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Inventor and manufacturing

4/18/19       
Thomas Marino Member

Quick question to the forum users. Can Inventor be used as a good manufacturing software for the architectural millwork industry? I know it was developed as a 3D modeling software for the mechanical design industry but I don't know of it being used in this industry. We need a 3D modeling software that will allow us to use parametrics to resize typical wall elevations depending on field conditions and I'm not quite sure Inventor will do this. I know you design a parametric cabinet, or component, but we need to change all the parts at the same time, as when a run of casework is too short or too long. We don't want to be changing each and every component.
I know we should be delving into MV, or some other software, but this is the current path and I am not sure it is the correct one.
If anyone knows of any users I could contact, that would be awesome.

Thanks to everyone

4/20/19       #2: Inventor and manufacturing ...
Paul Member

A question that has come up so often over the past quarter century, Is there a program that will do custom cabinets/custom-millwork really well? No. A comparable, is there an office program that does everything really well? No. You need a word program, you need a spreadsheet program, you need a presentation program, an accounting program, on and on. If all you did was custom cabinets, with parts cut on a CNC. I suggest Cabinet Vision. If your business is also custom, one-off millwork, (like moldings, countertops, wall panels, fancy woodwork), then you need a good 2-d cad program like Autocad or any other of the dozens available out there, to draw the geometry, then send those to a CAM program that generates the code for the CNC. Now, if you are in a business that manufactures large numbers of a custom product, then I could see you using a parametric modeling program. Spending the extra time to draw up every tiny little detail perfectly, If you don't, your CNCs will just be cutting up junk parts. Inventor, you're going to be burning up money at the front end of things, drawing and programming before it hits the shop floor. So you better be making dozens of the same thing at least.
For several years, I did well with cabinet vision. Did the lions share of the drawings on that, then I could easily select the parts and materials I wanted to send to CNC, hit the button, and away it went. It was doing all the other oddball stuff, that chewed up my time. I used Autocad 2000 sent to Cim-Tech for all parts I could not do in Cabinet Vision.

5/26/19       #3: Inventor and manufacturing ...
Jason Scott

Check out Top Solid wood.
It’s a modeling program like inventor but has tools that help a lot in woodworking. It also has the option of integrated cam and nesting.

9/11/19       #4: Inventor and manufacturing ...
Hiral Patel  Member

Website: https://www.hitechcaddservices.com/

Autodesk Inventor is the most preferred modeling and design tool for the furniture industry in the 3D space. It can enhance design efficiency, response to design changes and improved accuracy of conventional 2D CAD platforms.

Here are listed some benefits of Inventor:
- Generates comprehensive parametric 3D CAD models as well as required documentation for manufacturing and installation such as BoM, cut sheets, etc.

- Allows straight away export of various dimensional parameters and component quantities with specific descriptions for drawing generation.

- It makes the drawing process more powerful by allowing easy change of dimensions and sketches.

- Automates repetitive tasks thereby reducing the time taken to generate specifications by 50%.

For more benefits check:

How Autodesk Inventor Helps In Woodwork


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