Rating
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Inventor helps build and refine complex 3D models, making it especially useful for small and midsize manufacturing firms that need precision. The interface is intuitive, and integration with AutoCAD helps streamline workflows. You’ll also get strong bills of material tools and a rich component library, but watch out for a steep learning curve and a high price tag. Recent updates add irregular patterning and improved sheet metal design.
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Overall Inventor is fantastic for a wide range of industries. I particularly use it for creating designs for fabrication to send to third party contractors and it always helps the iberall design procedure.
Pros: The ability to turnnideas into an easily viewable 3D part is incredible. The basic actions are very simple and has prompts which show you how to complete such as 2d sketches and then pulling it out into a 3D shape.
Cons: Assemblies always seem difficult, wither mating physicslly or with rules it always seems glitchy and I havent been able to grasp it fully. Despite this I am able to assemble my parts but I can tell the relationships are not full.
Jack P. · Engineering Manager · Food Production · January 12, 2026
We primarily use Autodesk Inventor for parametric modeling, and it is very powerful
Pros: powerful iLogic feature that simplies repetitive tasks
Cons: Inventor doesn't allow real-time collaboration
Ayub K. · Systems Engineer · Construction · March 7, 2025
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Arbeiten im Team in Verbindung mit Autodeskt Vault funktioniert sehr gut. Das Programm bietet viele Funktonen
Pros: Verbreitete Software Integration mit Autodesk Vault Professionelles CAD Tool Gängige CAD Dateiformate
Cons: Das einzige ist, dass es keine Versiln für Mac gibt.
Ulli B. · Fachinformatiker · Computer Software · March 6, 2025
very good, ease or use, lots of automations availables, and good autodesk market
Pros: 3d modeling, good integration to vault, and bom management
Cons: cost is high, invegrated with autodesk vauld is costly for small business, bet essential for engineering
Marc-André M. · Project Manager · Civil Engineering · January 20, 2025
Powerful parametric design tool, which and all using Autocad this software is easy to use and can easily integrate with other Autodesk products (used in previous organization)
Pros: Built-in simulation tools always help the end user to use it easily.
Cons: Cost its very expensive,So mutitiple licence will be issue.
saravanakumar m. · Engineering manager · Automotive · December 20, 2024
Un gran software para el modelo 3D, sobre todo para el modelado de piezas mecánicas.
Pros: Lo que más me ha gustado ha sido su capacidad para editar piezas modeladas en 3D en diferentes etapas del proyecto, esto debido a su árbol de operaciones que permite editar parámetros en diferentes fases del diseño de productos.
Cons: Tiene una interfaz muy compleja, lo que puede resultar en una complicación para nuevos usuarios, además de una licencia muy costosa.
SARA RUTH F. · Gerente · Design · November 27, 2024
Inventor is dependable, and has made every process in a firm successful.
Pros: Inventor has proper procurement guides and all costs are well established.
Cons: Inventor has a powerful way of managing all inventories.
Chantal G. · Software Developer · Higher Education · November 24, 2024
Through this program I have been able to make three-dimensional models for real products, thanks to its CAD tools, it has been possible to create parts easily, you start sketching and end up creating complex parts with great detail and accurate measurements. Although at first it may seem a little difficult to understand because of the complexity of its tools, with practice it becomes easy to use, certainly a software that is very useful.
Pros: I like that it has a wide range of tools for computer aided design, plus it has simulation tools that allow you to test your designs before producing them, one of my favorite features is the ability to automatically create blueprints based on your three-dimensional design, automatically creating views from different angles.
Cons: Being a specialized software it has a relatively high cost, this together with its high requirements plus its high learning curve is a high barrier to access it, so it tends to have certain features that could make it very complex for some users.
Marcos Alberto U. · Manager · Computer Software · November 19, 2024
This tool grant to the company the possibility to develop and manage evey kind of engeeniring product development, providing all the feautes needed and at the same time provide a huge flexibility for collaboration
Pros: Possibility to manage every kind of Company's product development, managing every kind of possible customization.
Cons: Even skilled engeeniring having difficulties at the begging to manage the software. Tool Learning curve is quite heavy.
Kuca S. · IT Expert · Packaging and Containers · November 11, 2024
Utilizzo il programma da 15 anni ma non ho notato particolari evoluzioni negli anni.
Pros: Semplicità di utilizzo, facile interpretazione dei comandi ed icone semplici
Cons: Potrebbe essere molto meno contorto in molti processi, il programma molte volte va in crash e si perde molto lavoro, manca il salvataggio automatico, difficoltà nella parte progettazione.
Valerio P. · Ingegnere · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · October 25, 2024
Pros: great for full 3d modeling and mechanical designs. provides an in-depth and advanced experience.
Cons: It can be a bit complex at first and requires time to train and learn. sometimes can be slower and require high processing computing power.
Anonymous User · Engineering Intern · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · August 30, 2024
I am using inventor since 4 years and a user friendly tool to designing and drafting. I logic programming was the greatest advantage by using inventor.
Pros: I like I logic programming & inventor has a huge content center library.
Cons: Static analysis results need to be precised & reported errors need to be resolved.
Swaroop B. · Design engineer · Mining & Metals · August 30, 2024
The worst Cad software so far. Extremely overrated. I don't even understand the positive comments here. I assume most of them are people new to the game who didn't have a chance to try other software. Solidworks is not perfect, but it is infinitely better than Inventor. This software should be free and even then, it would still be a trash.
Pros: Nothing positive to mention if you have used other software before.
Cons: Continued crashes and bugs (I work with an HP workstation optimized for CAD with Xeon, 32gb, Graphics...). Non intuitive tools/Interface. The orbital movement system is trash. Poor restriction functions (specially the tangent one). You need to constantly update the assembly to see the results. Sometimes the preview of the restrictions are not shown for some misterious reason. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT!!!! -DON'T HAVE AUTO-SAVE-
Robert M. · delineante · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · July 2, 2024
Overall, the experience with the inventor is like you are really inventing new things
Pros: The great thing about the inventor is the ability to simulate the created model of the project
Cons: The one con is the price of the inventor its quite pricey, but of course you get what you paid for.
Ilich Rafael T. · Visiting Lecturer · Education Management · June 13, 2024
pretty good but like solidworks and nx better
Pros: Nice environment with good feature definition
Cons: bad preview of operations in 3d space, some previews that didnt allow execution
MICHAEL T. · Design Engineer · Design · June 7, 2024
Pros: Easy to use There are many good features that can be used by the user.
Cons: The pricing of this app is very high that is hard to afford for a student.
Anonymous User · Self · Writing and Editing · May 24, 2024
arrivando da un CAD più tecnico come CREO, alcune operazioni sono più lunghe, per contro ci sono funzionalità più facilmente accessibili
Pros: è molto intuitivo, in rete si trovano molti aiuti
Cons: mancano alcune funzioni che sono molto utili, ad esempio la serie per riferimento alla parte base
paolo g. · ENGINEER · Industrial Automation · April 19, 2024
Pros: ce logiciel offre un service de développé de étude d'ingénieur détaillé et approfondie
Cons: un léger problème de fonctionnalité vu que ce logiciels est récents sur le marché, en attend toujours des nouvelles mise a jour
hichem S. · Ingénieur CFA · Construction · April 6, 2024
es excelente de verdad me gusta mas que autocad por todas sus funciones
Pros: permite gestionar todo en modelo 3d y 2d además de todas sus funciones como ver tipo de materiales el peso real
Cons: es un poco costos realmente la licencia y no todos tiene acceso a el además de tener una buena computadora para poder cumplir sus requerimientos
daniel v. · ingeniero mecanico · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · February 4, 2024
Muy buena ayuda bastante en el desarrollo de proyectos, lo uso mas para piezas pequeñas
Pros: Es muy fácil de usar intuitivo, se genera muchas vistas rápidamente y su uso en fabricación es indispensable
Cons: Es un poco pesado para un conjunto de piezas, el precio es muy costoso para Latinoamérica
Jhordann C. · Asistente de ingeniero de proyectos · Mining & Metals · January 20, 2024
Utilizzo Inventor da più di 7 anni e nel complesso è un ottimo software per la modellazione 3D, è affidabile e, nonostante le svariate funzioni, mantiene un interfaccia semplice e pulita adatta anche per chi è alle prime armi. Soddisfatto.
Pros: La semplicità di utilizzo dei comandi permette a Inventor di essere uno dei migliori software per chi ha poca esperienza con la modellazione 3D. Permette inoltre, sempre in modo veloce ed intuitivo, di mettere in tavola quanto fatto.
Cons: Lavorando su file formati da molti componenti può essere parecchio macchinoso se non si è supportati da un ottimo hardware.
Davide G. · Impiegato tecnico · Farming · January 13, 2024
inventor use for mechanical modeling of components for the manufacturing industry
Pros: the program is easy to use and allows you to model and draw even very complex mechanical components and assemblies. Intuitive and clean interface
Cons: Surface modeling is terrible. It is not comparable to other high-end software
Anonymous User · Ingegnere · Mechanical or Industrial Engineering · October 30, 2023
Pros: inventor outils de création de carte en 3D pour les professionnel
Cons: le version pro de inventor est parfois chère en terme de prix
Rita K. · assistante · Human Resources · October 17, 2023
When I was a student, learning to use Inventor was a difficult challenge because it was the first time I used it and it was complicated, however with help I was able to learn to use it and it served me strictly for the subject of design and construction of mechanical models. Now that I am a teacher, in the development of degree and degree projects I teach and instill students who focus on mechanical designs to use Inventor, since this tool was key for me and now it is very useful to them. In summary, inventor is a complete and useful tool for mechanical modeling, although learning to master it is complicated.
Pros: One of the many advantages I like about Inventor when teaching is that it combines some parametric, direct, free-form, and rule-based design features to enhance the student's mechanical design development. Another important point that I like about this tool is that it has integrated Tools for sheet metal, structure design, tubes and pipes, cables and harnesses, presentations, renderings, simulations, machine designs, among others, which are used for learning concepts. basics of mechanical design to then be put into practice by students.
Cons: When I was a student, it was very difficult for me to learn how to use Inventor because it has a steep and complicated learning curve at the beginning. Now I have realized that some of its advanced features can be overwhelming for my students since they are less experienced, however with my help they understand better, the point of this is that they should create or improve complicated Inventor functions to make it easier His learning.
Gonzalo A. · Civil Engineer · Civil Engineering · September 19, 2023
Pros: Very easy to use and very intuitive. The interface is aslo user friendly.Being part of autodesk is compatible with other softwares like, autoCad, solidworks.Good library
Cons: High demanding computer requierements. CAM and CAE features are not available.Price overall very expensive
Vitor L. · eng · Automotive · August 24, 2023
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