Autodesk Inventor Professional 2009 , Subscription, English Datasheet

Autodesk
Inventor
®
TM
Professional 2009
Experience your design before it’s built.
Autodesk Inventor™ software provides a comprehensive set
of design tools for producing, validating, and documenting
complete digital prototypes—helping manufacturers get
to market faster with fewer physical prototypes and more
innovative products.
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Contents
Dynamic Simulation................................... 4
Stress Analysis . ........................................... 6
Tube and Pipe Design ................................ 8
Cable and Harness Design . .................... 10
AutoCAD Integration .............................. 12
Part Design . ............................................... 14
Sheet Metal Part Design.......................... 16
Assembly Design ...................................... 18
Design and Manufacturing
Documentation.......................................... 21
Data Management
and Communication . ............................... 23
Customization and Automation............ 26
Learning Resources................................... 27
Learn More ................................................. 28
The Autodesk Inventor product family is
redefining traditional CAD workflows by helping
engineers focus on the functional requirements
of a design to drive the creation of complex 3d
geometry. Reducing the time spent on geometry
allows engineers to spend more time innovating
designs. By rapidly building digital prototypes that
validate a design’s function, engineers can catch
errors before they reach production. With creative
approaches to accelerate and simplify the conceptto-manufacturing process, Inventor has outsold all
competitors for the seventh consecutive year.
The Right Tools for Your Design Process
Inventor helps designers to realize the benefits of
Digital Prototyping by giving them the freedom to
reuse their existing DWG™ designs in a 3d design
environment. Inventor lets users read and write
native DWG files without risking inaccurate translations, and leverage valuable DWG data to build
accurate 3d part models the first time. Inventor
includes tools to easily create and document 3d
designs, and provides unparalleled interoperability
with competitive manufacturing applications—
simplifying collaboration with other companies.
Dynamic Simulation
Specialized Tools for Your Design Needs
The Autodesk Inventor product line provides a
comprehensive and integrated set of design tools
for producing and documenting complete digital
prototypes that validate the form, fit, and function
of a design. The Inventor model is an accurate
3d digital prototype that enables users to check
design and engineering data as they work, minimize the need for physical prototypes, and reduce
costly engineering changes discovered after the
design has been sent to manufacturing.
Autodesk Inventor software products combine an
intuitive 3d design environment for creating parts
and assemblies with functional design tools that
enable engineers to focus on a design’s function
to drive the automatic creation of intelligent components such as steel frames, rotating machinery,
tube and pipe runs, and electrical cable and wire
harnesses.
Validating the operating characteristics of
designs before they are built usually requires hiring expensive consultants. The Inventor product
line includes easy-to-use and tightly integrated
motion simulation and stress analysis functionality, making it possible for any engineer to optimize
and validate the digital prototype to predict how
the design will work under real-world conditions,
before the product or part is ever built.
Inventor is tightly integrated with Autodesk data
management applications, enabling the efficient
and secure exchange of design data and promoting
earlier collaboration between design and manufacturing workgroups. Different workgroups can manage and track all components of a digital prototype
with the free* Autodesk® Design Review software—the all-digital way to review, measure, mark
up, and track changes to designs—allowing for
better reuse of crucial design data, management
of bills of materials (BOMs), and collaboration with
other teams and partners.
With different product configurations that offer
specific levels of functionality, no company is
more focused than Autodesk on helping designers
create accurate digital prototypes and bring better
products to market faster at less cost.
Generating manufacturing documentation from a
validated 3d digital prototype helps reduce errors
and associated ECOs (engineering change orders)
before manufacturing. Inventor offers rapid and
accurate output of production-ready drawings
directly from the 3d model. Inventor product
bundles also include AutoCAD® Mechanical software for situations that require a high-productivity
2d mechanical drafting tool.
Dynamic Simulation
With Inventor Professional, designers can use Dynamic
Simulation to predict how a product will work under
real-world conditions, without having to build costly,
time-consuming physical prototypes or waiting for
results from expensive consultants.
Simply add the
driving loads, friction
characteristics, and
dynamic components.
Then, run the simulation
to validate the design.
Smooth integration with
stress analysis validates
component design with
actual load information,
rather than estimates.
Simulation
Simulate the operation of mechanisms and
motorized assemblies to make sure designs will
work, while reducing physical prototyping costs.
Compute the dynamic operating conditions of
the design throughout its full operating cycle, and
accurately size motors and actuators to sustain
actual operating loads. Analyze positions, velocities, accelerations, and loads encountered by a
selected component in the mechanism.
Output to Finite Element Analysis
Transfer reaction forces from discrete time steps
to Autodesk Inventor Stress Analysis or ANSYS®
Workbench to predict stress and deflection with
accurate peak loads. Size components, such as pins
and linkages, to minimize weight and material costs.
Dynamic Simulation
Constraint Translation
Quickly and easily set up dynamic simulations to
represent the operating conditions of the design.
The constraint reduction engine analyzes assembly
constraints to identify the relevant rigid bodies
and generate the correct motion joints for simulation. Users can also apply standard geometric
constraints using the included library of motion
joints. Then add springs and dampers to define the
coefficient of friction that applies to each joint.
Load Definition
Apply different driving loads and torques as well as
time-based force functions using the load profile
editor. Use this tool to investigate the design’s performance under a range of different load conditions.
Visualization
Fully interpret the behavior and performance of
your design. Animated 3d visualization shows dynamic motion based on underlying physics models
and the applied load conditions.
Point Trace
Determine accurate component position to help
provide sufficient clearance between mechanisms
and fixed structures. Select any point in the model
and use the Trace option to display the selected
point’s location at each step in the simulation. Save
simulation output, including path trace and assembly position, for use in part and assembly design.
Graphing
Use the comprehensive graphing capability to
quickly investigate how the dynamic characteristics
of the design vary through the machine’s operating
cycle. Plot physical parameters—such as position,
force, and acceleration—versus time. Compare
different properties at each point in the simulation
cycle using multiple plots on the same graph.
Microsoft Excel Output
Export XY plot data to Microsoft® Excel® worksheets to analyze simulations and incorporate
results in presentations and reports.
Stress Analysis
The stress analysis functionality in Inventor Professional
helps users understand how parts perform under load,
so they know their designs have sufficient strength to
perform without failure.
The stress analysis tools
are fully integrated with
the dynamic simulation
tools, enabling users to
perform stress analysis
with accurate load conditions that are calculated
directly from the dynamic behavior of the design.
Easy-to-Use, Integrated Analysis
Make design decisions based on analysis results,
not intuition. Integrated finite element analysis
removes the need for translation of the CAD
model, making it easier to use than stand-alone
analysis packages. Users can examine deformation
as well as maximum and minimum stresses to
design higher-quality parts and make sure their
designs meet required safety factors.
Integrated with Dynamic Simulation
Analyze the stress in a moving part at different
points in the mechanism’s operating cycle. Import
loads from multiple steps in a dynamic simulation,
and then calculate and view the resulting stresses
in a single analysis run.
Stress Analysis
Model Simplification
Reduce the time required to generate results from
stress analysis by simplifying part geometry to
suppress features during finite element analysis.
Export Analysis Data to ANSYS
Perform advanced studies without unnecessary
and costly data translation. Inventor analysis
definitions can be exported to ANSYS for use with
additional validation tools.
Share Validation Results
Quickly and easily add analysis results to reports
by exporting to an AVI or graphics file.
Thin Element Solver
Identify areas of high stress in thin metal parts,
including those made of sheet metal, to help
ensure that they can support the operating loads.
Tube and Pipe Design
Inventor Professional enables users to reduce the time
required to design tubing, piping, and flexible hose.
The rules-based routing
tools in Inventor
Professional select the
appropriate fittings and
help enable pipe runs
to comply with design
rules for minimum and
maximum length, roundoff increments, and bend
radius.
New Functionality
Simplify the design of pipe runs—or spools—to
fit in complex assemblies or tight spaces.
Automatically routed segments respect predefined
routing styles to present users with alternative
pipe routes that comply with routing rules such
as minimum or maximum length criteria and bend
radius. Alternatively, pipe runs can be defined
manually by creating 3d sketch geometry or
built up interactively using the route edit tools.
Automatically routed segments can be combined
with user-defined segments for maximum control.
Fittings Library
Improve quality, easily organize parts, and eliminate tedious searching with automatic placement
of the correct part from an extensive library of piping components. The library includes commonly
used, industry-standard (ANSI, DIN, ISO, and JIS)
fittings, tubing, piping, and hose. Add or modify
properties, including part numbers to existing
parts, and control file names used to instance fittings, pipes, tubes, and other content.
Flexible Hose
Make sure flexible hose and fittings fit properly
using a 3d digital prototype that drives accurate
manufacturing documentation. The system inserts
appropriate hose fittings from the Content Center
and checks for minimum bend radius based on
the selected hose style. Hose lengths are updated
automatically for use in length roll-up commands.
Tube and Pipe Design
Rigid Tube Routing
Quickly create rigid tubes with superior control
over the shape, bend angles, and radii. Create
rigid tubes with an arbitrary number of bends and
variable custom bend angles and radii. The radius
and rotation handles offer greater control over the
shape of rigid tubes.
Tube and Pipe Styles
Increase the quality and manufacturability of designs by helping to ensure that tube and pipe runs
automatically adhere to preset design standards.
Create tube and pipe styles to support the use of
threaded, welded, and flanged connections. Styles
define the fittings to be used for both automatic
and manual routing, and enforce design rules,
including minimum segment lengths and minimum
bend radii, as well as the maximum length between couplings.
Hygienic Pipe Runs
Design process lines that comply with sterility and
hygiene standards required for process equipment in the pharmaceutical, food, and personal
care industries. Incorporate the correct slope into
the pipe route, including use of drainable angle
fittings that comply with the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) bioprocessing
equipment where needed.
Creating Runs
Automatically populate piping routes with real
parts that adhere to manufacturing standards. The
Populate Route tool turns tube, pipe, and hose
routes into physical pipe runs, automatically placing fittings, pipe segments, rigid tubes, and hoses
as needed. Standard Inventor parts are created
during this process to make it easy to perform
mass property calculations and interference
checks. In addition, couplings are automatically
placed when pipes reach their maximum length,
and users can specify length cutoff increments.
Tube and Pipe Documentation
Create manufacturing deliverables without
redrawing—reducing errors and associated costs.
Fully associative documentation for tube and pipe
runs provides assembly drawings that update
whenever a change is made to the 3d design.
ISOGEN PCF file output creates isometric piping
drawings in third-party ISOGEN software such
as Alias ISOGEN, and tubing bend tables in ASCII
format provide the information required by tube
bending machines.
Cable and Harness Design
Inventor Professional streamlines cable and harness design
by using wire list information imported from schematic
design packages, including AutoCAD Electrical software.
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Complex electrical
systems are present in
almost every product
or machine, and require
increasingly careful
design of the physical
cables and harnesses.
Incorporating cable and
harness runs—including
ribbon cables—into the
digital prototype saves
users time and money
by calculating accurate
path lengths, avoiding
small radius bends,
and making sure the
electrical components
fit into the mechanical
assembly.
Functional Harness Design
Design cable and harness components in 3d to
reduce manufacturing problems, facilitate output
of manufacturing drawings, and avoid late-stage
engineering change orders. In Inventor, wire list
and connector information is used to drive harness
design with built-in cross-checking of electrical and
mechanical data so users can make sure that all
wires and connectors in the wire list are represented
in the 3d cable design.
Wire Routing
Quickly route thousands of wires while providing
control over the paths of crucial wires. Manual
routing requires explicit selection of the wire’s
path, interactive routing requires selection of the
start/end points and the algorithm chooses the
shortest path, and in automatic routing the system
find the shortest possible path based on all available paths.
Wire List Import
Maintain electrical design intent and reduce errors
when importing wire lists into the assembly. Quickly
import large wire lists from AutoCAD Electrical or
third-party schematic design applications with detection and correction of missing connectors, pins,
and wire definitions.
Harness Path Definition
Optimize the design of cable and harness assemblies to help ensure proper spacing for manufacturing and reduce errors in manufacturing caused
by incomplete product definition. Define harness
and cable paths using a point-and-click methodology that creates 3d virtual conduits (segments) in
the model. Create associative relationships that
help ensure that the harness updates when design
components change. Add points or move existing
points to refine the overall shape of the harness.
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Cable and Harness Design
Ribbon Cables
Reduce errors in the design of electronic equipment
by incorporating ribbon cables in the 3d digital prototype. Add ribbon cables between connectors with
full control over the locations of twists and folds.
Harness Validation
Improve cable quality and manufacturability, and
prevent costly recalls and product failures by adhering to design standards. Inventor automatically
calculates quality parameters, including bundle
diameter, bend radius, and wire lengths, whenever
changes are made to the harness. As a result, users
can eliminate the time-consuming and errorprone process of manually measuring a hardware
prototype.
Harness Documentation
Quickly and easily create manufacturing documentation before building the first article. Since
cable and harness geometry is native to Inventor,
users can create assembly documentation showing
accurate details of cable and harness placement.
Comprehensive tools for the rapid generation of
harness documentation include the following:
Connector Authoring
Set up company-specific connector libraries to
encourage the use of preferred connectors in the
design of electrical products. Inventor includes an
extensive library of connectors to simplify selection and placement. The Content Center provides
an easy-to-use editor to add user-defined connectors, as well as add or modify properties such as
part numbers and default file names used when
instancing connectors.
•Automatic nailboard diagrams for 3d wire harnesses, cables, and ribbon cables that update
automatically as the 3d design changes
•Reports including wire run lists, termination
charts, cut tables, and other reports needed for
the design and manufacture of the harness
•XML output files for transferring the final wire
connectivity information to streamline the creation of schematics and wiring diagrams using
AutoCAD Electrical or other schematic design
software
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AutoCAD Integration
Inventor makes it easy for users of AutoCAD software to
realize the benefits of Digital Prototyping by leveraging
investments in AutoCAD expertise and DWG™ design data.
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Inventor delivers the
industry’s leading
integration of 2d and
3d design, providing
direct read and write
of native DWG files,
while maintaining full
associativity to the
3d model—without
the need for datacompromising
translators.
With Inventor, reuse
valuable data with
rapid access to existing
2d information. And,
because users can save
drawings as DWG files,
they can easily share
insights gained from the
digital prototype with
partners and suppliers
who rely on AutoCAD
software. Views
generated from 3d part
and assembly designs,
such as schematics and
plant layouts, can also be
combined with AutoCAD
data. Users can then
update 2d drawings by
inserting a view of new
3d designs—reducing
the cost of upgrading
existing equipment.
Template Synchronization
Open a DWG file in Inventor and automatically
create layers and dimension and text styles based
on the AutoCAD styles in the DWG file, thus
reducing the time required to create drawings that
comply with customers’ drawing standards.
Ease of Use
Reduce the time and training required for
AutoCAD users to become proficient in 3d
design workflows. Simplify the transition from
AutoCAD software to Inventor in a familiar design
environment with recognizable icons, AutoCADcompatible 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.
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AutoCAD Integration
DWG Save
Integrate DWG technology into the 3d design
workflow to take advantage of existing skills; easily
combine part, assembly, and schematic drawings
data; and streamline communication with suppliers
and partners who rely on DWG technology. This
feature stores Inventor drawing views in the DWG
file to provide view, plot, and measure capabilities
in AutoCAD with complete visual fidelity, while
preserving fully associative drawing updates.
AutoCAD Blocks from Inventor Views
Reduce the cost of using 3d for upgrade projects
originally designed in 2d. This feature generates
AutoCAD blocks from Inventor drawing views so
users can redesign subassemblies using Inventor
and then integrate the new drawing views directly
into the original drawings.
Direct DWG Open
Gain access to existing 2d design data without
installing or learning AutoCAD software. Open
AutoCAD drawings directly in the Inventor application to view, plot, and measure using familiar
Inventor commands. Incorporate existing 2d
design data into 3d design workflows using Copy
and Paste commands.
Inventor and AutoCAD Mechanical
Interoperability
Accelerate time to market and reduce errors by
enabling associative 2d and 3d collaboration.
With this interoperability, AutoCAD Mechanical
software creates drawings of Inventor components
by enabling users to open native Inventor parts
and assemblies. When the design changes in
Inventor, the AutoCAD Mechanical drawing is
automatically updated.
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Part Design
Inventor software helps designers reach the next level of
efficiency by making it easier to reuse design data, convey
design intent, and work with fully associative models to
make sure any changes to the part design are reflected in
the assembly model and drawing files.
Improve productivity by
automating repetitive
design workflows for
frequently used custom
features and parts. Using
the iPart technology in
Inventor, companies can
easily set up libraries of
intelligent parts to make
sure that frequently used
parts are created the
same way every time.
Sketching
Evaluate different design ideas before creating
detailed part and assembly models. By using the
Inventor sketch environment, designers can quickly
capture design ideas as versatile 2d layouts. By
combining the power of constraints with easy-touse tools for modifying sketches, designers can try
different design concepts and control color and line
style to help convey design ideas.
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Part Design
Advanced Shape Description
Create a wide range of complex geometries by
easily combining solids and surfaces. Inventor gives
users precise control of shape characteristics, such
as tangency and continuity. Advanced modeling
tools include Loft to a Point, N-Sided Patch, Sweep
Normal to Surface, Area Loft, Centerline Loft, G2
Continuous Fillets, Full Round Fillets, and Face-toFace Fillets.
Import from AliasStudio
Use concept design data from Autodesk®
AliasStudio™ software to reduce the time required
to complete 3d product design. Incorporate curve
and surface data from AliasStudio into Inventor
part models using DWG import and export tools
built into the two products.
Sculpt Tool
Quickly and easily modify shape details using
surfaces from Inventor or by incorporating
imported surfaces. Construct 3d part geometry
from closed set surfaces, and incorporate
imported surface data into the model using the
Sculpt tool to modify existing parts by adding or
removing material.
Image courtesy of ADEPT Airmotive
Surface Quality Analysis
Create models with high-quality surface characteristics, and check design data for manufacturability
to avoid costly changes during manufacturing
setup. Zebra and Gaussian analysis tools simplify
the process of checking for tangency, continuity,
and curvature.
Draft Angle and Cross Section Analysis
Cross section analysis displays wall thickness,
color-coded feedback of minimum and maximum
thickness violations, and moment of inertia at
the end of the cross section. Draft angle analysis
displays color-coded draft angle based on a pull
direction, which can be defined by an axis, plane,
or planar face.
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Sheet Metal Part Design
Autodesk Inventor helps users simplify the design
of complex sheet metal parts.
Inventor improves
productivity during the
design of sheet metal
parts by providing a
digital prototype that
combines manufacturing
information (such as
punch tool parameters
and custom bend tables)
with an accurate 3d
model of sheet metal
folding and a flat pattern
editing environment
where manufacturing
engineers can tweak
flat patterns to optimize
manufacturing costs.
Sheet Metal Flanges
Quickly design sheet metal parts in 3d that
accommodate specific manufacturing processes
and shop capabilities. Edge chaining allows
creation of multiple flanges in a single stop, while
rich unfold options and automatic mitering reduce
the time required to define the folded part model.
Sheet Metal Styles
Generate flat patterns that accurately reflect your
manufacturing capabilities. Sheet metal unfolding
is controlled through styles that define the material thickness, bend rules, and corner reliefs. Both
linear unfolding and custom bend tables can be
used to control the unfolding geometry.
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Sheet Metal Part Design
Flat Pattern Features
Generate optimized flat patterns to eliminate
unnecessary manufacturing costs. Unfold sheet
metal models to create flat patterns with associative
flat-pattern editing to support cleanup operations
such as modifying corner reliefs to match specific
capabilities available on the shop floor.
Punch Libraries
Users can define their own sheet metal punch
libraries to standardize punch usage and reduce
computer numerical control (CNC) tooling costs.
Table-driven punches enable users to define
families of punches, typically different sizes of
the same punch shape with full representation of
manufacturing parameters, including PunchID,
punch depth, and sketches for alternate punch
representations.
Sheet Metal Fasteners
Quickly insert specialized sheet metal fasteners in
the sheet metal design. A comprehensive range of
PEM™ fasteners are included in the Content Center.
DXF Output
Reduce programming time by eliminating time
spent cleaning up DXF™ files for CNC machining.
DXF/DWG export for sheet metal provides control
of preprocessing and postprocessing options such
as DXF/DWG file version, layer mapping, userdefined chord length for spline simplification, and
customization through external XML files.
Sheet Metal Manufacturing Drawings
Quickly create accurate manufacturing drawings
to support sheet metal manufacturing operations.
Document flat pattern drawings by inserting punch
notes, punch tables, and bend tables that display
punch and bend data from the 3d mode and select
display of bend directions using drawing styles.
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Assembly Design
Inventor combines Design Accelerators with easy-to-use
assembly tools so users can be sure that every part and
component in an assembly design fits correctly.
Accurately validate
interference and mass
properties to produce
high-quality products the
first time around. Inventor
provides the tools to
control and manage the
data created by large
assembly designs so users
can work on just the
components required to
complete a particular part
of the design.
Assembly Design
Quickly assemble individual parts and subassemblies to define the complete product structure and
verify that the product can be assembled. Insert
and position new components in the assembly
using constraints to capture the positional relationships that define fixed and moving components.
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Assembly Design
Interference Analysis and Contact
Detection
Eliminate costly errors and improve manufacturability by testing assembly function within Inventor.
Check for both static interference between parts
with graphic highlighting of overlapping material, and then test for potential collisions between
moving parts by driving assembly constraints or
dragging components until they collide.
Large Assembly Management
Realize the benefits of 3d design when developing
very large assemblies. With level of detail (LOD)
representations, users have full control over how
much information to load when working with
large assemblies. Control memory consumption
by suppressing components. A large assembly
“capacity meter” provides a visual indication of how
much memory is available.
AutoLimits
Reduce errors and engineering changes through
automatic monitoring of crucial design parameters.
Use AutoLimits to monitor length, distance, angle,
diameter, loop length, area, volume, and mass.
AutoLimits icons change color when the monitored
parameters exceed the prescribed parameter range.
Design Accelerators
Move beyond 2d drafting and 3d modeling to
rapidly design, analyze, and generate commonly
used machine components from the functional
requirements and specifications such as power,
speed, torque, material properties, working
temperatures, and lubrication conditions. Inventor
software includes Design Accelerators for bolted
connections, shafts, bearings, O-rings, spur gears,
belt and chain drives, pins, and springs.
Assembly Configurations
Easily design and document product families using
assembly configurations to define variations from
a master assembly. Exclude or substitute individual
components and make changes to dimension and
constraint values. Then document the whole part
or assembly configuration using the Table tool,
which automatically creates the parameter table in
a 2d drawing.
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Assembly Design
Frame Generator
Quickly design and develop welded frames for
industrial machinery applications. The Frame
Generator builds up structural frames by dropping
predefined steel shapes onto wireframe or solid
skeletal frames and simplifies creation of end
conditions with predefined options for mitered,
notched, and straight butt welded joints. It
includes profile authoring so users can add custom
profiles to the existing library of standard profiles.
Content Center
The Content Center provides fast and easy access
to frequently used content, simplifying creation,
reuse, and management of all standard company
content. The Content Center is a centralized library
for engineering content that provides an easy-touse content browser with search and filter tools
to help users quickly find the right part families. It
includes more than 650,000 components—such as
nuts, bolts, and screws—and enables companies to
add in-house parts and standard features to userdefined libraries.
Supplier Content Center
Reduce the time and effort required to incorporate
standard components into designs. The Supplier
Content Center provides web-based access to
component models from more than 100 leading
manufacturers. The simple-to-use browser provides
quick and easy access to models in native Inventor
format. And it is fully integrated with the Autodesk
Inventor Content Center.
Weldments
Improve quality and documentation of welded
assemblies. Define weld preparation, weld
creation, and postweld operations with full 3d
representation of fillet, gap, or groove welds
that provide weldment analysis and bead volume
reports. Automatically create 3d annotation based
on industry or company standards, and generate
associative 2d weld symbols for documentation.
Design Doctor
Use the Design Doctor™ feature to find and
fix errors in 3d models. This diagnostic tool
identifies potential design issues and recommends
corrections.
Assembly Level STL Output
Quickly create source stereolithography (STL) files
directly from the Inventor assembly environment
for rapid prototyping of Inventor assemblies.
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Design and Manufacturing Documentation
Autodesk Inventor includes comprehensive tools to generate
engineering and manufacturing documentation from the
digital prototype. These tools can help users reduce errors
and deliver designs in less time.
Inventor takes the production of manufacturing documentation to
the next level of productivity through automatic
generation of drawing
views and tools for finishing drawings.
And, with support for all
major drawing standards,
full associativity with the
3d model (so drawings
update when the design
changes), and output
in the DWG format,
Inventor is the best
choice for creating and
sharing DWG drawings.
Automatic Drawing Views
Dramatically reduce drawing creation time over
traditional 2d methods. Automatic drawing views
enable users to
• Call out the views needed on the drawing sheet,
including front, side, ISO, detail, section, and
auxiliary views, and let Inventor project the geometry with comprehensive options for controlling hidden-line display at the component level
• Retrieve dimension data from the 3d model
to quickly place the dimensions, including isometric view dimensions, and let Inventor update
the dimensions when changes are made to the
3d model
• Use a comprehensive set of dimension,
annotation, and 2d symbols for quick and
flexible completion of the drawing set
• Create overlay drawing views that illustrate
various potential states of assemblies
• Access support for technical drawing standards,
including ANSI, BSI, DIN, ESKD, GB, ISO, and JIS
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Design and Manufacturing Documentation
Automatic Drawing Updates
Reduce errors and the need for manual checking
through automatic drawing update. Inventor associates drawing views to the original components
so any change made to a part or an assembly is automatically reflected in the drawing. Inventor also
supports global updates of drawing resources, such
as title blocks, borders, and sketched symbols.
Associative Parts List
Automatically generate and update accurate parts
lists in a fraction of the time required by traditional 2d methods, virtually eliminating human error.
The associative parts list enables users to maintain
an accurate parts list with part and subassembly
quantities that are automatically kept up-to-date,
organized, and populated into a drawing parts
list. Rapidly add balloons and item numbers to
assembly drawings. And users have greater flexibility in customizing parts lists to meet company
standards.
Bill of Materials
Provide earlier visibility into accurate component
lists to improve costing and sourcing decisions.
Simplify release to manufacturing with accurate
engineering BOM data. The BOM is a single source
for managing the assembly and subassembly
structure of purchased and nonpurchased parts,
including virtual components. Timesaving features
include the following:
• Automatic numbering with support for numeric
and alpha characters, and item number override
• Material definition for virtual components, such
as glue and paint
• Direct editing of materials in the BOM table,
which allows material changes to be made to
more than one item at the same time
Technical Illustrations
Use the presentation environment in Inventor
to quickly create technical illustrations, process
sheets, training materials, part manuals, assembly
instruction sheets, and videos to train assembly
teams on the manufacturing floor.
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Data Management and Communication
Inventor enables the efficient and secure exchange of design
data to support collaboration between different engineering
contributors, including industrial design, product design, and
manufacturing.
This capability allows
design workgroups to
manage and track all
the design components
of a digital prototype,
helping designers reuse
crucial design data, manage BOMS, and promote
earlier collaboration with
manufacturing teams
and clients.
Through a comprehensive suite of native translators, Inventor provides
the interoperability that
enables companies to
take on projects in which
part of the 3d data originates from other CAD
systems and satisfy customer requests for 3d
models in other native
formats.
Autodesk Vault Integration
Autodesk® Vault data management software is
a centralized application for workgroups that
securely stores and manages work-in-progress
design data and related documents. Use it to
maximize return on your company’s investment
in design data by driving design reuse.
Autodesk Productstream
Help ensure that your company’s designs are
complete, accurate, approved, and released to
manufacturing in a timely and effective manner.
Autodesk® Productstream® software (sold
separately) automates the release management
process by managing engineering changes
and BOMs while the engineering department
maintains control of the design data.
Autodesk Inventor Studio
Improve communication with customers and
other decision makers by creating high-quality
photorealistic renderings and animations in
the Inventor design environment. Autodesk®
Inventor™ Studio software gives design engineers
direct access to this specialized and typically
expensive functionality. Mirror and turntable
animation tools and a streamlined user interface
reduce the time required to set up and create
cyclic animation sequences.
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Data Management and Communication
DWF Publishing
Improve product quality, decrease time to market,
and reduce scrap and rework costs by using
DWF™ technology to streamline communication
with suppliers, purchasing, and other supply
chain partners. Publish the information required
by manufacturing partners, including assembly
animations and detailed step-by-step assembly
instructions, 2d drawings, and 3d models with
BOM information.
DWF Markup
Easily track, manage, and verify multiple markups
and design changes throughout the design review
process. Overlay DWF markups directly onto
Inventor drawings, provide status, and make
changes. Users can then republish or “round-trip”
those changes back to the design reviewer to
complete the process.
Publishing Formats
Share product information with partners and
customers who need to incorporate your designs
into their products. Publish Inventor drawings as
PDF files, publish 3d part and assembly models in
SAT or JT format, and create STL files for output to
stereolithography and 3d print machines.
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Data Management and Communication
AEC Exchange
The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and
Construction) Exchange tool creates and publishes simplified 3d representations, intelligent
connection points, and additional information in
native file formats for AutoCAD® MEP software.
Users can also export 3d geometry to AutoCAD®
Architecture, Revit®-based software, and
AutoCAD software.
STEP/IGES
Simplify accurate collaboration with suppliers and
customers by enabling sharing and reuse of design
data with 3d CAD/CAM systems. Read and write
design and drawing data using industry-standard
formats.
Construction Environment
Reduce the time required to inspect and repair
customer data files. The Inventor Construction
Environment provides fault-tolerant import of
large STEP and IGES data sets, with a quarantine
to hold entities containing geometric problems
such as surface slivers and mismatched boundary curves. The construction environment also
includes a comprehensive toolkit for inspecting,
editing, and correcting quarantined entities,
including solids, surfaces, wireframes, and points.
Data sets can be corrected and promoted into 3d
part models, surfaces, or 3d wireframes.
Native Translators
Streamline projects that require opening files from
vendors or customers in native formats. Deliver 3d
design data to customers or vendors who prefer
native file formats. Users can easily exchange data
between Autodesk Inventor, UGS,® SolidWorks,®
and Pro/ENGINEER® by importing and exporting Parasolid,® importing UG-NX,™ importing
SolidWorks, importing and exporting Granite, and
importing Pro/ENGINEER directly with Inventor.
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Customization and Automation
Inventor helps users make the most of their investment
in 3d by using the Inventor API (application programming
interface) to streamline frequently used procedures and
automate specialized workflows that support design
standards and engineering processes.
Increase speed and productivity with configurable styles so drawings
conform to standards,
and publish custom components in the Content
Center to make sure that
designers use appropriate components in their
designs.
Styles
Work faster by instantly changing the formatting
of an entire document, while maintaining consistency with company standards. Styles are combinations of formatting characteristics such as font,
font size, color, standards, linetype, and material.
They are easily named and stored as templates,
and are used to control all aspects of drawing formats. When users apply a style, all the formatting
instructions in that style are applied at one time,
and a set of common styles can be configured for
use by an entire project team.
Content Center Publishing Tools
Quickly prepare and publish intelligent part libraries. The publishing tools in the Content Center
include an editing environment and batch processing of large data sets to streamline the process of
preparing and publishing company parts as well as
vendor catalogs.
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Task Scheduler
Increase productivity by automating repetitive and
nonproductive tasks. The Inventor Task Scheduler enables users to schedule single or multiple
(batch) automated tasks including DWF publishing,
printing, file migration, IGES and STEP transfers,
and vault operations. Users can also check out and
download files from the Vault.
Open API
Increase productivity by developing tools to automate your company’s design and documentation
processes. Inventor includes a well-documented
API to create customized programs to automate
specialized workflows and extend the Inventor
data model with custom attributes.
Learning Resources
Inventor offers a range of learning and reference resources
to help users maintain skills and quickly make the most of
the 3d design environment.
With Inventor, users can
learn new skills, look
up information about
procedures and tools,
and get the latest tips
and tricks needed to stay
productive.
Engineer’s Handbook
Save time researching engineering formulas,
tables, and standards. The Engineer’s Handbook
provides a comprehensive online reference of
engineering theory, formulas, and algorithms, and
a manufacturing knowledge base that is easily
accessible from anywhere in Inventor.
Advanced Help System
Speed the transition to 3d with contextual help.
The advanced help system is easier to use with
improved navigation and profiles that present
users with the right information based on their
user profile.
Tutorials and Skill Builders
Use extended learning modules, including
tutorials with Show Me animations and Skill
Builders, to enhance understanding and skills.
E-Learning
Accelerate learning through flexible access to
tutorials and best practices. A valuable component
of Autodesk® Subscription, e-Learning provides a
continually expanding curriculum of short training
exercises.
Deployment Guide
Complete the installation of Inventor with
minimum time and effort. Whether you are
planning a new deployment or upgrading to
Autodesk Inventor 2009, this easy-to-read booklet
provides the information you need to succeed.
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Learn More
Learn about the different Inventor products available to
fit your specific design needs, and discover why Inventor
products are the best choice for manufacturing companies.
For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/inventor.
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