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Documentation

You can use Autodesk documentation to help you learn, use, and develop applications for Autodesk Inventor software. All learning resources are available with your product. Some are also available in print and downloadable formats.

*Note: You must save the file locally before opening the chm file.

Getting Started Guide

The Autodesk Inventor 2010 Getting Started guides introduce you to Autodesk Inventor and provide hands-on experience, using sample data included on the product media.

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Getting Started Guide (pdf - 4732Kb)
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Routed Systems Getting Started Guide (pdf - 13027Kb)
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Simulation Getting Started Guide (pdf - 1501Kb)

Online Help
The Autodesk Inventor Help is your comprehensive guide to learning and using all aspects of the Autodesk Inventor software. It is a complete online guide to every aspect of the software that includes general information about all features of Autodesk Inventor, procedural information on how to perform various tasks, and an extensive reference section.

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Help* (chm - 58257Kb)
Autodesk Inventor 2010 New Interface Video* (chm - 12372Kb)
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Command Locator* (chm - 105311Kb)
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Viewer* (chm - 193Kb)
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Task Scheduler Help* (chm - 348Kb)

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Routed System:

Cable and Harness Help* (chm - 1020Kb)
Tube and Pipe Help* (chm - 3263Kb)
IDF Translator Help* (chm - 44Kb)

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Simulation:

Dynamic Simulation Help* (chm - 1736Kb)
Stress Analysis Help* (chm - 1887Kb)

Engineer’s Handbook

The Engineer's Handbook is a survey of all the knowledge and calculation formulas for Gen¬erators and Calculators included in Design Accelerator.

Engineer’s Handbook 2010 Help (chm - 1933Kb)

Fundamentals for the Autodesk Inventor CAD Manager

This guide is designed to help the Inventor CAD Manager understand the basic tasks for creating a productive environment within a shared workgroup environment.

CAD Manager 2010 Help (chm - 594Kb)

Show Me Animations

Show Me animations demonstrate how to complete a task or how to understand a concept.

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Show Mes (chm - 161480Kb)

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Routed System:

Cable and Harness Show Mes* (chm - 11430Kb)
Tube and Pipe Show Mes* (chm - 7568Kb)

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Simulation:

Dynamic Simulation Show Mes* (chm - 48252Kb)

Tutorials

Use step-by-step tutorials with actual models to learn how to create and document your designs. Try the Advanced tutorials to continue learning about Inventor.

Autodesk Inventor 2010 Tutorials (chm - 42847Kb)
Routed System 2010 Tutorials (chm - 2841Kb)
Simulation 2010 Tutorials (chm - 20709Kb)

New Features Workshop

The Autodesk Inventor New Features Workshop is a series of feature overviews, animations, and static images that describe what’s new in each new version of Autodesk Inventor.

Autodesk Inventor 2010 New Features Workshop (chm - 12201Kb)

AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 SDK

­This SDK contains libraries, header files, documentation and samples for AutoCAD Mechanical APIs, which provide object-oriented C++ programming interfaces for developers to use, customize and extend AutoCAD Mechanical software. Please refer to the readme for changes to this release of SDK.

autocad_mechanical_2010_sdk.zip (zip - 82165Kb)
Readme (htm - 9Kb)