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In The Machine is the official blog of the Inventor Product Management Team. It is a way for us to share Inventor news, interesting information about successful Inventor customers and partners as well as tips and tricks. From time to time we’ll also use the blog to solicit feedback from users via surveys. This blog is hosted by Garin Gardiner our Technical Marketing Manager.
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Our Blog Has Moved!
November 29, 2004 01:48 PMbyIn case you haven't noticed, the blog has moved. The link is a little easier to find and remember - blogs.autodesk.com/inventor. Please help us spread the word.
Also, if you go to blogs.autodesk.com you'll notice a new blog by Lynn Allen as well as the new links for the other Autodesk Blogs.
-Amy
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Behind the chrome finish - Is it a car?
November 4, 2004 08:07 AMbyAll,
The team periodically receives emails through the Inventor Feedback Forum regarding the image behind the scenes when you look closely at the part graphics. This is especially evident when you pick a polished chrome or similar material. I'd like to share this recent inquiry.
Enjoy,
-Andy
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Hi,
I doubt this is an everyday question for you, but I've noticed the photo/bitmap that is used in Inventor as a reflection scene (for chrome or shiny surfaces, for example) includes a black convertible that I've never seen before. What is it? I'm a car guy, as well as some of my colleagues, and it's driving us nuts that we can't figure out what that thing is! Please help us settle this most important of all issues!
By the way, the software is great, we use Inventor almost exclusively.
Thanks,
Zack
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Here is the story from the product designer, George Hudetz:
Hi Zack, thanks for the interest (and the compliments on the software).
The car is a '94 Mazda MX-5. I've owned it since it was new, and have done many performance modifications since that picture was taken. It's sitting about 40 ft from where I'm sitting right now, and I'm taking it on a road trip this weekend for some competitive driving (what we call autocross or Solo II here in the states). I don't drive it every day any more - my new RX-8 gets that duty now - but it is still road-worthy even with all the suspension modifications and a ton of fun to drive.
If you are wondering about why it was hard to recognize the car, it's because of the way the picture was taken (which was done in the parking lot of Autodesk's Tualatin office).
Here's how we did it. I was standing on one side of the car, holding a highly reflective sphere which was dangling from a thread. The photographer (our graphical system architect) is standing on the opposite side of the car, focusing the camera on the shiny sphere, so that he is taking a picture of the reflection of the car (which has it's top down), as opposed to the car itself. If you look carefully you can see both of us in the image.
I've attached an image that points out the highlights of the scene.
Hope you found this interesting!
George
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Want to show off your Inventor Designs?
November 1, 2004 11:07 PMbyWe are looking to create a gallery of images that can be used for future Autodesk Inventor collateral and slideware. If you have a design that you are proud of and would like to share with us, please send me the following information. We can then make arrangements to have you send in the dataset. Any datasets we recieve will not be distributed and will be used only for the purposes of creating images.
If you have something you want considered to be shown off, here are the details.
Email me at amy.bunszel@autodesk.com with the email subject line of "Inventor Images"
Please include the following:
Name
Company
Explanation of the image and project submitted
What Inventor Release was used to create the design
Attach a JPEG or DWF file. If you have multiple attachments, please Zip them up first.
I'll follow up with information on how to upload your data and I'll post the images to the blog whenever I can.
Thanks in advance for sharing your designs.
-Amy
