Beginners Intro to iMates in Autodesk Inventor

[@23chaos23]

perfect timing on this video mate, got a project on the go thats been benched due to large numbers of manual constraints, and you just put it back in the game. keep up the good work

[@kvzsmith]

That was a great tutorial. I use iParts but I never realized how effective these iMates are. Thank you so much!

[@stephenmcdonnell2288]

Hi Neil. Another great video - clear and concise. For years I have wondered how iMates work, and now I know. Hope you realise how much of a difference your no-nonsense videos make to so many of us. Keep up the great work. Please do something on the Styles and Standards Editor if you get a chance. Many thanks Stephen

[@stephenmcdonnell2288]

Apologies - I have just come across you Styles and Standards Editor video. Strange that I didn't receive and email when you posted it, as I have subscribed to your channel. But no worries. Thanks again

[@NONAMESLEFTNONE]

I love this channel. So many things I've never used and never had the time / need to figure out. iMates was near the top of that list.

[@floryedable]

Dude, you're f*&kin' funny as hell!!! This is a good video, very informative, and comical enough to keep me laughing and learning...a great combination!! Keep up the great teaching work. You are good at it...'mate' HAHA

[@gcase08]

Great tutorial. It took me a while to figure what a "pa'un" was but when I realized what was meant was a "pattern" with phonetically sounded out Ts and the included '"r" I was good to go. 🤓

[@sofiandeclercq1818]

you got me with the Kumbaya singing iMates

[@Cutee159Miller]

What a great video. Needed this information for my internship and this video was perfect. Thank you, Thank you and Thank you!

[@AhmadEsmaeel]

you deserve more likes man

[@johnstondesign3687]

FINALLY ... a new video !!! Where the F***K have you been? I almost took my life because you haven't posted in a while !! (Well, not really, but I have been going through TFI withdrawl !!) . More videos PLEASE !!!!

[@Neil3D]

Haha been busy, like close to burn out busy with no sign of it stopping! But the KZbin algorythm is kicking my ass cos of the gaps in the upload schedule so I do need to keep on top of it!

[@ben.e__9]

Hi, Could you possibly do intermediate/advanced tutorials for Sheet Metal please? Thanks, Ben

[@aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

@TFI. Great video as usual.

[@nickkaraffa8639]

Good Morning Guv. So if I did put iMates in a bunch of the holes, how do I go about putting the standoffs into select holes, not all of them?

[@millerme0]

i am missing the live stream mate ,Will there be any more on the horizon

[@dieteras9372]

Hi godd video, Could you help me with this? First: I have two iparts (A,B) they have the same longitud so how I can link this parameter and, Second: I want to make an assembly where ipart A1 matches whit ipart B1 , A2 with B2, etc. How Can I do that? Thanks

[@hernanfelipediaz566]

Very good video, so helpful!!!

[@thanhdatnguyen6935]

Could you make a video about BOM structure?

[@darrenfalconer3267]

is it important to create them in the same order in both parts?

[@ExON00]

Nice video, Thank You.

[@luismdoz]

Base plate CL, more like Base Plate Axis. Sorry I couldn't help myself to point out silly stuff like that lol

[@TheSoui21]

perfect thanks Mate

[@struchol]

How to create iMates in Content Center components to work with AutoDrop?

[@anupamprasad9507]

haha! You are so funny! Thanks for the video.

[@cruciferousvegetable]

ifeatures drive me insane. That would be a good once. I never thought google would demonitize inventor tutorials.

[@Neil3D]

cruciferousvegetable Oh Google haven't demonetised my vids but tbh if they did it wouldn't even matter, at this channel size you're talking $250 per month income for my entire channel. The ad revenue just isn't a thing for me, it might as well be turned off!

[@PeteBrubaker]

You should monetize in other ways, like Patreon. I don't give a shit about the extra content and crap, I just like to chip in a buck a month to people I learn from. It ads up.

[@raydavis2904]

What about content center parts?

[@aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

A little off topic here but is anyone else getting the sense that Autodesk is gradually trying to push users into their cloud based Fusion software.? Its bad enough that they keep removing software and capability out of Product Design Collection (suite....) I have no desire to go "cloud" based. Not secure.

[@Krzys_D]

Not really, they are still working on making Inventor newer and better every year, Fusion 360 is their cloud software, they'll keep that as their cloud software.

[@aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

I hope you are right.

[@Neil3D]

Yea I don't see them trying to push anyone yet, although they are putting a massive amount of R&D and promotion into the cloud stuff, I haven't seen any evidence to suggest they're pushing people towards it yet. Carl Bass was a huge cloud fanboy so who knows what the next CEO will do with all that. If they don't change path I do think it will end up being a push to cloud software but it won't happen for years, maybe even beyond most of our working lives. The internet in general is too unreliable to invest 100% of your business into, that's been made very apparent today after that worldwide ransomware attack

[@PeteBrubaker]

IMO, the ransomware attack is the result of terrible security practices and budgetary restrictions, not that the internet is unreliable. It's unreliable and redundant by design. In terms of cloud applications, I look at it from the viewpoint of the developer. They can make great strides in feature development with less risk by being able to make small fixes to the backend live to everyone instantly. They are also able to take advantage of parallel computing to increase user experience and interactivity. It also makes providing the entire power of the application to multiple platforms much easier. Also, no more hardware dongles, licensing servers, licenses, and no piracy. Given the upsides to the developer, user, and the way competition works, I expect this trend in software development to increase in popularity. The major problem Autodesk needs to solve IMO, is uptime. They can't take it down, ever. When they upgrade they need to have a set of transfer servers that allow the existing product to function. It needs to be more hot swap for the customer.

[@onyxelite312]

just uploaded...61 views? also SECOND!

[@superbadmofo1]

Please anyone of you guys who can point me in the direction......I'm waisting away working at best buy Please.

[@PeteBrubaker]

What an absolutely terrible way to do it. From my time writing tools for artists to use in games, we avoided keyname matching like the plague. Way too many things to go wrong. Also, I think you could have got away with one constraint here, using the circular edge on the bottom of the bore, and the circular edge on the chamfered face of the other part.

[@JAnx01]

What kind of problems?

[@fredrik999z]

I tend to agree, I am a bit disappointed at Autodesk doing such flimsy solution that will cause much problem in larger projects.

[@dummag4126]

it does not work absolutely !!!!!! Inventor places the parts with iMate without linking them together depending on their name. it would have been nice if your tutorial was true. You used in this video only one part to match so you didn't notice it. Inventor places a part with iMate in the first free place, even if it has a different iMate name. That's why iMates are not useful, if not for simple jobs. At least until the 2015 version. By

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

Ya talk to fast Mate

[@lars-andrehagen5709]

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[@aWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

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