Autodesk Inventor LT 2012

Get the competitive advantages of 3D mechanical part design with Autodesk® Inventor LT™ software. Practical and affordable, Inventor LT software lets you adopt part-level 3D parametric modelling at your own pace. Use it to boost design productivity and try out new ideas in 3D.

By combining the 3D part-level design capabilities of Autodesk® Inventor®, one of the world's top selling 3D mechanical design software, with AutoCAD LT® 2D drafting and detailing software, AutoCAD Inventor LT Suite software makes it practical for mechanical design professionals to compete more effectively. You can put the power of modern 3D design tools within your reach today without loss of any productivity.

Get part-level 3D parametric modelling, multi-CAD translation capabilities, and automated DWG drawings combined with the world's top-selling 2D drafting and detailing software.

Features:

Autodesk® Inventor LT™ software delivers the capabilities you need to start benefiting from the power and productivity of 3D part design at your own pace. With Inventor LT software, you can design better parts faster and compete more effectively in today’s increasingly challenging manufacturing environment.

Autodesk Inventor LT delivers the part-level design capabilities of Autodesk® Inventor® software, one of the world’s top selling 3D mechanical design software. Use it to create models of 3D parts, participate in Digital Prototyping workflows, and improve communication with your customers and partners.

Autodesk Inventor LT software delivers:

• 3D Part Modelling
• Automated Drawings
• DWG Integration
• Design Communication & Multi-CAD Collaboration
• 3D Learning Resources

3D Part Modelling

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Autodesk Inventor LT software delivers parametric 3D part modelling. With the power of 3D, you can stop merely drawing your designs and start modelling them instead. Visualize, validate, and improve concepts as you design—before you spend time and money on physical prototypes and tooling.

Sketching
Evaluate design ideas as versatile 2D layouts before you create detailed part models. With Inventor LT, you use 2D sketching tools that include parametric capabilities to modify sketches. As you try different concepts, clearly convey your ideas by controlling colour and line style.

3D Modelling
Allows you to extrude, revolve, or sweep your 2D sketches into 3D models. Add holes, fillets, chamfers, patterns, and more to complete your 3D part designs. Advanced shape description and surfacing tools include Loft to a Point, N-Sided Patch, Sweep Normal to Surface, Centreline Loft, G2 Continuous Fillets, Full Round Fillets, Face-to-Face Fillets, and many more complex part modelling capabilities.

iParts
Save time by using one basic design to define and document entire part families. With table-driven part configurations—iParts—you define part variables in a spreadsheet to configure part families.

Physical Properties
Make better decisions by automatically calculating real-world properties during the design process. With Inventor LT software, your 3D part models carry physical property detail, such as centre of gravity, material type, density, colour, and texture.

Automated Drawings

Use Autodesk Inventor LT software to deliver accurate, standards-compliant manufacturing drawings faster than ever before. Take advantage of automatic generation of drawing views and tools for finishing drawings to save time and reduce the risk of errors. Inventor LT associates drawings with the corresponding 3D part model, so changes are automatically reflected in your documentation.

Automatic Drawing Views
Create drawings dramatically faster by calling out specific drawing views, including front, side, ISO, detail, section, and auxiliary views. Inventor LT projects the geometry for you. Timesaving options include: automatic retrieval of dimension data from the 3D model; automatic arrangement of dimensions; and a robust palette of dimension, annotation, and 2D symbols for fast, flexible completion of the drawing set.

Automatic Drawing Updates
Gain speed, reduce errors and eliminate the need for manual updates when something changes. Inventor LT associates drawing views with the original components, so any change to a part model is automatically reflected in the drawing.

Standards and Styles
Make your drawings automatically comply with industry and corporate standards and formatting styles. The Drawing Manager tool supports international technical drawing standards, including GB, JIS, BSI, ISO, DIN, ANSI, and ESKD. You can easily define, store, and apply a common set of styles or preferred formatting characteristics

DWG Integration

Leverage your existing 2D data and expertise as you adopt 3D design. With Autodesk Inventor LT, you can read and write DWG™ files, easily reuse existing design data, and share designs with partners and suppliers through DWG files.

DWG Save
Directly save Inventor LT drawings as DWG files. These DWG files have exceptional visual fidelity and associativity with the parent 3D models, so you can view, plot, and measure design elements in AutoCAD®, AutoCAD® Mechanical, and AutoCAD LT software.

DWG Open
Easily access existing 2D design data without needing to use AutoCAD, AutoCAD® Mechanical, or AutoCAD LT. With Inventor LT software, you can open, view, plot, and measure DWG drawings directly.

Copy & Paste from AutoCAD
Speed up your 3D part design process by reusing existing 2D data in new designs. Simply copy and paste 2D design data into your 3D designs.

AutoCAD Blocks from Inventor LT Views
Incorporate views of new 3D part designs created with Inventor LT into existing DWG assembly drawings. You can generate AutoCAD blocks from Inventor LT drawing views, and then integrate the new drawing views directly into your original 2D drawings.

Inventor LT-AutoCAD Mechanical Interoperability
Enable associative 2D and 3D collaboration with this interoperability. AutoCAD® Mechanical software creates drawings of Inventor LT components by enabling users to open native Inventor LT parts. When the design changes in Inventor LT, the AutoCAD Mechanical drawing is automatically updated.

Design Communication & Multi-CAD Collaboration

Use Inventor LT to accurately exchange data between common CAD file formats used by you and others, improving your communication and collaboration with suppliers, stakeholders, and customers. With multi-CAD translation and direct support for DWG, you can share files in preferred formats without buying expensive translation software. You can also publish to a variety of formats and create photorealistic renderings of 3D models to more effectively share your ideas.

Native Translators
Streamline projects that require sending or receiving files from vendors or customers in native formats . Exchange part-level data between Inventor LT software and CATIA® V5, NX™, SolidWorks®, and Pro/ENGINEER® systems. Inventor LT supports direct import and export of CATIA V5, Parasolid®, GRANITE®, and SAT part files. It also supports direct import of NX™, SolidWorks®, and Pro/E® part files.

STEP/IGES
Meet supplier and customer needs by sharing and reusing 3D design data between common 3D CAD and CAM systems. With Inventor LT, you can read and write part-level design and drawing data using industry-standard formats while maintaining data accuracy.

Inventor Studio
Impress customers and other decision makers with high-quality, photorealistic renderings of your designs. Autodesk® Inventor® Studio offers state-of-the-art rendering tools, so you can quickly create photorealistic images of parts before you build them.

AEC Exchange
Enhance service to your customers by providing 3D models ready for use in their building designs. The AEC Exchange tool creates and publishes simplified 3D representations, intelligent connection points, and additional information in the new ADSK (Autodesk Exchange File) format for use with AutoCAD® MEP, AutoCAD® Architecture, and Revit® software.

DWF Publishing and Design Review
Increase design review efficiency and streamline collaboration between your organization, suppliers, and customers. Securely publish and share detail-rich DWF™ files that can contain both 2D and 3D designs. Reviewers can easily view and mark up the files. Then overlay DWF markups directly onto your Inventor LT designs to quickly apply requested changes to the 3D model.

Even More Publishing Formats
Share product information with partners and customers who need to include your designs in their projects. Publish Inventor LT drawings as PDF files and 3D part models in SAT or JT formats. You can also create stereolithography (STL) files for output to 3D printing machines.

3D Learning Resources

As you adopt 3D design, speed up your progress with helpful learning resources. Autodesk Inventor LT software provides fast access to a comprehensive in-product help system, tips and tricks, tutorials, and industry know-how from expert Inventor and Inventor LT users.

Advanced Help System
Use the award-winning Inventor help system to speed your adoption of 3D with Inventor LT and discover its full range of capabilities. The advanced help system includes intuitive navigation menus, help options tailored to your user profile, and useful tool tips that appear when you hover your mouse over icon choices.

Tutorials
Use a variety of learning modules, including tutorials with “show me” animations and skill builders, to enhance your Inventor LT understanding and skills.

System Requirements:

32-bit or 64-bit operating system (1,2)

• Windows® 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium
• Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, Home Premium, Home Basic (SP2)
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home (SP2 or SP3), or Professional x64 edition (SP2)
• Intel® Pentium® 4 (2 GHz or faster), Intel® Xeon®, Intel® Core®, AMD Athlon® 64, or AMD Opteron® processor or later (3)
• 1 or more GB RAM (4)
• Microsoft® Direct3D® 9 or 10 capable graphics card (5)
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 7.x
• Microsoft® Excel® 2003 through 2007 for iComponents, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• DVD-ROM drive (6)
• Adobe Flash Player 10 (7)