Tutorials

Get Started with Autodesk Inventor

Note: NOTE: Download additional Inventor Interactive 2014 tutorials here. This exciting learning environment runs inside the Inventor application and leads you through tutorials with step by step video, supporting text and model files, and in-canvas visual clues linked to the text.

Begin working quickly with Autodesk Inventor Basics. See the tutorials to get started The Ribbon Projects Navigation Tools Sketch Constraints Direct Manipulation Parts 1 Parts 2 Assemblies Drawings Drawing Styles and Standards iLogic Basics Content Center Sketch Blocks

Next Steps with Autodesk Inventor

Create complex designs with the various features of Autodesk Inventor. See the tutorials for various features Parameters iLogic - Part Modeling iLogic - Assemblies Derived Parts iFeatures Content Center User Libraries Top-down Workflow Substitute Level of Detail Representations Presentations Plastic Parts and Features Studio - Renderings Studio - Animations Studio - Positional Representations Skeletal Modeling Use iCopy Create iCopy Equation Curves Splines and Surfaces Repair Environment

Mechanical Design

Improve productivity with design accelerator and frame generator, and create weldments and sheet metal parts. See the Mechanical Design Tutorials Bolted Connections Shafts Spur Gears Connections Bearings V-Belts Connections Disc Cams Compression Springs Weldments Sheet Metal Parts 1 Sheet Metal Parts 2 Sheet Metal Styles Frame Generator

Routed Systems

Create complete tube and pipe and cable and harness systems using typical workflows. See the Routed Systems Tutorials Get Started with Tube and Pipe Tube and Pipe Styles Author and Publish Tube and Pipe iParts Self-draining Lines Document Routes and Runs See the Cable and Harness Tutorials Cable and Harness Place Electrical Components Harness Assemblies Cable and Harness Library Create Wires and Cables Create Segments Route Wires and Cables Create Splices Ribbon Cables Document Cable and Harness Assemblies Interoperability Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical

Simulation

Analyze parts and assemblies using stress analysis, frame analysis, and dynamic simulation. See the Stress Analysis Tutorials Part Model and Stress Analysis Assembly Stress Analysis Assembly Modal Analysis FEA Assembly Optimization Stress Analysis Contacts Contacts and Mesh Refinement See the Frame Analysis Tutorials Frame Analysis Frame Analysis Results Frame Analysis Connections Modal Type of Frame Analysis See the Dynamic Simulation Tutorials Dynamic Simulation - Part 1 Dynamic Simulation - Part 2 Assembly Motion and Loads FEA using Motion Loads

Data Exchange

Create models with files from other CAD applications. See the Data Exchange Tutorials DWG Data 1 DWG Data 2 DWG Data 3 Alias to Inventor

Tooling

Get a good start in Mold Design, and learn what you can do with it. See the Tooling Tutorials Alias to Inventor Family Mold Design Core and Cavity Considerations with Moldflow Mold Structural Assembly Mold Assembly Organizational Structure Resolving Plastic Part Design Issues Mold Tutorial Kinematics