Key features of Inventor

Apply iLogic code directly with Vault to copy files, apply numbering schemes, and check out documents. (video: 1:24 min.)

Use the new finish feature to specify the appearance and manufacturing process such as material coating or surface finish. (video: 3:28 min.)

Mark across all faces in your path and wrap around curved geometry with new mark feature options. (video: 56 sec.)

Isolate areas of special interest with the sketch-based revision cloud feature in the drawing environment. (video: 59 sec.)

Create compelling visual representations of your design with improved view settings, section view enhancements, and IBL environments. (video: 1:24 min.)

Create custom elbows quickly and easily in the tube and pipe styles area. (video: 1:33 min.)

Include hardness and parameter in expanded unit type export with the option to export Boolean values for custom iProperties. (video: 36 sec.)

Automate the orientation and size of bounding boxes for parts with additional angle options in assemblies. (video: 1:38 min.)

Create an inspection plan of your design by sending your models directly to Fusion 360. (video: 57 sec.)

Create drawing-associated weld and subweld symbols to be included upon export to 3D PDF, DWF, and Shared Views. (video: 1:29 min.)

Use the new edge symbol feature with appearance settings based in ISO standards and a properties panel with various customization settings. (video: 1:09 min.)

Explore several improvements to model-based definition for your documentation workflows in the 3D environment. (video: 47 sec.)

Drive the design intent of your model with sketch constraints, dimensions, and intelligent formulas for parameters. (video: 3:01 min.)

Assess the fit and function of your assemblies and check for interferences as you build relationships between components. (video: 2:43 min.)

Quickly place appropriate views and annotations in your drawings for manufacturing in Inventor or AutoCAD. (video: 3:07 min.)

Share your design with a secure web link that can be accessed from any device to review, redline, and add comments. (video: 2:23 min.)

Maintain an associative link as you open 3D models that were created and saved from other CAD applications. (video: 1:57 min.)

Create a simplified 3D representation of your product along with the required metadata and product classification for use in a BIM project. (video: 2:27 min.)

Quickly access and launch Inventor-to-Fusion 360 workflows, including generative design, simulation, electronics, and manufacturing. (video: 1:10 min.)

Securely share data between Revit building design software and Inventor using an improved approach for seamless BIM (Building Information Modeling) and MCAD (mechanical CAD) interoperability. (video: 48 sec.)

Get a clearer understanding of your design going into production with updates to view creation, model-based definition, and 3D annotations. (video: 55 sec.)

Apply your engineering knowledge in a customizable form to rapidly configure new designs powered by iLogic. (video: 2 min.)

Use automated tools to create weld frame structures and simulate them using beam elements. (video: 2:23 min.)

Build your sheet metal designs with options for industry-standard bend allowances to create accurate flat patterns for manufacturing. (video: 1:42 min.)

Include 3D dimensions, annotations, and dimensional tolerances directly to your 3D model for downstream applications. (video: 2:10 min.)

Choose from standard and customizable content libraries, including beams, bolted connections, gears, cams, belts, and springs. (video: 2:15 min.)

Further optimize your designs with tools that help you find high and low concentrations of stress in your 3D model. (video: 2:16 min.)

Use the right modeling tool for every job with parametric, freeform, and direct modeling tools.

Use easy push/pull controls to move, rotate, resize, or scale features from imported geometries.

Freely sculpt the shape of your design by moving points, edges, and faces.

Open DWG™ files directly inside Inventor as the basis for your 3D model.

Use built-in calculators to inform the design of common joints such as welds, clamps, and press fits.

Use a combination of automated tools and full-control design functions in Inventor to build tube and pipe runs.

Better prepare your designs for manufacturing with the new mark command, updates to sheet metal export, and support for dimensional tolerances in additional features. (video: 55 sec.)

Gain more control of your bill of material and manage tolerances. Enhancements also include performance and productivity improvements for graphics and large assemblies. (video: 54 sec.)

Integrate your electronics and mechanical designs into a single, complete definition of your product.

Speed up product development with tools that manage data, track revisions, and improve collaboration.

Apply forces to evaluate the motion, speed, and acceleration of your design.

Run quick checks on parts or perform in-depth analysis of the entire product at any stage.

Use exploded views and animations of complex assemblies in product documentation, manuals, and assembly instructions.