LABS - Project Simulus Technology Preview

Project Simulus is a free Technology Preview that showcases a number of innovative approaches to mechanical simulation. This Technology Preview offers powerful geometry modification capabilities through embedding Autodesk Fusion along with a very intuitive simplification environment to prepare various CAD models for different simulation studies. In addition, it provides you with easy and quick ways to set up and run many simulation studies, exploiting the power of Cloud computing that leaves your desktop free of much of the computational burdens.

Autodesk Cloud Security

Over the last few months we have been reporting about the new Autodesk Cloud services, you may have also seen the Inventor Optimisation messages yourself when running Inventor.

If you have not seen any information about the Autodesk Cloud technologies, then please visit the Autodesk Cloud website - www.autodesk.com/cloud.

This technology has quite rightly raised a few questions from customers regarding security of their data on the Autodesk Cloud. This has been fed back to Autodesk, who have recently released a white paper to help cover some of peoples questions. Please see the document for yourself:

Autodesk Announce Inventor Optimization

Some of you may be getting the message below when starting Inventor:

So, what is Inventor Optimization all about? Extend ideation and simulation beyond the desktop by testing the performance of multiple product design options with the Autodesk Inventor Optimization service, powered by Autodesk Cloud. This capability makes it easy to create higher-quality products and more sustainable designs that lower costs.

See the video below for further information:

Autodesk Cloud for Autodesk Subscription Customers

Autodesk Subscription now provides a greater advantage with Autodesk Cloud capabilities that can help you increase mobility, improve collaboration, and optimize your designs, advancing the way you work.

Core benefits include:

• Sharing - Share your design files with others, even if they don't have the design software used to create the files
• Viewing - View and mark up DWF files on the web or on your mobile device
• DWG Editing - Edit DWG files on your mobile device or the web. Multiple users can edit the same file in real-time
• Storage - Store your files in the cloud and access them anytime, anywhere, with 3GB of storage per seat on Subscription
• See more click here

Select benefits include:

• Rendering in the Cloud - Improve design visualization and bypass the need to invest in specialized rendering hardware
• Energy Analysis in the Cloud - Quickly gain insight into energy consumption and costs of early design concepts
• Optimization in the Cloud - Simulate and test the performance of multiple product design options to accelerate innovation
• Collaboration in the Cloud - Exchange and manage project information across companies, teams, and locations
• See more click here

The video playlist below covers all of the features above, to give you a better understanding of the benefits available.

Autodesk Design Review for Mobile devices

Autodesk's mobile applications have a new addition in the form of Autodesk Design Review for the iPad or iPhone.

The Autodesk Design Review app allows you to View your 2D or 3D DWF files from anywhere.

You get 1Gb (3GB with Autodesk Subscription) of file storage with this free viewer and upload them to your Autodesk Cloud or Autodesk Labs Project Nitrous account.