Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Inventor
Original author(s) Jacob Sain
Developer(s) Autodesk
Initial release 1999
Stable release
2017 / March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)
Operating system Windows
Type Computer-aided design
License Proprietary
Website autodesk.com/inventor

Autodesk Inventor, developed by U.S. based software company Autodesk, is a computer-aided design application for creating 3D digital prototypes used in the design, visualization and simulation of products. It uses ShapeManager, their proprietary geometric modeling kernel.

Autodesk Inventor competes directly with SolidWorks and Solid Edge.

Editions

The latest Autodesk Inventor product line includes the following software titles:

[1] [2]

Articles and reviews

Find reviews and articles about Inventor on the Autodesk website.

The code names of early releases were the names of sports cars and SUVs, because of the love that division vice president Robert "Buzz" Kross has for high-performance vehicles.

Release dates and names

Version Code name Date of release What's New
1 Mustang September 20, 1999
2 Thunderbird March 1, 2000
3 Camaro August 1, 2000
4 Corvette December 1, 2000
5 Durango September 17, 2001
5.3 Prowler January 30, 2002
6 Viper October 15, 2002
7 Wrangler April 18, 2003 New DWG Support for AutoCAD 2004, Autodesk® Express Viewer Compatibility, Large-Assembly Design Performance
8 Cherokee October 15, 2003
9 Crossfire July 15, 2004
10 Freestyle April 6, 2005 Task Scheduler, Inventor Studio, Associative import of Mechanical Desktop data, Design Accelerators, Assembly constraints use colors to differentiate between the first and second constraint selection.
11 Faraday April 6, 2006
2008 Goddard April 11, 2007
2009 Tesla April 16, 2008 Frame Generator, Sheet Metal, skeletal modelling
2010 Hopper February 27, 2009 The Ribbon, New FEA
2011 Sikorsky March 26, 2010 Dynamic Input, Direct Manipulation, Assemble tool, Visualization, iCopy, iLogic
2012 Brunel March 22, 2011 Provides easier ways to interact with 3D mechanical design data; new opportunities for sharing, accepting and updating CAD data regardless of source and complexity; and high-impact performance and productivity improvements for both users and IT departments
2013 Goodyear March 27, 2012 Equation curves
2014 Franklin March 27, 2013[3] Express mode, Connection, Symmetrical constraint, Slot geometry, Enhanced rectangle geometry, Thin wall FEA, Frame FEA, Assembly relationship folder

Mouseover grounded constraint visibility, Model & assembly simplification, Joint constraints.

2015 Dyson March 28, 2014[4] Freeform, Direct Edit
2016 Shelby April 16, 2015[5] Multi-CAD, AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor Interoperability, Shape Creation, 3D Printing Environment, Graphics/Visualization/Studio Enhancements
2017 Enzo April, 2016 Part Creation, Shape Generation, Mesh handling

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/inventor
  2. ↑ http://www.autodesk.in/products/inventor/compare-products
  3. ↑ Helm, Clay (2013-03-26). "Autodesk 2014 Design and Creation Suites Give Flexibility to Innovate More" (Press release). San Francisco: Autodesk, Inc. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  4. ↑ Simoes, Angela (2014-03-27). "New Autodesk 2015 Design Suites Drive Unsurpassed Value for Subscribers" (Press release). San Francisco: Autodesk, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  5. ↑ Simoes, Angela (2015-04-13). "Autodesk 2016 Design & Creation Suites Now Available" (Press release). San Francisco: Autodesk, Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-15.

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