Sharing 3D annotation

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Hello, my name is Thom Tremblay from Concepts and Design.

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This course is on a modern approach to creating documentation.

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The learning path for this course will look at annotating a 3D model and sharing the annotated model,

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analyzing tolerance relationships in an assembly and then sharing the results of that analysis.

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This course will be Part 3 in the series.

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In it, we'll be focusing on sharing the annotation through various file types, viewing those file types,

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we'll also export the model in a 3D CAD format that supports 3D annotation.

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Then we'll bring annotation and documentation full circle by seeing how we can use 3D annotation to shortcut the 2D documentation process.

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After cleaning up the annotation, making sure that the notes that I want in the individual design views are only in those design views,

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and then removing extraneous design views, I'm ready to leverage the 3D annotation in new ways.

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Switching to the Annotate tab, you can see the Export panel on the right.

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This panel has several tools we'll begin by using Export to DWF.

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The DWF format has been around for years and is a great lightweight way to exchange CAD data.

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We can select the options and then pick Publish, choosing where we want our file to go.

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When it's complete, we can see the view of the file with the annotation in place.

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Returning to Inventor, we'll now use 3D PDF output.

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We can choose the file properties that we want.

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We can choose what design view representations are in place, set the file name and click Publish.

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Autodesk Inventor will then generate the 3D PDF.

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And when the PDF is available, a PDF viewer can be used to open the model,

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we can change which views are being presented and very easily access the information that's included in the 3D PDF.

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Returning to Inventor, we'll select the CAD format tool.

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This will allow us to export to any number of formats including neutral CAD files for nearly every system,

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as well as the file format we will choose which is step.

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Choosing the options button, we can go and choose the classification of step.

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We have the option of Step 242 which gives us output including annotation.

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We'll save this file and be able to pass it on to other users.

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Finally, let's create a new 2D drawing file.

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We can place our view,

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and with the right click, we can select Retrieve Model Annotations.

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The 3D annotations tab will give us the ability to turn off hole notes, dimensions, surface callouts, or feature frames individually.

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If we leave all of them on and click OK, we can see that 3D annotation will automatically be added to the 2D drawing view.