Autodesk Inventor

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Contents 1 Basic Concepts 2 Basic Editing 2.1 Getting Started 2.2 Part Editing 2.3 Assembly Editing 2.4 Drawing Editing 3 Advanced Editing

[edit] Basic Concepts

• Projects
• Sketching
• Part Creation
• Assembly Creation
• Drawing Creation
• Parameters

[edit] Basic Editing

[edit] Getting Started

• Creating parts and assemblies from scratch
• Editing parts and assemblies using the history tree

[edit] Part Editing

• Sketch
• Extrude
• Revolve
• Sweep
• Loft
• Features
• Patterns
• Holes
• Chamfers
• Fillets

[edit] Assembly Editing

• Placing Components
• Content Centre
• Constraints
• iMates
• Assembly-level features
• Weldments

[edit] Drawing Editing

• Placing Views
• Creating new view types based on sketches
• annotating, detailing, BOMs, revisions

[edit] Advanced Editing

Topics to be included:

• Derived parts and assemblies
• Presentation files
• 3D sketching
• Skeleton Modeling techniques