Autodesk Inventor_CAD Software7

Inventor

(Latest release - Inventor 2009 (13), Website - www.autodesk.com) 

  

Autodesk Inventor is the 3D parametric solid modeling package produced by U.S.-based software company Autodesk and is the foundation for their Digital Prototyping solution.

Unlike AutoCAD, Inventor is based on the more advanced parametric modeling techniques using an approach that Autodesk calls "Functional Design."

 

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For the first several releases Autodesk Inventor was developed with a code name taken from a popular vehicle. Starting with R11 all releases are codenamed with the name of a famous inventor or scientist. Below is the release history (with codenames) of the Inventor product:

§                     Inventor 1 "Mustang" 9/20/99

§                     Inventor 2 "Thunderbird" 3/1/00

§                     Inventor 3 "Camaro" 8/1/00

§                     Inventor 4 "Corvette" 12/1/00

§                     Inventor 5 "Durango" 9/17/01

§                     Inventor 5.3 "Prowler" 1/30/02

§                     Inventor 6 "Viper" 10/15/02

§                     Inventor 7 "Wrangler" 4/18/03

§                     Inventor 8 "Cherokee" 10/15/03

§                     Inventor 9 "Crossfire" 7/15/04

§                     Inventor 10 "Freestyle" 4/6/05

§                     Inventor 11 "Faraday" 4/6/06

§                     Inventor 2008 "Goddard" 4/11/07

§                     Inventor 2009 "Tesla" 4/16/08