Autodesk Inventor 2020 Complete Beginners Course

Learn to navigate Autodesk Inventor 2020 and work with part, assembly, drawing, and presentation files, including sub assemblies; create parts first, then assemble, and use drawings for fabrication.

Learn how Inventor uses projects to organize engine designs. Create single-use projects for local storage, follow naming conventions with capital letters, and activate the project when saving new parts.

Learn to navigate Autodesk Inventor 2020 with the view cube and mouse controls, and set project units, with a recommended workflow in millimeters for this course.

Learn to create a 50 mm cube by sketching on a plane, dimensioning a 50 by 50 rectangle, and understanding the x, y, z coordinate system in Inventor.

Explore sketching workflow in Autodesk Inventor, edit dimensions for a parametric design, and extrude a closed profile to create a 3D part.

Learn to design symmetric parts by centering a 50 by 50 rectangle on the origin, using a symmetric extrusion, and editing sketches and features to preserve symmetry.

Learn to create sketches on cube faces, extrude to form 25 millimeter protrusions or cut holes, and mirror features across planes to work symmetrically and avoid repetition.

Apply sketch constraints in Autodesk Inventor to fix lines, enforce horizontal and vertical relations, and create fully constrained geometry using parallel, perpendicular, coincident, concentric, tangent, and equal constraints.

Explore sketching fundamentals in Autodesk Inventor, from center point circles, tangent circles, and ellipses to arcs, rectangles, slots, and polygon constraints guided by on-screen drawing and constraints.

Learn sketching in Inventor: add fillets and radii for rounded edges, place hole points, and apply constraints and dimensions using trim, extend, split, and offset to shape geometry.

Begin by sketching concentric circles to form a wedding cake part, extrude sections to build a multi-level cylinder, then add a through hole and fillet the edges.

Explore creating complex parts in Autodesk Inventor using the loft command on five offset planes, building a vase-like solid from multiple sketches, using millimeters as the units and standard parts.

Create a ducting sketch on a plan plane, using snap and perpendicular constraints, then build a cross-section profile and sweep it along a path to form a pipe or conduit.

Learn to design practical parts in Autodesk Inventor by breaking complex shapes into simple forms, using sketches, extrudes, and circular patterns with symmetry.

Explore Autodesk Inventor 2020 by sketching on a plane, using projection geometry and construction lines, then applying symmetry and a symmetric 10 mm extrusion to form a complete model.

Fabricate a symmetric through hole by sketching a center point, placing a 20 mm hole, and creating a four-hole circular pattern around a rotational axis with light fillets.

Learn to create a simple box assembly in Autodesk Inventor 2020, from sketches and extrusion to placing parts and applying mate and flush constraints.

Mirror parts to form a symmetric four-sided box, apply mate and flush constraints, measure a 400 by 320 base, extrude 3 mm, then assemble the top.

Refine a basic box with box joints and proper constraints, then learn to edit parts within an assembly and mirror features to see how changes affect the whole model.

Explore how tangent, mate, and angular constraints connect parts in Autodesk Inventor, letting you sit surfaces on planes, flush circular surfaces, and create framed assemblies with different angles.

Create a standard 600 mm by 40 mm bar, extruded symmetrically, with a 20 mm through hole and a slot to fit and spin around the assembly.

Demonstrate a rotating arm using insert constraints and offset, then secure the joint with an edge-to-edge constraint and bolt via Inventor's content center to illustrate degrees of freedom.

Explore Autodesk Inventor's content center and insert standard parts such as bolts and washers, then apply basic constraints to create a bolted connection.

Explore the content center’s wide catalog of parts, from fasteners and electrical components to tubes and structural shapes, and learn to import, customize, and assemble them for reliable Inventor designs.

Apply the circular pattern tool to arrange forearms around an axis, illustrating how a pattern moves multiple parts together in a mechanical assembly.