- On the ribbon, click Design tab
 Power Transmission panel Bearing .
- On the Bearing Generator, Design tab:
- Select the shaft cylindrical face and start plane. The shaft diameter value is automatically inserted on the Design tab.
- Select the type of Bearing from Content Center. To open Content Center, click the arrow next to the Family/Category edit field.
Note: You need to be connected to the Content Center server to be able to select bearings. Also, your Content Center must be configured.
Note: We recommend you select Family.
On the right side of the Design Tab, you can also specify the values of Filter dimensions for Bearing Outside Diameter, Shaft (bearing inside) Diameter and Bearing Width. You can either enter the values manually or you can click the arrow to measure the dimension in Autodesk Inventor assembly. If you decide to enter the filter dimensions, enter starting and ending values of the range. You can enter the same value for starting and ending filter value.
- According to your selection (Family/Category) and specify bearing filter values, the list of bearings that matches the criteria displays in the lower area of the Design tab.
- In the list, click the appropriate bearing. Your selection displays in the field above the selection list and OK is available.
- Click OK.
Before you click OK and insert bearings into an Autodesk Inventor assembly, you can switch to the Calculation tab to perform a calculation and strength check. The calculation is performed when you click Calculate.
The beginning workflow can vary. First, select the type of bearing, and then specify ranges for outside bearing diameter, shaft diameter, and bearing width. The selection of a shaft cylindrical face is the most logical because then the values for shaft diameter are inserted automatically in the Bearing Generator. You don't also need to specify all value ranges, for example, the bearing width. When a list of bearings is presented, you select the appropriate bearing.
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