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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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New 2D -->3D Tool Coming to Labs
January 28, 2007 05:38 PMbyVery soon a new 2D to 3D Tool will be made available on Autodesk Labs.
It should go live either today or tomorrw.
Weve developed this cool utility for people who need to create 3D models of parts that were designed in AutoCAD. The 2D to 3D Tool streamlines the preparation of 2D views by automatically rotating drawing views onto orthogonal sketches.
Why are we launching this on Autodesk Labs? We want to make sure we fully understand the different ways in which this tool will be used before we finalize development. By posting on Autodesk labs we are giving you an opportunity to try this out with your data and let us know how it works in your environment. Feedback can be sent directly to the development team at labs.iv-2dto3d@autodesk.com.
We'll follow up with some tips and tricks as soon as it is officially posted. This is a great addition to the feature recognition tool we already have posted.
Enjoy. Amy
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Official Inventor Podcast Episode #8
January 22, 2007 07:02 PMby Garin GardinerWednesday, January 17, 2007 Episode 8 Podcast Show Notes
Right click here and select "Save Target As..." to save a local copy
Its also located on iTunes.News:
1. Autodesk And PTC Announce Interoperability Agreement
2. Cadalyst Labs Review: Shining Star
3. Autodesk Sponsors Concept Car in Michelin Design Contest
4. Phoenix Gold Amps Up With Autodesk Inventor
5. Autodesk Announces MERU as Inventor Of The Month For December 2006
Technology
1. DWG TrueConvert
Resources
1. Designing with Parametric Sketches
Tips and Tricks:
1. A Holiday Hip Tip on Inventor
2. Providing Flat Patterns to Manufacturing
3. Copy / Paste Feature
4. Other Half Constraint
5. Edit Standard Content
6. View Reps LOD Reps
inventor.blog.feedback@autodesk.com
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Successful integration of 2D and 3D aids move to manufacturing
January 22, 2007 06:02 AMbyI'm still hoping to catch up, but in the mean time I've got new info to share. The guys at Marin bikes have been written up in Industrial Control Design magazine discussion how integrating 3D processes Inventor has been incredibly advantageous to their product development efforts. Check it out here.
I'll have to catch up later.... I've got to post some new material so I can burry that picture of me sleeping on the train!
-Amy
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Snowmen Robbery
January 19, 2007 05:39 PMby Garin GardinerIt's always nice to start the morning with a little humor. One of our fellow Inventor users (Jürgen Galba) from the Netherlands emailed me a few images that was created and rendered in Inventor 11. Great job Jürgen - it reminds me of the Calvin and Hobbes snowman episodes.
Click on the images for a larger image.
Enjoy!
Garin
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New Year Inventor Tips
January 16, 2007 08:11 PMby Garin GardinerI know I am a little tardy at welcoming in the new year with a few tips but you know what they say better late than never. Amy and I have spent last week in Germany for an Inventor training event and still trying to catch up on our sleep.
Lets get on to something useful.
I thought I would post a few tips that many of you might already know and use although I am often surprised at some of the little things in Inventor that many users arent aware of. One such tip is the ability to copy and paste features while in a part file or between part files. To do this select the feature/s you would like to copy / paste from the Inventor browser and right mouse button (RMB) and select copy. You can then move over a different face and RMB and select paste to copy and position the feature to a new location.
Another tip that might be of use is the ability to find the other half of a constraint while in an assembly. This can be extremely useful if a constraint becomes sick and you need to know what other part/assembly belongs to the constraint. To do this, locate a constraint in the browser and RMB and select Other Half to jump to the other part of the constraint in the browser. You also have an option from this context menu to select Isolate Components to turn off all parts and assemblies other than the two that participate in the constraint.
I have also received a few emails about posting a new podcast. I am trying to get another one ready to post so stay tuned.
Garin
