Autodesk Inventor Product Comparisons – Inventor vs. Inventor Professional
Engineering design productivity | Professional | |
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Digital Prototyping | ✓ | ✓ |
Easy-to-use 3D mechanical design | ✓ | ✓ |
Large assembly design | ✓ | ✓ |
Sheet metal design | ✓ | ✓ |
Rules-based design/automation | ✓ | ✓ |
Catalog/purchased/standard part library | ✓ | ✓ |
Frame and weldment design | ✓ | ✓ |
Plastic parts design✓ | ✓ | |
Mold and tool and die | ✓ | |
Electrical systems design/tube & pipe runs | ✓ |
CAD file conversion & compatibility | Professional | |
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Review/mark up DWG, DWF & PDF files | ✓ | ✓ |
Mobile and online sharing of 3D designs | ✓ | ✓ |
BIM interoperability | ✓ | ✓ |
Native translators | ✓ | ✓ |
Subscription | Professional | |
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Upgrades | ✓ | ✓ |
Flexible license rights | ✓ | ✓ |
Technical support | ✓ | ✓ |
Visualization | Professional | |
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Real-time design visualization | ✓ | ✓ |
Simulation and design validation | Professional | |
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Validate performance with simulation & FEA | ✓ | |
Point cloud tools | ✓ | ✓ |
Select material by environmental/cost impact | ✓ | ✓ |
Assembly collision & interference detection | ✓ | ✓ |
Check for manufacturability | ✓ | ✓ |
Draft analysis | ✓ | ✓ |
CAD rendering & design documentation | Professional | |
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Professional drafting & documentation tools | ✓ | ✓ |
Native support for DWG files | ✓ | ✓ |
Automatic drawing view creation | ✓ | ✓ |
BOM generation | ✓ | ✓ |
International standards support | ✓ | ✓ |
Data management | Professional | |
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In-product data management | ✓ | ✓ |
Configurable data security | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiple user/concurrent design | ✓ | ✓ |
Automated design organization | ✓ | ✓ |
Easy administration | ✓ | ✓ |