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Inventor enhancements over the years
Inventor enhancements over the years
Inventor is 3D mechanical solid modeling design software developed by Autodesk with the initial release in 1999. Over the past 22 years many companies around the world have adopted is as their primary CAD tool for professional-grade mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation.
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Inventor over the past 6 years
21
Product updates
758
Total enhancements
345
Customer ideas
Inventor enhancement timeline

2024 | 2024.1 featured enhancements for Inventor
2024 | 2024.1 featured enhancements for Inventor
iLogic with Vault*
Finish utility
Mark feature enhancements
Drawing revision cloud*
View setting improvements*
Tube and pipe enhancements
Parameter enhancements
Optimized bounding box assembly
Connected inspection workflow
Weld symbol
Edge symbol
Model-based definition enhancements*
*Customer Idea
iLogic with Vault*
Finish utility
Mark feature enhancements
Drawing revision cloud*
View setting improvements*
Tube and pipe enhancements
Parameter enhancements
Optimized bounding box assembly
Connected inspection workflow
Weld symbol
Edge symbol
Model-based definition enhancements*
*Customer Idea
Customer ideas help us define what's next in Inventor
Customer ideas help us define what's next in Inventor
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Dan Szymanski
Sr. Product Manager Inventor Autodesk

Johnson Shiue
Sr. Principal Engineer Inventor Autodesk

Christian Smith
Director, Software Development Inventor Autodesk

Frodo Zhou
Sr. Software Development Inventor Autodesk

Chris Mitchell
Sr. Principal Engineer Inventor Autodesk
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