library of manufacturing parts

[beth.caldwell.50765]

Are there libraries of manufacturing parts (such as ladders, rooms, desks, machines, racks) available for download so they could be assembles into a Content Center library for use in Inventor assemblies?

[Ron Oldenbeuving]

Have you tried Solid CAD Files?

[beth.caldwell.50765]

Ron,

The links that you gave will be tremendously helpful to my piers. Thank you. An Industrial/Plant Engineering package,however; would be better for me. I draw things like structural steel, walls, bridge cranes, ladders, stairs, railings, piping systems, power systems, HVAC, and other industrial items to support the manufacturing process in my plant. Have you seen anything like that in your searches?

Beth

[Baron Blades]

Beth, what design package are you using? The reason I ask is that, most of the things you mentioned aren't traditionally modeled in Inventor. We usually see these things in something like Building Systems, etc. Inventor is generally used to model equipment (heating/cooling units, etc.) which can be dropped into packages like Building Systems. Try asking around in the Revit, ADT, and similar forums and see if anyone there can give you some advice that's more pertinent to your request. Not that we're not happy to help here, I just think that there may be other folks who can be of more assistance to you than us. Good luck!

Ron,

The links that you gave will be tremendously helpful to my piers. Thank you. An Industrial/Plant Engineering package,however; would be better for me. I draw things like structural steel, walls, bridge cranes, ladders, stairs, railings, piping systems, power systems, HVAC, and other industrial items to support the manufacturing process in my plant. Have you seen anything like that in your searches?

Beth

[durdeman]

For mechanical INVENTOR is fantastic, otherwise for architectural or structural REVIT is the way to go.

[JD Mather]

http://mfgcommunity.autodesk.com/

[nightwing46561]

try arcat.com or seekautodesk.com...they have quit a collection of files to download and they are all free