From AutoCAD to Inventor
Presentation of the main formats: The native file formats Inventor, the ..IPT, .IAM, .IPN and the .DWG
Presentation of Inventor
Common points of the AutoDesk software interfaces
The menu bar
The ribbon
The graphics area
The properties panel
The project tree panel
Handling the interface

The workspace
Configuration of snaps and increments
Navigation in the named views
Navigation in the graphic space:
– Zoom
– Panoramic
– Orbit, free and continuous orbit
– 3D compass
– Navigation disc
Visual styles

Workshop: Navigation in an Inventor project

What is the difference between the different templates?
The Part
template
The Ensemble template Presentation templates
The
Show / Hide Objects template panel

View Artboards
Match Artboards with the View Cube
Define the Artboard to Start a
Sketch 2D Sketching and Working with Dimensions
Why Use Sketches?
Difference between sketch and construction
Define a work plane
Selection tool Selections
mode

The drawing tools, contextual options bar and status bar
– Line
– Rectangle
– Inscribed and circumscribed polygons –
Arcs
– Spline
– Ellipse
Why dimension sketches?
Dimension sketch objects:
– Distance
– Radius
– Angle
Associative modifications
Readjust the position of dimensions

Modifiers
Move
Copy
Orient
Scale
Adjust / Extend
Split an element
Symmetry
network Linear
network Polar network
Associativity
Modify the network
Ungroup an associative network
Lock / unlock an object
Copy and apply the properties of one object to other objects

Work with constraints
Visibility of constraints
Coincidences
Collinearity
Concentricity
Parallelism
Perpendicularity
Horizontality
Verticularity
Tangency
Symmetry
Equality
Lock constraints
Release constraints

Workshop: making sketches of several mechanical parts

Extrusion
Extrusion in solid / surface
Defining the depth of extrusion
Choosing the extrusion axis
Modifying the depth of extrusion
Extrusion through everything
Modify the sketch
Create a new sketch
Boolean operations on modified sketches

Revolution
Revolution in solid / surface
Definition of the angle to describe
Choice of the axis of revolution
Modify the sketch
Create a new sketch
Boolean operations on modified sketches

Chamfers and fillets
Choice of chamfer edges
Definition of the type of chamfer:
– Distance
– Distance 1 / distance 2
– Distance 1 and angle
– Distance 2 and angle
Modification of chamfers
Choice of
fillet edges Fillet of edges, face, full
Type of fillets:
– Tangent fillet
– Smoothing
fillet Radius definition
Modification of fillets

Holes
Since the sketch
Linear
Concentric
About to
Choose the form of drilling:
– Smooth
– Lamé
– Clear
– Milled
diameter
Distance
Through all

Grooving
Create a grooving sketch from a building object
Extrusion of slotting:
Slotting volume
Hollow grooving

Scanning
scanning trajectory
Creating the path sketch in the appropriate worktop
Creation of scanning the contour in the appropriate plane
scanning in a contour along a path and a guide rail
Creation of the sketch of the path in the appropriate plane
Create the rail sketch in the appropriate plane
Create the outline sketch in the appropriate plane
Solid or surface output
Boolean operations if applicable

Smoothing
Modeling of end and intermediate solids
Choice of sections according to the work planes
Output to solid or surface Section
geometries:
– Free
– Tangent
– G2
Boolean operations if applicable

Workshop: volume setting and modifications of several mechanical parts

The assembly files
The tree structure of an assembled project
Importing elements
Single instance / multiple instance
Working with links
The different types of links:
– Automatic
– Rigid
– Rotation
– Drawer
– Cylindrical
– Plane
– Ball
Connect the source part to the target part
Choice of the alignment plane
Define a connection set
Define the angular and linear limits
Working with the assembly constraints
The different types of constraints:
– Plating
– Angle
– Tangent
– Insertion
– Symmetry
Connect the source part to the target part
Offset
Rotational
movement Rotational and translational movement

The ribbon Annotate
The different types of dimensions:
– Aligned
– Linear
– Radial
– Arc length
– Elevation dimensions
Toggle between hooks System
families of dimensions
Create your own style of dimensions
Modify the graphic styles of dimensions

Creation of a presentation document Presentation
files
Particularities of sheets in Inventor
Name the sheets
Place a view in the presentation
Modify the attributes of the title block
Inserting a component
Creation of views
Creation of sections
Choice of visual styles of views
Extraction of dimensions
Positioning of dimensions
Creation of sections
Positioning sections
Naming sections
Formatting texts
Export presentation sheets in .DWG format
Export in PDF format

Passing of the certification (if foreseen in the financing).