Inventor is a typical mechanical engineering parametric software package. So we tend to repeat the mistakes and the successes (typically linked to a specific individual or two) are closely guarded secrets which tend to stagnate the industry as no new ideas are introduced. I find that the only cross-pollination of ideas in our local industry happens when people move from one company to the next, and even not always then. These workflows might not work for everyone, or for every drawing office, or every discipline but it works for me and my modelling / design philosophy. So I have developed some workflows to achieve some of these goals. I have tried, tested, rejected, accepted and studied quite a number of option in the attempt to do work faster, more efficiently, more accurately and within budget. Lately I have been getting more involved and interested in developing, testing and auditing workflows in a typical South Africa drawing office, specifically when operating in the mining and process industry. In 2006 I was introduced to Inventor® and immediately took to using it, to the extend that I regard myself as having an above average capability using the software to do my job. Used to regard myself as a piping designer, but lately found that I have been more exposed to mechanical and structural than piping modelling and draughting.Ĭutting my CAD teeth on AutoCAD® in the early 1990's on version 2.3, upgrading to version 9 and then version 2000. I have been working in the mining and minerals process industry and since 2012 mainly in the bulk materials handling discipline. A lot has been said about Inventor® - its weaknesses and strengths, it has its die-hard fans and its critics who swear by anything else.
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