Autodesk Inventor Services & Support released service pack 1 for Inventor 2011 Professional, Inventor Suite 2011, Inventor Routed Systems Suite 2011, Inventor Simulation Suite 2011, Inventor Tooling Suite 2011, and pertains to all languages. ...Read the rest of this article...
Fusion – Bridging the Gap between Inventor and Civil 3D
See why Fusion is not just a 3D modeler, but also bridge between the Flagship design platforms ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Using Civil 3D Design constraints
Part 2 - A quick run through projecting Civil 3D geometry into our design skeleton ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D – Bringing Design Intent into Inventor
First steps in Civil 3D and Inventor Interoperability ...Read the rest of this article...
Fusion – 2011 DWG Interoperability
The Autodesk Inventor 2011 Fusion Technology Preview 3 uses the DWG to store it’s data. There is an increasing amount of talk about AutoCAD users benefitting from Fusion. I decided as I step through Interoperability between various platforms, I’d better go ahead and try this AutoCAD and Fusion. Why DWG? Why not? While this my seem odd to many Inventor Folks, it should appear understandable to the general design world. DWG is being used as [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Fusion – and the Jealous Change Manager
Fusion does an impressive job on Assemblies and multi-body parts. Inventor on the other hand gets quite jealous… In this article I’ll discuss some things regarding the Fusion/Inventor interaction regarding multiple component files. I tried to push the limit on what it was designed to do and kept hitting the wall. This article is the result. The Inventor/Fusion functionality Simplified Inventor starts the Change Manager when a Fusion DWG file is opened. It then opens [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Fusion – Circle Constraint Order
Don’t give up on Fusion’s circle constraint Does anyone recognize this? If you don’t then you have not been trying hard enough. Fusion is fun, but it is VERY picky. The Circle Constraint does not agree with me. While it is aggravating, Fusion offers well more than enough to compensate. So the trick is to find out what it wants, so we can reap the benefits. Pesky center constraint I was preparing for two more [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Fusion – Intro Video
I finally uploaded my first Fusion video to Youtube. I still have a lot to learn about Youtube settings, as you’ll see. It’s a bit muddy. Watch the video The new Fusion technology is awesome, and I will be posting articles and videos on different aspects of fusion in the Future, so I am excited. Keep checking in, here, Twitter, and Facebook. In any case, I had fun making the video, and I hope enjoy [...] ...Read the rest of this article...