Autodesk® Inventor Autodesk® Inventor®

Customization and AutomationUsing the Inventor API (application programming interface),you can streamline frequently used procedures and automatespecialized workflows that support design standards andengineering processes.Increase speed andproductivity withconfigurable styles sodrawing conform tostandards, and publishcustom componentsin the Content Centerto make sure designersuse the appropriatecomponents in theirdesigns.Content Center Publishing ToolsQuickly prepare and publish intelligent part librariesfor internal use and parts catalogs. Publishing toolsinclude a Microsoft ® Excel editing environment andbatch processing for large data sets.Task SchedulerIncrease productivity by automating repetitive andnonproductive tasks. The Inventor Task Schedulerallows you to schedule single or multiple (batch)automated tasks, including DWF publishing, printing,file migration, IGES and STEP transfers, andAutodesk ® Vault operations. You can also check outand download files from the Vault.Open APIIncrease productivity by developing tools to automateyour company’s design and documentationprocesses. Inventor software includes a welldocumentedAPI to create customized programsthat automate specialized workflows and extend theInventor data model with custom attributes.StylesWork faster by quickly changing the formattingof an entire document, without sacrificing alignmentto company standards. Styles are combinationsof formatting characteristics such as font, font size,color, standards, linetype, and material. Name yourpreferred styles and store them as templates thatcan control all aspects of drawing formats. Whenyou apply a style, all the formatting instructions inthat style are applied at one time, and you can configurea set of common styles for use by an entireproject team.25