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Quick Look Course Summary:Autodesk Inventor Advanced Course (5 days)
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Length: 5 day(s)
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Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 34,091 EX VAT 3 Person R 22,022 EX VAT 10 Person R 14,516 EX VAT
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Certification Type:Non-Accredited
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Locations & Venues: Off-site or in-house. We train in all major city centres throughout South Africa.
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Autodesk Inventor Advanced Course (5 days)
Experienced Inventor users design complex parts, assemblies, weldments and frames faster, and automate repeat design work with iLogic.
Most Inventor users learn enough to model parts and put simple assemblies together. The time goes later: sheet-metal parts that will not flatten, large assemblies that crawl, weldments modelled as plain solids, frames built one member at a time and the same configurable product redesigned for every order. This Inventor advanced course is for users who already know the basics and need to work at production level.
Day one deepens sketching and modelling – 3D sketches, complex sweeps and lofts, multi-body and derived parts – and introduces sheet-metal design. Day two takes sheet metal to production with flat patterns and part families, adds iParts and iFeatures for reuse, and moves on to assembly workflows and large-assembly performance. Day three covers weldments, presentations and exploded views, and production drawings. Day four covers data exchange, Frame Generator, Inventor Studio rendering, and stress and motion simulation. Day five covers tube, pipe and cable routing, plastic part features and a practical introduction to iLogic rules and forms.
Five days leave room for hands-on exercises on realistic mechanical designs in every module, and for questions on delegates' own work.
Why this course
For your organisation
- Faster design of configurable and repeat products
- Sheet-metal and weldment drawings the workshop can build from
- Large assemblies that stay workable on your existing hardware
- Early design checks with built-in stress and motion simulation
For your delegates
- Advanced modelling techniques for complex shapes
- Confidence with sheet metal, weldments and frames
- Practical strategies for large assemblies
- A first working iLogic rule and form
What delegates will be able to do
- Use advanced 2D and 3D sketch techniques and reuse AutoCAD geometry
- Build complex parts with sweeps, lofts, multi-body and derived parts, and troubleshoot failed features
- Design sheet-metal parts, flat patterns and sheet-metal part families
- Reuse geometry with iParts and iFeatures
- Apply top-down design, adaptivity and bill of materials control in assemblies
- Keep large assemblies responsive with performance settings and simplified models
- Model weldments with cosmetic, fillet and groove welds and document them
- Generate structural frames with Frame Generator
- Run basic stress analysis and dynamic simulation
- Create iLogic parameters, rules and forms to automate design
Who should attend
Mechanical designers, design engineers, draughtspersons and product development staff who already use Autodesk Inventor for parts, assemblies and drawings and want to work at an advanced level. Delegates should have completed the Autodesk Inventor Essentials Course or have equivalent working experience.
Course outline
Day 1 – Advanced sketching, modelling and sheet-metal basics
Sketch techniques
- Sketch settings and good habits
- Getting more from sketch constraints
- Bringing in AutoCAD geometry
- Creating and using 3D sketches
- Keeping sketches stable when the design changes
Advanced modelling
- Complex sweeps and lofts
- Multi-body parts
- Derived parts and assemblies
- Patterns, parameters and iProperties
- Part tolerances
- Using the end-of-part marker to find and fix failed features
Sheet-metal design
- How sheet-metal parts behave
- Face, flange, contour flange and bend features
- Thickness, bend radius and relief settings
- Practice: a bracket from first sketch to formed part
Day 2 – Sheet metal for production, reuse and assemblies
Sheet metal for production
- Sheet-metal rules and templates
- Flat patterns and unfolding
- Sheet-metal part families with iPart factories
- Adding standard modelling features to sheet-metal parts
- Converting imported parts to sheet metal
- Annotating sheet-metal designs
Reusing parts and features
- iParts for families of similar parts
- iFeatures for standard features
- Reusing geometry you already have
Assembly design workflows
- Assembly relationships and subassemblies
- Top-down design and adaptivity
- Assembly features
- Controlling the bill of materials
- Configurations and design accelerators
- Simplified parts for sharing
Large assemblies
- Choosing a suitable workstation
- Performance settings
- Managing detail with model states and simplified views
- Good practice for large assemblies
Day 3 – Weldments, presentations and documentation
Weldment design
- Weldment approaches: part, assembly or derived
- Weld preparations, cosmetic welds and weld beads
- Fillet and groove welds
- Machining after welding
- Weld symbols, bead reports and mass properties
- Weldment drawings and parts lists
Presentations and exploded views
- The presentation environment
- Exploded views and animations
- Assembly instructions for the workshop or customers
- Publishing animations as video
Documentation
- Drawing templates, styles and standards
- Drawing views and annotation for parts and assemblies
- Sheet-metal, weldment and iPart drawings
- Sharing drawings outside the design team
- Practice: a full drawing set for a welded assembly
Day 4 – Tools, frames, rendering and simulation
Tools and data exchange
- Design Assistant and the Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard
- Style Library Manager and Task Scheduler
- Measure tools and iProperties
- Importing and exporting geometry with other CAD systems
- BIM Exchange for sharing with building designers
Frame Generator
- Inserting frame members on a skeleton
- End treatments: trim, notch and mitre
- Changing and maintaining frames
- Beam and column calculations
- Frame bills of materials
Inventor Studio
- The Studio environment
- Lighting, materials and scene styles
- Rendering images and animating assemblies
Stress analysis and dynamic simulation
- Analysis concepts and the limits of simulation
- Running a static stress analysis
- Running a dynamic motion simulation
- Passing motion loads into stress analysis
- Exporting to dedicated FEA tools
Day 5 – Routed systems, plastic parts and iLogic
Routed systems
- Tube and pipe: routes, styles and fittings
- Cable and harness: wires, cables and harness segments
- Drawings for routed systems
Plastic part design
- Thicken, offset and shell features
- Split, grill and boss features
- Lip, groove, snap-fit and rest features
- Rule fillets, ribs, webs and draft
- Overview of mould design
iLogic
- What iLogic does and where it pays off
- The iLogic browser and rule editor
- Parameters, rules and forms
- Building a simple configurable part
Course review
- Consolidation exercise
- Questions on delegates' own designs
- Action plan for the design team
How it is delivered
Five days, 08:30-16:00. Training runs on your licensed Autodesk software at your offices (or on licensed machines you provide); it can also run live online when every delegate has a licensed copy. One delegate or a group of up to 20. Each delegate receives a training guide and practice files. We deliver it at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and anywhere else in South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online for teams in different places.
AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor and Civil 3D are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. BOTI is an independent training provider.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Inventor Essentials and Inventor Advanced?
The Autodesk Inventor Essentials Course covers parts, simple assemblies and drawings for new users. Advanced assumes those skills and covers sheet metal, weldments, frames, large assemblies, simulation, routed systems and iLogic.
Do we need our own Inventor licences?
Yes. Training runs on your licensed Autodesk software at your offices, or on licensed machines you provide. We train one delegate or a group of up to 20, anywhere in South Africa.
Is this an Autodesk qualification?
No. Delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance, and this is a non-accredited short course. BOTI is an independent training provider, not an Autodesk training centre. Autodesk runs its own Certified Professional exam for Inventor, which delegates can book themselves through Pearson VUE.
Can the course focus on the topics we use?
Yes. The five days follow the full advanced outline. If your team does not use, for example, routed systems or plastic parts, we can drop them and spend the time on the areas you do use.
Can you use our own designs in the exercises?
Yes. Send us a few typical parts or assemblies beforehand, and the facilitator builds them into the exercises where they fit.
Can you run this course in Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban?
Yes. We train on site at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and across South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online so a team spread over several offices can attend together.
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