Exploring major workflow steps

- [Voiceover] When starting a new course…on Autodesk Inventor, I find it very helpful…to step back and provide everyone with an overview…of what Autodesk Inventor does and go over a few…of the basic workflow steps so everyone has…a good understanding of why we're here…and where we're going.…During this course, we will be working…with a small engine that you might find…in an RC boat, but to cover the basic workflow concepts,…I like to fall back to the toys that allow me…to do the things I do today:…the trusty Lego.…The reason for this is nearly everyone on the planet…will recognize what they are and how they work…without too much explanation,…and it allows me to easily explain the concepts.…

I see Legos as one of the most basic…physical prototyping tools around.…You have a bucket of standard parts,…and you snap them together in different configurations…to build anything you could dream of.…Autodesk Inventor is a digital prototyping tool…that allows you to build parts like a single Lego brick,…or parts of an engine, and then put them together…