Inventor 2016 Essential Training

Takes you through the interface and key processes of Inventor 2016, including sketching, drawing, modeling parts, and building assemblies.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Certification overview

1. Basic Concepts

• Exploring major workflow steps
• Home Dashboard
• Reviewing different file types

2. Leveraging the Project

• Project file introduction
• Creating a project
• Setting up the project file for this course

3. Navigating the Interface

• Navigating using the ViewCube
• Navigating using the navigation tools
• Using the browser
• Using the ribbon bar
• Using the Quick Access Toolbar
• Using the marking menu

4. Sketching Concepts

• Introducing sketching
• Working with origin geometry
• Understanding constraints

5. Creating Sketch Geometry

• Drawing lines
• Creating rectangles and arcs
• Creating splines
• Construction geometry
• Dimensioning
• Parameters

6. Modifying Sketch Geometry

• Understanding the trim, extend, and split tools
• Offsetting sketch geometry
• Pattern and mirror sketch geometry

7. Work Features

• Understanding work features
• Creating offset work planes
• Creating work planes
• Creating work axes and points

8. Projecting and Importing Geometry

• Projecting geometry
• Importing AutoCAD data and sharing sketches

9. Understanding Part Modeling

• Part feature introduction
• Creating a base extrusion feature
• Creating an extrusion to the next face
• Creating revolves
• Creating complex shapes with the loft tool
• Adding control to a loft by creating rails
• Creating a sweep feature
• Creating a sweep feature with model edges

10. Building Parts with Placed Features

• Adding placed holes
• Adding sketched holes
• Adding threaded holes
• Modifying edges with the fillets and chamfers
• Hollowing parts with the shell feature

11. Creating Patterns of Features

• Creating rectangular feature patterns
• Adding intelligence to a rectangular pattern
• Creating rectangular feature patterns along a path
• Creating circular feature patterns
• Mirroring part features

12. Creating Sculpted Objects

• T-Splines introduction
• Creating a base form
• Understanding the Edit Form tool
• Taking advantage of symmetry
• Inserting and modifying edges

13. Adding Parts to an Assembly File

• Introduction to assemblies
• Placing components
• Creating/editing components in an assembly
• Placing fasteners from the content center

14. Using Constraints to Position Parts

• Mate/Flush constraint
• Angle constraint
• Insert constraint
• Driving constraints
• Translational constraint
• Motion constraint
• Contact sets

15. Assembly Visualization Techniques

• Adding materials to parts in an assembly
• Visual styles
• Enhancing the design experience with visual settings

16. Creating Drawing Views

• Exploring initial drawing creation
• Placing base views and projected views
• Creating section views
• Creating detail views
• Creating breakout views

17. Creating Basic Annotations

• Creating general dimensions
• Changing dimension precision
• Creating baseline, ordinate, and chain dimensions

Conclusion

• Next steps