Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Using Autodesk Inventor provides tutorials and real-world examples that acquaint you with the key functions of Autodesk Inventor software. Chapters are organized around important 3D design engineering concepts, such as solid modeling, assembly modeling, advanced modeling, sheet metal modeling, and engineering drafting. The unique blend of concepts, examples, and tutorials shortens your learning curve, and provides a detailed road map to the "whys" and "hows" of maximizing the power of Autodesk Inventor to construct 3D parts and assemblies and output quality engineering drawings.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. xi)
• Organization of this Book (p. xiii)
• Acknowledgments (p. xiii)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• Overview (p. 1)
• Introducing 3D Models, Assemblies, and Engineering Drafting (p. 2)
• 3D Models (p. 2)
• Assemblies (p. 4)
• Engineering Drafting (p. 4)
• Exporting and Importing (p. 4)
• Autodesk Inventor Functions (p. 5)
• Constructing Solid Parts (p. 5)
• Constructing Assemblies (p. 7)
• Exporting (p. 7)
• Importing (p. 8)
• Constructing Engineering Drawings (p. 8)
• Inventor File Types (p. 9)
• Part Files (p. 9)
• Assembly Files (p. 9)
• Presentation Files (p. 10)
• Drawing Files (p. 10)
• Starting Autodesk Inventor (p. 10)
• Getting Started (p. 11)
• Application Window (p. 16)
• Starting a New File (p. 17)
• Command Selection (p. 21)
• Shortcut Menus (p. 21)
• Design Support System (p. 21)
• Help Topics (p. 21)
• Autodesk Online (p. 21)
• What's New about Autodesk Inventor (p. 22)
• Visual Syllabus (p. 22)
• Design Professor (p. 23)
• Design Doctor (p. 23)
• Sketch Doctor (p. 24)
• System Settings (p. 25)
• Summary (p. 27)
• Review Questions (p. 28)
• Chapter 2 Solid Modeling (p. 29)
• Overview (p. 29)
• Parametric Feature-Based Solid Modeling Concepts (p. 30)
• The Feature-Based Approach (p. 30)
• The Parametric Approach (p. 31)
• Sketched Solid Features (p. 31)
• Boolean Operations (p. 34)
• Sketch Planes (p. 35)
• Work Features (p. 36)
• Placed Solid Features (p. 38)
• Constructing Sketched Solid Features (p. 41)
• Sketching (p. 41)
• Modifying System Settings (p. 42)
• Starting a Part File (p. 48)
• Setting Units of Measurement (p. 57)
• Extruding a Solid (p. 58)
• Revolving a Solid (p. 71)
• Constructing a Sweep Solid (p. 79)
• Constructing a Loft Solid (p. 87)
• Constructing a Coil Solid (p. 97)
• Splitting a Solid (p. 100)
• Boolean Operations (p. 106)
• Constructing with Join (p. 106)
• Constructing with Cut (p. 116)
• Constructing with Intersect (p. 120)
• Placed Solid Features (p. 123)
• Placing a Hole Feature (p. 123)
• Placing a Shell Feature (p. 126)
• Placing Fillet Features (p. 127)
• Placing a Chamfer Feature (p. 130)
• Placing a Rectangular Pattern Feature (p. 131)
• Placing a Circular Pattern Feature (p. 136)
• Placing a Mirror Feature (p. 142)
• Placing Face Draft Features (p. 148)
• Constructing Complex Solid Parts (p. 149)
• Cutter of the Food Grinder (p. 149)
• Main Body (p. 154)
• Derived Solid Parts (p. 164)
• Derived Food Grinder Cutter (p. 164)
• Derived Food Grinder Handle (p. 166)
• Light, Material, Color, and Part Properties (p. 168)
• Light (p. 168)
• Material (p. 169)
• Color (p. 170)
• Organizer (p. 171)
• Part Properties (p. 172)
• Templates, Save As, Open, Insert, and Compatibility (p. 173)
• Templates (p. 173)
• Save As (p. 174)
• Open (p. 175)
• Compatibility (p. 175)
• Exercises 1-19 (p. 176)
• Summary (p. 215)
• Review Questions (p. 216)
• Chapter 3 Assembly Modeling (p. 217)
• Overview (p. 217)
• Assembly Modeling Concepts (p. 218)
• Design Approaches (p. 219)
• Assembly in Inventor (p. 219)
• The Bottom-Up Approach (p. 228)
• Food Grinder Assembly (p. 228)
• The Top-Down Approach (p. 240)
• Food Grinder Assembly (p. 240)
• Constraint Driving (p. 262)
• Bill of Materials, Assembly Properties, and Design Assistant (p. 267)
• Bill of Materials (p. 267)
• Properties (p. 268)
• Design Assistant (p. 269)
• Presentation Views (p. 270)
• Constructing a Presentation View Manually (p. 272)
• Constructing a Presentation View Automatically (p. 275)
• Precise View Rotation (p. 276)
• Animating a Presentation (p. 277)
• Exercises 1-14 (p. 278)
• Summary (p. 300)
• Review Questions (p. 301)
• Chapter 4 Advanced Modeling Techniques (p. 303)
• Overview (p. 303)
• 2D Design Layout (p. 304)
• Four-Bar Mechanism (p. 304)
• Assembly of 2D Layouts (p. 315)
• Adaptive Technology (p. 321)
• Setting Adaptivity (p. 321)
• Graphics Slicing (p. 342)
• Base Plate of the Oscillator (p. 343)
• Design Parameters (p. 348)
• Parameters Table (p. 348)
• Spreadsheets (p. 351)
• Design Elements (p. 365)
• Join Design Element (p. 365)
• Cut Design Element (p. 372)
• Intersect Design Element (p. 376)
• Design Notebook (p. 382)
• Adding Notes to the Oscillator Assembly (p. 382)
• Motion Simulation (p. 390)
• Friction Drive Mechanism (p. 390)
• Design Collaboration (p. 403)
• Network and Share Permissions (p. 403)
• Setting Files to Multi User (p. 406)
• Windows NetMeeting (p. 408)
• Exercises 1-11 (p. 412)
• Summary (p. 443)
• Review Questions (p. 444)
• Chapter 5 Sheet Metal Modeling (p. 445)
• Overview (p. 445)
• Sheet Metal Concepts (p. 446)
• Sketched Solid Features and Placed Solid Features (p. 447)
• Conversion from a Solid Part (p. 452)
• Sheet Metal Design (p. 452)
• Sheet Metal Part File (p. 452)
• Corner Round and Corner Chamfer (p. 456)
• Sheet Metal Flanges (p. 458)
• Sheet Metal Bend (p. 463)
• Sheet Metal Corner Seams (p. 465)
• Sheet Metal Cut (p. 467)
• Rectangular Pattern (p. 468)
• Hole (p. 468)
• Circular Pattern (p. 471)
• Mirror (p. 472)
• Sheet Metal Design Element (p. 473)
• Sheet Metal Flat Pattern (p. 474)
• Conversion (p. 475)
• Part File (p. 475)
• Converted Sheet Metal Part (p. 476)
• Exercises 1-5 (p. 478)
• Summary (p. 495)
• Review Questions (p. 496)
• Chapter 6 Engineering Drafting (p. 497)
• Overview (p. 497)
• Engineering Drafting Concepts (p. 498)
• Orthographic Projection (p. 498)
• Computer-Generated Engineering Drawing Views (p. 503)
• Drawing Sheet Preparation (p. 508)
• Engineering Drawing Standards (p. 508)
• Sheet (p. 511)
• Borders (p. 514)
• Title Blocks (p. 518)
• Sketched Symbols (p. 523)
• Template (p. 525)
• Engineering Drawing Views (p. 526)
• Base View (p. 526)
• Projected Views (p. 526)
• Template (p. 529)
• Auxiliary View (p. 529)
• Section View (p. 530)
• Detail View (p. 534)
• Flat Pattern View of a Sheet Metal Part (p. 536)
• Engineering Drawing Views of an Assembly (p. 540)
• Presentation View of an Assembly (p. 541)
• DWG Output (p. 544)
• Annotations (p. 544)
• Annotations in a Part Drawing (p. 544)
• Annotations in an Assembly Drawing (p. 545)
• Dimensions (p. 545)
• Centerlines (p. 548)
• Surface Texture Symbol (p. 549)
• Weld Symbol (p. 550)
• Geometric Tolerance Symbol (p. 551)
• Text (p. 554)
• Bill of Materials (p. 554)
• Balloons (p. 555)
• Exercises 1-2 (p. 559)
• Summary (p. 559)
• Review Questions (p. 560)
• Appendix A Imported Solids (p. 561)
• Saving a SAT File (p. 561)
• Opening and Editing a SAT File (p. 562)
• Appendix B Inserted Objects (p. 567)
• Index (p. 569)