Well, I just got done downloading and installing all of the new Autodesk Manufacturing products. It was quite time consuming and a lot of data moving, but I am excited as always to explore all of the new products as well the enhanced new ones. I usually cover all of the Inventor enhancements, but I may slip a few other products here and there. The biggest reason for that, is the total Digital Prototyping Solution and the tight integration and interoperability of all of the manufacturing products. Here is a highlight of some of the full circle products:
ALIAS - For conceptual design
AutoCAD Inventor - Mechanical Design (Simulate, analyze, optimize)
AutoCAD Electrical - Schematic design
Showcase - Real time rendering (Concept design review)
Navisworks - Factory simulation/automation
Vault - Data Collaboration
As you can see, Autodesk has a product from concept to the manufacturing floor....and the great thing is....you can share the data between all team members in your organization without the need for multiple platforms or vendors. The solution is attainable, scalable and cost effective. I have a lot of tools to choose from when I walk into a customer, and it's exciting that Autodesk has given us the right tools for the job at hand. I'd hate it if I just had a hammer.... and a nail..... and a board.....nevermind. In upcoming posts, I will show the seamless integration of the Autodesk 2010 Manufacturing solutions and how they can help your business be more successful.
Cheers,
CAD Geek John
So how are you and your co-workers making progress on the Autodesk Digital Prototyping ladder.....Check out this cool video to see how you and your peers are stacking up.
"Autodesk Digital Prototyping for Industrial Machinery"
Simply by owning Inventor you are already on the ladder....so now you just need to start taking steps to move closer to Digital Prototyping.
Kevin with the INCAT CAD Geeks
As mentioned a few weeks back we all need to create a Digital Prototyping Task List.
Digital Prototyping Task List - #2 "Contact Sets"
Contact sets allow you to check where your assembly interferences take place based on the degrees of freedom. Basically all you need to do it select which parts you want to check, right click turn on Contact Set for each, then use drive and or drag to see where you will interfere with other parts.
Within Document Settings you can also adjust if you want to run this on all parts or just the ones you have in the contact set.
Check out this short highlight video to get you started with DP task #2.
WATCH THIS VIDEOEnjoy,
Kevin with the INCAT CAD Geeks
Create your own Digital Prototyping task list .... every spring Inventor adds more and more great new features. However each spring that means you have more to learn. Myself and the rest of the INCAT CAD Geeks are constantly looking for way to help you and our customers take their 3D designs further by learning all the new features. So sometime you have to create a targeted list of things to go and learn, so that is what todays post is all about getting started, but not just for whats new!
Like myself when I first used parametric modeling in the later 90's I was blown away by being able to change my models and it magically updated my drawings. I also loved the fact that drawing creation was a breeze. But over the last few years the tool set has really expanded to add tremendous power right at the fingertips of the designer that really focus on Function more than Form and Fit. So with this post I wanted to START a short list of commands that myself and the INCAT CAD Geek team will highlight in the coming weeks that I feel can empower you to start you own personal "Digital Prototyping Task List" so you can ensure you really taking advantage of your tool set.
Feel free to add more to the list using comments.
Thanks,
Kevin with the INCAT CAD Geeks
- Drive Constraints
- Contact sets and solver
- Auto Limits
- Layout sketches
- Design Accelerators (Tons in this bucket)
- Dyanmic Simulation
- Bolted Connections
- FEA
- More to come......
