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Inventor Advanced Tools
Length: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general mechanical industry knowledge along with completion of the D3 Modeling, Drawing and Assembly courses, or instructor approval.
Description: Want to be an Inventor power user or maybe your working towards Inventor Certified Professional status? If so then move beyond the basics and discover how much more Inventor has to offer. Start with advanced modeling functions that address more complex part design that involve 3D sketches, advance lofts and sweeps along with surface sculpting. Automate or configure multiple part variations for quick and easy assembly insertion, or create advanced assembly configurations for production ease. Try skeleton modeling and derived part modeling to simplify advanced repetitive design conditions. Automate assembly conditions with composite imate definitions to accelerate complex assembly construction. This course covers a wide range of utilities and tools allowing you to manage your Inventor data quickly. Lastly, D3 instructors will introduce you to Inventor Studio so production ready animations and images can be created for sales, manufacturing or client use.
Inventor Essentials
Length: 6 Days total (Three 2-day sessions)
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general mechanical industry knowledge.
Description: D3's Inventor Essentials course consists of three 2-day courses spread out over 3-4 weeks. This format has proven to be very successful by allowing students time in between subjects to digest and practice the concepts before moving onto the next major topic and at the same time it minimizes consecutive days out of the office for key personnel.
The following 3 courses make up the Essentials course (see separate descriptions for course content):
- Inventor Modeling
- Inventor Assembly Construction
- Inventor Drawing and Detailing
Inventor Modeling
Length: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general mechanical industry knowledge.
Description: This course will address topics ranging from basic navigational tools to 2D sketch intelligence to 3D modeling features with which users will create and edit a wide variety of 3D models. Various approaches to controlling user defined work planes, constraints, and parameters will be taught that mimic actual industry applications. Students will also learn how to import and convert 2D AutoCAD data into 3D models to maximize production efforts. A modeling only focus allows the student to acquire confident control in their ability to use Inventor immediately in the engineering and design environment.
Inventor Assembly Construction
Length: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general mechanical industry knowledge along with completion of D3 Modeling course, or instructor approval.
Description: What's your preferred multiple part design process, top-down or bottom up, parts or sub-assemblies? This course provides the designer with the tools and techniques to quickly assemble; edit and organize small to large assemblies. An in-depth review of Inventor project files and content center libraries makes file management very easy to control. Course also includes an introduction to some of the Design Accelerator modules that increase model definition within the assembly. Students will learn how to quickly modify assemblies with commands such as mirror, pattern and copy assemblies with constraints. All assemblies require bill of material structure, however, that structure must be set to your design intent and this course will show you how to create those standards.
Inventor Drawing and Detailing
Length: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general mechanical industry knowledge of design and detailing along with completion of D3 Modeling course, or instructor approval.
Description: Engineering drawings are at the core of the design department and a working command of all the mechanical industry based Inventor annotation tools is critical. Students learn how to quickly create orthographic views, isometric views, details, sections views of parts and assemblies. Students also explore all the dimensioning and annotation tools including automatic parts Lists and ballooning. Other topics include exploded views, hole tables, revision tables along with definition of drawing standards, title blocks and related defaults and templates. Lastly, students will publish drawing files to Autodesk's DWF format for remote viewing, redline and printing for collaboration with other departments, suppliers or clients.
Inventor FEA
Length: 1 Day
Prerequisite: Previous Inventor experience.
Description: This course will cover the fundamental methods of using Autodesk Inventor Dynamic Simulation 2009 and Autodesk Inventor Professional 2009 for Finite Element Analysis. Topics covered will include adding loads and constraints to part models and derived assemblies; running and analyzing analysis results; and generating analysis reports. This course will be a mix of hands on labs and lecture.
Inventor Large Assembly Management and Performance
Length: 1 Day
Prerequisite: Previous Inventor training courses.
Description: Through lecture and examples, this hands on lab will look at the real world issues of working with large assemblies in Inventor 2009. Learn the solutions and strategies acquired by D3's technical team from working with customers who have consistently pushed the envelope of workstation performance. Examine the options required to get the most out of your PC. Explore the upgrade options that 64 bit processing has introduced to the Inventor world. This one day class will go beyond the standard assembly training and explore the settings and options you need know to accomplish large assembly work efficiently. Lecture topics include: Considering workstation upgrades (Multi core processors, 32 bit vs. 64 bit); Setting up your existing system to be a large assembly workhorse; Assembly tips, tricks and strategies; Drawing tips, tricks and strategies; Managing Assembly Detail; Part preparation and strategies for use in large assemblies; The Vault Advantage.
Inventor Tube & Pipe
Length: 1 Day
Prerequisite: Previous Inventor experience.
Description: This course covers the fundamental principles and recommended workflows for creating routed systems for plant and industrial equipment design using Autodesk Inventor Professional. Students learn the proper techniques and recommended workflows for designing and documenting rigid tubing, flexible hose, and piping systems.
Inventor Sheet Metal
Length: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills and general mechanical industry knowledge along with completion of D3 Modeling course or instructor approval.
Description: This course introduces the concepts and techniques of sheet metal modeling within Autodesk Inventor. The topics presented in this course enable users to create features that are specific to the sheet metal modeling process. The structure of the course follows the standard sequence of design stages in Inventor. That is, to create sheet metal parts, edit them, generate flat patterns, and document the designs in drawings. Students will learn to develop sheet metal rules or styles that control material, gauge, bend allowance (including custom bend tables), relief and tear conditions. Students will also define standard punch shapes and libraries, cuts, hems, folds and bend features. Finally students will use unique Inventor tools for sheet metal oriented drawings that contain the folded model, the flat pattern, bend line annotations and tables, and perform custom detailing unique to flat patterns for shop or manufacturing concerns.
Inventor Update
Length: 1 Day
Prerequisite: CAD department working knowledge & experience. Working knowledge of Autodesk Inventor.
Description: Inventor 2010 is a major release in terms of the sheer number of new commands and enhancements. In order to expose experienced Inventor users to all the new functions and design techniques, D3 is now offering a one day update course in lecture format that keeps time out of office to a minimum and insures users will have full understanding of what's new in Inventor 2010. New functions include view navigation tools, major improvements in advanced assembly control and performance, improved tools for sketching and model feature control, functional design commands with changes to the design accelerators along with improved drawing manager concepts. In addition a review of the enhanced Inventor Studio will be discussed. Finally we will discuss tuning techniques that allow you to understand Inventor performance tools and data control. We feel this is a must have course for serious Inventor 2010 operators.
D3 Inventor iLogic for Programmers
Length: 1 Day
Prerequisite: Advanced computer skills, prior visual basic or VBA programming experience as well as experience with part and assembly modeling with Autodesk Inventor.
Description: iLogic offers several benefits over programming using Inventor's VBA or Visual Studio. This course will show students how to leverage these tools to save time by generating the same functional code with less lines. Students will learn how to use the iLogic's Parameter Editor to create more powerful and flexible parameters, how to use prior knowledge of visual basic in combination with the rule editor to create useful rules to drive parts and assemblies, how to use the iLogic Tree to control rule processing, and how to use the iLogic Configuration to share rules and leverage existing add-ins or VBA code.
D3 Inventor iLogic for Inventor Users
Length: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Advanced computer skills, Microsoft Excel experience as well as experience with part and assembly modeling with Autodesk Inventor.
Description: Using Inventor to create designs designers are able to design with function in mind rather than just geometry. By adding iLogic with Inventor, designers are able to incorporate powerful decision making functionality into their designs . Students will learn how to use the iLogic's Parameter Editor to create more powerful and flexible parameters, how to use the rule editor to create powerful intelligent rules to drive parts and assemblies, and how to use the iLogic Tree to control rule processing. In addition to these basic iLogic functions, students will also learn enough fundamentals of visual basic programming to start using iLogic to control their designs.
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