AUTODESK
Inventor
Inventor
Professional-grade 3D CAD software for product design and engineering
About Inventor©
Autodesk Inventor is a 3D mechanical solid modeling design software developed by Autodesk to create 3D digital prototypes. It is used for 3D mechanical design, design communication, tooling creation and product simulation. This software enables users to produce accurate 3D models to aid in designing, visualizing and simulating products before they are built.
Top Inventor Features
Shape Generator
Create and evaluate high-performing design options in minutes.
Parametric Modeling
Focus on design as you create and edit your 3D models with an intuitive user interface.
Assembly Modeling
See how your design will go together and perform at the assembly level.
Drawing Creation
Quickly create clear, accurate, detailed drawings for manufacturing.
What’s New In Inventor
Inventor® 2020 3D CAD software for mechanical design improves workflows with increased performance, better collaboration, and new professional-grade design tools.
Design enhancements
New functionality for your core design commands in sketching and part modeling.
Inventor experience
Work in a fresh user interface along with new property panels to streamline workflows, reduce clicks, and save time.
Performance improvements
Continue to tackle larger and more complex designs with performance improvements in assemblies, parts, drawings, and AnyCAD.
Frame generator enhancements
Frame design is more productive than ever with new features, editing tools, and default naming conventions.
Inventor
- Product design and engineering with professional-grade modeling tools
- Analysis of complete mechanical systems with integrated simulation
- Creating static and animated renderings of product designs
- Generating manufacturing drawings and assembly instructions
- Professional-grade 3D parametric, freeform, and direct modeling
- Dedicated tools for sheet metal and structural frame design
- Import non-native CAD and BIM data without translation
- Automation of product configuration and repetitive modeling tasks
- Model-based definition and 2D drawings and documentation
- Generate exploded views and assembly animations for documentation
- Integrated dynamic simulation, stress, and modal analysis
- Topology optimization to generate lightweight, structurally efficient parts
- Data management for version control and team collaboration
- Share lightweight design representations online for review
- Vault Basic
- Autodesk Drive
Inventor LT
- Creating 3D parts
- Importing and exporting 3D CAD data
- Developing DWG™ drawings for fabrication
- 3D mechanical design
- Direct Edit functionality
- Free-form modeling
- DWG file format
- Inventor Connected Design on Autodesk Drive
More Inventor Features
Use Inventor® 3D CAD modeling software for product and mechanical design. Learn about the Inventor modeling, design, simulation, and rendering features.
Product Design
Shape generator
Create and evaluate high-performing design options in minutes.
Parametric modeling
Focus on design as you create and edit your 3D models with an intuitive user interface.
Assembly modeling
See how your design will go together and perform at the assembly level.
Drawing creation
Quickly create clear, accurate, detailed drawings for manufacturing.
Collaboration and Design Automation
Shared view collaboration
Collaborate on your models or designs online. Anyone can review and comment on shared views in the Autodesk viewer.
Work with non-native data
Maintain an associative link to non-native CAD data.
Automated frame design
Quickly design and test structural frames.
Design automation
Enable rapid assembly reconfigurations powered by iLogic.
Modeling
Sheet metal
Design and prepare complex sheet metal products for manufacturing.
Model-based definition
Include manufacturing information in your 3D model for downstream applications.
Content center
Choose your standard components from a comprehensive customizable library.
BIM Interoperability
Choose your standard components from a comprehensive customizable library.