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Sketch and Geometry Tutorials
Learn how to create 2D sketches and parametric parts, prepare and simplify solid geometry, and model surfaces.

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- Basic Tutorials
  Get started learning how to adjust the view, move parts, run an optimization, and export files.
- Sketch and Geometry Tutorials
  Learn how to create 2D sketches and parametric parts, prepare and simplify solid geometry, and model surfaces.
  - Video Tutorial: Getting Started with Sketching
    Learn how to define the sketch plane, create a fully defined sketch, add dimensions, and modify constraints.
  - Video Tutorial: Creating a Parametric Part
    Sketch a simple parametric part using variables and dimensions.
  - Video Tutorial: Construction History Basics
    Learn how to use construction history to edit and suppress construction features in the history timeline.
  - Video Tutorial: Creating a Parametric Bracket
    Generate multiple sketches to create a parametric bracket with recessed areas using the Offset, Push/Pull, and Boolean tools, and using a construction line as a reference. You will also assign dimensions and create variables.
  - Video Tutorial: Using Construction Geometry
    Learn how to use constraints and construction geometry to create more sophisticated sketches. In this example, you'll build a tapering arm for a clamp around a reference centerline, paramaterizing the sketch in terms of the construction lines.
  - Tutorial: Simplifying Geometry
    Learn how to find and remove pockets, holes, rounds, and fillets.
  - Tutorial: Surface Modeling
    Analyze a surface model, create surfaces using the Midsurface and Patch tools, then optimize the surfaces.
- PolyNURBS Tutorials
  Learn how to create and modify PolyNURBS.
- Implicit Modeling Tutorials
  Learn about implicit modeling in Inspire.
- Model Setup Tutorials
  Define contacts, create fasteners, and connect parts with spot welds.
- Structural Analysis Tutorials
  Run a baseline analysis and analyze a generated shape.
- Structural Optimization Tutorials
  Learn how to run different types of optimizations and compare results.
- Motion Tutorials
  Define joints and motion contacts, create motors and actuators, run a motion analysis and plot the results.
- Fluids Tutorials
  Import geometry, create fluid domains, apply boundary conditions, run a fluids simulation, and post-process the results.
- Design Explorer Tutorials
  Create a design-of-experiments and explore the results.
- Print3D Tutorials
  Learn how to prepare, analyze, and export parts for 3D printing.
Parametric Modeling
Create parametric sketches, geometry, and PolyNURBS with construction history and variables.
Implicit Modeling
Create implicit models with primitives, lattices, point clouds, fields, offsetting, Booleans, inverting, smoothing, morphing, and filleting.
Structures
Set up your model and run a structural analysis or optimization.
Motion
Set up and run a motion analysis, plot the results, and export the results.
Fluids
Prepare and run a computational fluid dynamics simulation.
Design Explorer
Evaluate designs by using geometric variables and applying a design-of-experiments (DOE) or optimization method. We recommend fully constraining your sketch when sketch variables are used in the design exploration.
Manufacture
Set up and run a basic porosity or thinning analysis.
Print 3D
Prepare and run an additive manufacturing simulation, and export a file for 3D printing.
Rendering
Adjust the materials and environment of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Inspire Python API
Learn how to access the Inspire Python API including online help, quick start demos, and the Extension Manager.
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Sketch and Geometry Tutorials

Learn how to create 2D sketches and parametric parts, prepare and simplify solid geometry, and model surfaces.