Autodesk® Inventor™ software is the foundation for Digital Prototyping, producing an accurate 3D model that validates the form, fit, and function of a design before it is built.  The Autodesk® Inventor™ product line provides an integrated set of tools for 3D mechanical design and documentation, creating routed systems, and digitally validating design data to minimize the need for physical prototypes. Inventor lets users reuse valuable DWG™ data to build accurate 3D part models, reducing the risk of inaccurate data translations. Product bundles include AutoCAD® Mechanical for associative 2D and 3D collaboration, and data management software too manage and track all the design components of a digital prototype. 

Autodesk Inventor ® Professional is a comprehensive, integrated design solution. It combines Autodesk Inventor ® software for 2D and 3D design and documentation, AutoCAD ® Mechanical for 2D drawing and detailing, Autodesk ® Vault for data management, and specialized capabilities for routed-systems design, part validation, and IDF import.

Save time and reduce prototyping costs with specialized tools that help engineers to create and validate routed systems, including tube, pipe, or wire harness designs. Autodesk® Inventor™ Professional software provides the tools to create complete products, including complex routed system designs, while automatically creating accurate bills of materials (BOMs) and complete manufacturing documentation.

Validate designs before they are built. With Autodesk Inventor Professional, engineers can simulate the dynamic behavior of a design throughout its full operating cycle and accurately predict operating loads and accelerations. In addition, the integrated Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tool helps engineers analyze designs and avoid stress-related field failures.

AutoCAD® Electrical is AutoCAD® software for controls designers. Purpose-built to create and modify electrical control systems, it contains all the functionality of AutoCAD plus an extensive set of electrical-specific features and functions that offer significant productivity gains. It automates many common tasks, such as building circuits, numbering wires, and creating bills of materials. AutoCAD Electrical supports many international drafting standards and contains comprehensive symbol libraries. And, it enables electrical and mechanical design teams to collaborate on digital prototypes by passing wire connectivity information to and from Autodesk® Inventor™ software. AutoCAD Electrical delivers the tools needed to help design controls systems quickly and accurately with significant cost savings.

AutoCAD® Mechanical is AutoCAD® software for manufacturing. It contains all the functionality of AutoCAD plus a comprehensive set of features developed specifically to accelerate the mechanical design process. AutoCAD Mechanical automates many common tasks, such as generating mechanical components, dimensioning, and creating bills of materials. It supports international drafting standards and provides a library of more than 700,000 standard parts. And, it enables drafters to quickly and easily detail and document digital prototypes created in Autodesk® Inventor™ software. AutoCAD Mechanical offers designers a competitive edge by saving countless hours of effort, so they can spend time innovating rather than managing workflow issues.

Autodesk® Productstream® software securely stores and manages engineering information, design data, and documents—shortening the design-to-manufacturing process. It creates a digital pipeline that connects all the workgroups involved in the manufacturing process, enabling collaboration between ideation, engineering, and manufacturing workgroups in the Digital Prototyping process. If your business requires a standard, ready-to-use application for product data management (PDM), Autodesk Productstream software is right for you. With a wizard-based approach to setup, rich outof- the-box tools to solve everyday problems, and a preconfigured release and change management workflow, Productstream delivers the manufacturing market’s best practices to your design teams.

Autodesk® Vault software is an easy-to-use data management tool integrated with all Autodesk manufacturing products. It helps design teams track work in progress, maintain version control, and improve design reuse by consolidating product information in one place. It can be upgraded to Autodesk® Productstream™ software for automated release, bill of materials (BOM), and engineering change order (ECO) management.

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