Essential Skills Videos

The essentials videos demonstrate basic workflows that you should master when learning Autodesk Inventor. The videos present general steps for a particular process to give you an understanding of the concepts. These are not step by step tutorials. The intent of these videos is to give a base understanding of core concepts for modeling with Autodesk Inventor.

Overview:

Presents a general design process in Autodesk Inventor.

Length: 2:18

View Navigation:

See how to use the view navigation commands in Autodesk Inventor.

Length: 3:16

Work Features:

See how to use work features in Autodesk Inventor.

Length: 3:43

Import AutoCAD files:

See how to import AutoCAD files in Autodesk Inventor.

Length: 4:24

Create Sketches:

Learn about Autodesk Inventor sketching environment. Concepts include geometry creation, sketch constraints, and dimensions.

Length: 3:02

Create Parts:

Shows the creation of a part in Autodesk Inventor. You will see how to create sketched features and placed features and use work geometry.

Length: 3:30

Assembly Basics:

Learn about the creation of assemblies in Autodesk Inventor. This video demonstrates how to place existing components in an assembly and how to create new parts within an assembly. The components are positioned using assembly constraints.

Length: 4:30

Drawing Creation:

Learn how to document your models in Autodesk Inventor. Concepts include creating views and annotations.

Length: 2:26

Inventor Simulation

Explore basic workflows for Inventor Simulation