Autodesk Inventor essentials course

Learn Autodesk Inventor essentials, from sketches and constraints to extrude, revolve, and hole features, as a complete beginner new to Inventor.

<h2>About this course</h2>In this course, you learn Autodesk Inventor step by step, starting from scratch. You begin with the Inventor project file (IPJ), part files (IPT), and the user interface, then spend the largest section on sketching. You work with the origin work planes, draw lines, circles, and squares, use crossing and window selection, and add dimensions and constraints, along with construction and center line types.With your sketches in place, you move into 3D part modelling. You set the part description and material through iProperties, then create extrude features to add solid material, cut it away, and intersect shapes. The sketch and revolve section shows you how to use the End of Part marker, then build revolved solids and revolve cuts.Next, you work with the Hole feature, placing normal holes, creating holes from a sketch, and adding concentric and threaded holes. Finally, you organize your model in the browser by cleaning it up and naming features, suppressing features, and deleting features. Each section ends with a quiz to check your understanding. By the time you finish, you will be comfortable making and modifying 3D parts in Autodesk Inventor.<h2>Who should take this course</h2>This course is for you if you are a complete beginner in Autodesk Inventor and want to learn the software right from scratch. It suits mechanical engineering and product design students, drafters moving from 2D to 3D, and anyone who wants a short, structured, step-by-step introduction to sketching and part modelling. It also fits hobbyists and makers who want to model simple 3D parts of their own using Inventor's essential tools.<h2>Prerequisites</h2>The course starts from the beginning and requires no prior Inventor experience. Autodesk Inventor 2024 or later is recommended, but you can use any older version of the software as well.