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Sustainability for Manufacturers: Driving Profitability and Growth (PDF - 320KB)
Sustainability is an increasingly common theme in the business and trade press, at conferences, and in everyday conversation. This white paper encourages manufacturers to integrate sustainability into their corporate strategy to drive both profits and growth.

Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems Suite 2009 Detail Brochure (pdf - 2.725Mb)

Autodesk Inventor Suite 2009 Overview Brochure (pdf - 365Kb)

Autodesk Inventor Professional 2009 Detail Brochure (pdf - 3.17MB)

Top 10 Reasons to Move from AutoCAD to Autodesk Inventor 2009 (pdf - 2.04MB)

Autodesk Inventor 2009 Technical What's New (pdf - 3.6Mb)

Benefits of Using Autodesk Inventor Simulation Suite in Engineering Design (pdf - 908Kb)
Learn how Autodesk® Inventor™ Simulation Suite gives designers a true digital prototype and addresses the shortcomings of traditional, dedicated FEA and motion analysis solutions with easy-to-use tools that work directly with the Inventor 3D model.

Migrating Content Center Libraries to ADMS (pdf - 274Kb)
The purpose of this document is to provide instructions for the migration of user Content Center libraries created in Inventor 10 into ADMS (Autodesk® Data Management Server) 2008 for use in Inventor 2008.

Sheet Metal Design: Understanding Corner Relief Design Flexibility (pdf - 181Kb)
The enhanced Flange and Contour Flange commands in Inventor 2008 now allow selection of multiple edges and loops that result in a single flange feature. They also provide an option to automatically miter and create corner relief on adjacent flanges created using co-planar edges. Any change made to the Sheet Metal Style parameters such as miter gap or relief shape applies to all corners.

Creating Bent Frame Members in Autodesk Inventor 2008 (PDF - 320KB)
When it comes to designing anything with a steel frame, the time will come when it is necessary to make use of bent frame members. Bent frame members may be used for ease of manufacture, aesthetics, or for structural reasons. Autodesk Inventor has a toolset called Frame Generator that is geared towards frame design.

Leveraging the New Sketch Tools in Autodesk® Inventor™ 2008 (pdf - 312Kb)
In today’s market, with tight deadlines and strong competition, designers need to be as effi cient and productive as possible. To meet this need, 3D modeling is becoming commonplace.

Autodesk® Inventor™ software helps designers reach the next level of effi ciency by making it easier and more effective to reuse design data, convey design intent,
and manage relationships between 2D sketch objects.

Inventor Performance Benchmarks (pdf - 137Kb)
A series of benchmark tests proves that the performance of Inventor for typical day to day design work excels against its competitors. This is true for traditional mid-range systems like SolidWorks but the results against so-called “high end” systems—CATIA, Pro/E, and NX are exceptional. Highlights include:

  • Against CATIA, Inventor uses half the memory resources and is 2-4 times faster. In pattern feature creation, assembly editing, and drawing view creation Inventor runs almost 5 times faster.
  • Compared to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Inventor uses half the memory resources and is 1.5 times faster.
  • Compared to UG NX, Inventor is 2-4 times faster and in some case 20 times faster.
  • Compared to SolidWorks, Inventor is 3.6 times faster for large assembly handling and uses less memory.

The Transition from 2D Drafting to 3D Modeling (pdf - 714Kb)
Learn how manufacturers are adopting 3D modeling technology and excelling at hitting their product development targets through simple and effective practices.

Designing with Parametric Sketches (pdf - 204Kb)
This paper explains how parametric sketches are different from 2D drawings and highlights how parametric sketching can improve your design workflow.

Migration of Content Center Libraries to ADMS (pdf - 274Kb)
Instructions for the migration of user Content Center libraries in Inventor 10 into Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS) 2008 to use in Inventor 2008.

Content Center (R11 – SP2+) Stand-Alone User Guide (pdf - 707Kb)
This document provides guidance for tuning the Autodesk® Inventor™ Content Center to meet your company’s specific needs.

Using Dynamic Simulation to Improve Product Design (pdf - 194Kb)
Learn how Dynamic Simulation provides analysis tools for Autodesk® Inventor™ Professional software that allows a thorough evaluation of product performance in 3D.

Migrating Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Data Sets to Autodesk Inventor (pdf - 251Kb)
Best practices for reusing and maintaining original associative design relationships as Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® data sets are migrated to Autodesk® Inventor™ software.

Designing Competitive Advantage (pdf - 83Kb)
Find out how manufacturing companies like yours are using 3D as a competitive advantage.

Inventor 2008 Technical What's New ((pdf - 1.16 Mb)

Inventor Professional 2008 Product Detail Brochure (pdf - 3.81 Mb)

Inventor 2008 Simulation Suite Product Detail Brochure (pdf - 3.27 mb)

Inventor Suite 2008 Product Detail Brochure (pdf - 2.38 Kb)

Inventor Routed Systems Suite 2008 Product Detail Brochure (pdf - 3.27 Kb)

Product Overview Brochure (pdf - 292 Kb)

Top 10 Reasons to Move from AutoCAD to Inventor 2008 (pdf - 1.19 Mb)

Using Dynamic Simulation to Improve Product Design

Autodesk Inventor 11 DWF Extension FAQ

Autodesk Inventor 11 DWF Competitive Comparison

Large Assembly Capacity and x64 Computers (pdf - 45 Kb)
Questions and answer addressing how Autodesk Inventor works with x64 computers

Network Licensing Enhancements (pdf - 75 Kb)
FAQ about Inventor 11 network licensing enhancements that deliver operational flexibility not attainable with stand-alone licensing.

Autodesk Inventor 11 New License Options FAQ (pdf - 193kb)

Top 10 Reasons to Move from AutoCAD to Autodesk Inventor 11 (pdf - 194kb)

Autodesk Inventor 11 Product Detail (pdf Zip file - 5.81mb)

Autodesk Inventor 11 Technical What's New (pdf - 680kb)

Autodesk Inventor 11 Overview Brochure (pdf - 609kb)

Migrating Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Data Sets to Autodesk Inventor (pdf - 251 Kb)
Best practices for reusing and maintaining original associative design relationships as Autodesk Mechanical Desktop data sets are migrated to Autodesk Inventor software.

Designing Competitive Advantage (pdf - 83 Kb)
Find out how manufacturing companies like yours are using 3D as a competitive advantage.

Autodesk Inventor Series 10 Overview (pdf - 212 Kb)

Autodesk Inventor Series 10 Product Summary (pdf in zip file- 3 mb)

Autodesk Inventor Series 10 What's New (pdf - 203 Kb)

Autodesk Inventor Professional 10 Feature Comparison (pdf - 27.8 KB)

Inventor Studio (pdf - 271 kb)

Getting Acquainted with 3D Grips and Feature Generator (pdf - 197 kb)

Optimized Weldment Design and Documentation (pdf - 118 kb)