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Interactive Tutorials

These interactive tutorials can help you harness the power of Autodesk® Inventor® 3D mechanical design software and learn how to expand its capabilities with other Autodesk® Product Design Suite products for conceptual design, engineering design, visualization, simulation, and data management.

Autodesk Inventor works with Autodesk Showcase for 3D mechanical design visualization
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Inventor + Visualization: Sell Your Design Ideas with Stunning Visuals
In these exercises, you will:

  • Review a digital design in Inventor
  • Transfer design from Inventor to Autodesk® Showcase® software
  • Learn how constraints from Inventor can drive animation in Showcase
  • Review and create compelling imagery and options for presentations

Prerequisite: Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 Standard, Premium, or Ultimate edition.

Each tutorial download contains: Demo Video, Instructions, and Data Set.

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Autodesk Inventor works with Autodesk Vault data management software
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Inventor + Data Management: Control and Manage Your Design Data
In these exercises you will:

  • Create drawing documentation in AutoCAD® Mechanical software of an Inventor assembly
  • Create views and add dimensions
  • Modify the assembly and parts, and update the drawings
  • Use Autodesk® Vault Basic software to manage and track changes to your design file
  • Use Vault to check out, modify, and check in design files

Prerequisite: Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 Standard, Premium, or Ultimate edition.

Each tutorial download contains: Demo Video, Instructions, and Data Set.

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Use dynamic simulation in Autodesk Inventor to test product performance before production begins
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Inventor + Simulation: Test Product Performance Before Production Begins
In these exercises you will:

  • Use Dynamic Simulation to analyze a mechanical linkage
  • Analyze a hydraulic cylinder and the force required to move a linkage
  • Determine the proper size of a hydraulic system
  • Improve the design of a part using Autodesk® 360 Optimization functionality from within Inventor in the cloud*

Prerequisite: Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 Premium or Ultimate edition.

Each tutorial download contains: Demo Video, Instructions, and Data Set.

*Note that you will also need Product Design Suite Premium or Ultimate with subscription to complete this segmented exercise.

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Inventor + Eco Materials Adviser as part of a Strategic Sustainability Workflow
In this exercise you will:

  • Learn the main features of the Eco Materials Adviser in Autodesk Inventor
  • Assign and search for materials
  • Conduct a basic materials comparison and assessment
  • Generate reports

Prerequisite: Autodesk Product Design Suite 2013 Standard, Premium, or Ultimate edition.

*Each tutorial download contains: Demo Video, Instructions, and Data Set.

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