Autodesk Inventor 2025: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

Book excerpt: Autodesk Inventor 2025: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users has been designed for both instructor-led courses and self-paced learning. This textbook aims to assist engineers and designers interested in learning Autodesk Inventor to create 3D mechanical designs. It is an excellent guide for new Inventor users and a valuable teaching aid for classroom training. The textbook consists of 14 chapters and a total of 794 pages, covering major environments of Autodesk Inventor, such as the Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, Presentation environment, and Drawing environment. It teaches you how to use Autodesk Inventor mechanical design software to build parametric 3D solid components and assemblies, as well as create animations and 2D drawings. This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools and commands of Autodesk Inventor but also on the concept of design. Each chapter contains tutorials that provide step-by-step instructions for creating mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Additionally, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives that allow users to experience the user-friendly and powerful technical capabilities of Autodesk Inventor. Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Autodesk Inventor Chapter 2. Drawing Sketches with Autodesk Inventor Chapter 3. Editing and Modifying Sketches Chapter 4. Applying Constraints and Dimensions Chapter 5. Creating Base Features of Solid Models Chapter 6. Creating Work Features Chapter 7. Advanced Modeling - I Chapter 8. Advanced Modeling - II Chapter 9. Patterning and Mirroring Chapter 10. Advanced Modeling - III Chapter 11. Working with Assemblies - I Chapter 12. Working with Assemblies - II Chapter 13. Creating Animation and Exploded Views Chapter 14. Working with Drawings