Chapter One. Get Started

Chapter Objectives

  • Learn how to create part drawings

  • Understand the different drawing formats

  • Learn how to sketch using Inventor

  • Draw holes in an object

  • Draw angular shapes

Introduction

This chapter presents a step-by-step introduction to Inventor 2020. When the program is first accessed, the Get Started panel will appear. See Figure 1-1.

The two ways to start a new drawing are represented in a screenshot.

Figure 1-1

Get Engineering Design Graphics with Autodesk Inventor 2020 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial