Engineering Design and Graphics with Autodesk Inventor (R) 6

For courses in Autodesk Inventor. Going beyond the available Inventor manuals and references, this text first teaches Inventor step-by-step using many sample and exercise problems - and then shows how to apply it to design problems. Animation of assemblies is included. - Step-by-step format, enables students to work directly from the text to the screen. - Many exercise problems, allows instructors to vary assignments. - 8-chapter Inventor tutorial - Teaches students the fundamentals of Inventor and shows them how to create ... Read More

For courses in Autodesk Inventor. Going beyond the available Inventor manuals and references, this text first teaches Inventor step-by-step using many sample and exercise problems - and then shows how to apply it to design problems. Animation of assemblies is included. - Step-by-step format, enables students to work directly from the text to the screen. - Many exercise problems, allows instructors to vary assignments. - 8-chapter Inventor tutorial - Teaches students the fundamentals of Inventor and shows them how to create models and assemblies. Starts with two-dimensional shapes and concludes with sheet metal models and assemblies, including animation, ensures that students have a solid foundation in Inventor procedures and techniques before tackling actual applications. - Dimensions and tolerances - Includes geometric tolerances, and uses ANSI standards, but also covers 10 standards, familiarizes students with the standards used in professional practice. - How to create designs using bearings, gears, cams, and tolerance - Presented using only algebra, and supported with many examples and sample problems. Shows how to use the Web to select standard parts, introduces students to th Read Less