---

Autodesk Inventor 2011 Essentials Plus, is the ideal Autodesk Inventor 2011 Certified definitive classroom resource that clearly illustrates and clarifies the essential Autodesk Inventor concepts, from basic sketching and modeling through advanced modeling techniques.

This book is thoroughly updated to Inventor 2011 and is a combination how-to and reference manual that provides in-depth explanations of the user interface, toolbars, dialogue boxes, sketch tools, drawing views, assembly modeling, and more for learning and mastering Autodesk Inventor. Highlights include step-by-step tutorials that showcase practical skills and project exercises that are designed both for self-paced learning and classroom instruction.

Daniel T. Banach is Senior Technical Specialist, Manufacturing at MasterGraphics, Inc, an Autodesk premier Solutions Provider. He has more than five years of professional mechanical design experience and over seventeen years working with CAD software. Mr. Banach has written three books on Autodesk Mechanical Desktop , co-written twelve books on Autodesk Inventor and is a long-time speaker at Autodesk University. Daniel Banach earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Travis Jones owns a consulting company and manages projects in the manufacturing industry, including a number of large domestic and international companies in a variety of disciplines. Travis has worked with AutoCAD since the early 1990s and with inventor since its inception; he is equally skilled in a number of other parametric modeling applications.
Alan Kalameja was a teacher and CAD Department Head at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina He served as both author and co-author for a number of Delmar Cengage Learning titles. Mr. Kalameja was also an Autodesk Consultant and a former speaker at Autodesk University.