Inventor Simulation Detail Brochure

7/31/2019 Inventor Simulation Detail Brochure

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Shorten the roadto done.

Autodesk

InventorRouted System

Autodesk

Inventor

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Simulation Suite 2009


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Autodesk Inventor sotware provides a comprehensive set

o design tools or producing, validating, and documentingcomplete digital prototypeshelping manuacturers getto market aster with ewer physical prototypes and morennovative products.

Experience your design beore its built.

The Autodesk Inventor product amily is redening

traditional CAD workows by helping engineers

ocus on the unctional requirements o a design

to drive the creation o complex 3D geometry.

Reducing the time spent on geometry allows

engineers to spend more time innovating designs.

By rapidly building digital prototypes that validate

a designs unction, engineers can catch errors

beore they reach production. With creative

approaches to accelerate and simpliy the concept-

to-manuacturing process, Inventor has outsold all

competitors or the seventh consecutive year.

The Right Tools or Your Design Process

Inventor helps designers to realize the benets

Digital Prototyping by giving them the reedom

to reuse their existing DWG designs in a 3D

design environment. Inventor lets users read a

write native DWG les without risking inaccura

translations, and leverage valuable DWG data

to build accurate 3D part models the rst time

Inventor includes tools to easily create and

document 3D designs, and provides unparallele

interoperability with competitive manuacturin

applicationssimpliying collaboration with ot

companies.

Contents

Dynamic Simulation .................................. 4

Stress Analysis ............................................ 6

AutoCAD Integration ................................ 8

Part Design ................................................ 1

Sheet Metal Part Design ......................... 1

Assembly Design ...................................... 14

Design and Manuacturing

Documentation ......................................... 17

Data Management

and Communication ................................ 1Customization and Automation ...........

Learning Resources ..................................

Learn More ................................................ 4


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pecialized Tools or Your Design Needs

he Autodesk Inventor product line provides a

omprehensive and integrated set o design tools

or producing and documenting complete digital

rototypes that validate the orm, t, and unction

a design. The Inventor model is an accurate 3D

igital prototype that enables users to check design

nd engineering data as they work, minimize the

eed or physical prototypes, and reduce costly

ngineering changes discovered ater the design has

een sent to manuacturing.

utodesk Inventor sotware products combine anntuitive 3D design environment or creating parts

nd assemblies with unctional design tools that

nable engineers to ocus on a designs unction

o drive the automatic creation o intelligent

omponents such as steel rames, rotating

machinery, tube and pipe runs, and electrical cable

nd wire harnesses.

alidating the operating characteristics o designs

eore they are built usually requires hiring

xpensive consultants. The Inventor product line

ncludes easy-to-use and tightly integrated motion

mulation and stress analysis unctionality, making

possible or any engineer to optimize and validate

he digital prototype to predict how the designwill work under real-world conditions, beore the

roduct or part is ever built.

Generating manuacturing documentation rom a

alidated 3D digital prototype helps reduce errors

nd associated ECOs (engineering change orders)

eore manuacturing. Inventor oers rapid and ac-

urate output o production-ready drawings directly

rom the 3D model. Inventor product bundles also

nclude AutoCAD Mechanical sotware or situa-

ons that require a high-productivity 2D mechanical

rating tool.

Inventor is tightly integrated with Autodesk

data management applications, enabling the

efcient and secure exchange o design data andpromoting earlier collaboration between design and

manuacturing workgroups. Dierent workgroups

can manage and track all components o a digital

prototype with the ree* Autodesk Design Review

sotwarethe all-digital way to review, measure,

mark up, and track changes to designsallowing

or better reuse o crucial design data, management

o bills o materials (BOMs), and collaboration with

other teams and partners.

With dierent product congurations that oer

specic levels o unctionality, no company is

more ocused than Autodesk on helping designers

create accurate digital prototypes and bring better

products to market aster at less cost.


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Simulation

Simulate the operation o mechanisms and

motorized assemblies to make sure designs will

work, while reducing physical prototyping costs.

Compute the dynamic operating conditions o the

design throughout its ull operating cycle, andaccurately size motors and actuators to sustain

actual operating loads. Analyze positions, velocities,

accelerations, and loads encountered by a selected

component in the mechanism.

With Autodesk Inventor Simulation Suite, designers can use

Dynamic Simulation to predict how a product will work undereal-world conditions, without having to build costly, time-consuming physical prototypes or waiting or results romexpensive consultants.

Dynamic Simulation

Simply add thedriving loads, rictioncharacteristics, and

dynamic components.Then, run the simulationto validate the design.Smooth integration withstress analysis validatescomponent design withactual load inormation,rather than estimates.

Output to Finite Element Analysis

Transer reaction orces rom discrete time step

to Autodesk Inventor Stress Analysis or ANSYS

Workbench to predict stress and deection wit

accurate peak loads. Size components, such as

and linkages, to minimize weight and material c


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Constraint Translation

Quickly and easily set up dynamic simulations to

epresent the operating conditions o the design.

he constraint reduction engine analyzes assembly

onstraints to identiy the relevant rigid bodies and

enerate the correct motion joints or simulation.Users can also apply standard geometric constraints

sing the included library o motion joints. Then

dd springs and dampers to dene the coefcient o

riction that applies to each joint.

Load Defnition

pply dierent driving loads and torques as well as

me-based orce unctions using the load prole

ditor. Use this tool to investigate the designs per-

ormance under a range o dierent load conditions.

Visualization

ully interpret the behavior and perormance o

our design. Animated 3D visualization shows dy-

amic motion based on underlying physics models

nd the applied load conditions.

Point Trace

Determine accurate component position to help

provide sufcient clearance between mechanisms

and xed structures. Select any point in the model

and use the Trace option to display the selected

points location at each step in the simulation. Savesimulation output, including path trace and assem-

bly position, or use in part and assembly design.

Graphing

Use the comprehensive graphing capability to

quickly investigate how the dynamic characteristics

o the design vary through the machines operating

cycle. Plot physical parameterssuch as position,

orce, and accelerationversus time. Compare

dierent properties at each point in the simulation

cycle using multiple plots on the same graph.

Microsot Excel Output

Export XY plot data to Microsot Excel work-

sheets to analyze simulations and incorporate

results in presentations and reports.


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The stress analysis unctionality in Inventor Simulation Suite

helps users understand how parts perorm under load, sothey know their designs have sufcient strength to perormwithout ailure.

Stress Analysis

Easy-to-Use, Integrated Analysis

Make design decisions based on analysis results,

not intuition. Integrated nite element analysis

removes the need or translation o the CAD model,

making it easier to use than stand-alone analysis

packages. Users can examine deormation as well as

maximum and minimum stresses to design higher-

quality parts and make sure their designs meetrequired saety actors.

Integrated with Dynamic Simulation

Analyze the stress in a moving part at dierent

points in the mechanisms operating cycle. Imp

loads rom multiple steps in a dynamic simulati

and then calculate and view the resulting stress

a single analysis run.

The stress analysis toolsare ully integrated withthe dynamic simulationtools, enabling users toperorm stress analysis

with accurate load condi-tions that are calculateddirectly rom the dynamicbehavior o the design.


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Model Simplifcation

educe the time required to generate results rom

tress analysis by simpliying part geometry to

uppress eatures during nite element analysis.

hin Element Solver

dentiy areas o high stress in thin metal parts,ncluding those made o sheet metal, to help ensure

hat they can support the operating loads.

Export Analysis Data to ANSYS

Perorm advanced studies without unnecessary and

costly data translation. Inventor analysis denitions

can be exported to ANSYS or use with additional

validation tools.

Share Validation Results

Quickly and easily add analysis results to reports byexporting to an AVI or graphics le.


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nventor makes it easy or users o AutoCAD

sotware to

realize the benets o Digital Prototyping by leveragingnvestments in AutoCAD expertise and DWG design data.

AutoCAD Integration

Template Synchronization

Open a DWG le in Inventor and automatically

create layers and dimension and text styles based

on the AutoCAD styles in the DWG le, thus

reducing the time required to create drawings that

comply with customers drawing standards.

Ease o Use

Reduce the time and training required or AutoCAD

users to become procient in 3D design workows.

Simpliy the transition rom AutoCAD sotware

to Inventor in a amiliar design environment with

recognizable icons, AutoCAD-compatible shortcuts,

cursor-based prompts, and command redo. User

proles enable users to congure Inventor to match

the way they work, with out-o-the-box proles

or AutoCAD and Inventor experts. In addition,

users can transer their settings between dierent

computers by exporting the prole to XML.

Inventor delivers theindustrys leadingintegration o 2D and3D design, providingdirect read and writeo native DWG les,

while maintaining ullassociativity to the 3Dmodelwithout the needor data-compromisingtranslators.

With Inventor, reusevaluable data withrapid access to existing2D inormation. And,

because users can savedrawings as DWG les,they can easily shareinsights gained rom thedigital prototype withpartners and supplierswho rely on AutoCADsotware. Viewsgenerated rom 3D partand assembly designs,

such as schematics andplant layouts, can also becombined with AutoCADdata. Users can thenupdate 2D drawings byinserting a view o new3D designsreducing thecost o upgrading existingequipment.


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DWG Save

ntegrate DWG technology into the 3D design

workow to take advantage o existing skills; easily

ombine part, assembly, and schematic drawings

ata; and streamline communication with suppliers

nd partners who rely on DWG technology. This

eature stores Inventor drawing views in the DWG

le to provide view, plot, and measure capabilities

n AutoCAD with complete visual delity, while

reserving ully associative drawing updates.

Direct DWG Open

ain access to existing 2D design data without

nstalling or learning AutoCAD sotware. Open

utoCAD drawings directly in the Inventor ap-

lication to view, plot, and measure using amiliar

nventor commands. Incorporate existing 2D design

ata into 3D design workows using Copy and Paste

ommands.

AutoCAD Blocks rom Inventor Views

Reduce the cost o using 3D or upgrade projects

originally designed in 2D. This eature generates

AutoCAD blocks rom Inventor drawing views so

users can redesign subassemblies using Inventor

and then integrate the new drawing views directly

into the original drawings.

Inventor and AutoCAD Mechanical

Interoperability

Accelerate time to market and reduce errors by

enabling associative 2D and 3D collaboration.

With this interoperability, AutoCAD Mechanical

sotware creates drawings o Inventor components

by enabling users to open native Inventor parts and

assemblies. When the design changes in Inventor,

the AutoCAD Mechanical drawing is automatically

updated.


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nventor sotware helps designers reach the next level o

efciency by making it easier to reuse design data, conveydesign intent, and work with ully associative models tomake sure any changes to the part design are reected in theassembly model and drawing les.

Part Design

Sketching

Evaluate dierent design ideas beore creating

detailed part and assembly models. By using the

Inventor sketch environment, designers can quickly

capture design ideas as versatile 2D layouts. By

combining the power o constraints with easy-to-

use tools or modiying sketches, designers can try

dierent design concepts and control color and line

style to help convey design ideas.

Improve productivity by

automating repetitivedesign workows orrequently used customeatures and parts. Usingthe iPart technology inInventor, companies caneasily set up libraries ointelligent parts to makesure that requently usedparts are created the same

way every time.


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Advanced Shape Description

reate a wide range o complex geometries by easily

ombining solids and suraces. Inventor gives users

recise control o shape characteristics, such as

angency and continuity. Advanced modeling tools

nclude Lot to a Point, N-Sided Patch, Sweep Normal

o Surace, Area Lot, Centerline Lot, G Continuous

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

urace Quality Analysis

reate models with high-quality surace character-

tics, and check design data or manuacturability

o avoid costly changes during manuacturing setup.

ebra and Gaussian analysis tools simpliy the

rocess o checking or tangency, continuity, and

urvature.

Drat Angle and Cross Section Analysis

ross section analysis displays wall thickness, color-

oded eedback o minimum and maximum thickness

iolations, and moment o inertia at the end o the

ross section. Drat angle analysis displays color-

oded drat angle based on a pull direction, which

an be dened by an axis, plane, or planar ace.

Import rom AliasStudio

Use concept design data rom Autodesk

AliasStudio sotware to reduce the time required

to complete 3D product design. Incorporate curve

and surace data rom AliasStudio into Inventor part

models using DWG import and export tools built

into the two products.

Sculpt Tool

Quickly and easily modiy shape details using

suraces rom Inventor or by incorporating imported

suraces. Construct 3D part geometry rom closed

set suraces, and incorporate imported surace

data into the model using the Sculpt tool to modiy

existing parts by adding or removing material.


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Autodesk Inventor helps users simpliy the design

o complex sheet metal parts.

Sheet Metal Part Design

Sheet Metal Flanges

Quickly design sheet metal parts in 3D that

accommodate specic manuacturing processes and

shop capabilities. Edge chaining allows creation o

multiple anges in a single stop, while rich unold

options and automatic mitering reduce the time

required to dene the olded part model.

Sheet Metal Styles

Generate at patterns that accurately reect your

manuacturing capabilities. Sheet metal unolding

is controlled through styles that dene the material

thickness, bend rules, and corner relies. Both linear

unolding and custom bend tables can be used to

control the unolding geometry.

Inventor improvesproductivity during thedesign o sheet metalparts by providing adigital prototype thatcombines manuacturinginormation (such aspunch tool parametersand custom bend tables)with an accurate 3Dmodel o sheet metalolding and a at patternediting environmentwhere manuacturingengineers can tweakat patterns to optimizemanuacturing costs.


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lat Pattern Features

enerate optimized at patterns to eliminate

nnecessary manuacturing costs. Unold sheet

metal models to create at patterns with associative

at-pattern editing to support cleanup operations

uch as modiying corner relies to match specic

apabilities available on the shop oor.

unch Libraries

sers can dene their own sheet metal punch

braries to standardize punch usage and reduce

omputer numerical control (CNC) tooling costs.

able-driven punches enable users to dene

amilies o punches, typically dierent sizes o

he same punch shape with ull representation o

manuacturing parameters, including PunchID,

unch depth, and sketches or alternate punch

epresentations.

Sheet Metal Fasteners

Quickly insert specialized sheet metal asteners in

the sheet metal design. A comprehensive range o

PEM asteners are included in the Content Center.

DXF Output

Reduce programming time by eliminating timespent cleaning up DXF les or CNC machining.

DXF/DWG export or sheet metal provides control

o preprocessing and postprocessing options such

as DXF/DWG le version, layer mapping, user-

dened chord length or spline simplication, and

customization through external XML les.

Sheet Metal Manuacturing Drawings

Quickly create accurate manuacturing drawings

to support sheet metal manuacturing operations.

Document at pattern drawings by inserting punch

notes, punch tables, and bend tables that display

punch and bend data rom the 3D mode and select

display o bend directions using drawing styles.


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nventor combines Design Accelerators with easy-to-use

assembly tools so users can be sure that every part andcomponent in an assembly design ts correctly.

Assembly Design

Assembly Design

Quickly assemble individual parts and subassemblies

to dene the complete product structure and veriy

that the product can be assembled. Insert and

position new components in the assembly using

constraints to capture the positional relationshipsthat dene xed and moving components.

Accurately validateintererence and massproperties to produce

high-quality productsthe rst time around.Inventor provides the toolsto control and managethe data created by largeassembly designs so userscan work on just thecomponents required tocomplete a particular parto the design.


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Intererence Analysis and Contact

Detection

liminate costly errors and improve manuacturability

y testing assembly unction within Inventor. Check

or both static intererence between parts with

raphic highlighting o overlapping material, andhen test or potential collisions between moving

arts by driving assembly constraints or dragging

omponents until they collide.

AutoLimits

educe errors and engineering changes through

utomatic monitoring o crucial design parameters.

Use AutoLimits to monitor length, distance, angle,

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

utoLimits icons change color when the monitored

arameters exceed the prescribed parameter range.

Assembly Confgurations

asily design and document product amilies usingssembly congurations to dene variations rom

master assembly. Exclude or substitute individual

omponents and make changes to dimension and

onstraint values. Then document the whole part or

ssembly conguration using the Table tool, which

utomatically creates the parameter table in a 2D

rawing.

Large Assembly Management

Realize the benets o 3D design when developing

very large assemblies. With level o detail (LOD)

representations, users have ull control over how

much inormation to load when working with large

assemblies. Control memory consumption bysuppressing components. A large assembly capacity

meter provides a visual indication o how much

memory is available.

Design Accelerators

Move beyond 2D drating and 3D modeling to

rapidly design, analyze, and generate commonly

used machine components rom the unctional

requirements and specications such as power,

speed, torque, material properties, working

temperatures, and lubrication conditions. Inventor

sotware includes Design Accelerators or bolted

connections, shats, bearings, O-rings, spur gears,

belt and chain drives, pins, and springs.


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Frame Generator

Quickly design and develop welded rames or

ndustrial machinery applications. The Frameenerator builds up structural rames by dropping

redened steel shapes onto wirerame or solid

keletal rames and simplies creation o end

onditions with predened options or mitered,

otched, and straight butt welded joints. It includes

role authoring so users can add custom proles to

he existing library o standard proles.

Weldments

mprove quality and documentation o welded

ssemblies. Dene weld preparation, weld creation,

nd postweld operations with ull 3D representation

llet, gap, or groove welds that provide weldment

nalysis and bead volume reports. Automatically

reate 3D annotation based on industry or company

tandards, and generate associative 2D weld symbols

or documentation.

Content Center

The Content Center provides ast and easy access

to requently used content, simpliying creation,reuse, and management o all standard company

content. The Content Center is a centralized library

or engineering content that provides an easy-to-use

content browser with search and lter tools to help

users quickly nd the right part amilies. It includes

more than 65, componentssuch as nuts, bolts,

and screwsand enables companies to add in-house

parts and standard eatures to user-dened libraries.

Supplier Content Center

Reduce the time and eort required to incorporate

standard components into designs. The Supplier

Content Center provides web-based access to

component models rom more than 1 leading

manuacturers. The simple-to-use browser provides

quick and easy access to models in native Inventorormat. And it is ully integrated with the Autodesk

Inventor Content Center.

Design Doctor

Use the Design Doctor eature to nd and x errors

in 3D models. This diagnostic tool identies potential

design issues and recommends corrections.

Assembly Level STL Output

Quickly create source stereolithography (STL) les

directly rom the Inventor assembly environment or

rapid prototyping o Inventor assemblies.


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Design and Manuacturing Documentation

Autodesk Inventor includes comprehensive tools to generate

engineering and manuacturing documentation rom thedigital prototype. These tools can help users reduce errorsand deliver designs in less time.

Automatic Drawing Views

Dramatically reduce drawing creation time over

traditional 2D methods. Automatic drawing viewsenable users to

Call out the views needed on the drawing sheet,

including ront, side, ISO, detail, section, and

auxiliary views, and let Inventor project the geom-

etry with comprehensive options or controlling

hidden-line display at the component level

Retrieve dimension data rom the 3D model to

quickly place the dimensions, including isometric

view dimensions, and let Inventor update the di-

mensions when changes are made to the 3D model

Use a comprehensive set o dimension,

annotation, and 2D symbols or quick and exible

completion o the drawing set

Create overlay drawing views that illustrate

various potential states o assemblies

Access support or technical drawing standards,

including ANSI, BSI, DIN, ESKD, GB, ISO, and JIS

Inventor takes the pro-

duction o manuacturingdocumentation to thenext level o productivitythrough automatic gen-eration o drawing viewsand tools or nishingdrawings.

And, with support or allmajor drawing standards,

ull associativity with the3D model (so drawingsupdate when the designchanges), and output inthe DWG ormat, Inventoris the best choice orcreating and sharing DWGdrawings.


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Automatic Drawing Updates

educe errors and the need or manual checking

hrough automatic drawing update. Inventor

ssociates drawing views to the original

omponents so any change made to a part or an

ssembly is automatically reected in the drawing.

nventor also supports global updates o drawingesources, such as title blocks, borders, and

ketched symbols.

ill o Materials

rovide earlier visibility into accurate component

sts to improve costing and sourcing decisions.

impliy release to manuacturing with accurate

ngineering BOM data. The BOM is a single source

or managing the assembly and subassembly

tructure o purchased and nonpurchased parts,

ncluding virtual components. Timesaving eatures

nclude the ollowing:

Automatic numbering with support or numeric

and alpha characters, and item number override

Material denition or virtual components, such

as glue and paint

Direct editing o materials in the BOM table,

which allows material changes to be made to more

than one item at the same time

Associative Parts List

Automatically generate and update accurate parts

lists in a raction o the time required by traditional

2D methods, virtually eliminating human error.

The associative parts list enables users to maintain

an accurate parts list with part and subassembly

quantities that are automatically kept up-to-date,organized, and populated into a drawing parts list.

Rapidly add balloons and item numbers to assembly

drawings. And users have greater exibility in cus-

tomizing parts lists to meet company standards.

Technical Illustrations

Use the presentation environment in Inventor

to quickly create technical illustrations, process

sheets, training materials, part manuals, assembly

instruction sheets, and videos to train assembly

teams on the manuacturing oor.


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Data Management and Communication

nventor enables the efcient and secure exchange o design

data to support collaboration between dierent engineeringcontributors, including industrial design, product design, andmanuacturing.

Autodesk Vault Integration

Autodesk Vault data management sotware is a

centralized application or workgroups that securely

stores and manages work-in-progress design data

and related documents. Use it to maximize return

on your companys investment in design data by

driving design reuse.

Autodesk Productstream

Help ensure that your companys designs are

complete, accurate, approved, and released to

manuacturing in a timely and eective manner.

Autodesk Productstream sotware (sold

separately) automates the release management

process by managing engineering changes and

BOMs while the engineering department maintains

control o the design data.

Autodesk Inventor Studio

Improve communication with customers and

other decision makers by creating high-qualityphotorealistic renderings and animations in the

Inventor design environment. Autodesk Inventor

Studio sotware gives design engineers direct

access to this specialized and typically expensive

unctionality. Mirror and turntable animation tools

and a streamlined user interace reduce the time

required to set up and create cyclic animation

sequences.

This capability allowsdesign workgroups tomanage and track allthe design components

o a digital prototype,helping designers reusecrucial design data, man-age BOMS, and promoteearlier collaboration withmanuacturing teams andclients.

Through a comprehensivesuite o native translators,

Inventor provides theinteroperability that en-ables companies to takeon projects in which parto the 3D data originatesrom other CAD systemsand satisy customerrequests or 3D models inother native ormats.


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DWF Publishing

mprove product quality, decrease time to market,

nd reduce scrap and rework costs by using

WF technology to streamline communication

with suppliers, purchasing, and other supplyhain partners. Publish the inormation required

y manuacturing partners, including assembly

nimations and detailed step-by-step assembly

nstructions, 2D drawings, and 3D models with BOM

normation.

Publishing Formats

hare product inormation with partners and

ustomers who need to incorporate your designs

nto their products. Publish Inventor drawings asDF les, publish 3D part and assembly models in

AT or JT ormat, and create STL les or output to

tereolithography and 3D print machines.

DWF Markup

Easily track, manage, and veriy multiple markups

and design changes throughout the design review

process. Overlay DWF markups directly onto

Inventor drawings, provide status, and makechanges. Users can then republish or round-trip

those changes back to the design reviewer to

complete the process.

Data Management and Communication


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AEC Exchange

he AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and

onstruction) Exchange tool creates and pub-

shes simplied 3D representations, intelligent

onnection points, and additional inormation inative le ormats or AutoCAD MEP sotware.

sers can also export 3D geometry to AutoCAD

rchitecture, Revit-based sotware, and AutoCAD

otware.

Native Translators

treamline projects that require opening les

om vendors or customers in native ormats.

eliver 3D design data to customers or vendors

who preer native le ormats. Users can easily

xchange data between Autodesk Inventor, UGS,

olidWorks, and Pro/ENGINEER by importing and

xporting Parasolid, importing UG-NX, importing

olidWorks, importing and exporting Granite, and

mporting Pro/ENGINEER directly with Inventor.

STEP/IGES

Simpliy accurate collaboration with suppliers and

customers by enabling sharing and reuse o design

data with 3D CAD/CAM systems. Read and write

design and drawing data using industry-standardormats.

Construction Environment

Reduce the time required to inspect and repair

customer data les. The Inventor Construction

Environment provides ault-tolerant import o large

STEP and IGES data sets, with a quarantine to hold

entities containing geometric problems such as sur-

ace slivers and mismatched boundary curves. The

construction environment also includes a compre-

hensive toolkit or inspecting, editing, and correct-

ing quarantined entities, including solids, suraces,

wirerames, and points. Data sets can be corrected

and promoted into 3D part models, suraces, or 3D

wirerames.


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Customization and Automation

nventor helps users make the most o their investment in 3D

by using the Inventor API (application programming interaceto streamline requently used procedures and automatespecialized workows that support design standards andengineering processes.

Styles

Work aster by instantly changing the ormatting o

an entire document, while maintaining consistency

with company standards. Styles are combinationso ormatting characteristics such as ont, ont size,

color, standards, linetype, and material. They are

easily named and stored as templates, and are used

to control all aspects o drawing ormats. When

users apply a style, all the ormatting instructions in

that style are applied at one time, and a set o com-

mon styles can be congured or use by an entire

project team.

Content Center Publishing Tools

Quickly prepare and publish intelligent part librar-

ies. The publishing tools in the Content Center

include an editing environment and batch process-

ing o large data sets to streamline the process o

preparing and publishing company parts as well asvendor catalogs.

Task Scheduler

Increase productivity by automating repetitive

nonproductive tasks. The Inventor Task Schedu

enables users to schedule single or multiple (baautomated tasks including DWF publishing, pri

le migration, IGES and STEP transers, and vau

operations. Users can also check out and down

les rom the Vault.

Open API

Increase productivity by developing tools to au

mate your companys design and documentatio

processes. Inventor includes a well-documente

to create customized programs to automate sp

ized workows and extend the Inventor data m

with custom attributes.

Increase speed and pro-ductivity with congurable

styles so drawings conormto standards, and publishcustom components in theContent Center to makesure that designers useappropriate components intheir designs.


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nventor oers a range o learning and reerence resources to

help users maintain skills and quickly make the most o the 3design environment.

Learning Resources

Advanced Help System

Speed the transition to 3D with contextual help. The

advanced help system is easier to use with improved

navigation and proles that present users with theright inormation based on their user prole.

Tutorials and Skill Builders

Use extended learning modules, including tutorials

with Show Me animations and Skill Builders, to

enhance understanding and skills.

E-Learning

Accelerate learning through exible access to

tutorials and best practices. A valuable component

o Autodesk Subscription, e-Learning provides a

continually expanding curriculum o short training

exercises.

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