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Page 1: How to automatically make a spare parts manual with autodesk inventor and ToDoT

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How to create spare part manuals from Autodesk

inventor design with ToDoT

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Scen

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Machinery manufactures need to produce spare parts manuals;Manufactures of Engineering to order special machinery need to produce a different spare parts manual in each project;

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Scen

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Machinery manufactures need to produce spare parts manuals;Manufactures of Engineering to order special machinery need to produce a different spare parts manual in each project;

…Quickly

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Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

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Images;

Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

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The

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Images; Part lists, etc.

Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

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Images; Part lists, etc.

Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

From CAD dataTh

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Images; Part lists, etc.

Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

From CAD data…find …open …export

…save as…copy, paste

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Images; Part lists, etc.

Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

Page layouts made with usual tools:

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Images; Part lists, etc.

Project related information (customer, product number, etc.);

Page layouts made with usual tools:

Excel

Word

…copy, paste…page layout

…print preview

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oTInventor assembly is processed;

Drawings retrieved;

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oTInventor assembly is processed;

Drawings retrieved;

Images and part lists extrated and saved in Excel format;

Result is translated in pdf

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oT1 – define excel template

Cover, default sections, etc.

(Customizable)

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Default sections from template showed in right grid

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oT2 - Open template in ToDoT

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Preview

Assembly tree in the left grid

3 – Open Inventor assembly in ToDoT

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Drag sections

Drag sub-assemblies under proper section

4 – Edit manual content

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oT User can save and reuse later the layout

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(ie. Based on part number structure or iproperties values)

Capability to pre-assign subassemblies to section with rule-based selection

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5 – Run. ToDot:Th

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Opens drawings in Inventor

5 – Run. ToDot:Th

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Opens drawings in Inventor

5 – Run. ToDot:

Extracts images and part lists and populates Excel Template

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Opens drawings in Inventor

5 – Run. ToDot:

Extracts images and part lists and populates Excel Template

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When done manual is saved as .pdf, or

opened in Excel to allow further edits by

the user

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