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Make your move to 3D with Autodesk Inventor

software products, the best choice for AutoCAD

software users. With the fastest and easiest

migration path to 3D, Autodesk Inventor has outsold

all competitors four years running. No company is

more focused than Autodesk on helping designers

innovate and bring better products to market faster

and at less cost.

As the creators of AutoCAD software, Autodesk

understands your design process and created the

Autodesk Inventor family of products to make the

move from 2D to 3D as easy as possible, providing

the best way to maintain your companys 2D

design data and AutoCAD technical expertise. The

Autodesk Inventor product line gives designers

the freedom to integrate existing 2D designs into

their 3D design environment, making it easy to

reuse and share both AutoCAD DWG files and 3D

design data with other Autodesk manufacturing

applications and their users. Available in different

product configurations to provide specific levels of

functionality, Autodesk Inventor is the best choice

for AutoCAD users in the manufacturing space.

The Autodesk Inventor product line provides

a comprehensive and integrated set of design

applications and 2D transition tools to help

manufacturing companies move to 3D. It includes

Autodesk Inventor Series software for 3D

design and documentation, Autodesk Inventor

Professional products for creating routed systems

and validating designs, AutoCAD Mechanical for

2D drawing and detailing, and Autodesk Vault

software for data management. Autodesk Inventor

also delivers a new ground-breaking modeling

paradigm, Functional Design. Functional Design

enables designers to move beyond geometric

modeling and into an environment where they can

focus on the problem they are trying solve rather

than spending time solely on the 3D geometry

required to build the design.

The Autodesk Inventor product line delivers

enhanced 3D productivity while preserving your

companys 2D engineering designs through true

DWG compatibility. It provides access to intelligent

engineering content and offers the fastest way

to generate production-ready drawings to help

designers quickly go from concept to production.

And the Autodesk Inventor product family

is interoperable with other Autodesk design

applications, enabling all areas of your engineering

department to work together in 2D or 3D.

Design Your Complete Product Line

Large Assembly ManagementRealize the benefits of3D design when develo

very large assemblies. With Level of Detail Re

sentations you have full control over which pa

of your project are loaded into memory when

open the model. The capacity meter enables y

monitor memory consumption as you work so

can quickly open a huge project file to review t

assembly structure and then choose to open o

those subassemblies needed to get the job do

Other components of Autodesk Inventor softw

have been designed to support large assembli

including advanced bill of materials (BOM)

management and integrated data managemen

to simplify the control and versioning of large

numbers of part and assembly models.

Frame GeneratorUse the frame generator to automate the desi

welded structural frames. Design and develop

of structural frames is fast with tools that strea

placement of predefined structural shapes and

simplify creation of end conditions and welded

joint cleanup.

Move to 3D with theCompany That BroughtYou 2D

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Contents

Design Your Complete Product Line ....... 1

reate Quality Products the First

ime Around ................................................ 4

Deliver the Design in Less Time ...............5

Manage and Share Design Data ...............9

D to 3D ....................................................... 12

Autodesk Solution for

Manufacturing.......................................... 13

earn More or Purchase......................... 13


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Assembly Configurationsew assembly configurations make it fast and efficient to design and

ocument product families by defining variations from a master assembly.

With assembly configurations, you can exclude or substitute individual

omponents and make changes to dimension and constraint values. Thenocument the entire product family using the new Table tool to add a

arameter table in your assembly drawing.

Weldments

With a built-in environment for designing weldments, its easy to model

welds in 3D and improve quality by simulating weld preparation, welding,

nd postweld operations. Classify and model fillet, gap, and groove weld

eads as 3D solids. Automatically create 3D annotation based on industry or

ompany standards, and automatically generate associative 2D weld symbols

or documentation. Weldment analysis and reporting capabilities include bead

olume reporting and comprehensive interference detection of all solid weld

ead types.

Advanced Shape Description

Develop aesthetically pleasing, high-quality products using Autodesk Inv

tools to create a wide range of complex geometry by easily combining sol

and surfaces. You have precise control of shape characteristics, such as

tangency and continuity, by using enhanced modeling tools such as Loftto a Point, N Sided Patch, Sweep Normal to Surface, Centerline Loft, G2

Continuous Fillets, Full Round Fillets, and Face-to-Face Fillets.

Sculpt ToolUse the new Sculpt tool to create 3D shapes by quickly and easily combin

closed sets of surfaces. Incorporate imported surface data into your desig

using the Sculpt tool to modify existing parts by adding or removing mat


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Content Center

ccess the content you needwhen you need it. The Content Center gives

ou fast and easy access to a centralized library of engineering content,

mplifying creation, reuse, and management of all company-approved

ontent. It provides an easy-to-use content browser with search and filterools to help you quickly find the right part families. The Content Center

ncludes more than 650,000 componentssuch as nuts, bolts, and screws

nd enables companies to add in-house parts and standard features to user-

efined libraries.

AutoDropWhen you need to add many standard components to a design, AutoDrop

oosts your productivity by providing intelligent component insertion with

ne-click placement. As you move the cursor over valid geometry, AutoDrop

elects the part with the correct dimension. Graphical preview and intelligent

D grips provide incremental adjustment based on sizes available in the

ontent Center.

Content Center Publishing Tools

Quickly prepare and publish large catalogs of library parts. The Content

Centers publishing tools include an editing environment and batch proce

of large data sets to streamline the process of preparing and publishing

company parts as well as vendor catalogs. It also includes tools to set upintelligent part catalogs.

Sheet Metal

Design sheet metal components for manufacturing using specialized tool

that allow for quick changes and instant drawing updates. A powerful set

tools enables you to create parts face by face, flange by flange, or by extr

special contours. The software automatically calculates bend allowances

based on material and thickness, while providing customizable bend table

correct flat pattern creation.


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Component Selection

Quickly focus on just the assembly components you need for the task at

With component selection and isolation, you choose a specific assembly

component and isolate your view to focus only on that component and th

items within your selection criteria. Control component visibility to enhaassembly performance and speed up design tasks.

Create Quality Products the First Time Around

Virtual Prototyping

Build more innovative, higher-quality products through rapid virtual desig

iterations. Autodesk Inventor software offers an intuitive visual design

environment for working with parts and assemblies, which inspires intera

design simulation to resolve product function before committing to a fini

part. This way, you can simulate and test designs interactively earlier in th

design process. And you can now easily create assemblies with multiple

instances of a subassemblyeach in a different positional state.

3D Visualization

Take advantage of constant feedback on component relationships in all de

modes to improve every aspect of your design before its built. To assist i

making the right design choices, view sketches, parts, and subassemblies

the context of the design and assign realistic materials, textures, and ligh

to your models.

Contact Detection Solver

Drag a component to collide with another component to validate the reac

between the twoa simple way to reduce errors early in the process and

improve product function. And its easy to drive assembly motion, provid

the ability to test and retest design function.

Interference Analysis

Cut costly errors and improve design manufacturability with automated t

that test for part interference, allowing the parts to be measured for prop

fit. You can also vary the component tolerance to validate manufacturing

flexibility.

Bill of Materials (BOM)

rovide earlier visibility into accurate component lists to improve costing

nd sourcing decisions. The BOM functionality provides a single source

or managing the assembly and subassembly structure of purchased and

onpurchased parts, including virtual components. The result is accuratengineering BOM data and faster release to manufacturing. Timesaving

eatures include the following:

Automatic numbering with support for numeric and alpha characters and

item number override

Material definition for virtual components such as glue and paint

Direct editing of materials in the BOM table so you can make material

changes to more than one item at the same time

arametrics and Adaptivity

ut down design steps by making changes that propagate instantly

hroughout your design, incorporating design engines for parametrics and

daptivity. This functionality helps you associate parts in a way that allows the

hange of one part to drive changes in associated parts.

Dimension-Driven Design

ow its easy to test multiple design concepts before defining the exact form

nd fit, a faster approach than using AutoCAD software to lay out designs.

Quickly sketch shapes without worrying about details, applying dimensions to

rive the geometry to the desired shape.

Design Views

oost productivity when working with large, complex assemblies by storingnd sharing frequently used views and representations. Quickly isolate

pecific parts or subassemblies to see what you want to see, when you want

o see it.

ketching

reate conceptual sketches of your designs using a free-form sketching

nvironment. Create, connect, and reuse multiple sketches to build 2D/3D

ayouts of design concepts.

Hole Features

mprove productivity by automatically creating holes, hole notes, and hole

ables that update automatically with changes. Streamline the placement

f holes, independent of the sketch, using a linear (place by two edges) or

oncentric methodand define hole parameters based on standard fasteners.


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AutoLimitsutoLimits help reduce errorsand engineering changesby monitoring key

esign parameters and providing color-coded warnings when the parameter

xceeds the design limit. Use AutoLimits to monitor length, distance, angle,

iameter, loop length, area, volume, and mass.

Geometry Analysisalidate surface characteristics to create high-quality models and then check

esign data for manufacturability to avoid costly changes during the tooling

hase. Comprehensive analysis tools for checking geometric properties of an

utodesk Inventor design are available in both the part design and construction

nvironments. Tools include the following:

Zebra analysis with density control and enhanced display accuracy, providing

visual confirmation of surface continuity and tangency

Gaussian surface analysis, providing feedback of surface curvature

Cross section analysis displaying wall thickness with color-coded feedback of

minimum and maximum thickness violations

Draft angle analysis displaying color-coded draft angle based on a pull

direction that can be defined by an axis, plane, or planar face

Check of minimum distance between two components or faces in an assembly

Physical Properties

Improve product design by using real-world properties to build a virtual

prototype of your design. Parts and assemblies created in Autodesk Inven

carry physical property informationsuch as center of gravity, material ty

density, color, and textureto help you make more-informed design deci

Deliver the Design in Less Time

Supplier Content Center

Reduce the time and effort required to incorporate standard components

into your designs. The Supplier Content Center provides web-based acces

component models from more than 100 leading manufacturers. The simp

to-use browser provides quick and easy access to models in native Autode

Inventor format. And, its fully integrated with the Autodesk Inventor

Content Center.


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Associativity

ake advantage of automatic propagation of design changes to reduce

rrors and speed time to market. Associate parts and assemblies with design

elationships, so that a change made to a part is reflected in the assembly

esign and all associated drawing files. In addition, a change to the assembly reflected in the parts and drawing files. This means that if you edit

ssociated components, such as parts and subassemblies, those changes

pple throughout all parts, assemblies, presentations, drawings, and related

artner add-ins (such as CNC tool paths or finite element analysis).

Multisheet PlotOptimize paper usage and reduce plot setup time using the Multisheet

lot feature in Autodesk Inventor software. The Multisheet Plot Manager

utomatically arranges drawing sheets to generate a composite plot file that

ptimizes sheet layout on a selected paper size. Print plots directly, or save

hem as a batch file.

Design Accelerators

Move beyond sketching and constraints and accelerate design by working

with parts that are based on mechanical relationships rather than geome

descriptions. Use the engineers handbook, mechanical calculators, and

component generatorspart of the design acceleratorto automate theprocess of creating parts and assemblies that are based on real-world

attributes such as speed, power, and material properties.

Component Generators

Rapidly design, analyze, and create commonly used machine components

based on functional requirements and specifications. Create parts and

assemblies based on real-world attributes and use conditions such as pow

speed, torque, material properties, working temperatures, and lubrication

conditions. Autodesk Inventor software includes component generators f

mechanical connections, shafts and hubs, o-rings, gear design, belt and c

drives, power screws, and springs.


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Mechanical Calculators

void costly rework and improve design efficiency with easy-to-use online

ngineering guidance and analysis tools. A comprehensive set of engineering

alculators builds on standard mathematical formulas and physical theories

sed in both design and validation of mechanical systems. Included arealculators for weld and solder, plain bearing, plate calculator, fit and

olerance, brake, and clamping joint operations.

ngineers Handbook

With engineering theory, formulas, and algorithms at your fingertips, you

ramatically reduce time spent on engineering research. This comprehensive

nline reference and manufacturing knowledge base is easily accessible from

nywhere in Autodesk Inventor.

Feature Generator

Drag-and-drop shape libraries accelerate the transition to 3D modeling by

making it easy and fast to create and edit parts. Use the feature generato

create fully editable Autodesk Inventor parts by simply dragging shapes f

a library of standard geometry.

3D Grips

Grip editing is a fast and intuitive way to edit parametric parts. Activate t

3D grip and simply drag the appropriate arrow to the required location.


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omponent Copy

Dramatically reduce the effort required to reuse designs with a flexible,

mesaving utility for copying assemblies, subassemblies, and parts from

revious designs. The utility includes automatic naming functionality to create

ame-as and except versions of the design while maintaining the integrity ofssembly constraints, iMates, Workfeatures, welds, and assembly features.

Automatic Drawing Views

utomatically create front, side, ISO, detail, section, and auxiliary viewswith

utomatic retrieval of model dimensionsto reduce the time it takes to create

rawings using traditional 2D methods. Use a robust palette of dimension,

nnotation, and 2D symbols to quickly complete your drawing set. Create

verlay drawing views that illustrate various positional states of assemblies.

he Drawing Manager supports technical drawing standards such as ANSI,

SI, DIN, GB, GOST, ISO, and JIS.

Automatic Drawing Updates

Dramatically reduce time spent updating and checking drawings. Autode

Inventor associates drawing views to the original components so any cha

made to a part or an assembly is automatically reflected in the drawing. A

Autodesk Inventor supports global updates of drawing resources such as blocks, borders, and sketched symbols.

Styles

Work faster and help ensure the work conforms to company standards

with the ability to control and instantly change the formatting of an entir

document. Styles make it easy to format characteristics such as font size,

color, standards, and linetype. When you apply a style, all formatting

instructions in that style are applied at once. And you can configure a set

common company styles for everyone on a project to use.


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Associative Parts List

Generate and update an accurate parts list in a fraction of the time required

y traditional 2D methods, virtually eliminating human error. Part and

ubassembly quantities are always kept up-to-date and are instantly organized

nd populated into a drawing parts list. Ballooning and item numbering areutomatic. And you have greater flexibility in creating and customizing parts

sts to meet company standards.

Open API

ustomize Autodesk Inventor software for your specific environment

nd optimize engineering productivity. A well-documented application

rogramming interface (API) helps you automate your specialized workflows.

Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Mechanical Interoperability

Get your products to market faster and with fewer errors using associative 2D

nd 3D collaboration between Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Mechanical

oftware. Just open AutoCAD Mechanical and browse through your current

utodesk Inventor files, choose a part or assembly file, and AutoCAD

Mechanical creates a new linked drawing. When the design changes in

utodesk Inventor, the AutoCAD Mechanical drawing automatically updates.

Manage and Share Design Data

Import/Export Formats

utodesk Inventor software supports industry-standard data transfer for

mporting and exporting design and drawing information. It enhances

ollaboration with suppliers and customers by enabling sharing and reuse of

esign data with other 3D CAD/CAM systems. Import DWG, DXFTM, Pro/E,

AT, IGES, and STEP files. Export part assembly files, including SAT, IGES,

TEP, STL, and the Autodesk Streamline on-demand collaborative project

management solution. Export drawing files, including DWG (with full layer

mapping), and DWFTM and DXF formats.

Construction Environment

The Construction Environment provides fault-tolerant import of large ST

and IGES data sets, facilitating collaboration by enabling sharing and reu

of design data. It includes a comprehensive toolkit for inspecting, editing

and correcting quarantined entities, including solids, surfaces, wireframeand points.

Mechanical Desktop Import

Easy import of Autodesk Mechanical Desktop software designs autom

migration to Autodesk Inventor software. Reuse your Mechanical Deskto

models and drawings as parts, assemblies, and drawings in native Autode

Inventor format while maintaining their original design constraints and

drawing relationships. Migration functionality supports automatic drawin

view creation, recognizing model-to-drawing associativity for annotation

scenes, unit settings, and more.


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Autodesk Vault Integration

ntegrated with Autodesk Inventor software, Autodesk Vault software is a

entralized data management application for workgroups that securely stores

nd manages work-in-progress design data and related documents. Use it

o maximize return on your companys investment in design data by drivingesign reuse.

AEC Exchangehe AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) Exchange tool creates

nd publishes simplified 3D representations, intelligent connection points, and

dditional information in native file formats for Autodesk Building Systems.

Whats more, you can also export 3D geometry to Autodesk Architectural

Desktop, Autodesk Revit-based software, and AutoCAD software.

Autodesk DWF

The Autodesk DWF technology enables all team members to easily

and securely view 2D and 3D designs published directly from Autodesk

manufacturing design applications. Use Autodesk Design Review to eas

review, mark up, and print designs. And all extended team members can uthe free* Autodesk DWFTM Viewer application to review and print design

Autodesk Inventor View

Share designs with your extended manufacturing team with full-fidelity

viewing and printing of Autodesk Inventor files even for those without the

application. Nonusers can open and print part files (IPT), assembly files (I

and drawing files (IDW).


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echnical Illustrations

Quickly create technical illustrations, process sheets, training materials, part

manuals, assembly instruction sheets, and videos to train assembly teams on

he manufacturing floor.

Task Scheduler

utomate repetitive tasks and boost your productivity with the new task

cheduler. Schedule single or multiple (batch) automated tasks such as

File migrations from AutoCAD, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, and Autodesk

Inventor software

Assembly and drawing updates

Print jobs

IGES and STEP import and export

DWF publishing

DWG import and export

Autodesk Vault check-in and check-out

User-defined tasks

Autodesk Inventor Studio

Improve communication and reduce the need for physical models by crea

high-quality, photorealistic renderings and animations to illustrate design

concepts. With Autodesk Inventor Studio you have streamlined access to

specialized and typically expensive functionality without having to learn aseparate application.

Autodesk Productstream

Help ensure that your companys designs are complete, accurate, approve

and released to manufacturing in a timely and effective manner. Autodes

Productstream TM software automates the release management process by

managing engineering changes and bills of materials while the engineerin

department maintains control of the design data.


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D to 3D

AutoCAD Migration Utility

mprove your workflow and make the most of your AutoCAD data. Quickly

mport AutoCAD drawings and map layers into the Autodesk Inventornvironment as a completed assembly or as a part for your 3D layout. In

ddition, the software automatically senses AutoCAD units on import.

euse AutoCAD D rawing Templates

peed the transition from 2D to 3D by using your AutoCAD design templates,

ncluding layers, title blocks, and standards information.

ase of Use

utodesk Inventor software offers the industrys shortest path to full 3D

roductivity. With a design environment featuring smarter commands, the

oftware works the way you want to work. Highly visual feedback and gesture-

ased interactivity respond intelligently to cursor movement to help you work

more efficiently.

Advanced Help System

peed the transition to 3D with contextual help. The Design Support System

DSS) provides browser-based support to quickly bring you up to speed and

ffers an electronic infrastructure for easy learning.

Design Doctor

Resolve errors in your 3D model with highly refined diagnostic tools that

recognize potential design errors and recommend corrections. The Desig

DoctorTM feature isolates conflicting constraints, so its easy to find the ar

that require your attention.

Drawing Automation APIIncrease productivity by developing tools to automate the production of

product documentation. The Drawing Manager API provides full access to

drawing view geometry and commands for creating detail views, dimensi

and annotation entities. It includes tools to control selection filters and e

the Autodesk Inventor data model by adding custom attributes to Drawin

Manager objects.

Copy and Paste from AutoCAD

Reusing AutoCAD data in your 3D Autodesk Inventor designs is now even

easier. Just copy AutoCAD profile geometry to the Microsoft Windows

clipboard and then paste it directly into an Autodesk Inventor sketch.

eLearning

Flexible access to tutorials and best practices makes learning fast and eas

A valuable component of Autodesk Subscription, eLearning provides a

continually expanding curriculum of convenient, targeted training exercis

Skill Builders

Speed learning through flexible access to up-to-date tutorials and best

practices. Extended learning modules provide enriched online help, tutor

and show me animationswith periodic updates available through the


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Autodesk Solution for Manufacturing

ever before have design applications and data management tools come

ogether to simplify the way manufacturers design products and drive them

hrough the manufacturing process. The Autodesk

solution for manufacturingomprises a complete, interoperable line of industry-leading software integrated

with a worldwide network of services and partners. Gain access to technical

xpertise for implementation, and utilize training and support programs

irect from Autodesk to help use your design and data management software

more effectively. Software maintenance programs help keep you up-to-date

with the latest product releases and upgrades for your software. Designed

o be deployed incrementally for minimal business disruption, the Autodesk

olution provides the most effective way to stay ahead of the competition and

chieve maximum return on your software investment.

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