Experimenting Autodesk Inventor Professional

Autodesk Inventor Professional is a software that is used to create 3D digital prototypes used in the design, visualization and simulation of products.This software is mostly used by engineers, cutlers and others. Autodesk has three different formats , IPT for parts, IAM for assemblies and IDW / DWG for drawings ,that you can choose depending on what you're using it for. The only two that I can review are IPT and IDW because these are the only two formats I got to use. 

For IPT, I used it to create different parts of a spoon for an initial idea, to create this 3 dimensional design I used different tools in the IPT format but I mainly did sketches in 2D and to make it look 3D I used the extrude tool and typed in the width I wanted it to be. 

I really like this spoon part that I made because it is very different to what everybody else has done. I like the way the sides are curved and shaped and I also like the way it is not all the way curved. If I could improve it in future I would add more designs and patterns to it, If I got the chance to develop it further.


What I can say about this format is that once you know how to use it, it very simple and straight forward and also it allows you to make different designs in few minutes at least 20 minutes , depending on what part you're doing. Personally, I love the way this format allows you to do many things and curve the sides and even erase lines or curves that you're not wanting to see with the Trim tool. I completely love it, it makes it easy to work it with in a short period of time; Another feature that I admire about Autodesk Inventor in particular is the way it has the ''Materials'' tool that allows you to change the colour of your part, finally it also allows you to add text unto the part you've created like I've done below on my camera. Yes, I would use it in future if I was to choose product as an area to specialise at.

I really like the way my camera looks, I love the colours and everything about it. if there was anything that I would improve about it would be the logo.

For IDW, I used the camera that I made in IPT to create an initial design sheet ''below''. One thing that I realised about this format is that you can only use it if you already have an IPT file that you've created because if you don't then you cannot used the IDW, of which I think makes sense but at the same some people may want to create an initial drawing sheet on the computer, of which I think that's when Adobe Illustrator comes however that software can only display 2D designs unlike Autodesk Inventor.                                                                   

To open my IPT file I went on to new and selected my file and then a window came on where I could choose the scale I wanted it to be and so I typed in 3:1 , because I wanted to be able to display at least three sides of my drawing. What I love about IDW is that it allows you to display the details of the drawing eg. Company name, your name and other. 

OVERALL:

I do love this software because it allows you to create 3dimensional objects in a very short amount of time unlike Adobe Illustrator, I really enjoyed exploring it. In future I may use it for my future project.