually eliminating degrees of freedom (DOF). This is a legacy feature within Inventor and predates the introduction of assembly joints.
Inventor joints are used to simplify the complexity of component relationships. With a Joint, you not...
