In this online course, you will master the fundamentals skills required by design professionals that use Autodesk Inventor 2018 as their solid model design tool. It also uses the Autodesk certified curriculum to give you all the skills you need to prepare for the Autodesk Inventor Certified User exam. The Autodesk Inventor online course begins by teaching you how to use and navigate the Autodesk Inventor interface. From there, you will learn how to create new part files, add sketches to the parts, and then use these sketches to create 3D solid geometry.
Along with the sketched based features, you will also learn how to incorporate many additional features to both add and remove geometry. These include features such as chamfers, fillets, holes, drafts, shells, and ribs. You will also learn how incorporating special tools while sketching or using work features, patterning techniques, and equations can help you become much more efficient with the creation of your design. To complete the 3D part design content, you will also learn to create advanced geometry using lofts and sweeps.
Once part modeling has been mastered, you will learn how part designs can be combined with one another to create an assembly design. Both joints and constraints are discussed as the methods that can be used to constrain parts to one another. Additional assembly design tools are also covered, enabling you to learn how to create parts and features at the assembly level, as well as how to replace, duplicate, and restructure components in an assembly design, and generate a Bill of Materials.
All parts and assembly designs are generally documented in a 2D format for manufacturing purposes. The 2D Drawing tools in Autodesk Inventor allow you to create and annotate 2D documents that reference and parametrically update based on a referenced 3D design file. The final chapters in this course teach you how to create and annotate 2D drawing views, and then add any additional detailing to accurately communicate the 3D model to the manufacturing team.
The online content is this course is both written and video-based, and includes hands-on exercises where you are required to use the software and downloaded files to learn and practice your new skills. This course includes a voucher to take the certifying exam. Proctor fees may apply, which are not included.
I.
Introduction to Autodesk Inventor
II.
Creating the Base Feature
III.
Additional Sketching Tools
IV.
Advanced Sketch Editing Tools
V.
Sketched Secondary Features
VI.
Creating Pick and Place Features
VII.
Work Features
VIII.
Equations
IX.
Additional Features
X. Model and
Display Manipulation
XI. Fixing
Problems
XII. Sweep
Features
XIII. Loft
Features
XIV. Duplication
Tools
XV. Feature
Relationships
Appendix A: Primitive Base Features
Appendix B: Additional Practices I
Midterm Exam
XVI. Assembly
Environment
XVII. Joint
Connections
XVIII.
Manipulating Assembly Display
XIX. Model
Information
XX. Assembly Tools
XXI. Assembly
Parts and Features
XXII. Assembly
Bill of Materials
XXIII. Working
with Projects
XXIV. Drawing
Basics
XXV. Detailing
Drawings
XXVI. Drawing
Annotations
XXVII.
Customizing Autodesk Inventor
Appendix C: Additional Practices II
FINAL EXAM
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
Software Requirements:
- PC: 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge is also compatible.
- Inventor Professional. You can download a free version of the Autodesk Inventor Professional software that provides a 3-year student version license; however, the student software license cannot be used in a commercial environment.
- Software is not included in the cost of tuition. All software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course, however, you should have a basic knowledge of the Windows operating system and be comfortable installing software, working with file structures, downloading files, and unzipping compressed files. You should also have a basic knowledge of design/drafting procedures and terminology.
Jennifer MacMillan has been teaching CAD for 22 years and is an Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI). She currently manages a team of curriculum developers that design and develop curriculum for the Autodesk line of engineering software products. As a subject matter expert herself, MacMillan focuses her development efforts working specifically with the manufacturing software products. She holds a mechanical engineering degree from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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