Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD software offers professional-grade 3D mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation tools. These blend parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design capabilities. Inventor includes integrated tools for sheet metal, frame design, tube and pipe, cable & harness, presentations, rendering, simulation, and machine design. It also features TrustedDWG® compatibility and Model-Based Definition capabilities for embedding manufacturing information directly in the 3D model.

Additional features include:

• Feedback with built-in collaboration tools.
• Feedback from stakeholders wherever they are using cloud-based design review.
• Design configuration through a customizable form to rapidly configure new designs powered by iLogic.
  
• Can create a simplified 3D representation of a product along with the required metadata and product classification for use in a BIM project.
  
• 3D dimensions, annotations, and dimensional tolerances directly to a 3D model for downstream applications.
  
• Standard and customizable content libraries available, including beams, bolted connections, gears, cams, belts, and springs.
  
• Design optimization, with tools that help the user find high and low concentrations of stress in a 3D model.
  
• Parametric, freeform, and direct modeling tools.
  
• Push/pull controls to move, rotate, resize, or scale features from imported geometries.
• Built-in calculators to inform the design of common joints such as welds, clamps, and press fits.
• Combines automated tools and full-control design functions in Inventor to build tube and pipe runs.
• Dynamic simulation, with forces to evaluate the motion, speed, and acceleration of a design.
• Exploded views and animations of complex assemblies that can be used in product documentation, manuals, and assembly instructions.