Advice on preparing for Autodesk Inventor Professional Certification

[havesomerelax]

Hello everyone,

I would like to try preparing on my own and taking the Autodesk Certified Professional: Inventor for Mechanical Design exam, and I am sure that many of you have successfully done this in one way or another.

If possible, could you please share your experience — specifically how you approached your preparation and how you structured it. Perhaps there are some resources that helped you at the time and are still relevant today.

I am not opposed to paid learning materials — I have already purchased one, and overall it was useful. However, as I mainly try to study in the evenings, not many instructors are available at that time (which is completely understandable — they need rest too 🙂). In addition, there seem to be many different courses available, but it is a bit intimidating to commit to one without knowing how helpful it will actually be.

On YouTube, I have only found one video that is directly focused on this specific exam. Other videos on the same channel were for different products such as Revit or AutoCAD. This made me feel that, overall, I might be approaching my preparation the wrong way.

I would really appreciate any help with structuring and planning my preparation, so that the learning curve does not feel more curved than it needs to be.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Alexander_Chernikov]

Hi!
First of all, I would recommend the Autodesk course:
https://www.autodesk.com/learn/ondemand/course/inventor-for-mechanical-design-professional-certifica...

There are also many other useful materials there.
https://www.autodesk.com/learn/catalog/inventor

[SharkDesign]

Unfortunately, you can't really prepare for it, you either know Inventor or you don't. 

I really dislike the new exam as it's basically a test of how well you can remember the UI layout and you don't get to actually use Inventor. 
So if you want to prepare, you need to start memorising where certain settings/commands are in the Application Options and stuff like that. 

However, this is probably about 10% of the questions and the rest you'll be shown a picture of some geometry and asked what you'd do to achieve x.
I don't believe there's any questions on simulation or cable & harness/Tube & Pipe. 
There used to be a practise test, but I didn't find that particularly useful either.

Sorry I can't be much help! Good luck!!