Autodesk Inventor 2021 Essential Training

Get up and running with Inventor 2021, the professional product and mechanical design software from Autodesk.

Introduction

• Design products with Autodesk Inventor 2020
• Use the exercise files
• Certification overview

1. Basic Concepts

• Explore major workflow steps
• Home dashboard
• Review different file types

2. Leverage the Project

• Create a practice project
• Set up the exercise files project

3. Navigate the Interface

• Navigate using the ViewCube
• Navigate using the navigation tools
• Use the browser and right-click menu

4. Sketch Concepts

• Introduce sketching
• Work with origin geometry
• Understand constraints

5. Create Sketch Geometry

• Draw lines
• Create rectangles and arcs
• Create splines
• Construction geometry
• Dimensioning
• Parameters

6. Modify Sketch Geometry

• Extend and trim sketch geometry
• Offset sketch geometry
• Pattern and mirror sketch geometry

7. Work Features and Projections

• Understand work features
• Create offset workplanes
• Create additional types of workplanes
• Create a workpoint and work axis
• Project geometry

8. Understand Part Modeling

• Part feature introduction
• Create a base extrusion
• Create an extrusion to next face
• Create revolves
• Create a sweep
• Complex shapes with the Loft tool
• Controlling lofts with rails
• Introduction to organic shapes with T-Splines
• Create a base T-Splines form
• Editing sculpted shapes using edit form

9. Build Parts with Placed Features

• Add concentric holes
• Add linear holes
• Add threaded holes
• Modify edges with fillets and chamfers
• Hollow a part with the shell feature

10. Create Patterns of Features

• Create rectangular feature patterns
• Create circular patterns
• Mirror part features

11. Add Parts to an Assembly File

• Introduction to assemblies
• Place components
• Create and edit components in an assembly

12. Use Constraints to Position Parts

• Mate and Flush constraint
• Angle constraint
• Insert constraint
• Drive constraints

13. Create Drawing Views

• Explore initial drawing creation
• Place base and projected views
• Create section views
• Create detail views

14. Create Basic Annotations

• Create general dimensions
• Change dimension precision
• Create baseline, ordinate, and chain dimensions

Conclusion

• Next steps