Autodesk Inventor hits number-one slot yet again

Autodesk is announcing that the Autodesk Inventor Series continues its reign as the world's best selling 3D mechanical design software for a third year.

Autodesk is announcing that the Autodesk Inventor Series continues its reign as the world's best selling 3D mechanical design software.

In the last year, the company sold more seats of its Autodesk Inventor Series software than its closest competitor, SolidWorks, cementing Autodesk's market leadership position in 3D design for a third year.

"The 3D mechanical CAD market will continue to steadily grow over the next five years, as companies look for ways to design products more efficiently and cost effectively," said Gisela Wilson, director of product lifecycle management at market research firm IDC.

"Autodesk Inventor Series enables customers to migrate from 2D to 3D systems at their own pace, which is particularly important to the small and medium business (SMB) market.

"Undoubtedly, Autodesk will play an important role in driving adoption of 3D mechanical design software over the next few years".

Customers consistently praise Autodesk Inventor Series as being the most complete 3D mechanical design software.

The product's integrated 2D and 3D design and built-in data management capabilities help manufacturers design better-quality products and bring them to market faster.

"Because Autodesk Inventor Series offers the only 2D and 3D design and documentation package, it provides a flexible and risk-free path to 3D.

"In addition, its integrated data management capabilities help synchronise design efforts across multiple teams while reducing errors and time spent searching for data, which are important benefits for our customers," said Robert Kross, vice president of the manufacturing solutions division at Autodesk.

Customer response to the Autodesk Inventor series has been overwhelmingly positive, with higher performance and ease of use cited as its latest advantages, allowing engineers to create designs faster.

"We were able to create the front, top and section views of an assembly 94 per cent faster with Autodesk Inventor Series 8," said Michael Quinn, data manager at Dew Engineering and Development Ltd, a defence and aerospace engineering firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

"In our competitive market, this makes the difference between winning and losing an important project bid".

"The drawing performance increase of Autodesk Inventor Series is outstanding.

"With the ability to open the intended 3D model from a drawing, operating efficiency will definitely increase," said Mr Tatsuaki Uratani, president of Uratani Engineering and author of "How to Use Inventor Passed on by the Professional," published by Softbank.

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