Up and Running with Autodesk Inventor Simulation 2011

Chapter 7

DP6 – Size a Spring

Rotary Compressor Design

(Design Problem courtesy of In-CAD Services Ltd)

Joints Introduced/covered in this Design Problem

Joints	Joint creation process
1	Cylindrical	Automatically created
2	Revolution	Automatically created
3	Prismatic	Automatically created
4	Sliding point on curve	Manually created

Key Features and Workflows Introduced in this Design Problem

Key features/workflows
1	Repairing redundant joints by altering assembly constraints
2	Locking degrees of freedom
3	Imposed motion – constant velocity
4	Export to Sketch

Introduction

In-CAD Services, a specialist consultancy provider, came up with a novel rotary compressor design. One of the key benefits of this design is the small number of moving ...