Good Tutorial Books for AutoCAD Inventor?

What type of 3D background do you have? Any 2D?

If you're doing this for your own benefit, kudos.

I was fortunate to get SolidWorks training through my company. Since then I have used Mechanical Desktop, ProE and Inventor with some help from my co-workers. I did take a Unigraphics tutorial.

ProE takes the most mouse clicks.

Unigraphics is used by very few Companies.

SolidWorks seems to be the most user friendly.

Inventor isn't as friendly as SolidWorks. (But I've only been on it for 2.5 weeks.)

Is the company asking you to learn it? or is this on your own?

"Parametric Modeling with Autodesk Inventor R11" by Randy H. Shih. SDC publications (Schroff Development Corporation) P.O.Box 1334, Mission, Ks. 66222 913-262-2664

www.schroff.com www.schroff-europe.com

ISBN: 1-58503-295-6

This is a text book and might be available at a near-by college. My copyright date is 2006.

not books but if you go on the www.cbliss.com/inventor/ or www.sdotson.com web sites there is all the stuff you need 'free' they are both it to inventor in a big way and they will awnser questions if you cant find the info or tutorial you need, good luck

AUTODESK INVENTO ESSENTIAL PLUS by Thompson Delmar Learning is a good book. This is used by the college I am currently attending. It also contains a CD with example and tutorial materials. This will take you from the basics to advanced features. The inventor program also has online tutorials built in.

AUTODESK INVENTOR - I had to teach myself this program this year. It has a steep learning curve. The tutorials which are available from the Help menu or the Autodesk site are what I found most valuable.

I was able to model and animate a mechanism in a few weeks. AutoCAD experience was irrelevant.

It is an excellent tool and worth the frustration you are going through. Once you get the hang of it, it will save you much effort.