Invent-IT

As promised the notes from the User Group last night

Inventor Studio

Styling in Inventor Studio

Autodesk held their yearly One Team Africa Conference on 3 April 2009. At this event all the Autodesk Valued Added Resellers in Africa, came together and celebrate the year’s successes. It is at the end of the evening that an awards ceremony was held and Modena Design Centres walked away with the following awards:  

Best Autodesk Partner – Overall

This award is for the largest Value Added Reseller in Sub-Saharan Africa. We have achieved this through both our divisions, Manufacturing and Build, doing exceptionally well in their respective areas. 

Best Autodesk Partner – Manufacturing Solutions

This award is awarded to the largest Value Added Reseller in the Manufacturing space 

Both these particular awards are kept close to Modena Design Centres heart, as over the last 4 years, along with many other awards, we have proudly walked away with both awards Modena Design Centres would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our valued clients that have supported us through out the past year, as without your support, none of our achievements would have been possible!

I get asked all the time: “Are there any books available that will help me lear Autodesk products, other than the material handled in the course ?” Good news, starting now I will be looking at through the web and find books that might be applicable to you.

Following is our first book. - Ready to hit the shelves in August this year. Please feel free to click on the images to get info on purchasing the book from kalahari.net

 Learning and Applying Autodesk Inventor 2010. - L. Scott HansenProvides step-by-step instructions along with numerous illustrations. Commands are shown in bold for those who would rather not read every word of instruction. Includes graphic illustration for each step for those who would rather learn visually. Contains small notes on most illustrations to further clarify instructions. Includes a new chapter covering the basics of the Design Accelerator.

• Author: L. Scott Hansen
• Publisher: Industrial Press
• ISBN: 9780831133832
• Publication date: August 2009
• Pages: 450
• Illustrations: Illustrated

I will follow soon with more.

Jay Moolman

By Mark Flayler, IMAGINiT 

Inventor’s Rectangular Feature Pattern contains advanced options for complicated patterns of geometry including curve driven patterns based on curve length, distance, and spacing along a curve. The Curve Length option uses the length of the path geometry (e.g., line, spline) as the total distance between the first and last occurrence, and coupled with more complex sketches this type of Pattern is quite powerful.

To view the step-by-step tip download the pdf below

Curve Driven Patterns

Autodesk Labs is home to innovative new technologies and collaborative development. Its mission is to involve you, the customer, in the progress of design technology solutions.  The new software available on Autodesk Labs is Inventor iCopy

The Autodesk Inventor iCopy Technology Preview can significantly improve productivity by enabling you to make multiple copies of an assembly that automatically resize to fit their design. By capturing a few key constraints, such as connection points and paths, iCopy creates and inserts multiple instances of the assembly and automatically adjusting the size and shape of each occurrence based on their functional requirements.

iCopy for Inventor helps you:

·         Save time by easily customizing commonly-used assemblies

·         Avoid errors when working with complex designs involving multiple paths

·         Innovate by exploring multiple design iterations quickly

Click here to download this software, and please remember to give them feedback on product ideas in the early conceptual stage