Inventor 2017 Online Help - Tube & Pipe

[cbenner]

Where is it?  I know there has been a lot done with Knowledge Network in the last few years, and the last time I referenced the help files was for a document I wrote back in 2014, but where are all of the topics in the 2017 help related to Tube & Pipe?

In the 2015 online help this is what we saw:

In the 2017 help, most of this is not there, and a search for "tube & pipe" reveals no results.  I am trying to link to these help pages in another document I am preparing for some training... but it's just not there.  Anyone?

[blair]

So much new stuff has been added to the T & P, it's now in the "What's New" section.

[cbenner]

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@Anonymous wrote:

So much new stuff has been added to the T & P, it's now in the "What's New" section.

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Right where everyone would think to look for it!  I don't know why I didn't check there first!

Thanks @blair

[Anonymous]

Got to assume "Right where everyone would think to look for it!  I don't know why I didn't check there first!" is sarcastic! A new user, most in need of the online help, has not idea what is new or old, it is all new to them!!

A whats new section should just have a thumbnail description of the new stuff, and links to the real documentation. And certainly searching should find all the information (ideally with the most salient information near the top of the search results).

As a new Inventor learner, I find the 2017 documentation so weak it renders me speechless, and despite thinking I must be using it incorrectly, more and more it seems the online help just does not cover the product in any detail at all. Strikes me as incomprehensible for a mature product.

One example, the 2015 help has a section "3D sketch environment", but this is nowhere to be found in 2017. There is a section "3D Sketch Enhancements" in 2017, but it does not cover the stuff in 2015, and the detail in 2015 is hardly comprehensive.

I would really appreciate some suggestions on where to go for learning Inventor, which seems to be a powerful tool for design. Simple things are nice and easy, but moving towards a working knowledge of the product has been a lot harder for me.

[blair]

The Autodesk Knowledge Network would be a great place to start.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products