Autodesk Inventor Course Outline

This foundation course covers the Autodesk Inventor features used to create, edit, document, and print parts and assemblies. Students will learn about the part and assembly modeling tools through instructor led classroom instruction and through the real-world exercises in the course.

Because we know that students learn best by doing, all Cybertek classes are instructor-led classes featuring "hands-on" lectures with students participating with the instructor step-by-step through commands and application features augmented by detailed step-by-step exercises.

Course Length - 4 days

Making Your First Part

Review The Mechanical Design Process Typical Approach
- Inventor & The Design Process
Review Main File Types In Inventor
- Parts, Assemblies, Drawings & Presentations
- Organizing Files With Inventor Projects
Introduction to The Inventor Interface
- Toolbars & The Panel Bar
- The Browser Bar
Introduction to Inventor Viewing Tools
- Zooming & Panning
- Changing Your View Point

Making Effective Sketches

Creating Sketch Geometry
- Make Sketch Of Base Features
- Make Lines, Circles, Arcs & Rectangles
- Snapping To Existing Geometry
Editing Sketch Geometry
- Selecting Geometry & Select Other Tools
- Dragging & Deleting Geometry
- Trim, Offset & Other Editing Tools
Using Geometric Constraints
- Using Geometric Constraints To Control Sketches
Dimensions & Parameters
- Using Dimensions To Control Sketches
- Fully Constrained Sketches & Driven Dimensions
- Changing Parameter Names
- Relating Dimension Values Using Equations

Modeling Parts From Features

Understand The Browser Bar
- Consume Sketches With New Features
- Recognize Basic Types Of Features
- Control Visibility Of Work Features
Change Parts By Editing Existing Features
- Editing Consumed Sketches
- Editing Existing Features
Create Three Types Of Features
- Sketched Features, Placed Features, Work Features

Generating 2D Drawings From Parts

Sheets, Borders & Title Blocks
- Create & Edit Drawing Sheets
- Customize Borders & Title Blocks
- Make Custom Drawing Templates
Drawing Views
- Create Standard Views of Part Files
- Drawing Views
- Set Appropriate View Parameters
- Drawing Annotations
- Create & Edit 2D Drawing Annotation
Drafting Standards
- Using Industry Standards In Inventor
- Use & Customize Dimension Styles
- Organize Styles In Drawing Filess

Creating Assembly Files From Part Files

Place Component Instances
- Place The First Base Part Instance
- Place Instances Of Other Existing Part Files
- Create & Edit Assembly Constraints
- Insert, Mate, Tangent, Insert & Angle
- Delete & Edit Existing Constraints
Introducing Degrees of Freedom
- Recognizing The Grounded Base Instance
- Toggle Degrees of Freedom Icons On & Off
- Interpret Degrees of Freedom Icons
Simulate Assemblies
- Drag Part Instances To Test Constraints

Modeling Parts Inside Assemblies

(Option Chapter not covered in Essentials class)
Navigate Between Inventor Edit Modes Assembly
Part & Sketch Edit Modes
Project Geometry In Assemblies
Design Parts Using Geometry In Other Parts

Presenting Your Designs

Create New Presentation Files
- Use Template To Create New Presentation File
- Create Exploded Assembly Views
- Tweak Components Manually
- Change Sequence & Group Existing Tweaks
- Animate Exploded Assemblies
- Change Camera Angles Between Sequences
- Record Animations In (*.avi) Movie Files

Creating Assembly Drawings

Generate Drawing Views of Assemblies
- Components In Assembled Locations
- Exploded Assemblies
Generate Bills of Materials
- Create & Edit Parts Lists
- Generate Bills of Materials
- Create Individual Balloons One-At-A-Time
- Create Balloons For All Parts Automatically
- Reposition Balloons & Edit Arrow Heads
Define Custom Parts
- Add Custom Parts To Parts Lists
- Create Balloons For Custom Parts
Generate Section Views
- Create Sections Of Assemblies and hatches

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