Autodesk Inventor Fusion plug-in for AutoCAD 2013

Autodesk Inventor Fusion plug-in for AutoCAD 2013 is an add-on that brings intuitive direct 3D modeling to your DWG-based workflow. It enables you to send solids from AutoCAD to Inventor Fusion for fast, history-free edits—such as push-pull face changes, fillets, chamfers, and shells—and then return the updated geometry to AutoCAD 2013, keeping your design in the DWG format. The plug-in streamlines conceptual modeling, quick design iterations, and the cleanup of imported vendor models without requiring a full parametric feature tree.

Key capabilities:

• Seamless round-trip editing between AutoCAD 2013 and Inventor Fusion via an integrated command and ribbon tools
• Direct modeling operations for rapid shape changes, including move, rotate, scale, extrude, and offset
• Feature recognition to simplify edits on imported geometry (for example, holes and fillets)
• Improved interoperability through support for common neutral CAD formats when used with Inventor Fusion (such as STEP, IGES, and SAT)
• DWG-centric workflow that lets you incorporate 3D edits while maintaining familiar AutoCAD standards and documentation

Designed for AutoCAD 2013 users who want modern, flexible 3D editing without leaving AutoCAD, the Autodesk Inventor Fusion plug-in reduces rework and shortens iteration cycles, helping you progress from concept to deliverable more efficiently.

Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an application that allows you to do direct manipulation to a 3D model. The modeling capability basically are used widely in manufacturing industry. Now we have it in AutoCAD box to do direct modeling. It is actually quite simple to use. Not like ‘SketchUp simple’, but this is more ‘engineering modeling simple’.