Autodesk Inventor 6 Essentials with Autodesk Inventor 7 UPDATE

By Daniel T. Banach, Travis Jones, Alan Kalameja - Second Edition

Gain top-notch Autodesk Inventor skills!

From basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques, Autodesk Inventor 6 Essentials with Autodesk Inventor 7 UPDATE is a "must" for students, mechanical engineers, and others who want to learn how to take maximum advantage of this powerful design tool.

Chock full of examples and exercises written to Release 6 of the software, also compatible with Release 7, each chapter reinforces skills gained in previous chapters while introducing new functionality.

Ideal for self-paced learning or for use in group-based instruction, this comprehensive how-to and reference manual also contains time saving project files on the back-of-book CD-ROM for completing exercises plus chapter-end review questions to underscore key points

Benefits:

• exercises appear on-screen while Autodesk Inventor is running to speed learning and help readers optimize mission-critical features and functions
• step-by-step tutorials showcase practical skills, making it easy for users to apply professional techniques to their own projects
• examples are extraordinarily clear and straightforward, and do not require users to navigate through overly complex data sets
• 700+ screen captures allow users of all abilities to read, follow along, and learn from the book
• modular format allows instant access to task-specific information, making this book an essential addition to every user’s library

Contents:

Getting Started.
Sketching, Constraining, and Dimensioning.
Creating and Editing Sketched Features.
Creating Placed Features.
Creating and Editing Drawing Views.
Creating and Documenting Assemblies.
Complex Sketching and Constraining Techniques.
Complex Part Modeling Techniques.
Complex Drawing View Creation and Editing.
Complex Assembly Modeling.
Sheet Metal Design.
Surface Modeling.
Weldments.
Design Automation Techniques.
Collaboration Techniques.
The Inventor 7 Update.

933 Pages - 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in.  with CD-ROM

Paperback, 992 pages