When engineers first hear about iLogic, they often ask: "But what would I actually use it for?" The answer is: almost anything repetitive in your current Inventor workflow. Here are 5 concrete examples.
A structural skid frame changes beam sizes, cross-member spacing, gusset thickness, and weld spec depending on load rating and frame length. Without automation, an engineer manually updates 20+ parameters every time a new variant is requested.
With iLogic CAD automation, a single rule reads the load rating and frame length, then automatically drives every dimension:
The engineer simply changes two inputs — the entire model, BOM, and drawing update automatically.
Every time a design is released for production, engineers manually type Part Number, Description, Revision, Material, and Designer into every single part file. On a 50-component assembly, that's hours of error-prone data entry.
With iLogic CAD automation, one rule populates all iProperties across every component automatically:
Run once — all 50 parts are updated in seconds. Consistent, error-free, and traceable.
Companies with large product catalogues — pump bases, conveyor frames, cable trays — manage specifications in Excel. Without automation, every new order means manually re-modelling from a previous file.
With iLogic, Inventor reads directly from an Excel row. Change the row number, run the rule — completely different product variant, fully modelled:
Creating drawing views, adding dimensions, populating title blocks, and exporting PDFs is pure repetitive work. iLogic can automate the entire drawing output workflow:
One click — drawing views created, title block filled, PDF exported to the correct folder. Every time.
Instead of maintaining 6 separate Inventor files for 6 product variants, one master model with iLogic feature control handles all variants. Lifting lugs, drain nozzles, handrail posts, gusset plates — each is suppressed or activated by a single parameter change:
One master model. Infinite variants. No file duplication. No version control nightmare.
What These Examples Have in Common
Every example above shares the same pattern: engineer inputs one or two values → iLogic handles everything else. That's the core promise of CAD automation with iLogic — you define the logic once, and it runs reliably every time.
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