Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012

Autodesk Inventor Professional 3D CAD software can help you design, visualize, and simulate a more complete digital representation of your end product. It includes all of the core 3D mechanical design, CAD productivity, and design communication functionality of Autodesk Inventor plus extended capabilities for creating tooling for manufacturable plastic parts, complex routed systems design, and optimizing and validating the performance of a design digitally, minimizing the need to test the design with physical prototypes

Easy-to-use and tightly integrated motion simulation and stress analysis tools in Autodesk Inventor Professional can help you predict how the design will work under real-world conditions so you can get better products to market faster. Autodesk Inventor Professional also automates key aspects of the design of injection molds for plastic parts, complex tube and pipe runs, and electrical cable and harness designs to help you minimize errors and gain an edge over your competition.

Autodesk® Inventor® mechanical CAD software comes in different product configurations that offer specific levels of functionality to fit your design needs. No company is more focused than Autodesk on helping you create accurate digital prototypes and bring better products to market faster at less cost.

	Autodesk Inventor LT 2012	Autodesk Inventor 2012	Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012
Native DWG Compatibility	*	*	*
BIM Interoperability	*	*	*
Inventor Fusion Compatibility		*	*
In-Product Data Management		*	*
Digital Prototyping	*	*	*
3D Mechanical Design	*	*	*
Direct Manipulation	*	*	*
Visualization Tools	*	*	*
Native Translators		*	*
Large Assembly Design		*	*
Eco Materials Adviser		*	*
Automatic Bill of Materials		*	*
Includes More Than 1 Million Standard Parts		*	*
3D Design Automation Tools		*	*
Rules-based Design		*	*
Sheet Metal Design	*	*	*
Plastic Part Design		*	*
Complete Plastic Mold Design			*
Tube & Pipe Design			*
Cable & Harness Design			*
Dynamic Simulation			*
Finite Element Analysis			*

         

System Requirements:

Whether your Windows operating system is the 32-bit or the 64-bit version, the version is automatically detected during installation. The appropriate version of Autodesk Inventor is installed. A 64-bit version of Autodesk Inventor cannot be installed on a 32-bit system and vice-versa.

Note: Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 is required to successfully install Autodesk Inventor.

For General Part and Assembly Design (Typically Fewer than 1,000 Parts):

- Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise edition, or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition (SP2), or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (1,2)

NOTE: Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138 is required for installation on Vista operating systems. Please refer to http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS16323149 for complete information and access to Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138
- Intel® Pentium® 4, 2 GHz or faster, Intel® Xeon®, Intel® Core™, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™ processor, or later (3)
- 2 GB RAM or more (4)
- Microsoft® Direct3D 10® or Direct3D 9® capable graphics card (5)
- DVD-ROM drive (6)
- Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
- 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
- Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
- Adobe Flash Player 10 (7)
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 8
- Microsoft® Excel 2003 through 2010 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
- Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts):

- Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2), or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2) 

NOTE: Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138 is required for installation on Vista operating systems. Please refer to http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS16323149 for complete information and access to Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138. 
- AMD64 or Intel® 64 processor
- 8 GB RAM or more
- CAD workstation-class graphics card
- Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0