Autodesk Inventor 11 Essentials Plus

Over 1,000 screen captures adorning this book assist in the clarification of essential Autodesk Inventor concepts, from basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques. Thoroughly updated to release 11, this "how-to" and reference manual provides in-depth explanations of the user interface, toolbars, dialogue boxes, sketch tools, drawing views, assembly modeling, and more for learning and mastering Autodesk Inventor. Highlights include step-by-step tutorials that showcase practical skills and generous exercises designed for self-paced learning or for use in group-based instruction. Confidence will soar as users apply newly learned professional techniques to their own projects, speeding them to proficiency.

Over 1,000 screen captures adorning this book assist in the clarification of essential Autodesk Inventor? concepts, from basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques. Thoroughly updated to release 11, this "how-to" and reference manual provides in-depth explanations of the user interface, toolbars, dialogue boxes, sketch tools, drawing views, assembly modeling, and more for learning and mastering Autodesk Inventor?. Highlights include step-by-step tutorials that showcase practical ski

Daniel Banach is a Senior Technical Specialist, Manufacturing at MasterGraphics, Inc., an Autodesk? premier Solutions Provider. He has more than five years of professional mechanical design experience and over seventeen years working with CAD software. Mr. Banach has written three books on Autodesk? Mechanical Desktop?, co-written twelve books on Autodesk? Inventor? and is a long-time speaker at Autodesk? University. Daniel Banach earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Travis Jones owns a consulting company and manages projects in the manufacturing industry, including a number of large domestic and international companies in a variety of disciplines. Travis has worked with AutoCAD since the early 1990s and with Inventor since its inception; he is equally skilled in a number of other parametric modeling applications.

Alan Kalameja was a teacher and the CAD Department Head at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina. He served as both author and co-author for a number of Delmar Cengage Learning titles. Mr. Kalameja was an Autodesk? Consultant and a former speaker at Autodesk? University.