Getting Started
• Installing Autodesk Inventor
• Using the Get Started Tab
• Navigating the Autodesk Inventor Environment
• Using Multiple Document Tools
• Using View Navigation Tools
• Using the ViewCube
• Using the Navigation Bar
• Navigating with the Steering-Wheel
• Using a 3D Mouse
• Using Information Center and Help
• Accessing Wiki Help
• Using the Quick Access Toolbar
• Navigating the Application Menu
• Using the Application Menu Management Tools
• Navigating the Inventor Ribbon Interface
• Using the Marking Menus
• Using the Select Other Drop Down
• Understanding Project Files
• Creating New Inventor Files
• Opening Existing Inventor Files
Working With Assemblies
• Understanding Assembly Files
• Identifying Assembly Components
• Organizing with Browser Folders
• Introduction to Component Visibility
• Introduction to Browser Filter and Find
• Degrees of Freedom and Constrained Drag Concepts
• Introducing Grounded Components
• Identifying Existing Assembly Constraints
• Editing Existing Assembly Constraints
• Driving Assembly Constraints
• Replace a Component in an Assembly
• Editing Assembly Components
• Measuring Assembly Components
• Center Of Gravity
• Creating a New Assembly
• Placing a Component in an Assembly
• Create a Part Component in Place
• Create an Assembly Component in Place
• Placing a Component from Content Center
• Autodropping a Component from Content Center
• Analyzing Interference
• Introducing the Bill of Materials
• Creating a Virtual Component in an Assembly
• Moving and Rotating an Assembly Component
• Constraining with Mate and Flush
• Constraining with Tangent and Insert
• Constraining at Angles
• Limiting Constraints
• Creating 3D Motion Constraints
• Creating 3D Transitional Constraints
• Creating a 3D Constraint Set
• Solving for Contact
• Assemble Your Design
• Assembly Features
• Copy Components
• Pattern Components Associatively
• Pattern Components in a Circle
• Pattern Components in a Rectangular Pattern
• Mirroring Assembly Components
• Promote and Demote Assembly Components
View Appearance
• Using Other Viewing Methods
• Setting Viewing Options
• Realistically Viewing Inventor Models
• Colorizing Models
• Shading Models
• Viewing Models in Wireframe
• Understanding Monochrome, Illustration and Watercolor Visual Styles
• Shadowing Models
• Reflecting the Model
• Viewing the Ground Plane
• Sectioning Your 3D Model
• Lighting Models with Standard Lights
• Using Image Based Lighting -IBL
• Customizing Lighting Styles
Assembly Management
• Using View Representations
• Documenting View Representations
• Positional Representations
• Documenting a Positional Representation Using Overlay
• Creating a Level of Detail
• Documenting a Level of Detail
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute - Merging Out Seams
• Shrinkwrap And Substitute - Keeping Seams
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute - Single Composite Feature
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute - Maintain Each Body as a Solid Body
Presentations
• Creating a Presentation
• Tweaking Components
• View Filters
• Animating Views
Assembly and Presentation Documentation
• Introducing the Drawing Environment
• Navigating the Tools Tab
• Presentation and Assembly Drawings
• Creating and Editing Parts Lists
• Filtering Parts List
• Manually Placing Balloons
• Automatically Placing Balloons
• Editing the Bill of Materials
• Revision Tables and Revision Tags
Create and Edit Parts
• Create and Edit Parts
• Modifying a Sketch Feature
• Modifying a Placed Feature
• Modifying a Work Feature
• Creating a New Part File
• Introduction to the Sketch Environment
• Sketching Overview
• Basic Sketch Tools
• Geometric Constraints
• Dimensional Sketch Constraints
• Design Intent and Model Parameters
• User Parameters
• Modify Tools: Trim, Extend
• Extruded Feature: Base, Cut and Join
• Extruded Feature: Intersect
• Extruded Feature: Extents
• Extruded Feature: Alternate Solution and Taper
• Revolving Features
• Bend Feature
• Creating Work Features
• Hole and Thread Data
• Hole: Linear Placement
• Hole: Concentric Placement
• Hole Placement on a Point
• Hole: Sketch Placement
• Hole: Operations and Options
• Hole: Termination and Types
• Hole: Direct Manipulation
• Fillet: Edge Mode
• Fillet: Setback Options
• Fillet: Loop Select and Features Select
• Fillet: Face Fillet and Full Round Fillet
• Fillet: Variable Radius
• Chamfer
• Thread Feature
• Split
• Draft Tool
• Shell Tool
• Parameters Linked to Models
Documenting Parts
• Creating a New Drawing
• Borders and Title Blocks
• Base and Projected Views
• Auxiliary View
• Section View
• Detail View
• Creating a Broken View
• Creating a Breakout View
• Crop View
• Slice View
• Draft View
• Editing Drawing Views
• Replace Model Reference
• Retrieving Model Dimensions and Auto Arrange
• Dimension Isometric Views
• Baseline Dimension and Baseline Dimension Set
• Ordinate Dimension and Ordinate Dimension Set
• Chain Dimension and Chain Dimension Set
• Moving Annotation Dimensions and Adjusting Properties
• Annotation Centerlines
• Annotation Centerlines in Multiple Drawing Views
• Create a Sketched Symbol
• Placing Annotation Text and Symbols
• Annotation Leader Text and Annotation Symbols
• Annotation Text Stacking with Superscript and Subscript
• Annotate the Center of Gravity
• Hole, Thread and Chamfer Notes
• Hole Table
• Create a General Table
• Edit Dimension Annotations
• Dimension Annotation Styles
• Drawing Sketches: Projected Geometry
• Dimension to Intersection
• Dual Dimension and Alternate Unit Dimension
• Dimension Highlight
• Spline Dimensions
• Add a Tolerance to Dimensions
• Hatching: Overview
• Hatching: Load a Custom Hatch
• Hatching: Break Around Text
• Hatch: Cut Views
• AutoCAD Blocks: Import
• AutoCAD Blocks: Pattern
• AutoCAD Blocks: Rotate and Scale
Multi-body Parts
• Creating Multi-Body Parts
• Making Component Parts from Multi-body Parts
Weldment
• Creating a New Weldment and the Weldment Environment
• Creating Fillet and Groove Welds
• Preparing the Welds
• Machining Welds
• Documenting Welds
Advanced Sketching and Constraining Techniques
• 2D Spline
• Import Points
• Sketch Patterns
• Sharing and Copying Sketches
• Mirroring and Symmetrically Constraining Sketches
• Slice Graphics in a Part File
• Linking Spreadsheet Parameters
• Edit Coordinate System
• Automatic Dimensions
Frame Generator
• Generating Frames
• Changing Inserted Frame Members
• Mitering Frame Members
• Notching Frame Member
• Trimming to Frame Members
• Trimming and Extending to Frame Members
• Lengthening and Shortening Frame Members
• Analyzing Frames
Advanced Part Modeling Techniques
• Use Open Profiles to Create Part Features
• Create Rib and Web Features
• Emboss Features
• Geometry Text
• Sweeping Features
• Projecting a 3D Sketch
• Sketching in 3D
• Create a Helical Coil from a 3D Sketch
• Creating Coil Features
• Lofting Sections
• Lofting Centerline and Twist
• Lofting Area and Face
• Copying Features
• Mirroring Features
• Suppressing Features
• Reordering Features
• Deriving Parts
• Deriving Assemblies
• Deriving Inserts
• Decaling a Part
• Decaling an Assembly
• AutoLimiting Models
Sheet Metal
• General Overview of Sheet Metal
• Using Sheet Metal Rules
• Creating Sheet Metal Rules
• Understanding Sheet Metal Bend Tables
• Understanding Sheet Metal in the Style Library
• Creating Sheet Metal Faces
• Creating a Single Sheet Metal Flange
• Creating Multiple Sheet Metal Flanges
• Creating Sheet Metal Contour Flange
• Creating Sheet Metal Lofted Flange
• Hemming Sheet Metal
• Folding Sheet Metal
• Bending Sheet Metal
• Converting to a Sheet Metal Part
• Cutting Sheet Metal
• Seaming the Corners in Sheet Metal
• Ripping the Corners in Sheet Metal
• Rounding and Cornering Sheet Metal
• Contour Rolling Sheet Metal
• Punching Sheet Metal
• Ripping Sheet Metal
• Flattening Sheet Metal
• Common Tools between Part and Sheet Metal
• Exporting Flat Patterns
• Unfolding and Refolding Sheet Metal
• Creating Sheet Metal Cosmetic Bend Lines
• Thickening a Surface to Create Sheet Metal
• PEM Fastening Sheet Metal
Documenting Sheet Metal
• Placing Sheet Metal Views
• Orientating Sheet Metal Views
• Creating Sheet Metal Bend Notes, Tags, and Tables
• Creating Sheet Metal Punch Notes and Tables
• Adjusting Sheet Metal Bend Order
• Using Sheet Metal iProperties on an IDW
Plastic Part Design
• Introduction to Plastic Part Design
• Creating Plastic Part Feature Grill
• Creating a Snap Fit Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Thread Side Boss Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Head Side Boss Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Rule Fillet Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Lip and Groove Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Rest Plastic Part Feature
Sketch Blocks
• Creating Sketch Blocks
• Inserting, Editing and Constraining Sketch Blocks
• Making Components from Sketch Blocks
Drawing File Creation and Settings
• Images in Title Blocks
• Templates
• Drawing Resources
• Create and Edit Sheets
• Custom Borders
• Custom iProperties in the Title Block
Document Settings and Application Options
• Document Settings and Application Options
• Setting the Proper Prompt
• Setting Sketch Application Options
• Setting Save Application Options
• Setting General Application Options
• Setting Environment Color Application Options
• Setting File Application Options
• Setting Part Application Options
• Introduction to the Style Editor
• Setting BOM Document Settings
Content Center
• Introduction to Content Center
• Inserting Content from Content Center
• Using AutoDrop
• iMates
• Create Custom Content Center Libraries
iFeatures
• Extract and Create an iFeature
• Place an iFeature
• Edit an iFeature
• Creating iParts
• iAssemblies
• Authoring an iCopy Component
• Creating Derived iCopy Members
• Create an iCopy Assembly
Import and Export
• Importing CATIA Version 5 and Other File Formats
• Exporting File Formats
• Pack and Go
Surfaces
• Create and Edit a Surface
• Replace Face and Sculpt
• Silhouette Curve
Design Accelerators
• Creating Spur Gears
• Creating Cylindrical Cams
• Creating O-Rings
• Creating Bolted Connections
• Creating Shafts
iLogic
• iLogic Basic Overview
• iLogic Parameters
• iLogic Parameter Filters
• iLogic Feature Suppression
• iLogic Dimensions
Selection
• Assembly Selection Filters
• Part Selection Filters
• Drawing Selection Filters