Autodesk Inventor - Inventor Program

Autodesk Inventor, developed by U.S. based software company Autodesk, is a computer-aided design application for creating 3D digital prototypes used in the design, visualization and simulation of products. It uses ShapeManager, their proprietary geometric modeling kernel.

Autodesk Inventor competes directly with SolidWorks and Solid Edge.

Editions

The latest Autodesk Inventor product line includes the following software titles:

• Autodesk Inventor 2017
• Autodesk Inventor Professional 2017
• Autodesk Fusion 360
• Autodesk Product Design Suite 2017 Premium
• Autodesk Product Design Suite 2017 Ultimate
• Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2017 Premium
• Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2017 Ultimate
• Autodesk Building Design Suite 2017 Ultimate
• Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2017 Ultimate

Articles and reviews

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The code names of early releases were the names of sports cars and SUVs, because of the love that division vice president Robert "Buzz" Kross has for high-performance vehicles.

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