CADPRO New Zealand Autodesk MFG Calendar 2010

Once again the Autodesk Manufacturing Community in New Zealand have come together to release a showcase calendar for 2010. All modeled using Autodesk Digital Prototype tools and largely rendered using Autodesk Showcase, (with some AutoCAD Inventor Studio and 3D Studio Max) you are welcome to download a copy from CADPRO Calendar 2010

We would like to thank all our customers for taking the time and effort to provide us with their models and images.

If you would like to know more about any of the  models, please post comments and we will endeavour to answer your questions.

Autocad Inventor Service Pack 2 released

You can download the latest Service Pack from the following location: AutoCAD Inventor SP2

You must install Autodesk Inventor 2010, and apply Service Pack 1, before you can install Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 2. If you have previously installed the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Inventor 2010 in addition to Service Pack 1, ensure you download and install from the appropriate Autodesk Inventor 2010 SP2 Subscription Bonus Pack file instead of the appropriate Autodesk Inventor 2010 SP2 file.
This service pack updates Autodesk Inventor 2010 for all languages.

Tips and tricks - Sheet Metal Derived parts

A quite common topic we get in support is that a sheet metal part has been created and the flat pattern generated no problem. Then a new part has been derived from it (an opposite hand version for instance) and when opened and the flat pattern is generated it fails. To all intents and purposes they are the same part, so why does the new one not work?

Generally the answer is to do with material thickness. The original part may have had its Sheet Metal thickness set in the Sheet Metal defaults option. The new part will be using the default Sheet Metal rule thickness. If these are different, the derived part will not be able to be flattened. Changing the sheet metal thicknss to match the orignal part solves the issue

Have a look at this short video to better explain the above Derived Sheet Metal

Inventor Publisher Technology Preview Available

Autodesk Inventor Publisher Technology Preview is easy-to-use software for creating interactive 3D product documentation - from assembly instructions to operating procedures, repair instructions, and more. Inventor Publisher allows you to deliver clearer and more comprehensive technical instructions to your customers.

Inventor Publisher allows technical publication and illustration teams to leverage the same digital prototype created in Inventor that is used in the design to manufacturing process. You can work directly with 3D design models to clearly communicate technical information without the need to learn CAD software.

Visit the Labs website  Inventor Publisher Technology Preview and an overview video here Inventor Publisher Overview