Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required

Book info: Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required (Paperback, 508 pages) – Sybex Inc, 2009. Language: English.

The only continuous, step-by-step tutorial on the essentials of this manufacturing software

If you want to get up and running quickly on the industry-leading 3D mechanical design software, Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required is your perfect resource. It quickly teaches the essential skills and demonstrates the software using a continuous, real-world tutorial project.

Once you understand the interface and how to use Inventor conventions, you'll begin actually designing and modeling a project from start to finish. Along the way, you'll learn the "why" behind each step.

• Learn to use the interface and Inventor conventions
• Understand sketching commands and best practices, then move into both regular and sheet metal specific part modeling
• Understand how to join parts into assemblies to create a single, digital prototype of a box fan
• Create and distribute accruate part and assembly drawings, learn about functional design concepts, and use Inventor's Design Accelerator features
• Discover how to work with Inventor weldments and create, render, and distribute compelling visualizations of the final design using Inventor Studio
• The companion website provides "before and after" tutorial files, enabling you to jump in at any point and compare your work with the author's results

Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required gives you all the instruction you need to begin using this powerful 3D mechanical design tool.

Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required is the perfect introduction to Autodesk's powerful 3D mechanical design software. You'll follow clear, step-by-step explanations and a continuous hands-on tutorial that shows you how to design, detail, and present a complete project?a heavy-duty fan?from start to finish. Follow each step sequentially or jump in at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the companionwebsite (www.sybex.com/go/inventor2010ner). Either way, you'll master all of the crucial features, get a thorough grounding in Inventor essentials, and quickly become productive with this powerful engineering software.

• Get to know Inventor's interface, conventions, and tools

• Start your design by learning sketching commands and how to generate part drawings

  • Learn classic part modeling and the design of plastic part features

    • Join parts into assemblies and create a digital prototype of a portable fan

      • Easily develop complex sheet metal components

        • Simplify your 3D modeling process and save time with Design Accelerators

          • Create, render, and present compelling visualizations of your final design with Inventor Studio

            Quickly produce detailed sheet metal parts

            Understand how to create compelling renders of your finished work

            See how to quickly create mechanical components

Thom Tremblay is a mechanical design solutions specialist on the Autodesk Global Strategic Universities Education team, an Autodesk Inventor 2009 and 2010 Certified Professional, and an Autodesk Authorized Author. He's been working with Inventor for more than 10 years and has used Autodesk software to design everything from centrifugal compressors, cabinets, and castings to ships and video monitors. He has close ties to the Inventor community; is a frequent speaker at colleges, universities, and training centers; and presents at Autodesk University.