Quick Tip – Rotation Translation Constraint

Tips & Tricks

Adding constraints to your designs within Autodesk Inventor is a crucial step in every assembly process. However, sometimes constraints aren’t as simple as just faces or centerlines. Take for example, the need to have an unscrewing motion on a part. In the quick tip video below, we’ll walk you through how you might constrain a nut along a bolt so that it screws and unscrews just like it would in real life. Check it out below!



Trevor English

Trevor is a civil engineer (B.S.) who has made a career out of engineering and technical communication. His work has appeared on Curiosity, BBC, Interesting Engineering and other sites across the web. Originally the Chief editor for Interesting Engineering back in 2016, he now works with software & tech companies, aiding them in content marketing and technical communication. Currently living in Texas, he’s also a published children’s book author and producer for the YouTube channel Concerning Reality.