Inventor 2010

As mentioned previously, here, we are just around-the-corner from the release of Inventor 2010. There are, as usual a lot of; changes, improvements, new features. In this release the number 200 is thrown around. Many of us won't use all 200 changes to this release, but there is something for everyone.

First, a new Interface, born of the need to make the interface more consistent as you moved from modeling to frame generator, for instance. I really like the new interface, and it didn't take me very long to become a fan. Another reason for a new interface is they need room to grow, they keep adding applications.

New application built-in to all Inventor's, tools for designing Plastic Parts, things like lips, rule fillets (this is very cool), grills, rests, bosses.

New tools (this list goes on forever);

For those of you who manufacture "anything" that goes into a building, you will be "extremely" interested in the new tools for sending files to Autodesk Revit, the architectural product. You can now transfer all your meta-data with the file, things like; manufacturer part number, cost, etc. You can also prepare all electrical connections, duct connections, liquid connections, etc. Talk to us about ways to make your products available to all Architects using Revit.

There are lots of new tools/features for those of you that need to "Concept" the desing before modeling starts.

There are all kinds of productivity tools and enhancements for Assembly modeling; organizational tools, large assembly tools, and just tools that make you think "why didn't they do this in Release 4?"

There are new tools in Drawing manager, BOM, alignments, balloon tools.

A new Inventor Pro tool is available; Inventor Pro Tooling Suite, for building molds, and all the analysis necessary to make good plastic parts.

There are new Data Management tools; two new products, Vault Workgroup, and Vault Collaboration, also Producstream has been renamed to Vault Manufacturing.

Needless to say, I haven't even scratched the surface. So, hopefully, you are asking yourself "How do I get my head wrapped around all this new stuff?"

Well we think we have an answer, On-Line training! How about if you could get an hour or two on a specific topic, without having to go anywhere? We have been doing on-line training for about 6 months, primarily in AutoCAD and AutoCAD Updates, full classes with an instructor. And this has been quite successful, I know it is not for everybody, but it does offer the ability to learn just what you need instead of sitting through a class talking about a lot of things you don't do. Contact us and see if we have something that fits your needs.

We will get into more about Inventor 2010 in the next blog.