The plan here is to develop a series of interactive content modules, each focusing on an interface between parametric solid modeling and a related CAD/CAM/CAE area. As currently envisioned, each module would be the principal deliverable of a master's thesis. The Autodesk Manufacturing Division is providing support, both financial and technical, for this effort.

ANSYS Workbench (DesignSpace)

CAD/FEA Integration Best Practices               Example Model

Sample Video - Introduction

Sample Video - U Shape

Sample Video - Jack Stand

Joe Chabura is the author of this module. In order to demonstrate CAD/FEA integration best practices using ANSYS Design Simulation in conjunction with Autodesk Inventor, Joe created this standalone instructional software package. Macromedia Authorware was used to develop the program architecture. Techsmith's Camtasia video tutorials are used extensively; Photoshop was used to enhance the graphics.

TSCC codec

The Techsmith Screen Capture Codec must be installed on your computer in order to view any of the avi files linked on this we site.

Camtasia Player

Autodesk Inventor 10

Design Accelerator

Fernando Class-Morales, a graduate student in General Engineering at UIUC, is the author of this material. 

Inventor Studio

Neha Gidwani, a graduate student in Civil Engineering at UIUC, is the author of this material.

Rendering

Animation

Autodesk Inventor 9  

These tutorials address improvements added in Inventor 9. At this point only materials covering part modeling are available. Materials covering assembly, documentation and other topics are under construction.

Part Modeling

These tutorials address part modeling improvements introduced in AI9.

Assembly Modeling

Styles

Autodesk Inventor 8  

This material addresses new tools and techniques added with the release of Autodesk Inventor 8. The video tutorials have an audio voice over.

Autodesk Inventor 6-7 

These tutorials cover topics not addressed in my book, "Autodesk Inventor", as well as one new feature (the ability to trim surfaces), which was added in AI7

Autodesk Inventor    

This page contains links to video tutorials contained in my book, "Autodesk Inventor", published by McGraw-Hill. These tutorials essentially duplicate the text-based tutorials contained in the book. There is no audio.

Autodesk Inventor 5.3  

I made these tutorials for the students in my engineering graphics class at UIUC. They pre-date the book. They are made with Camtasia, and include an audio voice over.

AutoCAD 2005

Joe Chabura recently remade these tutorials using AutoCAD 2005. The original tutorials were done using AutoCAD 2002, and were published by Thompson Delmar Learning as "Learning to Use AutoCAD 2D & 3D" CD series. The focus here is on using AutoCAD to do solid modeling. 

Camtasia

I currently teach two courses at UIUC; Engineering Graphics and Design and Computer-Aided Design, Analysis, and Prototyping. These are the PowerPoint lecture slides that I have developed for each of these courses.

EG&D

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EG&D

These PowerPoint slide shows contain screen captures of the work of student design teams in my first year course. Most of the modeling is done using Inventor.

CADAP

In this upper division/graduate course, students use ANSYS DesignSpace, MSC Dynamic Designer, McNeel Rhinoceros and Flamingo, as well as Inventor. I have only taught this course twice, each time with about ten students.

New Transportation Building (under construction)