Autodesk Inventor 8

 

Unparalleled Ease of Use

A simplified user interface, an advanced help and support system, and built-in migration tools for AutoCAD users make Autodesk Inventor the easiest mechanical design software to learn and use.

• Simplified User Interface
  A design environment with fewer, smarter commands reflects the way you want to work. Highly visual feedback and gesture-based interactivity respond intelligently to cursor movements to help you work more efficiently.
• Advanced Help and Support
  The award-winning Design Support System (DSS) provides browser-based support to bring you up to speed quickly and gives you an electronic infrastructure for easy learning.
• Migration Assistance for AutoCAD Users
  The Design Support System includes a migration tool to help you move easily from AutoCAD® to 3D.

Superior Productivity

With the industry's best DWG compatibility, innovative shape description capabilities driven by the ShapeManager kernel, industry-specific tools, and proven large-assembly performance, Autodesk Inventor offers superior productivity to help turn your design cycle into a competitive advantage.

• Best DWG compatibility
  Autodesk Inventor gives you the industry's best DWG compatibility to help bring your AutoCAD® digital design data forward quickly and easily.
• Adaptive technology
  Autodesk Inventor eliminates the need to write complex equations to create assembly relationships. With innovative adaptive technology, you can capture design intent accurately, and manage and edit large assemblies more easily than ever.
• Autodesk ShapeManager 
  In November 2001, Autodesk dedicated a large team of developers with substantial experience in solid modeling and development of the ACIS kernel to create a feature-based modeling engine for Autodesk Inventor. The result: the Autodesk ShapeManager, a purpose-built 3D modeling kernel fine-tuned for the demands of 3D users in the manufacturing marketplace.
• Full Product Definition
  Design and capture a full product definition to use across your enterprise and throughout your product lifecycle. Autodesk Inventor helps you validate your design performance with virtual prototypes, create assembly instructions for manufacturing, and embed business intelligence in your model to help you determine manufacturing costs.
• Exceptional Large Assembly Performance
  Autodesk Inventor handles complex assemblies faster than comparable mechanical design software. You can build 3D adaptive assemblies without specifying parametric equations or relationships, and modify assemblies at any point, in any order, no matter how you originally constrain the parts.
• Industry-Specific Tools
  A range of tools for electro-mechanical and industrial machinery markets, including sheet metal design and unfolding, 3D path routing, and the weldment design environment, give you a powerful, flexible way to create and document your designs using your preferred workflow.
• Production Drawing Creation
  The most advanced tools for documenting 3D designs plus easy-to-use features and formatting flexibility help you produce drawings that meet your specific drafting standards faster than other 2D or 3D systems.

Smartest Choice

Get the best value in 2D and 3D design--and a risk-free migration path to 3D--with the Autodesk Inventor Series.

• Exceptional Value
  Only the Autodesk Inventor Series® offers the best of 2D and 3D technologies for virtually the price of Autodesk Inventor. You protect the value of your 2D software investment while you gain the simplest and lowest-cost path to the most current 3D technology.
• Complete Flexibility
  Autodesk Inventor Series eliminates the need to choose between 2D and 3D technology. With the series offering you can do more with your existing design data and protect your investments in AutoCAD®, AutoCAD® Mechanical, and Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop® software.
• Risk-Free Opportunity
  The Autodesk Inventor Series offers a risk-free way to keep the design system you use today while you learn the 3D design technology of Autodesk Inventor. With the industry's best DWG compatibility, you can use all your existing AutoCAD-based mechanical designs and easily move your data forward-so you control your technology transition, protect your software investment, and minimize disruption to your business.
• Complete Process Solution
  Find out how you can combine Autodesk Inventor with the Autodesk Certified Applications program, Autodesk Streamline® online project collaboration service, and Autodesk Professional Services to optimize your manufacturing process throughout your product life cycle.

Additional Information:

Autodesk Inventor 8 System Requirements
Lynn Allen‚s 10 reasons to make the leap from AutoCAD to Autodesk Inventor [pdf - 597 Kb]
Autodesk Inventor 8 Features and Benefits Summary [pdf - 260 Kb]
Autodesk Inventor 8 FAQ [pdf - 175 Kb]

 
Autodesk Inventor 8 System Requirements

Preferred System Requirements
Advanced Assembly modeling (1000 parts or greater)

• Pentium IV, Xeon, or AMD Athlon, 1.8GHz or better Processor
• 600 MB Free Hard Drive Space
• 1 GB Scratch "Temp" space
• 1+ GB RAM
• 2.5+ GB Virtual Memory Space
• 64+ MB OpenGL Capable Workstation Class Graphics Card

Recommended System Requirements
Small Assembly modeling (100 to 1000 parts)

• Pentium III, Pentium IV, Xeon, or AMD Athlon 1GHz or better Processor
• 600 MB Free Hard Drive Space
• 512 MB Scratch "Temp" space
• 512 MB MB RAM
• 1 GB Virtual Memory Space
• 32+ MB OpenGL Capable Graphics Card

Minimum System Requirements
Minimum hardware required to run (Not recommended for production use).

• Intel Pentium® or AMD Athlon Processor
• 50 MB Free (minimum install) Hard Drive Space
• 256 MB Scratch "Temp" space
• 128 MB RAM
• 512 MB Virtual Memory Space
• 8+ MB OpenGL Capable Graphics Card

* Machines with the minimum system requirements listed above can run Autodesk Inventor Professional. However the use of additional memory and faster processors will directly improve performance and capacity and is highly recommended for production-level assembly design and documentation.

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