Inventor Essentials training - Live online training

Autodesk Inventor provides a comprehensive set of 3D mechanical CAD tools for creating production-ready parts and assemblies, and then visualising, simulating and analysing how a design will work under real-world conditions.

This 3-day Inventor Essentials online course, with Armada, provides a comprehensive introduction to the application, teaching you:

• The fundamental principles behind 3D parametric part and assembly design.
• The use of the tools and features available in Inventor to create production-ready part and assembly drawings.

Armada is a long-standing Autodesk-authorised Training Centre (ATC), and our Inventor Essentials course is accredited by Autodesk.

Our approach to live online training

You participate in the same course as in-class delegates, and we do everything possible to make your experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom…

• Your course is Autodesk-accredited, hosted by an Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI) with vast experience of using the application professionally.
• You can see and hear our trainer, the other delegates and our trainer’s screen.
• Our trainer and the other delegates can see you (via your webcam) and hear you.
• We’ll post you a printed training guide, and make the course files and resources available for you to download.
• Your training is hands-on: you’ll practice and carry out exercises throughout.
• If you're learning to use an application and don’t have access to the software, we’ll send you a link to fully-functional trial software that you can download and install.
• If you need assistance, you can share your screen with our trainer, and pass control to
• You’ll receive an e-certificate confirming successful completion of an Autodesk-accredited course.
• You’re entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

We also offer this course with in-class attendance, at one of our training centres in Bromsgrove, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, or Reading.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

• Course outline - > download

Sessions during the three-day course include:

Getting started

• Autodesk Inventor user interface
• View manipulation
• Designing parametric parts

Basic sketching techniques

• Creating 2D sketches
• Geometric constraints
• Dimensioning sketches

Basic shape design

• Creating basic sketched features
• Intermediate sketching
• Editing parametric parts
• 3D grip editing
• Creating work features
• Creating basic swept shapes

Detailed shape design

• Creating chamfers and fillets
• Creating holes and threads
• Patterning and mirroring features
• Creating thin-walled parts

Assembly design overview

• Designing assemblies
• Using project files in assembly designs

Placing, creating and constraining components

• Placing components in an assembly
• Constraining components
• Placing standard components using the content center
• Basic part design in an assembly

Interacting with an assembly

• Identifying parts in an assembly
• Analysis and motion tools
• Presenting your assembly

Basic view creation

• Drawing creation environment
• Base and projected views
• Section views
• Detail views
• Crop views
• Managing views

Dimensions, annotations and tables

• Automated dimensioning techniques
• Manual dimensioning techniques
• Annotating holes and threads
• Creating centerlines, symbols and leaders
• Revision tables and tags

Annotating assembly drawings

• Assembly-centric bill of materials
• Creating and customising parts Lists
• Creating balloons

Drawing standards and resources

• Setting drawing standards
• Drawing resources

This course is aimed at designers and engineers who want to start using Inventor.

Delegates should have a good working knowledge of Windows and need access to a computer, running Inventor, to use throughout the course. If Inventor is not installed on the computer, Armada can provide details of free trail software to download prior to the course commencing.

Experience using an Autodesk application, such as AutoCAD or Revit, is beneficial but not essential. No prior 3D modelling experience is necessary.

A stable internet connection, and a webcam are also essential.