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Autodesk® Inventor™ software is the best choice for AutoCAD® software users who want to add the power of 3D to their design process. It provides a comprehensive and integrated set of design tools for 3D design and documentation, creating routed systems and validating designs. Inventor also includes data management software and AutoCAD® Mechanical for 2D drawing and detailing.

 Autodesk is the largest and most trusted supplier of engineering software, providing companies with innovative 2D and 3D applications developed to simplify the design-to-manufacturing process. No company is more focused on helping manufacturers innovate and bring products to market faster at less cost.

 With true DWG™ interoperability, Inventor is the best choice for AutoCAD users because it provides the shortest and most secure path to realize the full potential of 3D productivity while protecting investments in 2D designs and AutoCAD expertise. No other product makes it faster or easier to go from concept to production with the power of integrated 2D and 3D design solutions.

 Market Leadership:

• Autodesk Inventor is the world's best-selling 3D mechanical design software and has out-sold its closet competitor for the sixth consecutive year.
• Thought Leadership: Autodesk Inventor continues to lead the industry with innovative approaches to 3D mechanical design that accelerate and simplify the concept-to -manufacturing process. With a workflow driven by Functional Design, Inventor turns the design process into your competitive advantage by producing advanced 3D digital prototypes that allow you to interactively test, simulate, and share designs in a multidisciplinary engineering environment before they reach production.
• Technical Leadership: Functional design redefines traditional CAD workflow by integrating engineering-driven design with simulation and visualization that allow engineers to build complete and accurate 3D digital prototypes to fully validate designs before they reach manufacturing. Only Autodesk Inventor lets engineers focus on the functional requirements of a design to drive the creation of 3D models.
   

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