I used Autocad for about 10 years, and in t. he last 2 years began doing everything 3-d.
I admit, that during all the previous years I never could figure out how to model or draw 3-d until one day I thought, "Okay, one more shot at this!" well it worked.. and I realized how easy it was.
I then began to render, and light, then add differnt rendering materials by scanning in real world objects and scaling and applying them to my 3-d drawings/models
I had tremendous results, then a freind introduced me to Inventor Version 5 I think it was. I went through a few of the tutorials he had in a huge binder his company used in a classroom environment for thier designers to learn from. (yes, this was borrowed, including the program)
After trying some of the tutorials I found that it wasn't so hard using the program, although, I believe that it would take years of trial and error and reading and asking to get REALLY proficient at it. But that too depends on what you are designing.
I estimate it took me about a week to make the transition. and quite frankly, I seldom use autocad anymore, except to run a few LIPS I have for making chain, Sprockets and pulleys. I then export them to Inventor and carry on from there.
The autodesk inventor newsgroup is also a HUGE resource for learning from other users. (Discussion.autodesk.com) then subscribe to "Inventor"
Hope you are doing well.
I now own Inventor 10 and I am quite impressed with the ease of using it. (although aligned diagonal dimensions don't seem to exist in the drawings) Unless there is a way and I just don;t know it yet.
Have fun
Dave Bellis
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Originally Posted by NextPerception
I am having a really hard time transitioning from autocad (i have been using it for 6 years) to inventor any suggestions? how hard was your transition?
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