Mastering Autodesk® Inventor® 2012 and Autodesk® Inventor LT™ 2012

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 • Inventor Design Philosophy

Understanding Parametric Desig

Creating a Base Sketch

Creating a Base Feature

Adding More Features

Using the Part in an Assembly

Making Changes

Understanding History-Based Modeling and Dependencies

Looking Closer at Sketch Dimensions

Part Modeling Best Practices

Assembly Modeling Best Practices

Understanding the “Feel” of Inventor

Understanding the Intuitive Interface

Using General Tools vs. Specific Commands

When in Doubt, Right-Click

Using the Inventor Graphical Interface

Inventor Title Bar

Inventor Graphics Window Tools

The Ribbon Menu

The Browser Pane

Task-Based Dialog Boxes

Learning the File Types in Inventor

Why So Many File Types?

Drawing Files in Inventor

Moving from AutoCAD ...