Inventor ACU study plan

Map every major area of the Inventor interface by opening a new part, sketch, and assembly and labeling the ribbon tabs, browser tree, view cube, and navigation bar in your own notes

Create and save a custom keyboard shortcut set and a custom ribbon panel, then demonstrate both by running three commands without touching the mouse

Explain in writing the difference between a project file and a file, and set up one project with a workspace and library path you can reuse all course long

Practice file management by creating, renaming, copying, and packing a small set of parts into a folder and verifying the references survive

Configure application options for sketch and display behavior, then justify each change you keep in a short written log

Set up a drawing template and a part template with your units, dimension style, and title block defaults, and confirm they load on a new file

Draw and fully constrain five basic sketch profiles using lines, arcs, and circles, applying geometric constraints before dimensions

Use the sketch doctor or constraint status tools to diagnose and fix one intentionally over-constrained sketch

Construct sketches using construction geometry, symmetry constraints, and equal constraints to reduce the number of dimensions needed

Apply patterns, mirrors, and offsets inside a sketch and predict how each affects the constraint count

Dimension sketches using driven versus driving dimensions and convert one of each to confirm the behavior

Insert an image-free reference geometry workflow by projecting edges from existing geometry and explain when projection is preferable to redrawing

Convert three of your sketch profiles into base features using extrude with join, cut, and intersect operations

Build a revolved feature and a swept feature from sketches you author yourself, verifying the profile and path relationships

Create work planes, work axes, and work points on demand and use them to host a sketch that cannot be placed on existing faces

Diagnose and repair one failed feature by editing its sketch and its extents rather than deleting it

Model a part using holes, fillets, chamfers, and shells, ordering the features so later edits do not break earlier ones

Use rectangular and circular feature patterns and mirror features, then edit one pattern instance count and confirm downstream features update

Apply parameters and user parameters to drive at least two dimensions, and change a parameter value to verify the model rebuilds correctly

Compare a multibody part approach with a separate-parts approach for one design and document the tradeoff

Create a drawing from one of your parts with base, projected, section, and detail views, and dimension each view

Place a parts list and balloons on an assembly drawing and edit the style so it matches your template

Build an assembly from your existing parts using mate, flush, and angle constraints, and check for remaining degrees of freedom

Insert a subassembly and demonstrate that constraints at the top level do not over-constrain the child components

Create an assembly pattern of components and a mirrored component, then verify the bill of materials reflects the correct quantities

Use interference checking and contact analysis on your assembly and resolve at least one interference

Drive a constraint or parameter to produce two assembly configurations and capture both in the drawing or a written comparison

Annotate a drawing with a revision table and a custom title block field that pulls from model properties

Rebuild a small three-part assembly from scratch under a time limit to rehearse the full workflow from project setup to drawing

Review your weakest domain by reworking two failed or incomplete exercises from earlier weeks without notes

Compile a one-page reference card of the commands, shortcuts, and constraint rules you used most

Take a full-length timed practice set and log every missed item by domain