AUTODESK INVENTOR 2024

AUTODESK INVENTOR 2024

In this new release, Autodesk takes the section tool to a higher level by allowing its management and modification after creation. The same command has indeed been enriched through the addition of a mini-toolbar that can be viewed and used both during creation and during modification of the same.

Once the section is created, it is sufficient to add a View Representation that stores its contents. The same View Representation can then be modified using the Section View -> Modify option visible in the context menu. The use of the latter indeed brings up the view of the mini-toolbar that gives access to the modification tools, among which the possibility to rotate the section in real-time.

New in Autodesk Inventor 2024

- Part and sheet metal modeling

The sheet metal environment has been improved to better detect closed areas when there are overlapping lines. With this new release, it is no longer necessary to trim overlapping sketch lines in order to identify a unique closed profile. Thanks to the improvements, Inventor is now able to identify different closed areas, allowing the choice of one of these to generate the first sheet of metal.

- Marking processing

The possibility has been added to choose the projection direction and carry out the projection of geometries and texts on non-coplanar surfaces.

Through the Projection solution, the content of the sketch is projected according to the normal of a surface, while by selecting the Envelope solution, the content of the sketch is "spread" on the non-coplanar surface. The example below shows how the sketch treated with the Envelope solution is "deformed" on the clearly non-coplanar surface.

- Finishing work

Non-existent until this release, the Finishing work has been introduced to manage not only the appearance of parts, components, and assemblies but also the productivity process such as the coating of a material, or the surface finish. All applied finishes are incorporated into a new folder within the browser, and each of these can be suppressed, renamed, deleted, or reordered in terms of succession before or after another simply by dragging.

This work has of course been made usable also in contexts subsequent to the modeling phase: the contents of the Finishing folder are reusable as iProperties in the drawing environment (2D). A new category called Parameters - Finish has in fact been added to the Leader Note and Text Format dialog boxes to allow the use of the finishes added in the 3D environment, also in the 2D drawing. But not only: each finish work setting has a parameter with a unique name corresponding to the Finish Parameters category within the Parameters window. Parameters that, together with the new Brinell (HB), Rockwell (HRA - HRB - HRC), Vickers (HV), and Knoop (HK) Unit types, can be exported.

In Autodesk Inventor 2024 there are also included updates and improvements suggested by users, which speed up the design workflows, reduce repetitive operations and improve experiences, so as to devote more time to design and innovation.

This is an Educational Version product

System requirements for Autodesk® Inventor® 2024 (Windows)

Operating system Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10 64-bit.

CPU Recommended: at least 3 GHz, at least 4 cores

Minimum requirement: at least 2.5 GHz

Memory Recommended: at least 32 GB of RAM

Minimum requirement: 16 GB of RAM for assemblies with less than 500 parts

Disk space Installation program and full installation: 40 GB

Graphics Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/S bandwidth and DirectX 11 compatible

Minimum requirement: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/S bandwidth and DirectX 11 compatible

Screen resolution Recommended: 3840 x 2160 (4K); preferred scaling: 100%, 125%, 150% or 200%

Minimum requirement: 1280 x 1024

Pointing device MS Mouse compatible

3DConnexion SpaceMouse® productivity, driver version 10.7.0 or later.

Memory Recommended: At least 64 GB of RAM

Graphics Recommended:

4 GB GPU with 106 GB/S bandwidth and DirectX 11 compatible