• Informed Design

Start building an Inventor product definition

Learn about using the Informed Design add-in for Inventor.


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The Autodesk Informed Design add-in for Autodesk Inventor

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allows product manufacturers to publish their product designs for Revit designers to use within their design models.

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As an Informed Design user, you are the author and publisher of the parametric Inventor model data.

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You create predefined content with applied product rule sets and publish a product definition to the web application.

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Then, Revit designers can download and place these product definitions directly into their models.

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Open an Inventor model, such as this staircase assembly.

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Some parameters have been defined within the model, as well as some iLogic to control the model directly.

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Note that it is helpful for Informed Design users to have experience with Inventor drawings,

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part modeling, and assembly creation, as well as an understanding of iLogic.

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When the Informed Design add-in is installed, you can see the Informed Design tab on the Inventor ribbon.

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From the Informed Design tab, click Product Definition.

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The Product definitions list provides access to newly created and existing product definitions.

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You can see a list of all the predefined or created definitions.

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Select an existing definition, and notice that the tools to edit, duplicate, or delete are now available.

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If needed, you can also access the Informed Design web portal from this window.

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If you need more information or resources, click the question mark icon.

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From this menu, you can access the help, terms and conditions, license attributions, and version information.

Video transcript

00:03

The Autodesk Informed Design add-in for Autodesk Inventor

00:07

allows product manufacturers to publish their product designs for Revit designers to use within their design models.

00:13

As an Informed Design user, you are the author and publisher of the parametric Inventor model data.

00:20

You create predefined content with applied product rule sets and publish a product definition to the web application.

00:28

Then, Revit designers can download and place these product definitions directly into their models.

00:34

Open an Inventor model, such as this staircase assembly.

00:38

Some parameters have been defined within the model, as well as some iLogic to control the model directly.

00:46

Note that it is helpful for Informed Design users to have experience with Inventor drawings,

00:51

part modeling, and assembly creation, as well as an understanding of iLogic.

00:56

When the Informed Design add-in is installed, you can see the Informed Design tab on the Inventor ribbon.

01:03

From the Informed Design tab, click Product Definition.

01:07

The Product definitions list provides access to newly created and existing product definitions.

01:13

You can see a list of all the predefined or created definitions.

01:19

Select an existing definition, and notice that the tools to edit, duplicate, or delete are now available.

01:27

If needed, you can also access the Informed Design web portal from this window.

01:33

If you need more information or resources, click the question mark icon.

01:38

From this menu, you can access the help, terms and conditions, license attributions, and version information.

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