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News Release from: Autodesk | Subject: Inventor
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Team on 28 March 2006
Inventor release is driven by customer
feedback
Autodesk's latest software for manufacturing industry includes the next release of Autodesk Inventor, the world's best selling 3D mechanical design software.
Autodesk has released the latest versions of its software for the manufacturing industry, including the next release of Autodesk Inventor software, the world's best selling 3D mechanical design software Available as part of the Autodesk Inventor Series or Autodesk Inventor Professional software solutions, Autodesk Inventor is billed as the best choice for AutoCAD software users moving from 2D to 3D
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Listening to our customers, we've delivered functionality that matters throughout the entire solution portfolio, such as large assembly management in the latest version of Autodesk Inventor".
"We've delivered a broad set of new capabilities and continue to make 3D more approachable to the AutoCAD user".
"We're pleased to bring this solution to the market".
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With more than 500,000 seats sold, Autodesk Inventor software remains the best choice for AutoCAD users.
As the leading 3D mechanical software for the fifth consecutive year, Autodesk Inventor software delivers the manufacturing community a comprehensive, integrated set of tools for 3D design and documentation.
Driven by customer feedback, the latest version of Autodesk Inventor Series and Autodesk Inventor Professional product families deliver many new features and enhancements, including the following.
Dynamic simulation delivers major innovation to the desktop, enabling designers to determine how effectively a machine performs under real world conditions.
This takes virtual prototypes to a new level, helping designers predict dynamic performance and peak stress without physical prototypes.
Large assembly management provides greater control in configuring how much model data is loaded into memory.
It also includes a capacity meter to monitor memory consumption.
Assembly configurations help design and document families of related products in a single assembly file.
Configurations simplify design with tools for defining product variations from a master model.
Advanced shape description helps in creating cast and moulded parts that meet aesthetic and ergonomic design requirements.
this Includes tools to create complex geometry by combining solids and surfaces, and enhanced analysis tools for design validation.
Delivering the only roundtrip solution for creating 2D schematics from a 3D model, the new version of Autodesk Inventor software delivers deep integration with AutoCAD Electrical, bridging the gap between electrical and mechanical design.
It delivers enhanced 3D productivity while preserving 2D engineering design investment through true compatibility with DWG technology.
Autodesk Inventor software also includes deeper integration with data management applications, Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Productstream, enabling teams to find and reuse design data and increase collaboration throughout product development.
Autodesk Inventor software enables customers to create designs based on the functional requirements of a product before committing to complex model geometry - a vision called functional design.
Uniquely delivered by Autodesk, functional design enables designers to start with a symbolic representation of a product (similar to working in AutoCAD), and enter the requirements in order to test, simulate and validate the design instead of the geometric dimensions of its parts.
It makes developing virtual prototypes of designs easier, enabling engineering teams to communicate design intent, validate the design and get it into production faster.
Functional design ultimately makes 3D design more approachable, particularly for AutoCAD and other 2D users looking to move to 3D.
Coming to Autodesk from the recent acquisition of Alias, Autodesk Showcase software is a new enterprise visualisation product to aid visually intelligent businesses in making informed design decisions.
Showcase creates accurate, realistic imagery from 3D digital design data to communicate form and emotion and provides an environment in which to present and review designs required to make business decisions.
The solution dramatically increases the efficiency, global reach and cost effectiveness of the design review and decision-making process.
With the addition of Showcase to the Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions Division, the company's transportation design solution is complete and includes content creation, services, and now interactive visualisation experiences.
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