AUTODESK INVENTOR 2018 BASIC COURSE 01:

Prepared by Šerer N. – Mechanical Design Engineer & Autodesk Inventor Certified Instructor

Course summary:
This training course is designed to teach the essentials of using Autodesk Inventor 2018. Each unit topic will provide you
with comprehensive lessons, detailed procedures and lots of project samples to apply your knowledge. Some of the
topics covered in this course are: navigating the user interface; using basic sketching techniques; using basic and
detailed shape design techniques; an assembly design overview; place, create and constrain components; interact with
an assembly; basics of view creation; dimensions, annotations and tables; annotating assembly drawings and drawing
standards and resources.
Course duration: 40h (?)
Courses Prerequisites:
It is recommended that participants in this course have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8,
Microsoft MS Office (Word, Excel) and working knowledge of mechanical design principles.
Who should attend?
This training program is designed for:
 Professionals working in the field and looking to improve their skills with the latest version of the software,
 Beginners looking to explore new career options in the mechanical design and manufacturing industry,
 Those who are looking to prepare for Autodesk Inventor Professional Certification.
Note:
Skill exercises for each chapter are provided to students in pdf file format.

TOPIC/CHAPTER CONTENT WORKING EXERCISE FILES

 Introduction
 Objectives
 Getting Started with Autodesk Inventor
 File Information
 User Interface
 Inventor Application Button  Class Exercises:
Chapter 1:  Ribbon  Exercise 1: User Interface
Getting Started  Quick Access Toolbar  Exercise 2: Creating Project files
 Application Options  Exercise 3: Viewing a model
 Repeat Last Command
 Help System
 Projects in Autodesk Inventor
 Viewpoint Options
 Autodesk Vault

Class Exercises:
 Change the sketch and part options as needed  Creating a sketch with lines
 Sketch an outline of a part  Creating a sketch with tangencies
Chapter 2:  Create geometric constraints  Adding and displaying constraints
Sketching,  Use construction geometry to help constrain sketches  Dimensioning a Sketch
constraining  Dimension a sketch  Inserting a AutoCAD file
and  Create dimensions using the automatic dimensioning  Skill exercise 2-1.pdf
dimensioning command  Skill exercise 2-2.pdf
 Change a dimension’ s value in a sketch Home Exercises:
 Open and insert AutoCAD DWG data  Skill Exercise 2-3.pdf
 Skill Exercise 2-4.pdf
 Class Exercises:
 Understand what a feature is  Exercise 3-1: Extruding a sketch
 Use the Autodesk Inventor browser to edit parts  Exercise 3-2: Revolving a sketch
Chapter 3:  Extrude a sketch  Exercise 3-3: Editing Features and
 Revolve a sketch Sketches
Creating and
 Edit features of a part  Exercise 3-4: Sketch Planes
Editing
 Edit the sketch of a feature  Skill Exercise 3-1.pdf
Sketched  Make an active sketch on a plane  Skill Exercise 3-2.pdf
Features  Create sketched features using one of three operations: Home Exercises:
cut, join, or intersect  Skill Exercise 3-3.pdf
 Project edges of a part  Skill Exercise 3-4.pdf

 Class exercises:
 Exercise 4-1: Fillets and chamfers
 Exercise 4-2: Creating holes
 Exercise 4-3: Shelling a part
 Create fillets
 Exercise 4-4: Creating Face Draft
 Create chamfers
 Exercise 4-5: Creating Work Axes
 Create holes
 Exercise 4-6: Work Planes and UCS
 Shell a part
Chapter 4:  Exercise 4-6a: Work Planes and UCS
 Add face draft to a part
Creating placed  Exercise 4-7: Rectangular Pattern
 Create work axes
features  Exercise 4-8: Circular Pattern
 Create work points
 Exercise 4-9: Creating Pattern Along a
 Create work planes
Nonlinear Path
 Create a UCS
 Skill Exercises 4-1
 Pattern features
 Skill Exercise 4-2
 Home exercises:
 Skill Exercise 4-3
 Skill Exercise 4-4

 Create base and projected drawing views from a part  Class exercises:
 Create auxiliary, section, detail, broken, breakout,  Exercise 5-1: Creating multiview
cropped, and perspective views drawing
 Edit the properties and location of drawing views  Exercise 5-2: Creating break, section,
 Retrieve and arrange model dimensions for use in auxiliary, and detail views
drawing views  Exercise 5-3: Editing drawing views
 Edit, move and hide dimensions  Exercise 5-4: Adding dimension and
Chapter 5:  Add automated centerlines annotations
Creating and  Add general dimensions  Exercise 5-5: Creating Baseline
editing drawing  Add annotations such as Text, Leaders, Geometric dimensions
views Dimensioning & Tolerance, Surface finish symbols, Weld  Exercise 5-6: Creating Hole Tables
symbols, and Datum identifiers  Skill Exercises 5-1
 Create hole and chamfer notes,  Skill Exercise 5-2
 Open a model from a drawing,  Home exercises (skill exercises from
 Open a drawing from a model ch.4 – create drawings):
 Making changes under the Drawing tab of the  Skill Exercise 5-3
Application Options dialog box  Skill Exercise 5-4
 Create baseline and ordinate dimensions  Skill exercise 5-5
 Create hole, general and revision tables  Skill exercise 5-6
  Class exercises:
 Exercise 6-1: Assembling parts
 Exercise 6-2: Designing parts in the
 Understand the assembly options assembly context
 Create bottom-up assemblies  Exercise 6-2a: Assembly joints
 Create top-down assemblies  Exercise 6-3: Creating adaptive parts
 Create subassemblies  Exercise 6-4: Patterning components
 Constrain components together using assembly  Exercise 6-5: Analyzing an assembly
constraints  Exercise 6-6: Driving constraints
Chapter 6:  Edit assembly constraints  Exercise 6-7: Creating presentation
Creating and  Create adaptive parts views
documenting  Pattern components in an assembly  Exercise 6-8: Editing the BOM
assemblies  Check parts in an assembly for interference  Exercise 6-9: Creating assembly
 Drive constraints drawings
 Create a presentation file  Skill exercise 6-1
 Manipulate and edit the Bill of Materials (BOM)  Skill exercise 6-2
 Create individual and automatic balloons  Home exercise:
 Create and perform edits on a Parts List of an assembly  Skill exercise 6-3 (Assembly1.pdf)
 Skill exercise 6-4 (Assembly2.pdf)
 Skill exercise 6-5 (Fuel oil module
foundation.pdf)

Inventor Professional tutorials files

If you are beginner in Inventor it is suggested that you also use help from online Inventor tutorials from:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2018/ENU/

You can download tutorial data set files from next web link:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=21952055

Inventor training Skill exercises (home) instructions:

Except where otherwise noted, after finishing the exercises save all exercises with suffix “done”.
After doing that, send zipped files for review in folders named same as done chapter.