Plastic fantastic
Published 4:44 pm, Mon 18 Aug 2008
Preview for plastic features technology now available from Autodesk Labs
A nifty preview of Inventor’s Plastic Features Technology has been offered up on Autodesk Labs, giving users the chance to experiment with new technologies for simplistic plastic product design.
Designers and engineers will be able to automatically create thin-walled plastic parts as design tools simplify the addition of features like grills, bosses, snaps, and lips to a design.
The release comes as a result of Autodesk’s work over the last few years to strengthen their position in plastics, what Robert "Buzz" Kross, senior vice president of Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions, has called “one of the fastest-growing engineering materials.”
