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Team on 22 November 2004
Conference delegates pass on tricks and
tips
Over 200 Autodesk customers took the opportunity to pick up highly valuable ideas, tips and tricks at the second UK Autodesk Inventor User Conference at the University of Nottingham.
Over 200 Autodesk customers took the opportunity to pick up highly valuable ideas, tips and tricks at the second UK Autodesk Inventor User Conference at the University of Nottingham The event, which brought together design engineers from almost every sector from heavy industry to education, focused on practical ways to extend the use of Inventor and maximise its benefits
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 14 Sep 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Kevin Ison, Autodesk Business Manager, Manufacturing Solutions Division, the day "helped to cement the growing sense of community amongst Inventor customers".
Those attending agreed.
"Brilliant, I picked up a lot of useful information and made a lot of contacts", commented one delegate.
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"Far more valuable and applicable than I expected", said another.
Delegates also heard future plans for the development of the 3D manufacturing design software and learnt how fellow customers such as Dave Leadley of Land Instruments have used the software to significantly benefit design quality and productivity.
Inventor, he said, helped his company respond quickly to the urgent need for an instrument to detect SARs, resulting in a significant increase in business.
Among the highlights of the day was the announcement of the UK winners in the annual customer design contest.
First prize went to Phil Boland of Goss Graphic for his design of a double-width printing press for national newspapers, a large-scale model which, said the judges, showed just how effective Inventor can be when working with large assemblies.
Second and third places went to Wayne Killick of JCM Seating Solutions and Leanne Hadman of A4 Plus, respectively.
Worldwide, the contest attracted over 370 entries over 35 countries.
Ison commented that the sheer diversity and sophistication of entries showed a "growing confidence and innovation among users".
He continued: "As the largest and fastest growing 3D design software user base in the UK and the world, we are part of a dynamic network providing real learning and support opportunities".
The conference also included an exhibition area showing ways Autodesk and its certified application partners work together to extend design capability into such areas as pipe, tubing and flexible hose, wiring, cable and harness and printed circuit board design plus single body finite element analysis and more.
"Feedback showed that those who attended found the day extremely useful to help enhance skills and get advice from both the Autodesk team and other users".
"They went home armed with many new ideas on how to further increase their day-to-day productivity", concluded Ison.
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