Autodesk AutoCAD Inventor LT Suite 2012, ITA 596D11654114001 User Manual

Realize the benefits of 3D design while continuing 
to rely on the 2D designs and expertise you have 
built up over time. Autodesk has more experience 
with the needs of AutoCAD

®

 users than any other 

company, and we built Inventor LT with those needs 
in mind. Maintain your current 2D productivity 
by using AutoCAD LT when you prefer. Inventor 
LT also offers the industry’s most seamless DWG 
interoperability, so you can work easily with existing 
2D designs within a 3D environment. 

In today’s competitive global marketplace, 3D is 
not a luxury for manufacturers. It’s a necessity. Yet 
your current needs may not warrant a full Digital 
Prototyping workflow. Inventor LT offers DWG 
interoperability, affordability, and 3D capabilities. 
So you can use it to get your job done today and be 
ready for tomorrow—knowing that your Inventor LT 
designs will be fully compatible with the Autodesk 
Inventor family of software.  

It’s not just companies that need to compete. 
Individual designers and engineers do too. With 
3D design becoming the standard, you need to 
keep your skills up to date. The 3D design skills you 
learn using Inventor LT are directly transferable to 
Autodesk Inventor, the top-selling 3D mechanical 
design software and the foundation of the 
Autodesk® solution for Digital Prototyping. 

The ability to quickly and 

accurately manipulate 

part models with Inventor 

LT allows me get more 

done. I can take customer-

provided 3D models and 

design around them or 

reverse engineer parts to 

create the desired tooling 

quickly. And modeling 

in 3D makes it easier to 

visualize the part being 

designed, so costly errors 

can be avoided.

—Brian Aldren
Associate Manufacturing Engineer
Electronic Systems