Autodesk Inventor 2012 and Inventor LT 2012 Essentials

Essential guide to learning Autodesk Inventor and Inventor LT

The new Essentials books from Sybex are beautiful, task-based, full-color Autodesk Official Training Guides that help you get up to speed on Autodesk topics quickly and easily. Inventor Essentials thoroughly covers core features and functions of Autodesk's industry-leading 3D mechanical design software, teaching you what you need to become quickly productive with the software.

By following the book's clear explanations, practical tutorials, and step-by-step exercises, you'll cover all the bases. Topics include drawing, modeling parts, creating assemblies, working with plastic and sheet metal parts, automating processes with iLogic, and much more. Whether you're an aspiring manufacturing designer or just brushing up on the basics, this is the essential grounding you need in Autodesk Inventor.

Covers Autodesk Inventor 2012 and Inventor 2012 LT fundamentals, so you become quickly productive with the software
Uses straightforward explanations and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials to teach the software's core features and functions
Helps you develop the skills you'll need throughout a typical workflow, whether you're a beginner or a more experienced user brushing up on the basics
Prepares you for the Autodesk Inventor Certified Associate and Professional exams and is also an Autodesk Official Training Guide

From appliances to airplanes, from furniture to cars, you can design it using Autodesk Inventor and this essential guide.

Customer Reviews:

A nice introduction to Inventor

By Alexander - June 19, 2011

This book is just what it claims to be: a guide to the essential or basics of using Autodesk Inventor. The pages are well organized and in color, and the exercises are simple. Overall the coverage of the Inventor commands is good, but not too deep. Autodesk Inventor is an big application and this book doesn't try to cover everything, but it does cover what is needed to get started designing with Inventor. I would recommend this to anyone who is new to 3D design and Autodesk Inventor.

A Good Basic Book

By BRIAN MICHAEL KEAST - April 19, 2013

Thom Tremblay is a articulate teacher who comes across as patient. From reading this book I would think he's a good dad. Now why would I say that concerning a CAD book? Imagine a very patient parent sitting down and working with you on your homework and knowing, what areas to build on to get a good understanding to proceed into something more complex. Well, there you go. If you're looking for a basic book that touches on almost every relevant section of the software while patiently taking you through the steps, this is it. It will get you up and going as a personal user but for the professional I would say this is too basic. It doesn't touch on the finer, more intricate points of each section of the software. It touches on content center, frame generator and even iLogic but it's more of an exposure to the capabilities rather than an in depth analysis. I imagine that was the intention behind the way it was written because it certainly comes across as such. So, even if you're not... read more

Autodesk Inventor 2012

By zedd - July 20, 2012

This training guide has worked out very well for me. I knew nothing about Inventor when I purchased it. It does a very good job of teaching, step by step, how to use and draw in Inventor. It also has a very good explanation of how the different files and options work in invemtor. Over all a very good beginners book.