Technical data

Getting Started
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Starting Autodesk Inventor
To start Autodesk Inventor:
1. Double-click the Autodesk Inventor 8 application
icon on the desktop.
The Authorization dialog box is displayed with a
reminder of the number of days remaining on your
trial version of Autodesk Inventor.
2. Select the Run the product option and then click
Next.
The Getting Started page is displayed. This page
offers many useful tools for learning how to work
with Autodesk Inventor software, including what’s
new in the latest release, how to build models
quickly, and so on. This page also provides a link to
the Autodesk Streamline hosted service, for
instantly sharing digital design data across your
entire extended manufacturing team. You can
evaluate these links at a later time.
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