Mastering Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Inventor LT 2011

Not for Beginners. Assumes a knowledge of solids modeling. Detailed tutorials - some are very hard to follow.Could use many more illustrations as an aid to locating commands and menus.Authors are very competent. Tutorials work if you follow very closely the many numbered steps.Some later chapters have few or no tutorials, only lists of steps which is not very useful.Using as college textbook in advanced CAD class with students who have had previous CAD experience.10 out of 14 are making progress. Several have trouble with the tutorial format and instruction.Teacher and students have learned a lot. Good reference when you have to go back to review commands.

I have received the previous two books in this series as part of few modeling classes prior to purchasing this one from Amazon. The Mastering Autodesk Inventor series of books is by far the best ever written.Having had the pleasure of taking a few classes in advanced modeling that main author Curtis Waguespack has taught. I know Im going to get the very best information possible. I continue to learn new little tricks and different ways of doing things every day. This series of books along with my machineries Handbook are always within reach.This book would be the extremely helpful to everyone from beginner to advanced power users.

And an excellent reference.

Very good learning tool. I already know AutoCAD but I did not know how to use the 3D Inventor. Good step by step lessons.

Everything it it was outdated when it was written. Don't bother.

The book is fine for Autodesk Inventor, but not for Inventor LT. Inventor LT has so much stripped out of it as compared to the full version that this book is confusing if all you want to do is learn LT.

I used SolidWorks for several years, and switched to Inventor due to a job change a while back. For the most part I was able to make the switch and find my way around, but decided that I'd get a couple of Inventor reference books to help out.I'm pleasantly surprised with the amount of useful information in this book. I thought I'd pick up a couple of things here and there, but it seems that I learn a new method or tip on each topic. I've even gone back and done some of the more basic beginner tutorials and have picked up some tricks from those. One thing I find interesting about the style of this book is that there are often several tools demonstrated in a single tutorial. For instance I just finished a loft tutorial that covered a number of surfacing tools as well.There is a lot of information in this book, and I haven't gotten to it all, but I feel very good about having this on my desk when I need it. I think this one has something for everyone from new users to seasoned pros. Glad I bought it.

This book is a MUST HAVE for all technicians and engineers working with AutoCad Inventor. The book is well organized. I find the strageties for managing parts and assemblies are well presented in the text. Every tool that I have had questions about, are easily found, and cross-referenced under several topics.This book has it all. From design conception, implementation, and final release of drawings to part fabrication is all covered. No matter what stage your organization is utilizing Inventor, this book has the information to get your projects from design to the shop floor, faster and more accurate.