Technical What’s New
Autodesk Inventor 2011
Inventor Fusion Technology Interoperability
The Inventor Fusion Technology Preview is fully
interoperable with Autodesk Inventor 2011� The
integration of Inventor Fusion technology with Inventor
gives users two base modeling environments to
choose from� If Inventor Fusion technology is installed,
importing a base body automatically launches Fusion,
where the base solid can be edited in the Fusion
environment� Once the Fusion editing session is ended
and the Inventor environment is re-entered, the edited
model is redisplayed in the Inventor graphics window
showing any new or changed features�
The interoperability between Inventor 2011 and the
Inventor Fusion Technology Preview enables you
to convert the edits made in Fusion into Inventor
parametric features� The Inventor Fusion Change
Manager enables users to identify and manage any
changes made to an Inventor part or assembly with
Inventor Fusion Technology� As direct modeling and
flexible history-free changes are made in Inventor
Fusion Technology to your existing parametric
Autodesk Inventor Data, important information about
who, when, and why the change was made is recorded�
You can then return to Autodesk Inventor and manage
the changes� Individually review, accept, or deny each
change, maintaining complete control over your design�
Inventor Fusion technology also makes it easy to
exchange data with AutoCAD and other common 3D
CAD systems� You are able to open Inventor Fusion
technology designs in AutoCAD to easily create
drawings and assemblies of your digital prototypes�
Being able to utilize mixed data formats is one of the
many user-friendly and intuitive benefits of Autodesk’s
Inventor Fusion Technology�
Design Automation
Autodesk Inventor 2011 features rules-based design and
automation tools to accelerate design by automating
common tasks, enabling engineers to focus on design
intent rather than manually modeling geometry�
iLogic
Inventor iLogic technology is now fully integrated into
Inventor 2011� Inventor iLogic technology dramatically
simplifies rules-based design for any Inventor user—
even those with little or no programming experience�
iLogic technology allows designers and engineers
to capture and embed engineering and product
knowledge directly into virtual models�
The Inventor iLogic rules wizards enable you to easily
create “smart” parts and assemblies that define
multiple product configurations and automatically
update in realtime based on logical relationships
between design parameters� Whereas parametric
design allows the capturing of design intent, Inventor
iLogic allows one to capture design intelligence to
define assembly behaviors� iLogic lets users add
knowledge to existing designs with full support for
iParts and iAssemblies� Rules can be added to any
Inventor part or assembly model, transforming it into a
reusable knowledge asset�
With Inventor iLogic, rules are created graphically from
native Inventor parameters and embedded directly into
the Inventor data model� By making rules-based design
intuitive and accessible, iLogic technology can help all
Inventor users define complex product configurations,
increase engineering productivity, and optimize designs
to meet their required design goals�
