Tutorials

Restructured Tutorials

The Tutorial Learning Resource Page is reorganized and expanded into more logical, task-specific groupings.

Additionally, the tutorials were extensively revised to improve readability and ease of use.

The tutorial page now features seven tabs for the following categories:

New Users

These tutorials address the basics of Inventor.

Experienced Users

These tutorials are intended for customers who have completed the New Users category.

Mechanical Design

This category is explicitly intended for mechanical engineers, designers, and drafters.

Data Exchange

This category includes tutorials that focus on interoperability between Inventor and other Autodesk software applications.

Routed Systems

This category offers Tube and Pipe and Cable and Harness tutorials.

Simulation

This category contains Frame Analysis, Stress Analysis, and Dynamic Simulation tutorials.

Tooling

This category offers tutorials featuring mold base design and mold kinematics.

Expanded Tutorial Offerings

Many new tutorials were added to showcase the new functionality now available in Inventor 2011. These tutorials include:

• Introduction to Direct Manipulation
• iLogic
• Drawing Styles
• Splines and Surfaces
• Frame Analysis
• Resolving Design Issues
• Mold Kinematics

Additionally, several new Tube and Pipe and Cable and Harness tutorials have been added to the Routed Systems category. The Simulation category also offers two new tutorials covering Assembly Optimization and Contacts.

Improved Navigation

Use the new Previous | Next links at the bottom of each tutorial page to navigate through the tutorials without scrolling to the top of the tutorial page.