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Use Inventor's Design Accelerators. Design Accelerators and Design Generators allow you to rapidly create complex geometry and the associated calculations that verify the viability of your design.

Master It Your design needs a bolted connection, but you are not certain about the number of bolts to use to ensure a proper connection.

Use Inventor's Design Calculators. Design Calculators do not create any geometry, but they permit you to store the calculations in the assembly and repeat the calculation with different input values at a later time.

Master It You need to calculate the size of a weld between two plates to withstand a certain lateral force.

Understand the interaction of these tools with Content Center. Some of the ...

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