Add the Power of 3D with the Company That Brought You 2D

Autodesk® Inventor™ software products are the best choice for AutoCAD® software users who want to add the power of 3D without compromising investments in 2D design data and AutoCAD technical expertise. The Autodesk Inventor product line provides a comprehensive and integrated set of design tools for 3D design and documentation, creating routed systems, and validating designs. As the creators of AutoCAD software, Autodesk understands the design process and created Inventor to make the process of adding 3D as easy as possible.

Only Inventor lets users read and write native DWG™ files without translators, giving AutoCAD users the freedom to easily share and reuse both AutoCAD DWG files and 3D design data with other Autodesk® manufacturing applications and their users. It even includes powerful data management software and AutoCAD® Mechanical software so designers always have the latest version of AutoCAD.

Create better products, manage the design process, and share data with the extended design team with Autodesk Inventor.

The best choice for AutoCAD users.

Top 10 Reasons to Move from AutoCAD® to Autodesk® Inventor™ 2008

DWG™ TrueConnect Take advantage of the industry’s most DWG-compatible 3D design software and stay ahead of the competition by adding the power of 3D with the company that brought you 2D. Only Inventor provides direct read and write of DWG files without translators while maintaining full associativity to the 3D design data.

Inventor drawings saved as DWG files provide view, plot, and measure capability with exceptional visual fidelity for improved sharing of manufacturing information. Save valuable time opening AutoCAD designs in Inventor. DWG TrueConnect enables users to combine views generated from 3D part and assembly designs with AutoCAD data, such as schematics and plant layouts, and update old 2D drawings by inserting views of new 3D designs to reduce the cost of upgrading existing equipment.

Functional Design With Inventor Software, engineers can focus on the functional requirements of a design before committing to creating the model geometry that supports the design intent. Inventor software captures the functional requirements of a design to drive the creation of 3D models, enabling engineers to build parts and assemblies based on real-world design input, such as load, speed, or power. With a workflow driven by functional design, engineers can rapidly build digital prototypes that validate design functions and catch errors before they reach the manufacturing floor. The result: accelerated design cycles and higher-quality designs.

Automatic Drawing ViewsDramatically reduce drafting time by automatically creating front, side, ISO, detail, section, and auxiliary views of parts and assemblies from the model. Quickly annotate drawings by retrieving the dimension information directly from the design. Generate item numbers and part lists automatically, and complete the drawing using a robust set of dimension, annotation, and 2D symbols with full support for technical drawing standards, including ANSI, BSI, DIN, GB, GOST, ISO, and JIS.

Automatic Drawing Updates Change it once, change it everywhere. Inventor associates drawing views to the original components so a change made to any part or assembly is automatically reflected in all associated drawing sheets. For example, with the intuitive 3D grips functionality designers can quickly make changes to a model, and all related drawing views update automatically.

Digital Prototyping Building physical prototypes is expensive and time consuming. By creating a 3D model with Inventor, designers can create and test a complete virtual prototype, helping to ensure that all parts fit correctly before committing to manufacturing. Inventor also includes tools to detect interference and other design errors, reducing or eliminating the need for physical prototypes while delivering better products at a reduced cost.

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Bill of Materials Create automated and associative part lists and BOMs that are specifically developed for manufacturing and that automatically update as the design changes. Included is support for multiple parts lists per drawing, collapsible assemblies, automatic recognition of standard parts, and customizable options so features can be revised to match current company practices. Change a design once and updates ripple through the entire drawing to keep everyone on schedule, reducing costly stops in production from incorrect part counting, identification, and ordering. Export or link BOM data to manufacturing resource planning (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP), or data management systems such as Autodesk® Productstream® software.

Technical Documentation With drawing views users can quickly create assembly drawings and exploded assembly views for use in training manuals and manufacturing instructions. In the Inventor presentation environment designers can easily create compelling animated sequences for use in training videos, assembly instructions, and sales presentations, helping them visually communicate their design intent.

Pipe and Cable Routing Autodesk® Inventor™ Professional software provides the power to quickly and accurately add routed systems, tube and pipe runs, or cables and wiring harnesses to 3D designs. Routed designs automatically comply with user-defined design rules to reduce errors and save time. And just as with all Inventor files, the assembly drawings automatically update whenever the routing model is modified.

Stress Analysis and Simulation Create better quality parts and avoid field failures by using the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) functionality in Autodesk Inventor Professional to determine the stresses and deflections under load. Use FEA to optimize part strength and reduce material costs without compromising performance.

The Dynamic Simulation functionality in Autodesk Inventor Professional extends the benefit of your digital prototype enabling you to predict the forces and accelerations experienced by each part in the assembly under real world conditions with time-varying loads, friction characteristics and dynamic components such as springs and dampers.

State-of-the-Art Rendering Autodesk® Inventor™ Studio provides state-of-art rendering and animation tools within the Inventor design environment. Use Inventor Studio to quickly and easily create high-quality photorealistic renderings and animations that improve communication with customers and other decision makers.

Now Is the TimeNow is the time to take a look at Autodesk Inventor software and add the power of 3D at your own pace with the most trusted resource for leveraging and safeguarding your DWG data. Inventor is not only the leader in bringing innovative capabilities to the manufacturing market, but is also the best-selling 3D design software, having outsold all competitors six years running.

For more information about Autodesk Inventor, go to www.autodesk.com/inventor. To locate the reseller nearest you, visit www.autodesk.com/reseller.

Autodesk, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, DWG, Inventor and Productstream are registered trademarks or trade-marks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. ©2007 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

Digital Prototyping image courtesy of Prensa Jundiaí, Brazil

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