Functional Design Using Design Accelerators - Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required - page 345

The Design Tab
There are four groups of tools on the Parallel Key Connection Generator's
Design tab:
Key You can select the class of key you'd like to use. You can also preselect the
size of the key or select it later. You can set the angle at which the key will be
placed in the model about the axis of the shaft as well as the number of keys to
be placed.
Shaft Groove This group allows you to select from three different types of shaft
grooves. Once selected, you can specify the location of the groove.
Hub Groove The selection icons in this group establish where the groove is
placed in the hub.
Select Objects to Generate These three toggles establish what elements of the
key connection are generated by the result.
The Calculation Tab
The tools in this tab let you specify the load to be applied as well as override the
material of the components involved in the key connection.
As with the V-Belts Component Generator, it's possible to select which inputs
you can provide and have the tool calculate the other information to do a com-
plete test.
Creating a Key Connection
In the following exercise, I've turned off Enhanced Highlighting mode in the
Application Options. The preview of the key and keyway can be obscured when
entire parts or faces highlight.
You can do a lot of work on the key connection in the Design window. You'll
do several steps in this exercise where you grab 3D grips to position the key and
keyway.
Let's create your key.
Creating a Parallel Key Connection
1. Restore the Fan Drive LOD representation.
2. Set your view in your Design window so that you're close to the
hub of Pulley2 and viewing it somewhat from the side, as shown in
Figure 7.37.