Damelin Correspondence College

Course fee

Normal Price: R 14,159
(Payment in Full) Web Price: R 12,743 (save 10%)

Please Note:

The special Payment in Full Web Price listed above is only valid if you complete the enrolment form on the Damelin Correspondence website and choose one of the Payment in Full options available to you.

Your Payment in Full options are:

• Credit Card (you can use your budget facility)
• Internet Banking Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
• Direct Deposit (at any FNB Bank Branch)
• Cheque, Postal Order (delivered or posted to one of our branches) or Cash (paid at one of our branches)

The Payment Plan option on our website does not qualify you for our special Web Only Prices.

Certification

On successful completion of your Damelin Correspondence College assignments, you will receive a progress report. Once you have acquired the practical experience on the software package (recommended 100 hours) and successfully passed your assignments, you will be able to enrol for the Internationally accredited Autodesk exam. The recommended hours before attempting the exam is 400 hours of practical hands-on

application. Please log onto http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ index?id=14238652&siteID=12311 to register for exam. Please note: your exam fees are not included in your tuition fee. Upon successful completion of your exam, you will receive your International certification from Autodesk.

 

Programme Type

Autodesk® Inventor® Professional is an agent programme.

Entrance Requirements

Grade 11 (Std. 9) with basic computer skills and knowledge of Windows and technical drawing (knowledge of basic building construction would be an advantage), or 2 years relevant work experience.

Computer Requirements

For General Part and Assembly Design

(Typically Fewer than 1 000 Parts)

• Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium,

Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise edition; or Microsoft®

Windows Vista® (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home

Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition (SP2); or

Microsoft® Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64

Edition (SP2)

NOTE: Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138 is required for

installation on Vista operating systems. Please refer to

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS16323149 for

complete information and access to Microsoft Vista Hotfix

KB971138

• Intel® Pentium® 4, 2 GHz or faster, Intel® Xeon®, Intel®

Core™, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™ processor, or

later

• 2 GB RAM or more

• Microsoft Direct3D 10® or Direct3D 9® capable graphics card

• DVD-ROM drive

• Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device

• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution

• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription

Aware access

• Adobe Flash Player 10

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 8

• Microsoft® Excel 2003 through 2010 for iFeatures, iParts,

iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven

designs

• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0

 

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large

Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts)

• Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2), or Windows

XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)

• NOTE: Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138 is required for

installation on Vista operating systems. Please refer to

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS16323149 for

complete information and access to Microsoft Vista Hotfix

KB971138.

• AMD64 or Intel® 64 processor

• 8 GB RAM or more

• CAD workstation-class graphics card

• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0

For Autodesk® Inventor® 2012 Macintosh Users

Boot Camp®

You can install Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software on a

Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use

Boot Camp® to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the

minimum system requirements.

• Mac OS® X 10.6.x

• Boot Camp V 2.0 or higher

• Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel

Core™2 duo or Xeon processor)

• 3 GB RAM (Recommend 4 GB for 32-bit Windows OS, 8 GB or

more for 64-bit Windows OS) 20 GB

 

Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop

Autodesk® Inventor® Professional can be used on the

Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot

directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between

platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.6.x

• Parallels Desktop 5.0 (5.0.9344 or higher)

• Intel based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel

Core 2 duo or Xeon processor)

• Minimum 4 GB RAM (6 GB system memory for 32-bit

Windows OS, 8 GB or more for 64-bit Windows OS

recommended)

• Minimum 40 GB available disk space (100 GB recommended)

 

 

Programme Duration

You should be able to complete this course within 18 months

Course Contents

• Connecting to Inventor’s Interface

• Creating 2D Drawings from 3D Data

• Learning the Essentials of Part Modeling

• Putting Things in Place with Assemblies

• Customizing Styles and Templates

• Creating Advanced Drawings and Detailing

• Advanced Part Modeling Features

• Advanced Assembly and Engineering Tools

• Creating Plastic Parts

• Working with Sheet Metal Parts

• Building with the Frame Generator

• The Weldment Environment

• Creating Images and Animation from Your Design Data

• Working with Non-Inventor Data

• Automating the Design Process and Table-Driven

Components

 

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