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Smart Hardware components are components that carry a logic of their own placement in the context of furniture. Based on the position of the joint components in space and the Contact Patch created during insertion into the furniture design, the component positions itself in space and configures itself accordingly. Compared to the existing Woodwork for Inventor connection construction mechanism, this allows to considerably simplify and speed up the process of placing hardware in furniture. In the following sections of this chapter you will find a description of how to create such components and how to use them during the construction process.
The Woodwork for Inventor installation comes with several of the most popular joining components ready-made and can be found in the following directory:
C:\W4INV <Inventor Version> Design\SMART HARDWARE
More information on how smart hardware components are used and created is available in the following sections:
Inserting and editing a Smart Hardware component into a furniture design