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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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Autodesk drives a 2008 Bathurst 1000 win this month
October 29, 2008 01:57 PMby Garin Gardiner
I know we have many car racing fans out there and I thought this was a great Inventor story. Triple Eight is an Australian race team that won the Bathurst 1000 earlier this month through the use of Autodesk software. Autodesk Inventor helped Triple Eight Race Engineering Team optimize the speed and performance of its winning race car to secure a hat trick win at Mount Panorama.
This is just another way where Digital Prototyping pays off.
Autodesk Inventor, the foundation for Digital Prototyping, enabled Triple Eight’s engineers to quickly and easily create an accurate digital prototype by focusing on product function rather than geometry documentation. Today, Triple Eight’s designers can experience the performance of cars and ensure that each design is tuned to Australian conditions before the cars ever reach the track.
For more info on this great win check out the following links.
Autodesk drives a 2008 Bathurst 1000 win yesterday
VX RACING TAKES THE TRIPLE CROWN
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New eLearning Section on Manufacturing Community
October 29, 2008 01:42 AMby Garin Gardiner
Recently there was a new section added to the Manufacturing Community Portal called eLearning. So far there are about 14 lessons from Design Accelerators, Drawing Templates and the ViewCube. Not only are they great lessons, It will also keep track of your progress if you start a lesson and want to finish it later.
So far my favorite is the one on Design Accelerators - head on over and check it out when you have a minute.
This is another great location for great Inventor content.
Enjoy!
Garin
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Associative Surfaces (Video Podcast Episode 29)
October 16, 2008 12:37 PMby Garin Gardiner
This episode we will cover some hidden tools that many of you may not have given much thought to. We take a look at Copy Surface, Offset Surface, Boundary Patch and Sculpt. These tools aren’t just for consumer products, they are even useful for machine design so take a look at the latest Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast.
How are we doing? Are these podcasts too long/short, wrong format...or do you have additional ideas? Feel free to let us know your thoughts.
Zune - coming soon
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Calculating Bend Deductions using Test Bend Pieces
October 13, 2008 05:01 PMby Garin Gardiner
Calculating Bend Deductions using Test Bend Pieces
I know this isn't for everybody but those of you that have wondered how to create a bend table, this document will help you out.
A few weeks ago I was talking to one of our guys that work on the help system inside of Inventor and he had a great document laying around that I thought was interesting. For those of you that make sheet metal parts and need to really dial in the accuracy of the flat pattern, this document can help you determine the procedures and settings you will need to adjust for a more accurate design that is specific to your shop floor equipment.
This document will help you create a set of bend test where you will actually bend material on your shop equipment and measure the final results to determine the setting you will need in Inventor.
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Shaft Generator
October 9, 2008 11:43 AMby Garin GardinerDigital Prototypes in Inventor: Shaft Generator
If you ever need to create shafts and haven't taken a look at the Shaft Generator, you shouldn't miss this great write-up on the Shaft Generator.
It starts out explaining how to create a simple shaft then covers adding things like Chamfers, Retaining-Ring Grooves, Keyways and more. This is a very powerful tool and should help you get started if you ever need to create shafts. Once you understand how to do a few things like these, you will be able to add holes in the side, run calculation to check strength and many other things with the Shaft Generator.
Enjoy!
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Autodesk Inventor 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack is here!
October 1, 2008 11:21 AMby Garin Gardiner
Autodesk® Inventor® 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack continues focus on user productivity!
What's in it?
Drawing Manager Tools
- Arrange dimensions
- Dimension Selection Filters
- Directly open a corresponding drawing right from a part or assembly
- Refreshing drawing parameters
- Balloon snap and alignment on placement
- Project geometry works like part environment
- Edit dimension upon placement
- Part Modeling Tools
Part Modeling Tools
- Create parameters on the fly when dimensioning
- Specify iFeatures normal direction
- Create iFeatures from iParts
- Apply buttons on Scale and Rotate dialogs
- Simplified loft selection through right click context menu
Assembly Design Tools
Bill of Material Editor
- Shift or Control for contiguous or non-contiguous selection
- Copy/Paste
- Capitalization
- Find and Replace
- Cross highlight from the BOM editor and Assembly model
Auto Save Reminder
Where can they get it?
For those of you that have Inventor Subscription, you will be able to login to the Autodesk Subscription website and download the small Bonus Pack. You will want to install SP1 first so if you don't have it, download it from here.
Enjoy the new tools!
Garin
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