This section gives quick access to buttons that create new files, open existing files, and let you customize the default template files.
The Welcome screen is divided into three sections: Work, Learn, and Extend. It's hard to miss the first new feature, because the new Welcome screen is all you see when you launch Inventor Professional 2013.ĭo you feel welcome? The new Welcome screen in Inventor Professional 2013 mimics that of AutoCAD 2013. In this review, I'll begin and end with the two updates that will probably attract the most attention, and fill the space in between with some of the less splashy but still noteworthy changes. The most significant new items in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 are also new in AutoCAD 2013, which is part of Autodesk's master plan to have all its programs look, feel, and operate as similarly as possible. Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013 11 Jul, 2012 By: Bill Fane First Look Review: 3D modeling software aligns more closely with AutoCAD, offers an enhanced user interface, and now comes with cloud-based services.