Autodesk Inventor

This course teaches students to use AutoDesk INVENTOR software.

Inventor is professional level CAD software used for product design and engineering, including 3D mechanical design, simulation, tool creation, and design communication.

As with all of our courses, this course is practical and easy to follow.

Day 1: Introduction to Autodesk

• Autodesk Inventor Fundamentals
• Autodesk Inventor Interface
• Drawing Basics Creating a New Drawing
• Base and Projected Views
• Additional Drawing Views
• Manipulating Views
• Model Manipulation
• Creating the Base Feature Creating a New Part File
• Sketched Base Features
• Editing Sketched Features
• Additional Sketching Tools Additional Entity Types
• Basic Editing Tools
• Additional Constraint Tools
• Additional Dimension Tools
• Using Existing Geometery
• Constant Fillets
• Variable Fillets
• Full Round Fillets
• Straight Holes
• Threads
• Editing Pick and Place Features
• Creation Sequence
• Work Axes
• Work Points
• Equations
• Parameters

Day 2: Modelling, Relationships and Assembly

• Splitting a Face or Part
• Shells
• Ribs
• Manipulation
• Reordering Features
• Inserting Features
• Suppressing Features
• Section Views
• Design Views
• Establishing Relationships
• Controlling Relationships
• Investigating Relationships
• Changing Relationships
• Assembling components Using Constraints
• Assembly Mini-Toolbar
• Assembly Browser
• Saving Files

Day 3: Joint Connections, Assembling Components, Using Joints

• Duplication Tools Rectangular Feature Patterns
• Circular Feature Patterns
• Sketched Driven Patterns
• Mirror Parts or Features
• Manipulate Patterns and Mirror Features
• Manipulating Assembly
• Display
• Moving and Rotating Assembly Components
• Suppressing Constraints
• Component Display
• Model Information Measurement Tools
• Model Properties
• Presentation Files Creating Presentations
• Storyboards
• Snapshot Views
• Publishing a Presentation File
• Assembly Parts and Features Assembly Parts
• Assembly Features
• Assembly Bill of Materials Create Virtual Components
• Create Bill of Materials

Day 4: Assembly Tools Replacing Components

• Duplicating Components
• Restructing Components
• Driving Constraints
• Contact Solver
• Interference
• Error Recovery
• Working with Projects Project Files
• Detailing Drawings Dimensions
• Drawing Sheets
• Parts List
• Balloons
• Styles and Standards
• Hatching
• Drawing Annotations Text
• Symbols
• Hole and Thread Notes
• Chamfer Notes
• Center Marks and Center Lines
• Hole Tables
• Revision Tables and Tags

Day 5: Customization

• Customizing Autodesk
• Inventor
• Application Options
• Document Settings
• File Properties
• Changing Part Units
• Command Customization
• Autodesk on your PC