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Our Inventor courses
Duration: 4 days
The Introduction to Inventor Solid Modeling training provides you with an understanding of parametric design philosophy through a hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum. You will learn the key skills and knowledge required to design models using Inventor, starting with conceptual sketching, through to solid modeling, assembly design, and drawing production.
Topics covered include:
- The Inventor software interface
- Creating, constraining, and dimensioning 2D sketches
- Creating and editing the solid base 3D feature from a sketch
- Creating and editing secondary solid features that are sketched and placed
- Creating equations and working with parameters
- Manipulating the display of the model
- Resolving feature failures
- Duplicating geometry in the model
- Placing and constraining/connecting parts in assemblies
- Manipulating the display of components in an assembly
- Obtaining model measurements and property information
- Creating Presentation files (exploded views)
- Modifying and analysing the components in an assembly
- Simulating motion in an assembly
- Creating parts and features in assemblies
- Creating and editing an assembly Bill of Materials (BOMs)
- Working with projects
- Creating and annotating drawings and views
- Customising the Autodesk Inventor environment
Prerequisites:
No prior 3D modelling experience is required, but an understanding of engineering terminology is useful. Experience with the Windows operating system is also needed.
Certification
Once attendees complete a course evaluation, an Autodesk certificate of completion is issued. You must complete the evaluation within thirty days of the course to receive the certification.
Duration: 3 days
This course is designed for users who want to understand Inventor's advanced assembly modelling techniques.
Topics covered include:
- Applying motion to existing assembly constraints using motion and transitional constraints
- Introduction to the top-down design technique for creating assemblies and their components
- Tools for top-down design, such as associative links, adaptive parts, multi-body and layout design, derived components, and skeleton models
- Creating positional representations to review motion, evaluate the position of assembly components, or document an assembly in a drawing
- Using the model simplification tools to create simplified part models and views of assembly designs
- Creating model states and Iassemblies to create customisable versions of assembly designs
- Creating rendered realistic images and animations of parts and assemblies using Autodesk Inventor studio and the video producer
- Using the design accelerator and frame generator to easily insert standard and customisable components and features into your model
- Efficiently duplicating components in an assembly
- Adding welds and weld symbols to weldment assemblies
Prerequisites:
Attendees must have knowledge of Inventor basics as taught in Introduction to Inventor Solid Modelling.
Certification
Once attendees complete a course evaluation, an Autodesk certificate of completion is issued. You must complete the evaluation within thirty days of the course to receive the certification.
Duration: 2 days
This course is designed for users who want to understand Inventor's advanced part modelling techniques. You will also learn the tools that enhance workflow efficiency, including iFeatures, model states, IParts, and working with imported data.
Topics covered include:
- Advanced model appearance options
- 2D and 3D sketching techniques
- Multi-body part modeling
- Advanced geometry creation tools (bend part, unwrap, work features, area lofts, sweeps, and coils)
- Generative shape design using shape generator
- Creating and editing basic surfaces
- Model states
- iFeatures and iParts
- Importing data from other CAD systems and making edits
- Working with AutoCAD DWG files
- Analysis tools - part zebra and curvature analysis
- Emboss and decal features
- Advanced drawing tools (iPart tables, surfaces in drawing views, and custom sketched symbols)
- Surface Repair Environment
Prerequisites:
Attendees must have completed an introductory course on Inventor prior to this training. Experience and understanding of creating and editing parts, utilising work features, and creating and annotating drawing views in Inventor are also required. Microsoft Excel experience is also a necessary skill for attendees.
Certification
Once attendees complete a course evaluation, an Autodesk certificate of completion is issued. You must complete the evaluation within thirty days of the course to receive the certification.
Duration: 3 days
This training course is an introduction to Autodesk Inventor for users with experience in other non-Autodesk 3D modelling software. The hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum is designed to enable new users to benefit from a shorter introduction to Inventor software, leveraging their existing knowledge of CAD. You will learn the complete process of creating models from conceptual sketching through to solid modelling, assembly design, and drawing production.
Topics covered include:
- The Inventor software interface
- Obtaining model information
- Creating sketch and pick and place features
- Work features
- Creating equations and working with parameters
- Model geometry and model display manipulation
- Feature duplication techniques
- Placing and constraining parts in assemblies
- Assembly component display
- Presentation files (exploded views and animations)
- Assembly tools
- Creating parts and features in assemblies
- Creating and editing assembly Bill of Materials
- Working with projects
- Creating and annotating drawings and views
Prerequisites:
As an accelerated introductory course for Autodesk Inventor, attendees will require prior knowledge of 3D modelling in other 3D CAD software.
Certification
Once attendees complete a course evaluation, an Autodesk certificate of completion is issued. You must complete the evaluation within thirty days of the course to receive the certification.
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