Autodesk Inventor

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Inventor is a software developed by the American publisher Autodesk and included in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection software suite, which also includes the famous AutoCAD design software. Inventor is a 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design, see our article CAD for more information) software dedicated to the mechanical design of products and parts as well as their documentation and the simulation of their operation.

Autodesk Inventor promotes collaboration between the various players on a project ensuring compatibility with other CAD software available on the market. It also leaves the possibility of making available to these actors the projects in their last update and this directly in the Cloud in order to collect and share the comments of each one.

The software speeds up the design and engineering process through the integration of a tool called iLogic. It allows you to integrate into your project rules in the form of objects that define the general behavior of a model and all of its components. This allows, for example, to reapply a set of rules quickly following a structural modification. It also allows the integration of the Visual Basic programming language in order to carry out more advanced tasks such as the integration of VBA macros and communication with other Windows applications or external databases.

The presence of customized tools and standardized components included in a dedicated library allows you to design your complete structure by efficiently creating frames, gears or screwed assemblies for example. As with most Autodesk products, it is possible to purchase a single software license or a full license for all products in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection suite, of which Inventor is a part. You have access to a trial version if you wish, and then you can choose between a monthly, annual or tri-annual license.