How to Model a Turbo Impeller | Autodesk Inventor Tutorial

Start from nothing and have yourself a fully modelled turbo compressor/impeller with fan blades and everything! Autodesk Inventor tutorial, sort of advanced, but beginners should be able to follow along.

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[kamilradzewicz]

You have the best inventor channel on youtube 💪

[flypic]

Superb Neil. I was a CNC turner for 25 years and used to turn the outside of the blades of these for model jet turbines. When I was first starting with Inventor I tried to model these and failed miserably. It was a joy to see you create one. I use Inventor every day at work but never use those surfacing tools. It was a real treat. Thanks. Jim

[ChadHuffman]

Excellent workflow! I appreciate the quick run through. I love seeing the different ways others go about modelling non-rudimentary parts. Cheers!

[jolaneey]

I am from the United Kingdom of Brexitville :D You man, you made my day! And what's even better, you just saved my semestral project for CAD course I am taking at my university :) Thank you very much !

[lukaszentalis]

Your vids on Inventor taught me how to make myself some 3d prints for my sim rig :) Thanks for that, mate!

[Atit-]

Excellent work. Your tutorial are extremely useful

[mahdi.shahsavari]

Thank you sir.
After that inventor not responding I remembered your video(Inventor is so slow). 5 years passed and still slow. Autodesk should face with that problem.

[kevin_delaney]

Thank you VERY much for doing this video! Thank you so much for the shout out too! Yeah that might not be the highest flowing impeller, it is more than enough to do what I want to do though! Thank you thank you thank you! I have to do a few calculations to get the right profile and shape and I'll show you when I'm done! :) YOU'RE THE BEST!

[Kasimir]

You can use replace face to trim the blade instead of creating a surface for a split

[TheosEpicVideos]

Glad you're back doing tips and tricks.

[michelfrance]

The blades of a functional impeller do not have this form. The concavity is reversed at the base. And therein lies the difficulty for CAD software. I don't know if fusion 360 can develop this surface.

[rackhir]

That was so creative! I am playing with it for over an hour now!

[kriswarren]

Excellent video - helped me so much!!!!

[ricardoortizpozo]

Great, please keep doing this kind of videos

[willblackler]

Awsome vid, the Direct and ruled surface command did not work as intended so had to do an alternative method with extruding and cutting.

[SIMEONOVVASIL]

Interesting video! How a car engine and other complex components are designed? With the same software? How all parts are put together if they are design by many different people? Crazy comment but it always pop up when watching similar videos😊

[stefsegers]

Perfect video but now I wonder how I create a cover for this impeller because it has a 'weird' shape. So how do I make the cover so it fits perfectly with minimal air pockets

[kbowen]

Fantastic video! I haven't had to work with freeform much in my current job so this was very interesting to see. By the way it is killing my OCD that you missed a fillet in the keyway! My boss would attack any drawing submitted like that with a bucket of red ink haha

[ianpendlebury]

Interesting video, as always. A question, not a criticism: when you do the circular pattern, you pattern the central core 19 times 'on top of itself' so to speak. I wonder if this is why it takes so long to compute?

[johnnycomelately]

Hi Neil, whilst this is another way of creating a blade which is very interesting, is there not a way of optimising the shape for efficiency to a beginning point before aero simulation? I am guessing it is meant to be the turbine wheel rather than the compressor wheel.