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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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  CATIA V5 Import Translator for Inventor
  November 22, 2008 12:41 AMby Garin Gardiner

  

  CATIA V5 Import Translator for Inventor is now available on Autodesk Labs. For those of you that would like to import CATIA V5 files into Inventor, head on over to Autodesk Labs and download it for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and Autodesk Inventor 2009 LT.

  As always we encourage you to give us feedback if you download this translator and use it.

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  Inventor 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack (Video Podcast Episode 30)
  November 14, 2008 09:52 AMby Garin Gardiner

  

  This month we will take a look at the Inventor2009 Subscription Bonus Pack to see the new tools available on the Subscription site. We will cover new tools that have been added to drawings, parts and assemblies in Inventor 2009.

   
  

  I hope you enjoyed taking a look at the new tools in Inventor 2009, let us know what you think of the new bonus tools.

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  Copy That...
  November 11, 2008 05:53 PMby Garin Gardiner

  

  One of those features I run across once a year and wonder why I don't use it more is the Copy / Paste capability in Inventor. This has been in Inventor for as long as I can remember and can come in very handy from time to time.

  If you have created a feature or several features that you would like to copy to another face or part, you can easily do this by selecting the features from the browser or changing your selection type to "Feature Priority" and select the features you would like to re-use.

  

  Create or open a different part and right click in the graphic window and select Paste. You can then move and rotate the sketch around to position the new feature where you would like it. When you are finished you can select Finish and see the newly copied feature in your new part.

  

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  Assign Shortcuts in Inventor
  November 4, 2008 06:08 PMby Garin Gardiner

  

  Having an AutoCAD background,  I have a little baggage and want to do some things in Inventor similar to how I did them in AutoCAD. One thing I often do when I first install Inventor is set up short cuts to often used commands. For those of you like me, below are a few steps to help you set up your keyboard shortcuts.

  In Inventor select Tools > Customize then select the Keyboard tab. One shortcut I often use it to make the period key "."  as a coincident constraint in the sketcher. To do this I will  change the category to Sketch to filter out everything else. I will then select the Coincident constraint command and select to the left site to input a key.

  

  If I select the Period key it will notify me this is already assigned to Work Points and ask me if I wan to "remove the old assignment". If I select Yes, when in a sketch and I select  ".",   it will start the coincident command. If you prefer multi-character shortcuts, you can select "Use default multi-character command Aliases" which will act more like AutoCAD shortcuts.

   

   

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  AU 2008 Buddy Pass
  November 3, 2008 01:24 PMby Garin Gardiner

  AU 2008 is right around the corner and many of us are getting our classes ready. This year I will be presenting "A Sneak Peek: The Next Release of Autodesk Inventor®"  and hope to see you all there.

  If you are thinking of attending AU this year and have a buddy that would like to attend as well, this is a great time to register.

  Starting November 5 at 9:00, the first 100 people to register and fully pay for a regular* AU 2008 pass can invite a “buddy” to register for free. After the first 100 are gone you can invite a buddy to register for only US$595.

  http://au.autodesk.com/event/buddypass/

  * Regular = four-day, all-inclusive

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