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the FEED SCROLL GENERATOR addin for AUTODESK inventor - v4 RELEASED APRIL 2020!

Good news! The Feed Scroll Generator app V4 is now a dockable window and will match your Inventor Light Theme or Dark Theme.

Also, every form input now has a pop-up help image and text to make model creation as simple as possible. Check out the help file below for what else is new.

Enjoy! And please let us know any suggestions for the next update of the app.
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It has become an invaluable tool in my arsenal.
Antonio - Senior Engineering Advisor - Canada
Software is amazing and definitely a game changer. Everything loaded perfectly and I have been doing some tests with the software, I am very impressed with its capabilities and its very simple to use.
Darryn (South Africa) - design and supply of packaging machinery (reference details available on request)
Your app is remarkable and the tutorials are excellent. After each, I had ideas and questions that the next video seemed to anticipate and answer. Well done - the possibilities are endless!
Bob Wisner - Packaging Machinery Engineer - FL, USA
​So what does the app do? It allows automatic creation of smoothly surfaced bottle feed screw geometry, to your desired tolerance. 

V4 of the app has now been released, with an overhauled user interface.

V3 added dramatic performance and accuracy improvements, particularly for 'single surface' shafts (see image on right below). Production-ready geometry is now created in 1-3 minutes for simple shafts like the image below, and 5-10 minutes typically for more complex shafts.
Many CAM applications will prefer a single continuous surface, for much faster processing, but the option to create a shaft with multiple surfaces is still available, and can be useful for very complex designs that Inventor would struggle to create a single surface for.

These capabilities are now included in the app:

  1. Variable pitch for bottles
  2. Bottle rotation (clockwise and anti-clockwise)
  3. Variable distance of bottle from shaft center (core taper)
  4. Forward or reverse shaft rotation
  5. Sketch any desired bottle profile using Inventor sketch tools
  6. Model a 'real' bottle shape, with a variable profile. (revolved bottle profiles can be used)
  7. One click 'create'
  8. Quick geometry preview option
  9. Simulation player, accuracy checking and export of bottle position data
  10. Choose between a single continuous surface or a variable number of surfaces for the shaft.

​We're not aware of any other way to create this level of complex bottle feed geometry inside Inventor. Want to take your business to the next level?
We appreciate the software is user friendly and creative, and backed by awesome customer service. Our business is growing in a new direction with timely support and new updates. With this add-in, we are faster and more accurate in providing a high quality solution on time to our customers.
Mangesh Ketkar A.M.I.E., M.E.(Mech), F.I.V.  of Helix Engineering Services (India) - design and supply of packaging machinery
​mangesh.ketkar@helix-es.com 

To see the app in action, click these video links below...
What's New in V4
What's New in V3
V2 Tutorial 1
V2 Tutorial 2 - Importing a Bottle Profile
V2 Tutorial 3 - Changing Bottle Position
V2 Tutorial 4 - Splitter Shaft Full Example
V2 Tutorial 5 - Using a 'Combination' Bottle Shape
Tutorial - Create Visually Appealing Animations
Tutorial - Creating a 'Dwell' Shaft (Where the Bottle Stops and Starts Again)
V2 New Feature - Creating Single Surface Shafts
You can download the complete Help documentation below:
Need some more info or a quote? Drop us an email at info@ldcadsolutions.co.uk - we'd love to help!
We support and develop the app from the UK.