Woodwork for Inventor

2.After you have completed the request form to download the trial version, click “Get my free Trial” and you will receive a software download link to your email address.

3.Click the download link and save the installation file (*.exe) on your computer.

4.Before you install the add-on installation file (*.exe), you must close Autodesk Inventor and MS Office programs on your computer.

5.Following the steps in the installation guide, install the add-on installation file (*.exe).

6.After the installation process is complete, restart Autodesk Inventor and set up a project.

7.Once the Autodesk Inventor Project is chosen, you will see a Woodwork Design tab in the menu bar.

8.Now you have a Woodwork for Inventor trial version installed on your computer.

9.The trial version allows for a free 30 day evaluation of the complete feature set (except the editing of the material data base).

10.When the 30 day trial period expires, the user can keep using the software with some limitations on available features:

▪skeleton dress up is locked down,

▪automated generation of mortises and tenons is locked down,

▪use of prototypes and assembly copying is locked down,

▪replacement of materials is locked down;

▪specifications (BOM) of materials and assemblies are locked down,

▪CNC preparation is locked down.

▪Data transfer to Autodesk Vault software is locked down.

▪Nesting is locked down.