Autodesk Inventor 2020 - Essential training

Explore the home screen of Autodesk Inventor, navigate the template, project, and recent documents areas, and learn to use advanced templates and default company templates.

Explore Autodesk Inventor's five file extensions—ipt parts, iam assemblies, dwg/idw drawings, and ipn presentations—and see how a part update propagates to assemblies and drawings in a parametric CAD workflow.

Create a project file and folder and link folders to a specific project. Activate different projects to keep related files organized and accessible, enabling faster saving and access.

Explore the Autodesk Inventor user interface, including the file menu, quick access toolbar, ribbon, model browser, view cube, 3D space, and the search box for fast tool discovery.

Access application options via Tools > Options > Application Options to adjust tooltip appearance, startup home, save reminders, templates, colors, and themes for 3D design and 2D drafting.

Learn to navigate a 3D model with the view cube, switch between top, front, and right views, rotate, and set a home view with fit to view or fixed distance.

Learn to use the navigation bar to pan, zoom, and rotate your model in Autodesk Inventor 2020, including zoom all, zoom window, zoom selected, orbit, and look at.

Explore navigation bar positioning and appearance controls in Autodesk Inventor 2020. Learn to adjust projection, visual styles, lighting, and docking, plus pan, orbit, zoom, and ViewCube interactions.

Discover how the model browser adapts across assembly, part, drawing, and presentation files, activate and customize its display, edit values in browser, and link changes to the graphic window.

Create a part file in Autodesk Inventor 2020 using standard templates, choose the part template (.ipt), set units to inch and material to generic, then save.

Learn to create a sketch with the Start 2D Sketch tool on the X-Y plane, align it to the normal, then finish, edit, or delete sketches via Origin folder references.

Create and edit lines in an Autodesk Inventor sketch using the line tool, specifying coordinates and angles, enabling multi-line drawing, closing profiles, and using dynamic input for length and angle.

Master group selection inside a sketch to pick lines by dragging a green or red selection box, comparing left-to-right versus right-to-left behavior and partial versus full containment.

Create center and construction lines in Autodesk Inventor 2020 with the line tool. Convert lines to construction or center lines via right-click or format options for sketch references.

Learn to create rectangles in Autodesk Inventor 2020 using four methods—two point, three point, two point center, and three point center—defining length, width, and angle.

Create circles in Autodesk Inventor 2020 by using center circle and tangent methods, setting center and diameter with dynamic input, and accessing circle tools from the marking menu.

Create arcs in Autodesk Inventor 2020 by using three point arc, center point arc, and tangent arc on the x–y plane; define start, end, radius, center, angle, and tangent relationships.

Learn to create an ellipse in Autodesk Inventor by sketching on the x-y plane and using the ellipse tool to set the center, major axis, minor axis, and angle.

Learn how geometric and dimensional constraints control sketches in Autodesk Inventor 2020, combining equal lengths, specific dimensions, and show all constraints to manage shapes like lines and rectangles.

Discover how Inventor automatically applies geometric constraints during sketching and how to control them via constraint settings and inference, including horizontal and vertical relations and the show all constraints toggle.

Learn to apply geometric constraints manually in Autodesk Inventor 2020 by editing sketches, using coincident, collinear, parallel, perpendicular, horizontal, vertical, and fix constraints, with practical shortcuts.

Learn to apply geometric constraints manually in sketches, including concentric, coincident, symmetric, and tangent relations to control circles, arcs, and lines.

learn to infer constraint, presist constraint, and relax mode in sketching, and explore constraint settings in the inference tab to toggle automatic constraints and troubleshoot geometry.

Apply dimensional and geometric constraints to control sketches in Autodesk Inventor 2020, using the dimension tool, automatic dimensions, and editing dimensions for radius, arc length, and true length.

Learn to apply dimensions in Autodesk Inventor using the dynamic input box for precise sketching and time savings, including creating lines, angles, and constraints.

Explore sketch options in Autodesk Inventor 2020, including snap to grid, show/hide constraints, perpendicular constraints, and dimensions with name, tolerance, and precise value.

Learn how to fully constrain a sketch in Autodesk Inventor by applying dimensions and geometric constraints, using the status bar indicators and auto or manual constraints.

Learn to create slots in Autodesk Inventor by sketching on the x-y plane and choosing among methods, including center-to-center, overall, center point, three point arc, and center-point arc slots.

Learn to create polygons in a sketch with the polygon tool, choosing inscribed or circumscribed diameters. Set sides and align with a circle to form triangles, squares, and hexagons.

Learn to create fillets and chamfers on sketch geometry in Autodesk Inventor 2020, using equal and different dimensions, and explore distance, distance two, and distance-and-angle options.

Explore interpolation type splines in sketch mode by defining points, activating and rotating handles for control, inserting points, resetting handles, and optionally closing an open spline.

Fully define a control vertex type spline on the xy plane by applying constraints, few points, and key dimensions to create a simple, well-defined curve.

Use the trim and extend tools in a sketch to delete unwanted geometry, undo changes with ctrl z, and extend lines to meet other geometry via the marking menu.

Use Inventor's split tool to modify sketch geometry by selecting a point and splitting at the next intersection, applying to circles and arcs; access trim and extend via marking menu.

Learn to use the offset tool in Autodesk Inventor 2020 to create and dimension offsets on sketch geometry, choosing inside or outside directions and refining edge selection.

Learn to create a circular pattern for sketch geometry in a sketch, selecting edges, center point, and instance count; adjust degree and direction, and suppress or delete individual instances.

Learn to create a rectangular pattern using the rectangular pattern tool for sketch geometry, specify direction and instances, adjust gaps, preview changes, and edit, suppress, or delete.

Activate edit sketch, open the sketch and pattern tabs, and use the mirror tool to mirror selected geometry with a vertical construction line, so changes reflect on the opposite side.

Learn how sketched based features convert a 2d sketch into a 3d body, using extrusion and tools, and distinguish chamfer and fillet as pick and press features in Autodesk Inventor.

Learn to convert 2d sketches into 3d solids using the extrude tool in autodesk inventor 2020, including profile selection, depth control, directional options, joining or cutting bodies, and editing extrusions.

Explore the depth option in the extrude tool for Autodesk Inventor 2020, including through all, to, and to next behaviors, cut and join operations, and controlling direction and distance.

Master the mini toolbar in Autodesk Inventor to edit features and sketches directly from selected edges or faces. Pin its position, manage space, and access fillet and chamfer options efficiently.

Create a revolve feature by sketching a profile on the XY plane and selecting an axis; set a 360-degree or partial angle, then cut with second revolve and view half-section.

Learn to share a sketch for multiple features in Autodesk Inventor 2020, drive extrusions from the shared sketch, and update all features automatically when dimensions change.

Explore Autodesk Inventor's work features—planes, axes, points, and the UCS—to learn how they enable 2d and 3d sketches, create planes from three points, and define axes for precise modeling.

Learn to create work planes in Autodesk Inventor using the plane tool, with offset, midplane, angle to plane, tangent to surface, and normal to axis options.

Create an axis inside a 3-d model using the axis tool; explore types from line or edge to intersection of planes, through points, and through revolved faces.

Learn to create work points in Autodesk Inventor 2020 using the point tool. Place points at vertices, mid planes, three-plane intersections, two-line intersections, and center points of loops.

Learn to use the user coordinate system (UCS) in Autodesk Inventor, create and manage custom UCSs, set axis directions, measure coordinates, and reset or redefine UCS as needed.

Learn to create and reuse projected geometry with Autodesk Inventor's projected geometric tool, projecting lines, points, curves, and faces between planes, with manual and automatic options and construction geometry.

Apply the project cut edges tool in sketch mode to capture intersection edges between a plane and solid bodies; differentiate it from project geometry.

Learn to create sweeps in Autodesk Inventor by selecting a closed profile and a path. Use add or cut material via booleans and manage profile connectivity to preview results.

Activate the sweep tool, specify profile and path, and learn to select entire curves or single segments with ctrl, including path-direction based orientation and parallel orientation.

Explore the loft tool in the Autodesk Inventor 2020 essential training to create 3D bodies from multiple closed profiles and edit features to join, cut, or intersect for solid outputs.

Learn to create a coil spring or thread in Autodesk Inventor with the coil tool, defining cross-section, axis, and revolution and height size settings.

Learn how consumed and dependent sketches and features affect deletions in Inventor, view deletion prompts, and identify colors signaling status to avoid deleting the wrong feature.

Explore parent and child relationships in Autodesk Inventor 2020, identifying dependent sketches and features and using the relationship tool to predict cascading deletions.