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Rion Atkinson 15-08-2009 22:47

Help in Inventor 2010
 
Ok, here's the thing. I have been CADing some random chassis designs. And I accidentally closed down the sidebar on the left hand side of the screen.(see picture) I can't edit my parts very well without this.

I have been through the help and went to their website. I couldn't find anything on how to get it back, so I figured I would ask the Chief. Does anyone know how to get this back? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[IMG]<a href="http://s954.photobucket.com/albums/ae22/formerlyfamous/?action=view&current=InventorProblem.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae22/formerlyfamous/InventorProblem.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>[/IMG]

McGurky 15-08-2009 22:51

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Go to the view tab on the ribbon bar on the top. where it says User interface, make sure that "Browser" is checked. If not, check it. BTW your pic doesnt work... Hope this helps, if you have any more question just ask!!

http://s954.photobucket.com/albums/a...torProblem.jpg


Rion Atkinson 15-08-2009 22:57

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Thank you so much! I was ready to pull my hair out...

Figures that the pic wouldn't work... Thanks for reposting it. :D

McGurky 15-08-2009 23:01

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
That same thing happened to me back when I was learning inventor for the first time when the navigation of the program wasn't as easy... I think I almost through my computer at a wall I was so frustrated!!:rolleyes:

Rion Atkinson 15-08-2009 23:05

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Hahaha. Ya. It happened to me in 2009 as well.. I think I had to get the IED teacher to fix it....

Akash Rastogi 16-08-2009 00:32

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Nice frame rail btw, you might not need two sets of standoffs per increment depending on the diameter of the standoffs. Looks nice though :) Also, a tip for a more stable base is to move your front wheels as far front as possible and back wheels to the back.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/32515

Rion Atkinson 16-08-2009 23:20

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Ah. Ok. Thank you. I am currently just messing around with Inventor learning more about it. I'm running ideas by my curent team capitan as I do.

Thanks for the info! :D I'll be sure to take it into account in my design.

What would you say about the middle wheel? Keep it in the center?

McGurky 17-08-2009 08:24

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
I found this on in your "Photobucket" The chassis looks pretty sweet, great work are you going to implement any kind of weight reduction on it?


Rion Atkinson 17-08-2009 22:58

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Thanks. :D

No I haven;t gotten that far yet. In fact. That is a sightly older version. The wheel are further apart now. :D

Eventually I'll get into weight reduction.. But as it is this will be my second year so I don;t really know what the best material would be for the railing.. at the moment I'm just using 1" extruded aluminium.. I'm not sure if you can really swiss cheese that..

Akash Rastogi 17-08-2009 22:59

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous (Post 870771)
Thanks. :D

No I haven;t gotten that far yet. In fact. That is a sightly older version. The wheel are further apart now. :D

Eventually I'll get into weight reduction.. But as it is this will be my second year so I don;t really know what the best material would be for the railing.. at the moment I'm just using 1" extruded aluminium.. I'm not sure if you can really swiss cheese that..

When using 1x1 at 1/16" wall there is no need to unless there is a desperately fat robot sitting in your shop at the end of six weeks :D

Rion Atkinson 17-08-2009 23:30

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
But will that hold up?

EricH 19-08-2009 01:41

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
I wouldn't use 1/16" wall in the drive area; 1/8" wall is probably better. It's heavier, yes, but if you've seen old (pre-bumper) robots with 1/8" wall, you'll understand why I'm skeptical of 1/16" in the drive area.

You can swiss-cheese 1" tube; however, if you're going to do it in your drive area, you need to plan how you're going to do it. The drive area is the most critical (read: least failure-tolerant) area. Using a triangle pattern in say 1"x2" is not uncommon, if planned out. 1"x1" is a riskier proposition.

I'm with Akash, if it's 1/16", don't weight reduce at all. I've used that thickness on two robots, once out of contact zones (a shooter frame, using 3/4" and 1" tubes) and once supporting other robots (1", IIRC, and covered in corrugated plastic). It's strong, but not if you put holes in it.

Akash Rastogi 19-08-2009 02:11

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH (Post 870908)
I wouldn't use 1/16" wall in the drive area; 1/8" wall is probably better. It's heavier, yes, but if you've seen old (pre-bumper) robots with 1/8" wall, you'll understand why I'm skeptical of 1/16" in the drive area.

You can swiss-cheese 1" tube; however, if you're going to do it in your drive area, you need to plan how you're going to do it. The drive area is the most critical (read: least failure-tolerant) area. Using a triangle pattern in say 1"x2" is not uncommon, if planned out. 1"x1" is a riskier proposition.

I'm with Akash, if it's 1/16", don't weight reduce at all. I've used that thickness on two robots, once out of contact zones (a shooter frame, using 3/4" and 1" tubes) and once supporting other robots (1", IIRC, and covered in corrugated plastic). It's strong, but not if you put holes in it.

Oops, guess I forgot to mention that I'd stick with thinning down tubing to 1/16th on mostly upper structures, not the drivetrain. Its what we did this year on our robot just incase there were any "high force impacts" as Lunacy had guaranteed us ;) The structure above was all 1/16"

Rion Atkinson 19-08-2009 14:03

Re: Help in Inventor 2010
 
Ok. SO if the chassis I currently had was 1/8" then it should be sturdy enough?

(cause that's actually what Idesigned it as..)


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