CADLearning for

Autodesk
Inventor 2013

Course Details
} 27.5 hours of training
} 326 video tutorials
} Exercise files included
} Instructor: Erik Kurek
Course Description
CADLearning® for Autodesk® Inventor® 2013 will teach you
how to leverage the software to perform 3D mechanical
design, product simulation, tooling creation, and design
communication. Lessons cover basic and advanced topics
including assembly management, advanced part modeling,
creating and editing parts, iLogic and iFeatures.

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CADLearning comprehensive
video-based instruction for
Autodesk software offers self-
paced video tutorials, exercise
files and assessments designed
to maximize performance with
leading CAD and BIM applications.
This continuously growing library
of software tutorials stays current
with the latest Autodesk software
releases and covers topics from
beginner through advanced. Users
leverage courses for self-paced
learning, as an ongoing resource,
and as a help tool. Developed by
4D Technologies, LLC, CADLearning
is available via online subscription
or DVD.
Contact us today to learn more:
+1.603.641.3900.
Getting Started
• Installing Autodesk Inventor
• Introducing the Welcome
Screen
• Using the Get Started Tab
• Navigating the Autodesk
Inventor Environment
• Using Multiple Document Tools
• Using View Navigation Tools
• Using the ViewCube
• Using the Navigation Bar
• Navigating with the
SteeringWheel
• Using a 3D Mouse
• Using Information Center and
Help
• Accessing Wiki Help
• Using the Quick Access Toolbar
• Navigating the Application
Menu
• Using the Application Menu
Management Tools
• Navigating the Inventor Ribbon
Interface
• Using the Marking Menu
• Using the Select Other Drop
Down
• Understanding Project Files
• Creating New Inventor Files
• Opening Existing Inventor Files
Working With Assemblies
• Understanding Assembly Files
• Identifying Assembly
Components

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• Organizing with Browser Folders
• Introduction to Component
Visibility
• Introduction to Browser Filter
and Find
• Understanding Degrees of
Freedom and Constrained Drag
Concepts
• Introducing Grounded
Components
• Identifying Existing Assembly
Constraints
• Editing Existing Assembly
Constraints
• Driving Assembly Constraints to
Simulate Motion
• Replace a Component in an
Assembly
• Editing Assembly Components
• Measuring Assembly
Components
• Center Of Gravity
• Creating a New Assembly
• Placing a Component in an
Assembly
• Creating a Part Component in
Place
• Create an Assembly
Component in Place
• Placing a Component from
Content Center
• Autodropping a Component
from Content Center
• Analyzing Interference
• Introducing the Bill of Materials
• Creating a Virtual Component
in an Assembly
• Move and Rotate an Assembly
Component
• Constraining with Mate and • Viewing the Ground Plane
Flush
• Sectioning Your 3D Model
• Constraining with Tangent and
Insert • Lighting Models with Standard
Lights
• Constraining at Angles
• Using Image Based Lighting
• Limiting Constraints
• Customizing Lighting Styles
• Creating 3D Motion Constraints
Assembly Management
• Creating 3D Transitional
Constraints • Using View Representations
• Creating A 3D Constraint Set • Documenting View
Representations
• Solving for Contact
• Positional Representations
• Assemble Your Design
• Documenting a Positional
• Assembly Features
Representation Using Overlay
• Copy Components
• Creating a Level of Detail
• Pattern Components
• Documenting a Level of Detail
Associatively
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute -
• Pattern Components in a Circle
Merging Out Seams
• Pattern Components in a
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute -
Rectangular Pattern
Keeping Seams
• Mirroring Assembly Components
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute -
• Promote and Demote Assembly Single Composite Feature
Components
• Shrinkwrap and Substitute -
Maintain Each Body as a Solid
View Appearance Body
• Using Other Viewing Methods
Presentations
• Setting Viewing Options
• Creating a Presentation
• Realistically Viewing Inventor
Models • Tweaking Components
• Colorizing Models • View Filters
• Shading Models • Animating Views
• Viewing Models in Wireframe Assembly and Presentation
Documentation
• Understanding Monochrome,
Illustration and Watercolor Visual
• Introducing the Drawing
Styles
Environment
• Shadowing Models
• Navigating the Tools Tab
• Reflecting the Model
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• Creating Presentation and
Assembly Drawings
• Creating and Editing Parts Lists
• Filtering Parts Lists
• Manually Placing Balloons
• Automatically Placing Balloons
• Editing the Bill of Materials
• Revision Tables and Revision
Tags
Create and Edit Parts
• Introducing Part Modeling
• Modifying a Sketched Feature
• Modifying a Placed Feature
• Modifying a Work Feature
• Creating a New Part File
• Introducing the Sketch
Environment
• Sketching Overview
• Using Basic Sketch Commands
• Geometric Constraints
• Dimensional Sketch Constraints
• Design Intent and Model
Parameters
• User Parameters
• Trimming and Extending Sketch
Entities
• Joining and Cutting Extrusions
• Intersecting Extrusions
• Terminating Extrusions
• Alternate Solutions and Tapering
Extrusions
• Revolving Features
• Bending A Part
• Creating Work Features
• Hole and Thread Data
• Placing a Hole Lineally
• Placing a Hole Concentrically
• Hole Placement on a Point
• Sketching Hole Placement
• Hole Operations
• Specifying Types and
Termination of Holes
• Manipulating Holes
• Filleting Edges
• Setbacking Fillets
• Selecting Fillets with Loop and
by Features
• Filleting Face and Full Round
• Filleting Variable Radii
• Chamfering Features
• Threading Features
• Splitting Features
• Drafting Features
• Shelling Features
• Linking Parameters to Models
• Creating Primitive Shapes
Documenting Parts
• Creating a New Drawing
• Understanding Borders and Title
Blocks
• Creating Base and Projected
Views
• Creating Auxiliary Views
• Creating Section Views
• Creating Detail Views
• Creating a Broken View
• Creating Breakout Views
• Creating Crop Views
• Creating Slice Views
• Creating Draft Views
• Editing Drawing Views
• Replacing a Model Reference
• Retrieving Model Dimensions
and Auto Arrange
• Dimensioning an Isometric View
• Creating Baseline Dimensions
and Baseline Dimension Sets
• Creating Ordinate Dimensions
and Ordinate Dimension Sets
• Creating Chain Dimensions and
Chain Dimension Sets
• Moving Annotation Dimensions
and Adjusting Properties
• Creating Annotation Centerlines
• Annotating Centerlines in
Multiple Drawing Views
• Creating a Sketched Symbol
• Placing Annotation Text and
Symbols
• Annotating Leader Text and
Symbols
• Stacking Text and Adding
Superscript and Subscript
• Annotating the Center of
Gravity
• Hole, Thread and Chamfer
Notes
• Creating a Hole Table
• Creating a General Table
• Editing Dimension Annotations
• Setting Dimension Annotation
Styles
• Projecting Geometry in Drawing
Sketches
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• Dimensioning to Intersection
• Creating Dual Dimension and
Alternate Unit Dimension
• Selecting Dimensions Using
Filters
• Dimensioning a Spline Curve
• Adding a Tolerance to
Dimensions
• Hatching Overview
• Loading a Custom Hatch
• Breaking Around Text
• Cutting Views
• Importing AutoCAD Blocks
• Patterning AutoCAD Blocks
• Rotating and Scaling AutoCAD
Blocks
Multi-Body Parts
• Creating Multi-Body Parts
• Making Component Parts from
Multi-Body Parts
Weldment
• Creating a New Weldment and
the Weldment Environment
• Creating Fillet and Grooving
Welds
• Preparing the Welds
• Machining Welds
• Documenting Welds
Advanced Sketching and
Constraining Techniques
• Creating a 2D Spline
• Creating Control Vertex Splines
• Creating Equation Curves
• Importing Points
• Patterning Sketches
• Sharing and Copying Sketches
• Mirroring and Symmetrically
Constraining Sketches
• Slice Graphics in a Part File
• Linking Spreadsheet Parameters
• Edit Coordinate System
• Automatic Dimensions
Frame Generator
• Generating Frames
• Changing Inserted Frame
Members
• Mitering Frame Members
• Notching Frame Members
• Trimming to Frame Members
• Trimming and Extending to
Frame Members
• Lengthening and Shortening
Frame Members
• Analyzing Frames
Advanced Part Modeling
Techniques
• Using Open Profiles to Create
Part Features
• Create Rib and Web Features
• Emboss Features
• Geometry Text
• Sweeping Features
• Projecting a 3D Sketch
• Sketching in 3D
• Sketching a 3D Helical Coil
• Creating Coil Features
• Lofting Sections
• Lofting Centerline and Twist
• Lofting Area and Face
• Copying Features
• Mirroring Features
• Creating Rectangular Patterns
• Creating Circular Patterns
• Suppressing Features
• Reordering and Inserting
Features
• Deriving Parts
• Deriving Assemblies
• Deriving Inserts
• Decaling a Part
• Decaling an Assembly
• AutoLimiting Models
• Design View Representations
• Editing with 3D Grips
Sheet Metal
• General Overview of Sheet
Metal
• Using Sheet Metal Rules
• Creating Sheet Metal Rules
• Understanding Sheet Metal
Bend Tables
• Creating Sheet Metal Faces
• Creating a Single Sheet Metal
Flange
• Creating Multiple Sheet Metal
Flanges
• Creating Sheet Metal Contour
Flange
• Creating Sheet Metal Lofted
Flange
• Hemming Sheet Metal
• Folding Sheet Metal
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• Bending Sheet Metal
• Converting to a Sheet Metal
Part
• Cutting Sheet Metal
• Ripping the Corners in Sheet
Metal
• Rounding and Cornering Sheet
Metal
• Contour Rolling Sheet Metal
• Punching Sheet Metal
• Ripping Sheet Metal
• Flattening Sheet Metal
• Common Commands Between
Part and Sheet Metal
• Exporting Flat Patterns
• Unfolding and Refolding Sheet
Metal
• Creating Sheet Metal Cosmetic
Bend Lines
• Thickening a Surface to Create
Sheet Metal
• PEM Fastening Sheet Metal
Documenting Sheet Metal
• Placing Sheet Metal Views
• Orientating Sheet Metal Views
• Creating Sheet Metal Bend
Notes, Tags and Tables
• Creating Sheet Metal Punch
Notes and Tables
• Adjusting Sheet Metal Bend
Order
• Using Sheet Metal - iProperties
on an IDW
Plastic Part Design
• Introduction to Plastic Part
Design
• Creating Plastic Part Feature
Grill
• Creating a Snap Fit Plastic Part
Feature
• Creating a Thread Side Boss
Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Head Side Boss
Plastic Part Feature
• Creating a Rule Fillet Plastic Part
Feature
• Plastic Part Feature - Lip and
Groove
• Creating a Rest Plastic Part
Feature
Sketch Blocks
• Creating Sketch Blocks
• Inserting, Editing and
Constraining Sketch Block
• Making Components from
Sketch Blocks
Drawing File Creation and
Settings
• Images in Title Blocks
• Templates
• Drawing Resources
• Create and Edit Sheets
• Custom Borders
• Custom iProperties in the Title
Block
Document Settings and
Application Options
• Setting the Local Document
• Setting the Proper Prompts
• Setting Sketch Application
Options
• Setting Save Application
Options
• Setting General Application
Options
• Setting Environment Color
Application Options
• Setting File Application Options
• Setting Part Application Options
• Introduction to the Style Editor
• Setting BOM Document Settings
Content Center
• Introduction to Content Center
• Inserting Content from Content
Center
• Using AutoDrop
• Using iMates
• Creating Custom Content
Center Libraries
iFeatures
• Extract and Create an iFeature
• Place an iFeature
• Edit an iFeature
• Creating iParts
• iAssemblies
• Authoring an iCopy Component
• Creating Derived iCopy
Members
• Creating an iCopy Assembly
Import and Export
• Importing File Formats
• Exporting File Formats
• Taking Your Design with Pack
and Go
Surfaces
• Creating and Editing Surfaces
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• Replacing and Sculpting Faces
• Creating a Silhouette Curve
Design Accelerators
• Creating Spur Gears
• Creating Cylindrical Cams
• Creating O-Rings
• Creating Bolted Connections
• Creating Shafts
iLogic
• iLogic Basic Overview
• Understanding iLogic
Parameters
• Understanding iLogic Parameter
Filters
• Adjusting Feature Suppression
Using iLogic
• Adjusting Dimensions Using
iLogic
• Driving iLogic Models With Forms
Selection
• Assembly Selection Filters
• Part Selection Filters
• Drawing Selection Filters
System Requirements
DVD Version Requires
• Microsoft Windows® XP,
Vista, 7
• 512 MB Ram
• 1GHz Processor or faster
• 1024x768 color display
• Sound Card and Speakers
• Up to 8GB hard disk space
required for installation
• DVD-ROM drive for install only
Mouse (or pointing device)
needed for navigation
Online Version Requires:
• Internet Browser
• Adobe® Flash Plugin
• InternetConnection (High-
Speed Recommended)
CADLearning is Developed by:
4D Technologies, LLC
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