Animate a 4 Bar Linkage Assembly in Autodesk Inventor using Rotational and Cylindrical Joints

Autodesk Inventor Tutorial with every mouse click explained on How to Draw and Animate a 4 Bar Linkage, including drawing all parts, creating an assembly, animating the assembly, and how to make changes to part dimensions even after it’s been assembled.

This tutorial is intended for Inventor Beginners. If you are already familiar with drawing parts, you may want to skip ahead to the “Create an Assembly and Set Ground in Inventor” chapter around 7 minutes.

The Inventor assembly is made by designating ground, then using rotational joints, cylindrical joints, plane constraints, angle constraints, and using the “drive” option on an angle constraint.

TIMECODES
0:00 Create Inventor Part - Draw a Slot with Extruded Cylinders
4:27 Create Inventor Part – Edit Feature and Edit Sketch
7:45 Create an Assembly and Set Ground in Inventor
9:21 How to Create Rotational Pin Joints in Inventor
11:13 How to Create Cylindrical Joints in Inventor
14:07 How to Animate in Inventor using Drive Angle Constraints
16:29 How to Edit an Inventor Part After Creating an Assembly