Fundamentals of Autodesk Inventor

A little over a month ago I was asked to create a video series aimed at improving the 30 day trial experience for trial users using Autodesk Inventor. No small order, right? My thought was first to go through the tutorials, record me going click by click through the examples. I setup the camera, started recording and now have 3 hours of useless material.

At the end of the day I didn't see value at all in having you guys watch me do something that you could do at your own pace. I decided to take a different approach. I've had people say how much they learn from just watching advanced users work. Why do I pay special attention to part orientation, use constraints vs. assemble, use DWG for 2D, instead of IDW... So I just sat down and started working through a couple of quick examples. 

Ha! There is a theme to this, as you watch you'll see that I have the most warped sense of time in the history of recorded tutorials. Several times I mention quick, 5-10 min examples where all of them are quite a bit longer than that. Apparently I like to talk a lot... who knew.

So here's the breakdown of the 14 new videos I just posted to my YouTube Channel.

Fundamentals of Autodesk Inventor (playlist)

Part 1 Introduction to Part Modeling with Autodesk Inventor

• Chapter 1 - Part Modeling Fundamentals
• Chapter 2 -  Basic Navigation and Sketch Tips
• Chapter 3 - Creating an Extrusion & Advanced Navigation
• Chapter 4 - Creating a Revolution
• Chapter 5 - Creating Placed Features - Hole & Fillet
• Chapter 6 - Beyond 3D to Digital Prototyping and Next Steps

Part 2 Fundamentals of Assembly Modeling

• Chapter 1 - Part Placement and Orientation
• Chapter 2 - Placing Additional Parts and Constraint Basics
• Chapter 3 - Placing Content Center Components

Part 3 Advanced Assembly Modeling - Frame Generator

• Chapter 1 - Frame Layout and End Treatments
• Chapter 2 - Adding Frame Elements & Managing Your Layout
• Chapter 3 - Going Beyond 3D to digital Prototyping with Frame Analysis

Part 4 Introduction to Drawings

• Chapter 1 - Part Drawing Tips and Tricks
• Chapter 2 - Assembly Drawing Tips and Tricks

I've added a link to each chapter here, but you can also watch and share the Playlist (recommended). 

 

As always I'm interested in your feedback. Enjoy.
-Rob 

 

Comments

[Douglas DuPont]

Thanks Rob,
Now I just hope that my company will give us YouTube access.

[Rob Cohee]

@Douglas - I plan to upload these to the mfgcommunity.autodesk.com site within the week. I was initially hesitant due to the size of the files to upload all of them. It's a huge download.

This brings up a good point. I'm interested in how many of you do not have access to YouTube?

[Steve Ware]

I would love to be able to watch these video, also. I am always curious as to how others start there designs and progress through the modeling process. I do deal with others that do not understand how to model with design intent or use IV correctly. Most companies have YouTube blocked. People might spend too much time watching videos of unrelated stupid stuff instead of working. I would more willing to download them and watch them when I can.

[RAVI KUMAR]

Many of Corporate Companies dont have access to you tube

[seb]

@Rob,

We have no access to Youtube and many/most other video sites from work.
I know of many companies (in Germany) who block Youtube.

Cheers,

Seb

[Scott Moyse]

Its interesting there doesn't appear to be any sheet metal stuff here.

[Lambertus Oosterveen]

I would like to download the videos and watch them off-line. Can I download them somewhere?