Mastering Autodesk® Inventor® 2014 and Autodesk® Inventor LT™ 2014 Mastering Autodesk® Inventor® 2014 and Autodesk® Inventor LT™ 2014 Curtis Waguespack Senior Acquisitions Editor: Willem Knibbe Development Editor: Jim Compton Technical Editor: Luke Larue Production Editor: Dassi Zeidel Copy Editor: Linda Recktenwald Editorial Manager: Pete Gaughan Production Manager: Tim Tate Vice President and Executive Group Publisher: Richard Swadley Vice President and Publisher: Neil Edde Book Designers: Maureen Forys, Happenstance Type-O-Rama; Judy Fung Proofreader: James Saturnio, Word One New York Indexer: Ted Laux Project Coordinator, Cover: Katherine Crocker Cover Designer: Ryan Sneed Cover Image: Curtis Waguespack Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-118-54486-0 ISBN: 978-1-118-75810-6 (ebk.) ISBN: 978-1-118-75828-1 (ebk.) 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