Automating the Design Process and Table-Driven Design - Inventor 2013 and Inventor LT 2013 Essentials - page 319

8. Click the cell for d1, and enter height for its new name; then change
its Equation value to 3 in, as shown in Figure 15.2.
9. Click Done to close the dialog box and return to the part.
FIGURE 15.2 Editing parameter names and values through the
dialog box instead of the sketch
The model will update, showing the changes to the values of the dimensions
on the part. Giving a parameter a meaningful name makes it easy to use the
Parameters dialog box to edit the part.
Linking Parameters to an External Source
A common technique for building a table-driven product is to use a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet to control the model parameters. Connecting to the param-
eters is easy, as you'll see in this exercise:
1. Make certain that the 2013 Essentials project file is active, and then
open c15-02.ipt from the Parts\Chapter​15 folder.
2. Start the Parameters tool, and in the dialog box, click the Link button.
3. In the Open dialog box, double-click the c15-02.xls file in the
Parts\Chapter​15 folder.
The parameters and their values from the spreadsheet appear under
the file path.
4. In the Equation value area for d0, right-click and click List Parameters
in the context menu.