Learn how to quickly create bullet proof models in the shortest time possible. This course shows you tips and techniques that will assure that your models are structurally sound.

Beginner and advanced users should start with this course because it provides founding concepts for advanced operations and procedures discussed in later courses.

Solid Modeling has over 5.5 hours of instruction. Watch sample lessons from the lesson list below.

You can also browse through the lessons from the following Inventor 9 courses and watch sample lessons from each course.

Inventor 9: Solid Modeling
Inventor 9: Assemblies and Advanced Concepts
Inventor 9: 2D Drafting and Customization
Inventor 9: Sheet Metal Design

Solid Modeling Lessons
(Click highlighted lessons to watch them.)
Introduction
About Getting Started
The What To Do Window
Create a Project
Overview of the User Interface
Create a Sketch
Extruding a Profile
Editing Profiles
Sketches vs Profiles
Constraining Profiles
Creating Profiles From Solids
Default Work Planes
Revolve a Feature
Trick for Constraining Sketches
Constraining the Axis of Revolution
Projecting Geometry
Creating Work Planes
Extruding to a Plane
Sharing Sketches
Construction Lines
Centerlines
Mirroring Features
Circular Feature Array
Rectangular Feature Array
Application Options
Creating Holes
Placing Holes
Creating Hole Patterns Part I
Creating Hole Patterns Part II
Threaded Holes
Clearance Holes
Fundamentals of the Shell Command
3D Construction Stage I
3D Construction Stage II
3D Construction Stage III
Ribs
Draft
Solving Update Failures
Lofts
Loft Conditions
Loft Transition and Point Mapping
Lofts with Rails
Sweep
Coils and Springs
Parameters
Linking Excel Spreadsheets
Threads
Conclusion