1. Introduction to 3D Modeling with Inventor
Ryan Weber - SATC

2. Introduction to Inventor
Safety Briefing
Announcements
Restrooms, Breaks, Smoking Area
What is Inventor and why is it so popular?

3. Introduction to Inventor
Parts, Assemblies and Drawings
ASSEMBLY
PART
DRAWING
DRAWING

4. Introduction to Inventor
Zoom Commands
Pan
Rotate
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Viewcube
Space Navigator Mouse
Visual Styles

5. Design Intent, Sketching and Constraints
Difference between modeling a series of Parts and modeling one part

6. Design Intent, Sketching and Constraints
Placing Dimensions in the Model where you want them on the Drawing

7. Design Intent, Sketching and Constraints

8. Design Intent, Sketching and Constraints
Sketching – ALWAYS Fully Constrain Sketches
Line
Circle
Arc
Rectangle
Project Geometry

9. Design Intent, Sketching and Constraints
Sketching – ALWAYS Fully Constrain Sketches
Trim
Extend
Offset

10. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve
How to identify an Extrusion
Profile, Extents, Cut
Additive vs. Subtractive Modeling

11. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve
Extrusion or Extrude-Cut Creation Process
Set the modeling units.
Start a New Sketch and Choose which plane or face to create the sketch on.
Draw the sketch using lines, circles, rectangles, etc.
Click on Extrude to create Extrusion.
Set Extrusion properties and click OK.

12. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

13. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

14. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

15. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

16. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

17. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

18. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

19. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve
Extrude Practice
Beginner
Workbook in LANSchool Folder on Desktop
Intermediate
Chapter 5 from Textbook from Instructor
Advanced
See Instructor for Projects

20. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve
How to Identify a Revolve
Profile, Axis, Extents
Revolve or Revolve-Cut Creation Process
Set the modeling units.
Start a New Sketch and Choose which plane or face to create the sketch on.
Draw the sketch using lines, circles, rectangles, etc.
If necessary, add a center line for the axis of revolution.
Click on Revolve to create the Revolve.
Set the Revolve properties and click OK.

21. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

22. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

23. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

24. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

25. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve

26. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve
Revolve Practice
Beginner
Workbook in LANSchool Folder on Desktop
Intermediate
Chapter 6 from Textbook from Instructor
Advanced
See Instructor for Projects

27. Extrude, Fillet, Chamfer, Revolve
Manipulating and Editing Model Features
Double-Click in Browser
Click on Model
Reorder Features in Browser

28. Inventor Learning Resources
With Inventor Software open, click on Learning Path from the Ribbon.
Do an Internet Search for Inventor 2016 Guided Tutorials.
Do an Internet Search for ME Week 2. This is a series of Step-by-Step tutorials created by Carnegie Mellon University.
Download the Educator Guide from www. autodesk.com.
Go to and search Autodesk Inventor Tutorial
Inventor Textbook????
Inventor training courses from Midwest CAD in KC or D3 Technologies.

29. Inventor Curriculum
Do an Internet Search for ME Week 2. This is a series of Step-by-Step tutorials created by Carnegie Mellon University.
Download the Educator Guide from www. autodesk.com.
Logon to and review Curriculum (Autodesk Design Academy)
Do an Internet Search for Autodesk VEX Robotics Curriculum

30. Inventor Miscellaneous
Creating Inventor Parts for CNC mill/lathe or 3D Printer
Creating Curved Surfaces in Inventor

31. Inventor Miscellaneous
Best Industry Practices
Fully Constrain Sketches
Utilize Design Intent as appropriate
Place Dimensions in Model as they should be placed on the Drawing

32. Inventor
Surveys and Certificates
THANKS!!!!