Welcome to the AutoDesk Inventor training section of the Video-Tutorials.Net blog. In this area we provide resources to support your use of our Inventor training tutorials. We also publish frequent responses to the questions submitted by our users. AutoDesk Inventor is gaining market share as a leading 3D CAD software for generic product design. It is competitively priced and the annual updates to the software have made it a quality peer of SolidWorks. AutoDesk manufactures many of the most sophisticated modern software packages today, such as AutoCAD, 3D Max, Maya, and Inventor Professional, which is the AutoDesk solution for 3D CAD modeling. Video-Tutorials.Net provides Inventor training in html and pdfs that support the Inventor training tutorials for sale at our website. Our Inventor training provides comprehensive and lengthy training in this CAD software that gets you working productively in just a short time. Please visit our tutorial page at http://www.video-tutorials.net/product-category/inventor-video-tutorials/. Our Inventor training offers beginner-level tutorials that teach you the absolute basics: to use the interface, navigation, and understand, manage and customize the display and position of commands. Continue from there with basic sketching, part modeling and assembly. After this, you can study any of our specialized Inventor training modules for Assembly, Inventor Studio, Sheet Metal, Surface Design and Modeling, and VBA / API. (That’s Visual Basic for Applications / Application Programming Interface.) Video-Tutorials.Net’s Inventor training video tutorials are available automatically via online streaming and download at the time of purchase. If you would like a disc of the tutorials, please don’t forget to order the “back up disc” item in the shopping cart. Please visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/videotutorials2 for dozens of sample Inventor video tutorials that can help you gauge the quality and pacing of our work. Don’t forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter or social media pages to receive free Inventor tutorials and discount coupon codes for our courses. Bookmark these Inventor blog pages to receive additional tips and training opportunities.
July Fusion 360 News from AutoDesk Here’s the July Fusion 360 News straight from AutoDesk; lots of great support for this exciting software! 2D HSM Deep Dive in Fusion 360 Guess what, the Fusion 360 Street Team is hosting “Deep Dive Sessions” that give you overviews of specific workflows so you can get productive in […]
Fusion 360 News from AutoDesk Fusion 360 News from AutoDesk for June 2016 – What’s new? 4 & 5 Axis Tool Orientation Preview Good news! In preparation for making 5 axis machining available in the future, we’ve added the ability to turn on Tool Orientation preview functionality for 4 and 5 axis positional programming. To […]
June 2016 Fusion 360 News from AutoDesk – What is New? Check out this Quick Tip Video from Autodesk on how to click and drag on components in a design. Are you an AutoCAD user? Are you looking to migrate to a 3D modeller, and are considering Fusion 360? Here is an introductory video from […]
AutoDesk Updates and News Migrate your apps for the Autodesk App Store and publish 2017 versions AutoDesk Updates and News – With the release of the 2017 Autodesk product family over the last few weeks, customers are now looking for 2017 versions of their favourite add-ons so make sure your apps are ready and available. […]
Fusion 360 tips – Enhanced GCode viewing April update with Fusion 360 tips… First: generate setup, generate toolpaths, simulate toolpaths, and post GCode with one of the post processors from Fusion 360’s extensive library. It’s just that easy (sorta), but what’s next? Once the GCode file is post processed, it is important to view the file […]
Fusion news – updates from the (Inventor) Fusion Community A new product update went live last week, on November 15, 2015, so be sure to get that downloaded. Here is a link to information about what’s new with the latest update for Fusion 360>>What’s New – Nov 15 update A few months ago, AutoDesk released […]
AutoDesk Ends Perpetual Licenses AutoDesk ends perpetual licenses with its next software release of AutoDesk design products, boo hoo! Basically most software providers are moving to a repeating subscription fee that allows them to cash in perpetually on revenue! Gone are the days when you can buy software and use it for 20 years. Adobe does […]
For ADN members – Autodesk DevDays DevHack 2015 Coming Soon! Hurray, Autodesk DevDays DevHack 2015 is coming soon! The annual Developer Conference at Autodesk University takes place at The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday November 30, with DevHack on December 1. For those of you who haven’t attended before, these events include keynotes from […]
AutoDesk University 2015 Coming Soon! Time to get registered for the AutoDesk University 2015, which is coming soon! There are more than 650 sessions and basically infinite opportunity. Thousands of influential professionals from hundreds of industries attend, as well as the visionaries of the design world. This is basically the biggest and most exciting CAD […]
Autodesk Online University free training Not sure if you were aware, but the Autodesk Online University free training is virtual and year round, and is particularly useful for niche applications of Autodesk software. Lots to be learned here; you won’t regret taking some time to poke around the Autodesk Online University free training. Below is a link […]
AutoDesk Cloud Accelerator 2015 Program- call for Proposals The next AutoDesk Cloud Accelerator 2015 program is scheduled for Prague in the Czech Republic on September 13 through the 18th, this year! We’ve had a great response to our first Cloud Accelerator Extension class taking place in Prague, Czech Republic from September 13-18, 2015. Deadline for […]
AutoDesk University 2015 – Call for proposals Last chance – tomorrow is the deadline to join the AutoDesk community of experts by submitting a proposal to the AutoDesk University 2015. This is a chance to join the best & brightest in the industry, and also to learn a lot about design, engineering, and innovative applications […]
More about NASTRAN-in-CAD – Review Hello there! Picking up where we left off in my last section on the review of Nastran-in-CAD software. Take a look at this mesh detail below, for which I only had to make one adjustment; it’s a tremendous step up from the current in-CAD simulation capability, where normally I need […]
NASTRAN-in-CAD FEA Simulation – Review Part 4 More about AutoDesk’s new NASTRAN-in-CAD FEA Simulation module–picking up right where I left off. The good news is that Nastran-in-CAD FEA Simulation is easy to install and access, and stable upon installation. This may seem trivial, but it’s important for those designers used to Inventor who don’t have […]
AutoDesk NASTRAN in CAD FEA – powerful simulation in designer hands Welcome back; here’s part three of my review of the AutoDesk Nastran-in-CAD FEA module. We’d left off talking about why conventional embedded simulation needs a boost. Take a look at the true reasons that design usually fails: first of all, there’s fatigue. You can […]
Is Nastran-in-CAD right for my company? This is part 2 of my discussion on how Nastran-in-CAD works. We’d left off talking about the Nastran-in-CAD price tag, at $9-12K up front with $2k licensing/year. Ouch! Do you really need to spring for this, on top of the CAD license itself? This is about exactly what licenses of Inventor […]
Greetings fellow AutoDesk lovers, The annual AutoDesk University has opened its call for submissions. If you have an exciting project, or other innovative way you’re deploying AutoDesk technology, this is the way to showcase it and rapidly grow your reputation / network in the design community. Check it out! http://au.autodesk.com General information about the annual […]
AutoDesk’s Nastran-in-CAD: High-end testing power in designer hands AutoDesk has been beefing up its simulation portfolio for a few years. First it brought Algor, Moldflow and CFDesign to the fold. Last May, AutoDesk generated major CAD buzz when it purchased the standalone Nastran Solver and the SOLIDWORKS Nastran-in-CAD module from NEi Nastran. The Nastran Solver […]
New Simulation Power! AUTODESK NASTRAN-in-CAD AutoDesk NASTRAN-in-CAD marks a big leap forward for CAD design! AutoDesk has been beefing up its simulation portfolio for quite some time now, and last year it bought and developed the NASTRAN-in-CAD module from NEi Engineering. This worked with SOLIDWORKS, but AutoDesk quickly released a module that works with Inventor, too. […]
AutoDesk Accelerator Program is underway! This amazing development opportunity is currently underway; looking forward to seeing what the results, such as any digital prototypes, look like! Stay tuned for more news from AutoDesk, and check out the requirements in case you’d like to apply next year. If you’re an engineer, designer, or inventor, and you’d […]
Hi there, Just a quick post to let you know that the annual AutoDesk University has an excellent offering online and for free; please click here to check it out! There are a ton of excellent classes offered for many different software products created by AutoDesk. AutoDesk University Free Online Classes Thanks! Rosanna D, Video-Tutorials.Net
New beta releases from AutoDesk Hot off the presses! AutoDesk has just released beta versions of the following software products; stay tuned for my assessment of “what’s new” in AutoCAD 2016, Inventor 2016. Here’s what’s out: – AutoCAD® Maestro – Autodesk® 3ds Max® – Autodesk® Inventor® Shelby – Autodesk® Navisworks® Jacobi – Autodesk® Maya® – […]
AutoDesk Cloud Accelerator A two week program for creative developers at Autodesk in San Francisco. Apply now! Deadline is January 17, 2015. Have a great idea for a new product that leverages an Autodesk web service? Want up close and personal help from Autodesk to turn your idea into a working prototype? Interested in face […]
How to create and work with derived parts – AutoDesk Inventor Assembly video tutorials Hi there, I’ve just posted a video to my YouTube channel about AutoDesk Inventor. In this video, I show you how to create and work with derived parts. This is part 1, and it is excerpted from my AutoDesk Inventor Assembly […]
Join the AutoDesk University today! The AutoDesk University starts today at 8 a.m. Pacific Time – Dec 2–4, 2014. There are 20 free training sessions that you can stream online. Some of the sessions include the opening keynote address with Carl Bass, the closing keynote with Amar Hanspal, the Innovation Forums, and more. Check out […]
AutoDesk University is offering some free online classes next week! In case you didn’t register for the exciting annual AutoDesk University that’s happening next week, December 2-4, 2014, in Las Vegas, fear not! AutoDesk will be live streaming several sessions at no charge. Check out the schedule of free online streamed sessions below. There are […]
Last chance to register for AutoDesk University! Time is coming to a close; don’t miss your opportunity to register for the awesome AutoDesk University coming up in a couple weeks. And YEP, Las Vegas in December is pretty sweet! When & where is the AutoDesk University? December 1-4, 2014 – Mandalay Bay – Las Vegas, […]
Annual AutoDesk University just around the corner! Time is running out to register for Autodesk University—and you definitely don’t want to miss it this year. On December 2–4, you’ll be able to join thousands of creative professionals like you—from both inside and outside your industry—and hear from leading industry figures about the latest innovations in […]
AutoDesk University – coming soon Hey, good news! Register now for the AutoDesk University (Dec 2-4, 2014 in Las Vegas) and save $500! https://events.au.autodesk.com/portal/login.ww AutoDesk Inventor training by Video-Tutorials.Net Thanks! Rosanna D, VTN – AutoDesk Inventor Tutorials by Video-Tutorials.Net
AutoDesk DevDays now open for registration! Dec 1, 2014 – click here for information and registration. The annual, worldwide FREE OF CHARGE AutoDesk Developer Day Conferences, DevHacks and, new for 2014 Meetups, are now open for registration. Attending DevDays is the best way for you to keep abreast of, and maintain compatibility with, new Autodesk […]