Inventor Publisher for Mobile devices

Autodesk Introduces Autodesk Inventor Publisher for Mobile devices. In addition to publishing support for 3D PDF and 2D vector graphics, Inventor Publisher now enables users to publish directly to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. A free companion Autodesk Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer app makes it easier for mobile technicians and salespeople to access 3D interactive instructions.

Autodesk Inventor Customer Success Hammond Electronics

It is always good to see what over companies/people are using Autodesk software for, so when this press release came up, we thought it would be good to share it with everyone. Please click here to see the full article.

Increase Inventor's Performance and Capacity

Performance

Performance refers to how long it takes Autodesk Inventor to complete an operation on your computer, including loading files.

There are many reasons for performance issues on a CAD system. You can resolve some of them by upgrading to a faster computer or adding more RAM. Keep the CAD system Tuned Up by performing regular maintenance, such as defragmenting the hard drive, also resolves performance issues.

This section covers hardware requirements, best practises, and techniques to use when you have reached a performance impasse. The following information is a guide to areas you can fine-tune to have a positive impact on performance. You can employ only a few of the tips provided to improve performance, or you can employ all of them as your assemblies approach a million parts!

There are options you can configure in Autodesk Inventor that strictly go to improving performance. For example, if you open a drawing file with Defer Updates enabled, you increase performance, but you do not change what Autodesk Inventor loads into memory.

Stop Break View affecting the Parent View on a Drawing

When you use Break View to shorten an Inventor drawing view, if it is a Child View it will by default break the Parent View too. However, there is an option on the dialogue box to prevent this behaviour, Propagate to parent view, when this is unticked the Break will only occur on the Child View.

How Does Licencing Work in the Paid for Versions of Vault?

How Does Licencing Work in the Paid for Versions of Vault? Is a question we get asked on Support and On Site from time to time, so we thought it would be useful to put some details down for everyone. Fortunately Autodesk have recently produced this video to do just that, so watch the video below for further information on this subject.

This is an extract from the Cracking the Vault, Manufacturing Community Blog   

3D DWF Visualisation File Wrongly Positioned Within Web Browser

If you see that the position of your 3D DWF visualisation files are out of alignment, when you view them in your web browser from the Web Client, it could be caused by the graphics driver.

You can change the OpenGL settings by right clicking on the DWF and selecting Options > Model. Then change the Driver to another one such as Software OpenGL.




This is an extract from the Cracking the Vault, Manufacturing Community Blog

Rename Blocks the Easy Way

You may have found that when you use Copy, then Paste as block in AutoCAD, the new block will be assigned a name such as A$C1C637CF9. However, you may wish to change this to represent something a little more to your liking, if so read on.

• Firstly select the geometry you require as a Block and Copy, then Paste as Block.

Change the Hatch Background Colour

Hatch properties in AutoCAD 2011 now includes Background Colour providing you with more flexibility and control. Applying a Background Colour enables you to create the effect of layered hatches in a single object. For example, you might create a brick Hatch with a Background Colour to represent the bricks and Hatch Colour to represent the mortar in an elevation drawing.

• The new Background Colour can be found on both the Hatch Creation and Hatch Editor TAB.

• You will also find the Background Colour property in Properties when a Hatch is selected.

This is an extract from the AutoCAD Insider Blog

LABS - Autodesk Performance Monitor

Use the Autodesk Performance Monitor to gauge the Virtual Memory utilised by running versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based vertical products.

The Performance Monitor is a Windows Desktop Gadget that provides a colour-coded status bar indicating the level of usage of virtual memory by AutoCAD products. To get the best performance from Windows applications, it is better to use Physical Memory. When running low on Physical Memory, powerful programs like Autodesk applications are forced to use disk as memory. When this happens, memory intensive applications become less responsive. The Performance Monitor for AutoCAD provides you with feedback on how your system resources are being used as you work with your designs. The Technology Preview supports Windows 7 and Windows Vista at this time. Both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported.

To ensure the best experience for those participating, this technology preview is currently limited to: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States. We hope to expand to other geographies in the future.

The Technology Preview operates until May 1, 2011.

You can try the Performance Monitor for yourself at:

http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/acad_perf_mon/

Autodesk Digital Prototyping Forum

Autodesk are hosting Digital Prototyping Forum 2010, an event for Design Engineers using the Autodesk Digital Prototyping Solutions such as Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, Alias Design, Moldflow, Algor and Vault.

Autodesk Data Management Server 2011 SP2 is Released

Applies to:

• Autodesk Vault 2011
• Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2011
• Autodesk Vault Professional 2011
• Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2011

Download from:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15670259&linkID=9261341&CMP=OTC-RSSSUP01

Details:

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Autodesk Vault 2011 Update 2 (Client) and Autodesk Vault 2011 Update 2 (Server) for Autodesk Vault 2011, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2011, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2011, and Autodesk Vault Professional 2011 which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to those releases. This README file highlights how to install the Update, what has been fixed, and how to download the update.

WARNING: Failure to follow the ReadMe instructions properly may result in unusable sites. The installation procedure applies to Single Site, Multi Site and Connected Workgroup deployments.

NOTE: Always ensure that a successful backup has been performed before applying any hotfix or update.

AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1 is Released

Applies to:

• AutoCAD 2011

Download from:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15569492&linkID=9240618&CMP=OTC-RSSSUP01

Details:

Note: This is a re-release of Update 1 for AutoCAD 2011. After Update 1 was originally released, we discovered an issue when conducting certain operations that may cause AutoCAD to shut down. Update 1 was subsequently removed to correct the issue and a Hotfix was released for those customers who had already applied Update 1. This release of Update 1.1 includes that Hotfix.

You can apply Update 1.1 to AutoCAD 2011 running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct update for your operating system.

Who should install this Update?

• If you have not installed Update 1 to AutoCAD 2011, you should install Update 1.1.
• If you previously installed Update 1 to AutoCAD 2011 and you installed the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Layer Manager Hotfix, you do not need to install Update 1.1.
• If you previously installed Update 1 to AutoCAD 2011 and you have not installed theAutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Layer Manager Hotfix, you only need to install the Hotfix. Alternatively, you can choose to uninstall Update 1 and then install Update 1.1 (refer to the "Uninstall This Update" section of the readme for instructions on uninstalling Update 1).

Autodesk Data Management Server 2010 SP2 is Released

Applies to:

• Autodesk Vault 2010
• Autodesk Collaboration 2010
• Autodesk Manufacturing 2010
• Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2010

Download from:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15639494&linkID=9261341&CMP=OTC-RSSSUP01

Details:

Autodesk Data Management Server 2010 SP2 is an incremental update.

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2 (Client) and Autodesk Vault 2010 Update 2 (Server) for Autodesk Vault 2010, Autodesk Vault Workgroup 2010, Autodesk Vault Collaboration 2010, and Autodesk Vault Professional 2010 which fixes or addresses a variety of issues pertaining to those releases. This README file highlights how to install the Update, what has been fixed, and how to download the update.