AutoCAD Inventor 2011

The Autodesk Inventor® product line provides a comprehensive and flexible set of software for 3D mechanical design, simulation, tooling creation, and design communication that helps users cost effectively take advantage of a digital prototyping workflow to design and build better products in less time.

Autodesk Inventor® gives engineers the ability to integrate AutoCAD and 3D data into a single digital model that can be used to validate the form, fit, and function of a design before it is built. By enabling engineers to design, visualize, and simulate their products digitally, Inventor helps teams communicate more effectively, reduce errors and deliver more innovative product designs.

 

What's new?
The Autodesk® Inventor® 2010 software product line offers many significant usability and productivity enhancements that will benefit users who need to create, optimize, and validate designs involving plastic parts, sheet metal parts, and large assemblies. Major areas of focus in this release include the following.

• New capabilities for designing plastic parts used in high volume consumer products.
• New workflows for conceptual design using sketches and huge improvements in our integrated simulation capabilities.
• New translators that enhance Inventor’s already excellent interoperability
• Improved usability and productivity with the introduction of a modern task based user interface and a large group of user requested enhancements

 

	Digital Prototyping Make sure designs work before spending money on prototypes or manufacturing tooling. With Inventor, 3D digital prototypes are complete and accurate models that enable users to check design and engineering decisions as they work, minimize the need for physical prototypes, and avoid costly changes when the design is sent to manufacturing.
	AutoCAD Integration Reduce the time and training required for AutoCAD users to become proficient in 3D design workflows. Simplify the transition from AutoCAD to Inventor in a familiar design environment with recognizable icons, AutoCAD-compatible shortcuts, cursor-based prompts, and command redo. User profiles enable users to configure Inventor to match the way they work, with out-of-the-box profiles for AutoCAD and Inventor experts. In addition, users can transfer their settings between different computers by exporting the profile to XML.
	Part Design With the power of functional design, Inventor helps you focus on the functional requirements of a design to drive the creation of 3D models and create competitive product designs in less time. Fully associative models help ensure that any changes to the part design are automatically reflected in the assembly and drawing files, so that the complete design and manufacturing documentation is accurate and current.
	Assembly Design Inventor combines functional design with easy-to-use assembly tools so users can be sure that every part and component in an assembly design fits correctly. Validate interference and mass properties to produce quality products the first time around. Inventor provides powerful tools to control and manage data created by large assembly designs so users working on large assemblies can quickly complete their part of the design.
	Design and Manufacturing Documentation Inventor takes the production of manufacturing and documentation to the next level of productivity through automatic generation of drawing views and comprehensive tools for finishing drawings. The Drawing Manager in Inventor supports all the major drawing standards, dramatically reducing the time required to complete standards-compliant drawings to help deliver the design in less time.
	Customisation and Automation Make the most of your investment in 3D by adapting Inventor to support your company’s design standards and engineering processes. Increase speed and productivity with configurable styles so drawings conform to standards, publish custom components in the Content Center to be sure that designers use appropriate components in their designs, and create custom tools to streamline frequently used procedures.

 

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