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Autodesk Inventor: Advanced 3D Mechanical Design with Intelligent Automation

Professional-grade 3D CAD software designed to help engineers and product designers create accurate, manufacturable models faster, reduce rework, and deliver precise production documentation with confidence.

Overview

Summary

Autodesk Inventor provides parametric, direct, and rules-based 3D modelling, simulation, and documentation tools for mechanical design teams. Accelerate product development, enforce design standards, and automate repetitive tasks with intelligent workflows and integrated automation.

System requirements:

What's New in Inventor

iLogic Codeblocks

Visual, drag-and-drop programming tools allow parametric 3D models and automation of complex engineering workflows without traditional coding.

Autodesk Assistant

AI-powered design guidance embedded in Inventor delivers instant answers, workflow suggestions, and productivity enhancements directly within the CAD environment.

Slot Feature

Create slots quickly with a new property panel linked to your fastener library, ensuring design accuracy and standardised sizing.

Content Centre Enhancements

Streamlined library management with batch tools, template replacement, and assembly publishing, allowing faster access to standard components.

Assembly Mirror

Mirror parts and subassemblies in assemblies with full control over orientation, position, and constraints.

Inventor streamlines 3D mechanical design

Design Smarter, Manufacture Faster - See Inventor in Action!

Book a demo today and discover how Inventor streamlines 3D mechanical design, automation, and simulation for efficient product development.

Key Benefits

Design More Efficiently with Automated Processes

Rapidly reconfigure and customise designs using iLogic rule-based automation. Extend functionality through the Inventor API to develop add-ins and integrate Autodesk Platform Services, creating a connected and scalable engineering ecosystem.

Stay Productive with Built-In AI Assistance

Autodesk Assistant within Inventor provides intelligent, context-aware AI support to resolve technical queries, guide workflows, and automate repetitive tasks without interrupting design progress.

Deliver Custom Designs That Are BIM Ready

Increase opportunities in building and infrastructure projects by opening, modifying, and saving native Revit family data directly from Inventor, ensuring seamless BIM integration.

Extend Inventor with the PDM Collection

The collection is a powerful set of applications that provides extended capabilities to Inventor and AutoCAD for engineers who design complex and custom products, equipment, and systems.

AutoCAD

AutoCAD enhances your 2D and 3D CAD workflows with Autodesk AI powered tools.

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Fusion

Cloud-based CAD/CAM/CAE software for product design and manufacturing.

Inventor Tolerance Analysis

Tolerance analysis software for evaluating the impact of dimensional variation.

Inventor Nastran

CAD-embedded software for non-linear stress, thermal, vibration & fatigue simulation.

Factory Design Utilities

Factory design software to plan, design, and install an efficient production layout.

The Micrographics Advantage

We don’t just sell software, we are technical experts who understand your industry. We can help you:

Integrate Business Systems

We develop data sharing solutions to improve and speed up the communication between CAD & business management technologies.

Optimize Business Processes

We do unique assessments of our clients, enabling them to address workflow challenges, identify opportunities & achieve objectives.

Leverage the Power of BIM

By understanding BIM philosophies we can develop & implement BIM solutions for any project or establish BIM standards for any company.

Have Questions About Complex Applications?

Speak to us about your operational requirements or outcomes and we'll tailor a solution best suited to your business.

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Inventor

System Requirements for Autodesk® Inventor® 2027 Windows

Operating System

64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. (Note 2

CPU

Recommended: 3.0 GHz or greater, 4 or more cores. Supporting AVX2, AVX512 instruction set (Note 1
Minimum: 2.5 GHz or greater

Memory

Recommended: 32 GB RAM or more
Minimum: 16 GB RAM for less than 500-part assemblies

Disk space

~40 GB total: Includes temporary space for download/installation as well as the final product install.

Graphics

Recommended: 8 GB/16 GB GPU with 240 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant

Feature Level 12_0 is required to enable DirectX 12. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer’s website.

Minimum Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 96 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

Absolute Minimum: 2 GB GPU with 42 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant


Note: Inventor uses your computer’s display card for a variety of essential graphics operations including but not limited to interaction, visualization, and large assemblies handling. It is recommended that you have a display card with dedicated VRAM to support these operations at optimal speeds.

See the Certified Hardware

Display Resolution

Recommended: 3840 x 2160 (4K); Preferred scaling: 100%, 125%, 150% or 200%
Minimum: 1280 x 1024

Pointing Device

MS-Mouse compliant
Productivity: 3DConnexion SpaceMouse®, driver version 10.7.0 or later.

Network

Internet connection for web install with Autodesk Access, Autodesk collaboration functionality, web downloads, and licensing.
See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows

Spreadsheet

Full local install of Microsoft supported Excel 2016 or LibreOffice 7.2 (or later) for workflows that create and edit spreadsheets. Inventor workflows that read or export spreadsheet data do not require spreadsheet editor. See Inventor Excel Requirements for more information.

Office 365 subscribers must ensure they have a local installation of Microsoft Excel.
Windows Excel Starter®, OpenOffice®, and browser-based Office 365 applications are not supported.

.NET

.NET Version 10.0 or later. Windows Updates enabled for installation.

Browser

Google Chrome™ or equivalent

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (typically more than 1,000 parts)

CPU Type

Recommended: 3.30 GHz or greater, 4 or more cores. Supporting AVX2, AVX512 instruction set 1.

Memory

Recommended: 64 GB RAM or greater

Graphics

Recommended: 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/S Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant
See the Certified Hardware.

Notes:

1. Autodesk® Inventor® is optimized to take advantage of the
  • AVX2 instruction set supported on Intel Haswell, AMD Excavator, AMD Zen
  • AVX512 instruction set supported on AMD Zen4, Intel Skylake-X, Intel Rocket Lake.
  • Several utilities are available on the Internet that report CPUID including supported instructions sets.

2. Autodesk recommends install update KB5068861 on Microsoft Windows for more stable work.
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