Is something like one of your mechanical parts in our index of CAD parts?

Do great minds think alike? Let's find out. Take one of your parts designed with Autodesk Inventor and see if it matches the set of parts indexed in our Visual Search technology preview:

Visual Search from Autodesk Labs powered by VizSeek

Many of you have used the "doodle" feature to sketch a part and search for matches. The results have been mixed. Thank you for your feedback. These results help guide our efforts. We'd now like to focus on feedback on searching using a computer drafted part instead of a doodle.

The first step is to specify that you wish to search using a 3D part:

The next step is to upload your 3D part:

You then click on SEARCH. You can use an IPT, DWF, or STL file as the basis for your search.

So please give it a try and let us know what you think: Labs.VisualSearch@autodesk.com.