INVENTOR

Professional-grade 3D CAD software for product design and engineering

Work with a complete set of design and engineering tools

Inventor® CAD software provides professional-grade 3D mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation tools. Work efficiently with a powerful blend of parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design capabilities

Share timely feedback with built-in collaboration tools

  • Work with anyone, anywhere no matter what CAD software they use.
  • Use cloud-based design reviews to collect feedback from key stakeholders wherever they are.
  • Follow the entire product development lifecycle with one data model.

Satisfy demands for custom products and automated processes

  • Design efficiently using specialized tools for sheet metal, frame design, and tube and pipe.
  • Enable design, documentation, and process automation powered by iLogic.
  • Access Inventor API to create your own add-ins.
  • Go further by investigating Forge Design Automation API for running your job processes in the cloud.

System Requirements For Autodesk Inventor

Operating System 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU

Recommended:
3.0 GHz or greater, 4 or more cores

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 Installer plus full installation: 40 GB
Graphics

Recommended:
4 GB GPU with 106 GB/S Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

Minimum:
1 GB GPU with 29 GB/S Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

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® Desktop App, Autodesk® collaboration functionality, web downloads, and licensing.

Network license manager supports Windows Server® 2016, Windows Server 2019 and the Windows 10 desktop versions listed above.
Spreadsheet
Full local install of Microsoft® Excel 2016 or later for workflows that create and edit spreadsheets. Inventor workflows that read or export spreadsheet data do not require Microsoft® Excel. 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.
Browser Google Chrome™ or equivalent
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 or later. Windows Updates enabled for installation.