Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Inventor is a 3D solid design system, the most powerful Autodesk solution for mechanical engineers. 3D CAD to create and learn about the behavior of Autodesk's digital prototypes of products and parts. Used mainly in mechanical engineering.

2021: PLM Component for Autodesk Inventor 2022

Appius, a Russian developer of PLM solutions on the 1C: Enterprise platform, announced the release of the PLM component for Autodesk Inventor 2022 on June 29, 2021. More details here.

2015: Autodesk Inventor 2016 Release

On April 13, 2015, the official release of Autodesk Inventor 2016 took place.

Inventor 2016 is only available in 64-bit versions. For 32-bit OS - version version LT.

Application window screenshot, 2015

Add-ons^[1]

• Working efficiently in a multi-system environment CAD

The technology, named by AnyCAD developers, allows associative import of data from CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, Pro-E/Creo, and Alias files. Imported geometry in Inventor is updated as the model changes in native CAD. The custom import feature allows you to read only the necessary data from part and assembly files and speed up the import process. Full multi-threading support enables Inventor to leverage hardware capabilities.

You can insert a DWG AutoCAD file into a part or assembly model and use it as a layout. The DWG geometry projection function allows you to obtain sketches that are associated with the original DWG file and use them for modeling. Changing the DWG in the AutoCAD will change Autodesk Inventor 3D models.

• Freeform

Many freeform part design tools have been added. You can convert solid model faces to arbitrary geometry to improve shape. The commands to correct, align, and edit the geometry of arbitrary shapes greatly enhance Autodesk Inventor 2016's ability to design models with complex shapes.

• 3D Printing Environment

You have created a new environment that allows you to define the position and orientation of the model in the print space of the selected 3D printer. You can edit or split a part in the print environment and such changes will not affect the original document. When finished, you can send the results to Print Studio, to another print program, or generate an STL file.

• Working with Drawings

Drawing views are simplified and are now oriented interactively on a drawing sheet using the ViewCube. Advanced text formatting, simplified callouts and tagging, and sketched symbol libraries are all for easier drawing design.

• Working with Disassembly Diagrams

The updated automatic disassembly tool allows you to get a one-click "mouse" diagram of the disassembly assembly of your product, and the ability to directly manipulate when creating shifts will help you easily and quickly refine the diagram to the desired view.

• Graphics and Visualization Enhancements in Inventor Studio

A new visualization engine that works using beam tracing algorithms and support for image-based lighting (IBL) allow you to obtain high-quality images.

Screenshot of the model window, 2015

• General improvements
  • Parts made of sheet material. You can work with multi-body parts and create bends with a zero radius
  • Sketches. Now it's easy to know which sketch the body feature is based on, the sketches themselves have new reference views and the ability to hide dimensions.

• • Communication with AutoCAD Electrical. The redesigned associative mechanism between the model in Autodesk Inventor and the schema in AutoCAD Electrical allows you to quickly make changes to projects.

2011: Autodesk Inventor Features

Autodesk Inventor is a family of mechanical 3D CAD that allows you to work with high performance and share design information with all stakeholders. Product features help you avoid design errors, collaborate more efficiently, and bring innovative products to market faster. The Inventor model is an accurate 3D digital prototype that provides every opportunity to verify that your products meet design and functional requirements.

As of July 2011, the product combines direct modeling and parametric design processes; the customer always has the right tools to solve current problems:

• Combine AutoCAD and 3D data drawings into a single digital model, creating a virtual view of the future product
• Optimizing projects that use data from third-party CAD
• increase of efficiency by automation of repeated design tasks;
• Collaboration with Documentation and 3D Visualization
• efficient and secure exchange of project information using integrated data management tools;
• optimization of materials selection process based on their environmental friendliness, cost and operational parameters.

2010: Autodesk Inventor Components

As of October 2010, the package included several products: Autodesk Inventor Suite, Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems Suite (designing cable and pipe systems, including for routing complex pipe runs, electrical cables and wires), Autodesk Inventor Simulation Suite (motion modeling and load analysis tools that simplify the study of product behavior in real conditions even at the design stage).

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