AutoDesk Inventor is a 3-D modeling software that allows the user to translate 2-D sketches, drawn using various tools including line and circle tools, into 3-D part drawings. Both additive and subtractive modeling methods can be used within Inventor to get the desired part. Using Inventor allows users to make anything they can imagine. This is a major improvement because users were restricted to making only some objects/parts, now users can make anything they can imagine.
Sketches from Designer Notebook:
Step By Step "Recipe" For How To Create Widget 1:
6 Widgets:
Setting up MakerBot Print:
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I have learned a lot just through this short introduction to Inventor. I've learned how to go from a 2D sketch to the forming a 3D part. I did struggle quite a bit with how to cut things out, but I learned that I don't have to be the first one done, and that it's ok for me to ask for help when I get frustrated. I also learned the whole process from start to finish. Going from a 2D sketch, extruding it to make the part (in this case the widget) 3D, then transferring it to MakerBot, uploading it to the flash drive, putting the flash drive into the MakerBot printer, and finally watching the printing process. I had no idea that this whole process could be more complicated in some parts, but in others I would fly through the steps. Finally I learned that it's ok to make mistakes. I learned better and would know how to not do that for the next time.