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Only two stops to go on the Imagine Tour - Calgary, Canada and San Jose, California. Then it's on to a week of reseller events in Kansas City, Houston, Denver and Dallas. Check out my speaking schedule on the left and join me if you live nearby!
As I've been traveling around I am surprised to hear how few of you are familiar with the fantastic Autodesk Assistance Program! If you are out of work and need a little extra help be sure to check it out! You'll be able to download Autodesk software for 13 months, free of charge, take free e-learning classes and get discounted Certification. Some of the Autodesk Training Centers are also offering discounted classes to help you expand your Autodesk software knowledge! Here's your chance to work on those technical skills - maybe even learn a different Autodesk product. And how great would it be to go into a job interview with a Certification that assures your potential employer that you are guaranteed to have a certain level of expertise?
I'm very excited about the Autodesk Assistance Program - definitely check it out!
I'm off to onpack and repack for the next step on the tour...maybe I'll see you there?
Triple Eight Race Engineering (United Kingdom) uses Inventor, Alias and Showcase to build virtually every aspect of their race cars, from initial concept modeling through simulation to detailed drawings of every last component.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
WHAT: Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that Jay Bhatt,
senior vice president, architecture, engineering and
construction solutions, will present at the UBS Global
Technology Conference in New York.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 9 at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time
DETAILS: A live webcast and audio archive will be available on www.autodesk.com/investors.
CONTACT: For more information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at 415-507-6705.
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Something new in 2010 Electrical is the ability inside of the circuit builder tool to create one-line circuits.
AutoCAD Electrical now provides library support and software support to create motor control one-line diagrams that link back to other drawing types in a project drawing set.
- New motor control one-line symbol library accessible from the icon menu.
- Circuit Builder supports building motor control one-line circuits dynamically allowing the design of one-line circuits, with component values and wire sizes, to conform to a given electrical code.
- One-line component symbols can be related to parent/child counterparts on the schematic and panel layout drawings within a project. You can surf between one-line and related components and all related components update if one is modified.
- Tagging of schematic or panel components using existing commands can reference a pick list that includes components pulled from the one-line diagrams.
- Certain schematic reports have a new category option. You select the category, for example One-Line, and the data is filtered based on that category. It can also be used to filter a report for Hydraulic, P&ID, or Pneumatic components
For more information Click here
Inventor, iLogic, and Revit - Oh My!
June 4, 2009, 09:49 AM
Ok, since my travel story didn’t get a single comment I’ll write something work related then…
Imagine modeling a curved surface driving hundreds of individual parts, both exterior parts and internal structural components – a roof structure if you will. Now make all of the parts associative, and tweak the curvature of the structure 1 deg.
What if you could run through those design iterations in real time? Almost molding the shape that you want; visualizing the changes you are making in real time rather than waiting for the model to update. Oh, and place rules on it so that you don’t over extend the design past it’s physical capabilities. Sounds complicated lots of spreadsheets, adaptivity, projected geometry…. Ugghh, right?
Wrong. Check out this use of Revit to Inventor through iLogic functionality, and back to Revit. Real time design iteration allowing the designer to run through any variation of a design to optimize the aesthetic appeal while maintaining the structural limits set forth during the structures definition.
ASCENT Releases 3 Training Guides for Autodesk 2010
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jun 4, 2009 – RAND Worldwide, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced today that its courseware division, ASCENT – Center for Technical Knowledge, released three training guides for Autodesk 2010 software.
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- AutoCAD 2010 Update for AutoCAD 2008 Users
- AutoCAD 2010 Advanced
- Autodesk Inventor 2010 Advanced Part Modeling
AutoCAD 2010 Update for AutoCAD 2008 is the ideal training guide for current users of AutoCAD 2008 upgrading to the AutoCAD 2010 software. The training guide incorporates the many enhancements made to the interface, including the Quick Access Toolbar, the Ribbon, and the Application Menu. A detailed introduction to geometric and dimensional constraints for 2D objects, dynamic blocks, and the DWFx file format is also included.
AutoCAD 2010 Advanced has been designed to increase the proficiency of students in their use of AutoCAD and introduce them to more advanced techniques. Intended for students comfortable with the topics covered in AutoCAD 2010 Fundamentals, this training guide is designed to demonstrate the versatility of AutoCAD by showing a range of advanced options.
Autodesk Inventor 2010 Advanced Part Modeling is the second training guide in a series of courseware for Autodesk Inventor from ASCENT. The goal is to build on the material covered in the Autodesk Inventor Introduction to Solid Modeling training guide by taking students to a higher level of productivity when designing part models in Autodesk Inventor.
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Contour Roll
Similar to the Contour Flange feature, the Contour Roll
requires an open profile sketch as input. Additionally,
the Contour Roll feature also requires the identification
of a sketched axis of revolution as well as an angle.
Offset direction options allow both the material
thickness and angle to be offset to one side or the other
of the selected profile or to use the selected profile as
the midplane of the material thickness or swept angle.
Contour Roll features may be unrolled using the Unfold
feature. The resulting straight section may be further
unfolded, allowing the addition of features to the model
in a flattened state. This flat model can then be refolded
and rerolled.
| Lofted Flange
The Lofted Flange provides the ability to create a
transition from one shape to another using two profiles
and to create these types of geometry. Selection of
two closed profiles such as a rectangle and a circle will
commonly be used to create parts similar to HVAC
ducting, material handling hoppers, exhaust hoods,
etc. In addition, the Lofted Flange will accept two open
profiles, or one closed and one open profile. The profiles
need not be parallel to each other.
An important consideration in the creation of a Lofted
Flange is the manufacturing process used to produce
the part. The Lofted Flange feature provides output
options that support both die-forming and press brake
fabrication. The die-form option produces smooth
transitions from one end to the other. The press brake
option automatically decomposes the shape into a
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Rip
Rip provides an easy way to add a gap in a
Lofted Flange that will allow the model
to flatten. The rip feature is defined by
identifying a point on one edge of the
face or by identifying two points—one
on either side of the selected face.
A Rip feature can also be created by
removing an entire face—often a bend
face between two shape defining faces.
. | Unfold/Refold Feature Pair
These two features are typically used as a pair. The
Unfold feature can be added to a folded sheet metal
model to allow the unfolding or unrolling of an existing
feature. Once the folded model has unfolded features it
is likely that features will be added that are most easily
defined in the flat. Following adding these features, a
Refold feature returns the model to the original folded
state.
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Bend Order Annotation
Features containing bends are created in a logical
sequence during the design of a folded part model;
however, it is rare that the fabrication of those bends
during manufacturing will follow the same sequence.
The Bend Order feature provides a means of specifying
a desired fabrication sequence to bends (including
Cosmetic Centerlines) identified in the flat pattern.
Bends can be re-sequenced by: 1) selecting a beginning
bend and an ending bend and allowing the system to
reorder the bends that fall between, 2) by selecting
bends in the sequence desired, or 3) by applying a
specific bend order identification number to a selected
bend.
The Bend Order specified is subsequently recovered
when a Bend Table is created on a drawing containing a
flat pattern view.
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Cosmetic Centerlines
There will be designs where you need a bend centerline
in your flat pattern for a feature that does not exist in
your folded model. A common example of this would be
for a stiffening crease. Another example would be the
addition of one or more bend lines on the flat pattern of
a die-formed design. The Cosmetic Centerline feature
allows you to select straight lines sketched on the flat
pattern and define these lines as bend centerlines with
bend direction and angle attributes.
Once a sketched line is declared to be a Cosmetic
Centerline, it will display bend extent lines in the flat
pattern. Cosmetic Centerlines can also be recovered in
flat pattern drawing view bend notes and bend tables.
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Other Sheet Metal Enhancements
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The Move Face feature is now available as a feature
that can be applied while working within the flat pattern.
- GapSize has been added as a system parameter that
can be used in value declarations.
- Sheet Metal Unfold Rules can now utilize Custom
Unfold Equations to define the bend zone
deformation applied when creating a flat pattern.
An equation editor and a bounding condition editor
have been added to the Style and Standard Editor for
Sheet Metal Unfold Rules to allow the definition of
equations and the conditions for using the equations.
- The width type of a specific bend from among a group
of bends created as a single feature can now be edited
by selecting the Bend Edit glyph during the creation
or edit of a Flange or Lofted Flange feature.
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