Inventor: Powerful mechanical design software for your most ambitious ideas

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What is Inventor?

Inventor® 3D CAD software provides professional-grade mechanical design, documentation and product simulation tools.

Powerful blend of parametric, direct, freeform and rules-based design capabilities.

Integrated tools for sheet metal, frame design, tube and pipe, cable & harness, presentations, rendering, simulation, machine design and more.

Trusted DWG™ compatibility and powerful Model-Based Definition capabilities for embedding manufacturing information directly in the 3D model.

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Inventor overview (video: 2.01 min.)

Drum filling machine designed by Feige Filling

Commercial chiller model made by Mammoth Inc.

Stationary plant model from Balzer Pacific Equipment Co.

Automotive material process line

Trencher design by Mastenbroek

Industrial machine for filling products such as liquids or grains into steel drums

Model showing the components of a water-cooled chiller

View of Hewland transmission design combining 2D drawing and 3D model

Trencher design with some details in 2D and some in 3D

Why use Inventor?

Improve product performance

Use powerful 3D modelling and simulation capabilities to design and optimise performance.

Reduce repetitive tasks

Quickly create customisable configurations of your designs and automate common tasks.

Boost collaboration

Connect your designs with incoming customer data and share ideas in a secure cloud-based service.

What you can do with Inventor

Share feedback with built-in collaboration tools

Work with anyone, anywhere, no matter what CAD software they use.
Collect feedback from stakeholders wherever they are using cloud-based design review.
Follow the product development lifecycle with one data model.

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Satisfy demands for custom products and automate processes

Design efficiently using specialised industry toolsets.
Enable design automation powered by iLogic.
Access Inventor API to create add-ins.
Access Forge Design Automation API for running job processes in the cloud.

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BIM interoperability

Increase your sales opportunities while participating in BIM projects.
Automate the simplification of your designs for required LOD.
Include necessary metadata for BIM-authoring tools.
Export your designs to a BIM-ready Revit format.

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“To model an impeller manually took a couple of days previously. With iLogic it takes about 15 minutes.”

- Alex Curtin, Product Manager, FS-Elliott

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“There’s so much power behind iLogic and we fell in love with the capabilities it provides.”

- JJ Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Viewrail

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“Inventor has improved our efficiency in engineering and design and shortened lead times at least 20%.”

- Frank Camus, Vice President of Engineering and Design, DIS-TRAN

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Extend the capabilities of Inventor with the collection

Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

The Product Design & Manufacturing Collection is an integrated set of professional-grade applications that connect everyone, from concept through production, with shared tools to streamline your product development process.

Explore the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

Product Design & Manufacturing Collection includes:

AutoCAD

Fusion 360

Inventor Tolerance Analysis

Inventor Nastran

Factory Design Utilities

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BLOG

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Discover the latest enhancements in Inventor and begin implementing them into your workflows.

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YOUTUBE

Inventor YouTube channel

Watch videos on the latest release, including productivity tips.

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TUTORIALS

Trial resource centre

Whether you’re just getting started or are a seasoned CAD user, check out these tutorials.

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See what’s new in Autodesk Inventor 2023

20 April 2022

Join a team of Inventor experts as they demonstrate the new features and enhancements inspired by our customers.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

What is Autodesk Inventor used for?

Inventor is used to quickly model, simulate and communicate design ideas.

Who uses Inventor?

Inventor is used by mechanical engineers who need automated and specialised tools to design and prepare for manufacturing.

Which versions of Inventor can I use if I subscribe to the current version? 

Your Inventor subscription gives you access to install and use the three previous versions. Available downloads are listed in your Autodesk Account after subscribing. See also previous releases available for subscribers.

Can I install Inventor on multiple computers?

With a subscription to Inventor software, you can install it on up to three computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software Licence Agreement for more information. 

How do I convert my Inventor free trial to a paid subscription?

Launch your trial software and click Subscribe Now on the trial screen or buy Inventor here. When buying your subscription, enter the same email address and password combination you used to sign in to your trial. Learn more about converting a trial to a paid subscription.

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Inventor: Powerful mechanical design software for your most ambitious ideas

What is Inventor?