Features
Frozen assets
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) develops a wide range of ruggedised equipment for extreme conditions. With the help of Inventor, designs can now be communicated effectively to its in-field scientists enabling them to deliver vital feedback at all stages of the product development process.
InventorCAM
InventorCAM is a brand new fully integrated CAM solution for Inventor users where geometry is linked to tool-path generation at a very core level, making it ideal for capturing manufacturing knowledge and handle changes writes Al Dean.
Workstation buyers' guide
Autodesk Inventor is an extremely powerful software application, but you don’t have to spend a lot of money on a workstation to get the best out of it.
Gearing up for the future
Al Dean visits UK-based Westfield Sportscars to find out how Inventor is helping the company compete and innovate in the world of sports car production.
AutoCAD 2009
The trees are blossoming and lambs are in the fields – that must mean it’s also time for a new AutoCAD! Autodesk has just released its yearly update to its flagship and foundation drawing and modelling tool. Martyn Day reports.
AutoCAD Mechanical 2009
While AutoCAD 2009 is a great generic drafting tool, the vertical flavour of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, knows a lot more about engineering standards, features and design. It’s Autodesk’s best-kept secret writes Martyn Day.
What is Digital Prototyping?
Martyn Day interviews Dr. Andrew Anagnost, VP of Autodesk’s Manufacturing Solutions Division. Autodesk is promoting a vision beyond 3D modelling, which it calls ‘Digital Prototyping’. Using Inventor, Autodesk believes that Engineers can explore a virtual, yet complete product before it’s ever built, getting higher quality products to market, faster.
Tips and tricks: Sculpt
The sculpt tool in Inventor has proven to be the answer to many surface wrangling bottlenecks, saving you time and adding intelligence to your process. Experience Manufacturing takes a closer look at exactly what it can do for you.
Inventor Studio
Research we’ve conducted into the use of Rendering and Visualisation indicates that most users get stuck with light, scene and material set-up. So, here’s our guide to getting a good basic rendering without spending too much time on set-up. And as Inventor 2009 now includes the ability to import and export materials, lighting set-ups and scenes, we’ve done exactly that and the scene and lighting conditions have been exported and made available to download.
Let’s get physical: Back to basics
In the first of a series of articles on Rapid Prototyping, we explore the methods, processes and technologies available for those looking to produce physical models of their products for test, evaluation and presentation.
