Autodesk® Inventor™ software is the foundation for digital prototyping. The Inventor model is an accurate 3D digital prototype that enables users to validate design and engineering data as they work, minimize the need for physical prototypes, and reduce costly engineering changes discovered after the design is sent to manufacturing. With innovative approaches to accelerate and simplify the concept-to-manufacturing process, Inventor has outsold all competitors for the sixth consecutive year.

The Autodesk® Inventor™ product line provides a comprehensive and integrated set of design applications and 2D transition tools to help manufacturing companies move to 3D. It includes:

Autodesk® Inventor™ Suite for 3D design and documentation.
Autodesk® Inventor™ Professional products for creating routed systems and validating designs.
AutoCAD® Mechanical for 2D drawing and detailing.
Autodesk® Vault software for data management.
Inventor also delivers a new ground-breaking modeling paradigm, Functional Design. It allows designers to move beyond geometric modeling and into an environment where they can focus on the problem they are trying to solve rather than spending time solely on the 3D geometry required to build the design.

System Recommendations:

Autodesk Inventor 2008 family of products
Windows® 2000 Professional SP4
Windows® XP Professional SP2
Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition