Inventor Autodesk Inventor: Powerful 3D mechanical design software
Design, simulate, and document products for manufacturing
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What is Autodesk Inventor?
Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD software provides mechanical design, documentation, and simulation tools.
A powerful blend of parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design.
Integrated tools for machine design, sheet metal, frame design, tube and pipe, cable and harness, and more.
Powerful Model-Based Definition for embedding manufacturing information directly in the 3D model.
What is Autodesk Inventor?
Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD software provides mechanical design, documentation, and simulation tools.
A powerful blend of parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design.
Integrated tools for machine design, sheet metal, frame design, tube and pipe, cable and harness, and more.
Powerful Model-Based Definition for embedding manufacturing information directly in the 3D model.
Design more efficiently with automated processes
Stay productive with Autodesk Assistant tech preview
Deliver custom designs that are BIM ready with Inventor
Design more efficiently with automated processes
Stay productive with Autodesk Assistant tech preview
Deliver custom designs that are BIM ready with Inventor
Features to support your operations
Automated frame design
Use automated tools to create weld frame structures and simulate them using beam elements.
Sheet metal
Build your sheet metal designs with options for industry-standard bend allowances to create accurate flat patterns for manufacturing.
Tube and pipe design
Use a combination of automated tools and full-control design functions in Inventor to build tube and pipe runs.
Model-based definition
Include 3D dimensions, annotations, and dimensional tolerances directly to your 3D model for downstream applications.
Content center
Choose from standard and customizable content libraries, including beams, bolted connections, gears, cams, belts, and springs.
Work with non-native data
Directly open designs created from other CAD systems with no translation necessary.
Autodesk Assistant
AI-powered design companion, delivering instant answers, workflow guidance, and productivity boosts directly inside Inventor.
Dynamic simulation
Analyze mechanism motion over time, calculating forces, torques, velocities, accelerations, and joint reactions accurately.
Component generators and calculators
Built-in tools that automate creation and calculation of standard mechanical components and assemblies.
"We go from a blank screen to cutting metal in a matter of days."
"Inventor is helpful because races in our league can be decided by thousandths of a second."
"Theres so much power behind iLogic and we fell in love with the capabilities it provides."
"To model an impeller manually took a couple of days previously. With iLogic it takes about 15 minutes."
Design smarter and faster
Design smarter and faster
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Combine the strength of Inventor, AutoCAD, and Fusion to design complex products, equipment, and factories.
Combine the strength of Inventor, AutoCAD, and Fusion to design complex products, equipment, and factories.
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Design smarter and faster
Design smarter and faster
Save with the collection
Combine the strength of Inventor, AutoCAD, and Fusion to design complex products, equipment, and factories.
Combine the strength of Inventor, AutoCAD, and Fusion to design complex products, equipment, and factories.
Product Design & Manufacturing Collection
+ 9 more
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Questions? We have answers.
Autodesk Inventor software provides engineers with a complete set of powerful mechanical design solutions for 3D modeling, simulation, visualization, and documentation. With Inventor software, engineers can create a virtual representation of the final product to validate the form, fit, and function before it’s built. It includes powerful modeling tools, multi-CAD translation capabilities, and native DWG drawings to help you reduce development costs, make great products, and get your products to market faster.
Autodesk Inventor is used by mechanical designers and engineers who need automated and specialized tools to design and prepare for manufacturing.
Autodesk provides download and install instructions for individuals and administrators. Your available downloads appear in Autodesk Account. Find your product, select a version, platform, language, and download method. For more information, see download and install support.
Inventor runs on Microsoft® Windows®. See Inventor system requirements for details.
Your Inventor subscription gives you access to install and use the 3 previous versions. Available downloads are listed in your Autodesk Account after subscribing. See also previous releases available for subscribers.
With a subscription to Inventor software, you can install it on up to 3 computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software License Agreement for more information.
Launch your trial software and click Subscribe Now on the trial screen or buy Inventor here. When buying your subscription, enter the same email address and password combination you used to sign in to your trial. Learn more about converting a trial to a paid subscription.
The price of the Inventor subscription is {{price.INVPROSA.1month}} monthly, {{price.INVPROSA.1year}} annually, or {{price.INVPROSA.3years}} for 3 years. If some of your users only occasionally use Inventor, consider buying tokens to access it for 24 hours at a time. Visit www.autodesk.com/flex to learn more.
Autodesk Assistant in Inventor Professional helps you quickly find information, understand processes, resolve questions, automate tasks, and keep work moving without breaking focus. With Autodesk Assistant in Inventor, you can:
Move from question to action without leaving your workflow
Complete work with more speed and confidence
Catch manufacturability issues before they reach the shop floor
Generate renders, exports, and documentation
Find critical information instantly across models, drawings, and assemblies
Autodesk is committed to responsible, ethical, and secure AI development, deployment, and use. For more information please see: Trusted AI | Autodesk Trust Center
Yes—Inventor supports model-based definition (MBD) by embedding manufacturing information directly on the 3D model.
Yes—Autodesk Inventor is good because it combines powerful parametric 3D modeling with tools that cover the full design and engineering process—from concept to manufacturing. It enables engineers to quickly create, modify, and test designs using assemblies, simulation, and automation (like iLogic), which greatly speeds up new configurations of designs and reduces errors.
Mechanical engineers, product designers, manufacturers, and industrial design teams use Inventor across industries like automotive, industrial machinery, and building products.
Inventor Nastran is built into the Inventor environment, enabling advanced simulation and stress analysis directly on Inventor models. It is included with a subscription to the Product Design and Manufacturing Collection.
Inventor excels at mechanical design, parametric part modeling, assemblies, sheet metal, simulation, and documentation workflows.
Inventor is used for building intelligent 3D models with relationships, assemblies, and simulations for manufacturing, whereas AutoCAD is best for creating 2D drawings and non-parametric 3D models.
Factory Design Utilities works within Inventor to design and optimize factory layouts using 3D models and includes a large asset library.
Inventor integrates with Vault to manage design data, version control, collaboration, and lifecycle workflows directly from within the software.
Inventor supports automation through iLogic, APIs, and rule-based design tools for creating configurable and repeatable product designs.
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