In a nutshell: Autodesk Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer, a free iPad app, lets users view animated, three-dimensional versions of instruction manuals. Autodesk created a free instruction manual ...

Suddenly, the benefits of Inventor Publisher were not as glorious. That has all changed now, though, as Autodesk has released an Inventor Publisher Viewer app into the Android Market.

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