Welcome

Welcome to the Autodesk ® Inventor ® Hands-on Test Drive. This Autodesk Inventor Test Drive is designed to guide AutoCAD ® users through the basic processes of 3D product design and show how using Autodesk Inventor can improve their product development operations. As the creators of

AutoCAD software, Autodesk ® understands your design process and has designed Inventor to make the process of adding 3D as easy as possible.

While working on the design, you will see how, with 3D modeling, you can quickly create and refine your complete product design while simplifying the production and revision of manufacturing drawings. The exercises illustrate key elements of workflows involved in the design of fabricated parts and multi-part assemblies.

Although you can use this Test Drive at your own pace, these materials are intended for use in an

Autodesk Authorized Reseller-led workshop environment. To optimize learning, your Reseller will guide you through the exercises. You should be able to complete all of the exercises in this booklet in approximately 3 hours.

Thank you for your interest in Autodesk ® Inventor ® . We sincerely hope that this tutorial will give you insight into the benefits of using Autodesk Inventor to improve your product development operations.

- The Autodesk Inventor Team

For more information or assistance using your Autodesk Inventor Hands-on Test Drive, please contact your Autodesk Authorized Reseller. www.autodesk.com/reseller

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Installing Your Inventor Trial Software

1. Install all important Windows updates that are pending on your machine and reboot.

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Windows XP: You can do this from the Windows Update utility located in the Control Panel.

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Windows Vista: Windows Update is located in the Control Panel, System and Maintenance

section.

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Windows 7: Windows Update is located in the Control Panel, System and Security section.

2. Uninstall any of the following Autodesk Inventor 2012 Beta and its prerequisite products if you

installed them previously.

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Autodesk Inventor 2012 Beta n

DWG TrueVIEW 2012

Start the installer.

3. If Windows Automatic Update is enabled, ensure that it is not run during the Inventor installation.

If it does run and reboots the system during the Inventor installation, restart the Inventor

installation.

4. Insert the CD marked Hands-on Test-Drive.

5. Double-click Autodesk_Inventor_2012_TestDrive_English_Win.exe to start the installation.

6. In the Review - Configure - Install dialog box, click Configure to set preferences.

7. After configuration, start to install.

8. When the installation is done, click Finish.

CD Contents

The CD attached to the back cover of this book contains all the data and drawings you need to complete the exercises in this test drive.

Installing the Exercise Data Files from the CD

To install the data files for the exercises:

1. Insert the CD.

2. Double-click the self-extracting archive Autodesk_Inventor_2012_TestDrive_English_Win.exe.

Unless you specify a different folder, the exercise files are installed in the following folder:

C:\Autodesk\Inventor 2012 Test Drive

After you install the data from the CD, this folder contains all the files necessary to complete each exercise in the test drive.

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