WTF is Autodesk Inventor

What is Autodesk Inventor? In this video, I explain what it is and who it's for, what it does and why it exists from quite a high level without going too much into the weeds. Aimed at those who are curious about what it is and have never used it before.

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[NeilD]

Greetings! Been a while! Quick correction that nobody will care about, but at 9:06 I think I referred to the showreel as the 2023 showreel when it's actually the 2022 showreel... I was thinking of the 2023 products which is why I said it. Happy to gaslight Autodesk for that error! BTW for context, I never thought to mention this cos of time, the "constraint failure" comment was a video for a customer success story! Where they take cameras to a company using Inventor to tell a story about how great they're doing with it... hence why it was hillarious to me that they left that in the video!

[Roofusthedufus]

I've never been to college or even taken a course. Heck, I'm not even much of a computer guy but after five months of using inventor, I'm still as excited as the first day I sat down at the keyboard. I'm constantly learning and always watching the amazing vids on youtube. I'm a welder/ fabricator and I designed a few successful things over the many years at my job. They figured I should just jump in and try some computer aided design. Now I get to do it all day long and I got so hooked that I even bought my own license just so I could keep learning (and playing) on my own time. Tech3D is my favorite inventor channel for quick easy to follow lessons. You really do a good job showing off the utility of the software. Thanks for all you do and don't stop teaching, your one of the good ones.

[jesscneal]

Great vid Neil. Been using Inventor for a long time. I started my own RC car chassis business last year and use Inventor for everything. Plotting the CG on a rock crawler chassis and fine tuning component placement has been a huge part of my design process.

[garypendleton]

25 years !!. Neil you're doing a cracking job with AutoDesk products. Continued success

[digitaldiorama]

As an educator I can tell you Autodesk are pushing Fusion really hard. The vast majority of learning materials produced by Autodesk on their education community are now mostly centred on Fusion 360. All the great Inventor content that was there has been moved/removed. Clear to see where Autodesk sees the future of Inventor. I distrust the motivation behind Fusion. It's "all-in" - once you've committed all your IP to Fusion, you're fully committed. If you wanted to switch to Solidwords (or even Inventor) you'd be up the proverbial creek.

[mitchl.]

Neil, you're a saint for doing all of this for us; incl. your work with InvMark and the forum!

[slimaneai]

I would like to thank you for all the hard work you provide, i have learned so much from you, you're a great man !

[Dirtbikedude]

@3:08 LMAO I haven't seen that video in awhile. Thank You for the laugh

[LawatheMEid]

Any available document about evolution of Inventor .. milestones?
Thanks

[sebastianrede]

Hello, I started using Inventor in my apprenticeship in school. I specifically liked to visit an extra class after main class to get started with CAD.

5 Years later after finishing my apprenticeship and on top of that catching up with my A-Levels I am studying mechanical engineering in my fourth semester.
We started using Siemens Programm Solid Edge as a ground level tool for CAD work at unversity.
2 Semester later I started working part time as a student employee and on work we were using Inventor:)
So I found out about a student license offered by our university for Autodesk Inventor aswell.
Since then I tried mastering Inventor and tried making It my own playground with individual settings and all that:)

Today I am building my first new PC in 10 years..

I am excited!
Great Video, thanks.

[robski]

Hi Neil. Thanks for all the great vids since tfi. They're very educative. I love the way you explained vault, iparts, etc. Now this! You're a Saint. Say, what about iLogic? Is it something for you? If so, can you please make one?

[FWAMUG]

I have been watching your vids for years when they show up on my YouTube home page and I think they are always good but I have to give you a serious thumbs up on this one for the iLogic example that you showed at 7:20 in this video beucase I work for D3 Technologies headquartered in Springfield, MO, USA.

[dbvetter]

I loved using mechanical Desktop back in the early 2000’s, I made about 50 VBA programs for MDT. I was nicer than iLogic IMO

[smukkegreen]

Hi Neil.
Do you know what plans Autodesk have related to joining with IrisVR?

It sounds interesting.

Maybe something new VR related?

[Godofhouse]

Lmk if you need design tips on inventor I’ve been using it for 10 years already.

[BLueFeaTHeRedOliVeS]

Off topic from this video, but do you know how to smooth the surface of a model in Inventor? I used a tutorial on how to convert an STL to a STEP in FreeCad. I imported a half-spherical object and you can kind of see the triangles in the final print. Do you know of a way to smooth it out back to a dome shape in Inventor? I've kind of back myself into a corner with other methods because I've already added hours of editing custom embossing onto the shape and it's in its "final state" except for the triangles creasing the half-sphere are showing up in the final print

[bahlulhodekar]

I just installed Autodesk Inventor 2023 and im trying to open a drawing which i created in 2022 version...but it's not opening getting error (could not be opened)

[JohnFekoloid]

Neil, when's the best time to learn inventor, and how? Being that it has a ridiculous amount of features?Books, lessons, before Uni? after Uni?

[fernandogonzalesvillavicen]

Please, teach us some of the environment to design mechanical components like pulleys, shafts, etc..

[rudmer]

Could it be possible to run Inventor or Fusion on Windows 365 cloud pc?