What is it?
Inventor is an AutoCAD program, meaning it allows users to make computer aided designs. Overall the software offers professional grade 3D mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation tools.
Widget Sketches
Step by step guide For widget #2 with pictures
Step 1. Draw basic outline of shape
Step 2. Dimension the shape
Step 3. Extrude shape
Step 4. Add sketch of triangular piece
Step 5. Extrude triangular piece inward
Step 6. Repeat step 5 for the opposite side
Step 2. Dimension the shape
Step 3. Extrude shape
Step 4. Add sketch of triangular piece
Step 5. Extrude triangular piece inward
Step 6. Repeat step 5 for the opposite side
Other widgets
Makerbot
3D Printer
inventor summary
These past few class periods I've learned quite a lot. Specifically about and through Inventor. I've mostly learned about the kinds of things Inventor can be used for, which is mostly computer aided designing. Which has to do with 3D-based models. My accomplishments with Inventor are currently slim as I have struggled a bit with the program. I did learn that it is easier for me to start out everything with a square base and essentially carve the design out of the square. Now in terms of my struggles, I've learned that dimensioning something seems fairly easy at first, until you realize that the dimension already exists and it's not what one would expect.