3D CAD software for product development

Autodesk Inventor, developed by U.S. based software company Autodesk, is a computer-aided design application for 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization, and documentation. With Inventor software, engineers can integrate 2D and 3D data into a single design environment, creating a virtual representation of the final product that enables them to validate the form, fit, and function of the product before it is ever built. Autodesk Inventor includes powerful parametric, direct edit and freeform modeling tools as well as multi-CAD translation capabilities and intheirndard DWG™ drawings. Inventor uses ShapeManager, Autodesk's proprietary geometric modeling kernel. Autodesk Inventor competes directly with SolidWorks, Solid Edge, and Creo.

System requirements

Operating System	Recommended: 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Minimum: 32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 (SP1)
CPU Type	Recommended: Intel® Xeon® E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.0 GHz or greater Minimum: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64, 3 GHz or faster or Intel® or AMD dual core 2 GHz or faster
Memory	Recommended: 12 GB RAM Minimum: 8 GB RAM for less than 500 part assemblies
Disk Space	Recommended: 250 GB free disk space or more Minimum: 100 GB free disk space
Display Resolution	1,280 x 1,024 or higher
Other	Adobe® Flash® Player 10 Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8 or higher Microsoft® Excel (fully installed desktop application) 2007, 2010, 2013 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs. Office Online is not supported for use with Autodesk Inventor. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 SP1