Autodesk Inventor ® TM Suite 2008
Add the power of 3D with the company that brought you 2D. Autodesk Inventor™ software products are the best choice for AutoCAD software users who want to add the power of 3D without compromising investments in 2D design data and AutoCAD technical expertise. ® ® Contents Digital Prototypes......................................... 3 AutoCAD Integration................................... 5 Part Design.....................................................7 Assembly Design.......................................
Digital Prototypes Make sure designs work before spending money on prototypes or manufacturing tooling. With Inventor, 3D digital prototypes are complete and accurate models that enable users to check design and engineering decisions as they work, minimize the need for physical prototypes, and avoid costly changes when the design is sent to manufacturing.
Digital Prototypes Interference Analysis and Contact Detection Reduce costly errors and improve manufacturability by testing assembly function within Inventor. • Test part interference with automated tools, allowing the parts to be measured for fit. • Drag a component to collide with another component, and validate that the reaction is correct. • Isolate selected components in a contact set to determine whether the components behave in the expected mechanical motion.
AutoCAD Integration Only Inventor provides DWG TrueConnect, delivering industry-leading integration of 2D and 3D design through direct read and write of the DWG format with full associativity to the 3D design data without translators. Autodesk Inventor drawings saved as DWG files provide view, plot, and measure with exceptional visual fidelity for improved sharing of manufacturing information. With DWG Read, users save valuable time by opening AutoCAD designs in Inventor.
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 in AutoCAD with complete visual fidelity, while preserving fully associative drawing updates.
Part Design With the power of functional design, Inventor helps you focus on the functional requirements of a design to drive the creation of 3D models and create competitive product designs in less time. Fully associative models help ensure that any changes to the part design are automatically reflected in the assembly and drawing files, so that the complete design and manufacturing documentation is accurate and current.
Part Design Feature Generator Drag-and-drop shape libraries accelerate the transition to 3D modeling by making it easy and fast to create and edit parts. Use the feature generator to create fully editable Inventor parts by simply dragging shapes from a library of standard geometry. Associativity Take advantage of automatic propagation of design changes to reduce errors and accelerate time to market.
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.
Part Design Import from Autodesk AliasStudio Use concept design data from Autodesk® AliasStudio™ software to reduce the time required to complete the 3D product design. Reuse curve and surface data from AliasStudio using the DWG import and export tools that are built into the two products. Manipulate imported surfaces in the Inventor construction environment, and then use the Sculpt tool to quickly incorporate them into the 3D part model.
Assembly Design Inventor combines functional design with easy-to-use assembly tools so users can be sure that every part and component in an assembly design fits correctly. Validate interference and mass properties to produce quality products the first time around. Inventor provides powerful tools to control and manage data created by large assembly designs so users working on large assemblies can quickly complete their part of the design.
Assembly Design 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. The user can control memory consumption by suppressing components. A large assembly “capacity meter” provides a visual indication of how much memory is available.
Assembly Design 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.
Assembly Design 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’s fully integrated with the Autodesk Inventor Content Center.
Design and Manufacturing Documentation Inventor takes the production of manufacturing and documentation to the next level of productivity through automatic generation of drawing views and comprehensive tools for finishing drawings. The Drawing Manager in Inventor supports all the major drawing standards, dramatically reducing the time required to complete standards-compliant drawings to help deliver the design in less time.
Design and Manufacturing Documentation 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.
Collaboration 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. Improve communication throughout your supply chain while maintaining control and security of proprietary design data.
Collaboration and Communication 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 automates the release management process by managing engineering changes and BOMs while the engineering department maintains control of the design data.
Collaboration 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.
Customization and Automation Make the most of your investment in 3D by adapting Inventor to support your company’s design standards and engineering processes. Increase speed and productivity with configurable styles so drawings conform to standards. Publish custom components in the Content Center to be sure that designers use appropriate components in their designs, and create custom tools to streamline frequently used procedures.
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. Learn new skills, look up information about a procedure or tool, or get the latest tips and tricks needed to stay productive. 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.
Autodesk Manufacturing Never before have design applications and data management tools come together to simplify the way manufacturers design products and drive them through the manufacturing process. Autodesk provides a complete, interoperable line of industry-leading software integrated with a worldwide network of services and partners.
