Description:
Learn the fundamental principles of 3D parametric part design, assembly design, and creating production-ready part and assembly drawings using Autodesk® Inventor®. Hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios are included.

Course Objective:
The primary objective is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the principal 3D design, validation, and documentation processes necessary for developing products using Autodesk Inventor.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Capture design intent by using the proper techniques and recommended workflows for creating intelligent 3D parametric parts.
- Create, place, and constrain custom and standard components in an assembly.
- Simulate mechanisms, animate assembly designs, and check for interferences.
- Document designs using base, projected, section, detail, and isometric drawing views.
- Document assemblies using standard and exploded drawing views.
- Follow drafting standards while dimensioning and annotating drawing views with automated balloons and parts lists.

Course Outline:
- Basic Sketching Techniques
- Basic Shape Design
- Detailed Shape Design
- Assembly Design Overview
- Placing, Creating, and Constraining Components
- Interacting with an Assembly
- Basic View Creation
- Dimensions, Annotations, and Tables
- Annotating Assembly Drawings
- Drawing Standards and Resources

Prerequisites:
- No previous CAD experience necessary.
- Knowledge of drafting, design, or mechanical engineering principles and Windows OS

Description:
Students learn how to build intelligent ladder diagrams and panel layouts, and how to leverage their intelligence. The courseware provides an overview of many AutoCAD® Electrical utilities designed to enable users to quickly build and manage electrical-controls drawings. All exercises and datasets through hands-on exercises are based on the JIC (US) standard.

Course Objective:
The primary objective of this courseware is to teach students the basic commands necessary for creating professional electrical controls drawings with AutoCAD Electrical software.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Navigate the AutoCAD Electrical user interface.
- Use the fundamental features of AutoCAD Electrical.
- Build intelligent ladder diagrams and panel layouts.
- Create, view, and edit the project settings and properties.
- Extract data from drawings into reports formatted to match users’ standards.
- Insert and edit parametric PLC modules, nonparametric PLC modules, and stand-alone PLC I/O points.

Course Outline:
- Basic Workflow
- Project Basics
- Schematic Wiring
- Schematic Components
- Schematic Editing
- Schematic Reports
- Panel Layouts
- Settings and Configurations
- Custom Components-Custom Data
- Automation Tools-PLC Modules
- Advanced Tools

Prerequisites:
Students should have a working knowledge of the following:
- A recent version of AutoCAD
- Electrical drafting, design, or engineering principles
- Windows OS

Description:
MESA opens its technical resources to our support and subscription customers. These customers can bring their Electrical issues to our office for one-on-one assistance. Registration for this session is required.

Course Objective:
N/A

Course Outline:
N/A

Prerequisites:
- AutoCAD Electrical
- Customers must be on either a support or subscription agreement

Description:
This instructor led 1/2 day exercise is intended for anyone who wishes to evaluate Autodesk Inventor’s functionality by using the software.

Course Objective:
To give a prospective user an idea of how Autodesk Inventor operates.

Course Outline:
-Part Creation
-Assembly Creation
-Drawing Creation

Prerequisites:
None

Description:
Users learn the fundamental principles of sheet metal design using Autodesk® Inventor®. The class focuses on basic sheet metal concepts and techniques, and builds on them to include complex modeling practices for forming sheet metal parts, assemblies, and drawings. Hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios are included.

Course Objective:
The primary objective of this course is to teach students the skills needed to create and document sheet metal parts.

Course Outline:
- The Sheet Metal Environment
- Sheet Metal Operations
- Sheet Metal Design Techniques
- Using Flat Patterns
- Documenting Sheet Metal Designs

Prerequisites:
- Autodesk Inventor Essentials Course

Description:
Learn the fundamental principles and recommended workflows for creating and documenting rigid tubing, flexible hose, and piping systems using Autodesk® Inventor® software. Hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios are included.

Course Objective:
The primary objective is to teach users the recommended workflows and basic skills needed to design and document rigid tubing, flexible hose, and piping systems using Autodesk Inventor.

Course Outline:
- Intro to Tube and Pipe 
- Setup for Routes and Runs 
- Routes and Runs 
- Fittings and Components 
- Documenting Tube and Pipe Assemblies

Prerequisites:
- Autodesk Inventor Essentials course

Students should have a working knowledge of the following:
- Parametric part and assembly design using Autodesk Inventor 
- Mechanical design validation or mechanical engineering principles 
- Windows OS

Description:
Inventor users will prepare to take the Inventor Associate Certification Exam in this course. It will include a practice exam, and a review of topics covered on the Inventor Associate Certification Exam. The topics included are:

- Advanced Modeling
- Creating and constraining sketch blocks
- Using iLogic
- Embossing text and a profile
- Assembly Modeling
- Applying and using assembly constraints
- Creating a level of detail
- Describing and using Shrinkwrap
- Modifying a bill of materials
- Finding minimum distance between parts and components
- Drawing
- Creating and editing dimensions in a drawing
- Editing a section view
- Modifying a parts list
- Editing a base and projected views
- Part Modeling
- Creating a pattern of features
- Creating a shell feature
- Creating extrude features
- Creating fillet features
- Creating hole features
- Creating revolve features
- Creating work features
- Using the Project Geometry and Project Cut Edges commands
- Presentation Files
- Animating a presentation file
- Sheet Metal
- Annotating a sheet metal part in a drawing
- Creating and editing a sheet metal flat pattern
- Describing sheet metal features
- Sketching
- Creating dynamic input dimensions
- Using sketch constraints

Description:
MESA opens its technical resources to our support and subscription customers. These customers can bring their Inventor issues to our office for one-on-one assistance. Registration for this session is required.

Course Objective:
N/A

Course Outline:
N/A

Prerequisites:
- Customers must be on either a support or subscription agreement

Description:
Learn the fundamental principles and recommended workflows for analyzing designs and creating dynamic simulations of mechanisms using Autodesk® Inventor®. Users learn how to validate digital prototypes by simulating the operation of mechanisms and motorized assemblies. They also learn how to analyze parts and assemblies, perform parametric design studies, and use model analysis. Hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios are included.

Course Objective:
The primary objective is to introduce students to the user interface, tools, and recommended workflows in the Autodesk Inventor Dynamic Simulation and Stress Analysis environments.

Course Outline:
- Introduction to Engineering Analysis
- Dynamic Simulation 
- Stress Analysis 
- Engineering Problems and Solutions

Prerequisites:
- Autodesk Inventor Essentials Course

Students should have a working knowledge of the following: 
- Complex assembly design using Autodesk Inventor 
- Mechanical engineering or engineering analysis principles 
- Windows OS

Description:
Learn the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings with AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT®. Using hands-on exercises, users explore how to create 2D production, and learn the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings with AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT®.

Course Objective:
The primary objective is to teach students the basic commands necessary for professional 2D drawing, design, and drafting using AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Navigate the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT user interfaces.
- Use the fundamental features of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.
- Use the precision drafting tools in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT to develop accurate technical drawings.
- Present drawings in a detailed and visually impressive way.

Course Outline:
- Creating Basic Drawings
- Manipulating Objects
- Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
- Altering Objects
- Working with Layouts
- Annotating the Drawing
- Dimensioning
- Hatching Object
- Working with Reusable Content
- Creating Additional Drawing Objects
- Plotting Your Drawings
- Creating Drawing Templates

Prerequisites:
Students should have a working knowledge of the following:
- Drafting, design, or engineering principles
- Windows OS

Description:
Learn the basics of AutoCAD Electrical for the creation of electrical controls drawings. This half day, instructor-led course is intended to help prospective users of AutoCAD Electrical evaluate the product before purchasing the software.

Course Objective:
N/A

Course Outline:
N/A

Prerequisites:
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD 2000 - 2007

Description:
The rebuilt AutoCAD® interface includes the ribbon, macro recorder, improved 3D navigation, and other productivity improvements. AutoCAD® builds on this success with new 2D and 3D design features that every AutoCAD user has dreamed about.  

Using hands-on exercises, learn how to use the new parametric constraints to add tremendous design intelligence to 2D geometry and to build extremely powerful dynamic blocks using the same constraint technology. Learn free-form design concepts and how to use the 3D mesh modeling tools to create and document organic designs as well as how to apply the many productivity-improving features such as PDF Underlay, 3D Printing, viewport rotation, and others.

Course Objective:
Bring AutoCAD users up to date with the new AutoCAD enhancements.

Course Outline:
- 2D Parametric Design
- 2D Constraint-Based Dynamic Blocks
- Free-Form 3D Design
- Additional Enhancements

Prerequisites:
Students should have a working knowledge of the following:
- A recent version of AutoCAD. 
- Windows OS

Description:
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical, Part 1 will introduce students to the static stress, heat transfer, and linear dynamics analyses capabilities that are available in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical. Students will become familiar with meshing, loads, and constraints for static stress, heat transfer, and linear dynamics analyses.

Course Objective:
Students will learn how to setup and run static stress, heat transfer, and linear dynamics analyses. In addition, proper techniques for meshing, creating loads, and creating constraints for their models will be taught.  

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Setup and run static stress, heat transfer, and linear dynamics analysis in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
- Mesh, create loads, and constrain models for an analysis
- Interpret and evaluate the results of this analysis
- Create custom presentation and reports of their results

Course Outline:
- Introduction to Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
- Static Stress Analysis Using CAD Solid Models
- Results Evaluation and Presentation
- Midplane Meshing and Plate Elements
- Linear Dynamics
- Steady-State and Transient Heat Transfer
- Thermal Stress

Prerequisites:
- Autodesk Inventor Essentials Course

Students should have a working knowledge of the following: 
- Complex assembly design using Autodesk Inventor 
- Mechanical engineering or engineering analysis principles 
- Windows OS

Description:
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical, Part 2 will introduce students to the large scale motion, large deformation, large strain with contact, and non-linear material analyses capabilities that are available in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical.

Course Objective:
This course will show students how to setup and run analyses on models regarding large scale motion, large deformation, large strain with contact, and non-linear material. Students will learn proper techniques for meshing, creating loads, and creating constraints to their model.  

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Setup and run large scale motion, large deformation, large strain with contact, and non-linear material analysis in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
- Mesh, create loads, and constrain models for an analysis
- Interpret and evaluate the results of this analysis
- Create custom presentation and reports of their results

Course Outline:
- Using MES
- Setting up Events and Prescribing Motions
- Contact and Impact
- Material Models
- Geometric Nonlinearities
- Multiphysics and Results-Based Loading
- Planar Elements

Prerequisites:
- Autodesk Simulation Mechanical, Part 1 Course

Students should have a working knowledge of the following:
- Complex assembly design using Autodesk Inventor 
- Mechanical engineering or engineering analysis principles 
- Windows OS

Description:
Inventor Advanced Assembly Modeling builds on the knowledge that students gained in an Inventor Essentials course. This course will cover different tools and strategies for top-down design for assembly creation. The course will utilize hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios to convey the topics.

Course Objective:
The primary objective of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of Top-Down Design techniques. With Top-Down Designs, users begin planning from a top level assembly to create clean reusable geometry that interacts as expected with the rest of the assembly.  

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Derive assemblies and parts
- Create Multi-body parts
- Utilize Layouts in the design process
- Create iMates and iAssemblies
- Use iLogic to automate segments of the design process
- Use Design Accelerators, such as Frame Generator
- Create Weldments

Course Outline:
- Applying motion to existing assembly constraints using Drive Constraints, Motion, and Transitional Constraints
- Introduction of the Top-Down Design technique
- Inventor tools for Top-Down Design, including associative links, adaptive parts, multi-body design, layout design, derived components, and skeleton models
- Creating Positional Representations of an assembly
- Creating Level of Detail Representations including Substitute Level of Detail Representations
- Using Design Accelerator
- Creating rendered realistic images and animations using Inventor Studio and Video Producer
- Using iMates, iAssemblies, and iLogic
- Using the Frame Generator to create members in a structural frame work
- Using pattern, mirror, and copy techniques
- Working with Weldments
- Link system parameters and custom parameters to an external spreadsheet file. Custom formatting and creating expressions within a parameter

Prerequisites:
- Inventor Essentials, OR 1 year of using Inventor on a regular basis.
- Inventor Advanced Part Modeling is recommended, but not required.

Description:
Inventor Advanced Part Modeling builds on the knowledge that students gained in the Inventor Essentials course. This course will cover different tools and strategies for part creation. The course will utilize hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios to convey the topics.

Course Objective:
The primary objective is to provide students with a thorough understanding of intermediate and advanced part modeling techniques.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Create multi-body parts
- Create and edit iParts
- Create, edit, and place iFeatures
- Use iLogic in part design
- Create area loft, coil, emboss, and decal features
- Create and edit surfaces

Course Outline:
- Advanced model appearance options
- Multi-body part modeling
- 2D and 3D sketching techniques
- Advanced geometry creation tools (work features, area lofts, sweeps, and coils)
- Part creation using iLogic
- Analysis tools
- Creating and editing basic surfaces
- Importing surfaces and surface repair tools
- Using iFeatures and iParts to work efficiently with part models
- Advanced Drawing tools (tables for iParts, surfaces in drawing views, and custom sketched symbols)
- Importing and exporting data
- Emboss and Decal features
- Adding notes with the Engineer’s Notebook

Prerequisites:
- Inventor Essentials, OR 6 months of using Inventor on a regular basis.
- Students should know how to create and edit parts, use work features, and create and annotate drawing views.

Description:
Inventor Cable and Wire Harness is geared toward teaching the fundamental principles and recommended workflows for creating and documenting cable and wire harness assemblies using Autodesk® Inventor® software. Hands-on exercises representing real-world, industry-specific design scenarios are included.

Course Objective:
The primary objective is to teach users tools built into the Cable and Harness Environment in Inventor Professional. These tools will allow the student to include cable and wire harnesses in their digital prototypes. Thus, enabling them to get accurate wire measurements, find the most appropriate wire paths, and ensure that their electrical components will fit into the mechanical assembly before any prototypes are built. 

After completing this course students will be able to:
- Describe the functionality of Cable and Harness and the basic workflow to add and document cable and harness designs
- Wire a harness assembly by adding or importing wires and cables, adding ribbon cables, adding route segments, and routing wires and cables through the segments
- Refine a cable and harness design by editing the wires, cables, routes, or cable ribbons; by adding and editing splices; or by adding and editing virtual parts
- Communicate your cable and harness to others by creating and annotating 2D drawings and exporting the design data
- Create and manage the library file and configuration files
- Create, author, and publish electrical parts and connectors to a custom Content Center library

Course Outline:
- Introduction to the Cable and Harness Environment
- Creating Cable and Harness Designs
- Adding and Routing Wires and Cables
- Importing Wire and Cable Data
- Editing a Cable and Harness Design
- Documenting a Cable and Harness Design
- Create, Author, and Publish Electrical Content

Prerequisites:
- Autodesk Inventor Essentials Course

Students should have a working knowledge of the following:
- Parametric part and assembly design using Autodesk Inventor
- Mechanical design validation or mechanical engineering principles
- Windows OS

Description:
A 1-day course that covers the iLogic functionality built into Inventor. It will cover the
creation and running of iLogic Rules, different types of Parameters, passing parameters
between files, and how to build a custom dialog box.

Course Outline:
- iLogic Interface
- Rule Creation
- Internal Rules
- External Rules
- Parameter types
- Passing Parameters between files
- Customized Dialog Boxes

Course Objective:
This course will give students the building blocks necessary to build iLogic rules to
automate segments of their design process.

Prerequisites:
- Working knowledge of Inventor Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings

Description:
This course introduces tools within Inventor to improve the performance of large models. It explores what impacts performance of large models, and students will learn how to use the tools to improve the performance of those models. This course will cover topics such as: Levels of Detail, Levels of Detail Substitution, Phantom Assemblies, and documenting these models.

Course Objective:
This course is designed to help users understand what factors adversely affect Inventor performance when working with large assembly models and how to use tools designed to improve performance.

After completing this course students will be able to see an improvement in performance when working on large assembly models by using tools such as:
- Creating Levels of Detail Substitutes
- Activating those Substitutes in the main assembly
- Editing and Updating existing substitutes
- Documenting these large models (create drawings)
- Linking Levels of Detail to Levels of Detail in the main assembly
- Using Phantom Assemblies to make the assembly process easier
- Using Assembly Folders to better organize the model browser

Course Outline:
- Inventor Settings to Increase Performance and Capacity
- Level of Detail
- Level of Detail Substitutes
- Update and Editing of Substitutes
- View and Positional Representations with Levels of Detail
- Linking Levels of Detail
- Phantom Assemblies
- Assembly Folders

Prerequisites:
- Working knowledge of Inventor Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings.

Who should attend: 
Inventor users who want to improve the performance of their assemblies that contain 1,000 or more parts.

Description:
Inventor users will prepare for taking the Inventor Professional Certification Exam. The class will include a practice exam, and review of topics covered on the Inventor Professional Certification Exam. The topics included are:

- Advanced Modeling
- Creating a 3D path using the Intersection Curve and the Project to Surface commands
- Creating a loft feature
- Creating a multi-body part
- Creating a part using surfaces
- Creating a sweep feature
- Creating an iPart
- Assembly Modeling
- Appling and using assembly constraints
- Creating a level of detail
- Creating a part in the context of an assembly
- Creating a positional representation
- Creating components using the Design Accelerator commands
- Using the frame generator command
- Drawing
- Editing a section view
- Modifying a style in a drawing
- Editing a hole table
- Part Modeling
- Creating extrude features
- Creating hole features
- Sheet Metal
- Creating flanges
- Weldments
- Creating a weldment

Description:
Vault Essentials is designed to give users the essential skills they need to use Base Vault with Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, and other Autodesk software. 

Course Objective:
Students will receive and overview of Vault and instruction in what Vault does during certain functions, such as Checking Out a file. Students will gain an understanding of how tacks and maintains versions of Vaulted files.

After class students will be able to:
- Use Vault with Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, and other Autodesk products
- Use Vault with Microsoft Office
- Use Vault to manage any file of any type
- Move and rename files within the Vault
- Use the Copy Design function inside the Vault
- Search the Vault using the Basic Search, Advanced Search, and Saved Search features
- Revert to a previous version of a file

Course Outline:
- Vault Interface overview
- Using Vault with Inventor
- Using Vault with AutoCAD Mechanical
- Using Vault with Microsoft Office
- Using Vault with other file types
- Moving and renaming files
- Copy Design
- Searching the Vault
- Reverting to previous versions of files

Prerequisites:
- Students should have working knowledge of Inventor and/or AutoCAD
- Windows OS