Developed Automation Macro for Autodesk Inventor Library Search, Japan

The manufacturer approached Hitech design automation engineers with his concerns of prolonged design cycles affecting the final product delivery. Automation engineers examined the originally shared CAD libraries by manufacturing firm’s design teams.

• Automation engineers studied the scope of automation and carried out feasibility study for custom design needs.
• Based on the initial audits, Hitech’s automation engineers suggested to develop an Autodesk Inventor macro to automatically fetch the relevant technical documents of the standard components used in the assembly.
• .ivb file, equipped with logical decision making rules, was developed with search criteria and filters to find the most accurate documents out of all the copies found. It makes a copy on the local system and updates the current model references in the drawing documents.
• In case of multiple files found, the macro would list out the files in descending order matching filter criteria.
• Furthermore, when the macro is executed relevant flies are fetched from the library and all 3D CAD models and drawing documents are arranged in a structured format at the said location.
• Towards the end, the tool will generate a report listing the number of documents found/not found in the listing.

The development of such a tool helped the design team at manufacturer’s facility to significantly reduce errors and increase production rate.