2009
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introducing Autodesk Inventor
- 2 Creating Sketches
- 3 Working with Sketched Features
- 4 Creating and Editing Placed Features
- 5 Creating and Editing Work Features
- 6 Using Projects to Organize Data
- 7 Managing Assemblies
- 8 Placing, Moving, and Constraining Components
- 9 Creating Assemblies
- 10 Analyzing Assemblies
- 11 Using Design Accelerator
- 12 Setting Up Drawings
- 13 Creating Drawing Views
- 14 Annotating Drawings
- Annotation Tools
- Using Styles to Format Annotations
- Working with Tables
- Creating Dimensions In Drawings
- Controlling Dimension Styles
- Placing Center Marks and Centerlines
- Adding Notes and Leader Text
- Using Hole and Thread Notes
- Working with Title Blocks
- Working with Dimensions and Annotations
- Printing Drawing Sheets
- Plotting Multiple Sheets
- Tips for Annotating Drawings
- 15 Using Content Center
- 16 Autodesk Inventor Utilities
- Index
Introducing Autodesk
Inventor
Welcome to Autodesk
®
Inventor
™
. This book explains the fundamental skills to start using
Autodesk Inventor. In these chapters, the basic features are presented through examples and
step-by-step procedures. The data files used in the procedures are installed with the Autodesk
Inventor software.
Getting Started
Autodesk Inventor provides options during installation. The options selected
determine what you see the first time you start Autodesk Inventor. If you indicate
during installation that you are a new or returning Autodesk Inventor user, you
are presented with the Open dialog box. If you indicated that you are
transitioning to Autodesk Inventor from AutoCAD
®
, an empty part file is
displayed (like opening a new DWG file during AutoCAD start-up). The main
Autodesk Inventor Help page is displayed with slightly different selections
depending on the selected install options. No matter how Autodesk Inventor
was installed, you can tailor the start-up experience through settings in the
Application Options dialog box to suit your needs. You can specify that Autodesk
Inventor always starts with the Open dialog box or always starts in a new file.
You can decide if you want to see Help on start-up or not (and which version
of the main Help page to see).
Projects
Autodesk Inventor uses projects to represent a logical grouping of a complete
design project. A project organizes your data by maintaining information about
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