Best Practices

[Anonymous]

Where can I go to get a list of "Best Practices" for Inventor Parametric Modeling, sketching, etc. for users migrating from Autocad?

[Jon.Dean · Accepted solution]

When you start Inventor and before you have opened a file, look to the ribbon.

Here you have from left to right:

• What's New
• Getting Started
• Tutorials
• Learning Resouces
• Show me Animations
• Wiki Help

I'm sure you will agree; a wealth of information.

You could also check out our support page; link shown below:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/index?siteID=123112&id=3138093&linkID=9242018

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

Look in this thread: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/IS-INVENTOR-REALLY-USEFUL/m-p/1332811

There are 82 posts in the thread, but post #8 is a mini-thesis by Walt Jaquith on best practices in 3D modeling in Inventor.  It probably applies pretty well to any parametric modeling software.  I keep a copy of this on my computer to remind me every year or so of the fundamentals...  Thanks, Walt.

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

You might read this http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/skillsusa%20university.pdf

and this earlier version http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/AU2006/MA13-3%20Mather.pdf

[Anonymous]

thanks.  great info.