CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
1 June 2004
Product News
New Release of Autodesk Inventor Series Addresses Customers' Priorities
Autodesk, Inc. ( http://www.autodesk.com ) announced the upcoming release of Autodesk Inventor® Series. Autodesk Inventor Series 9, along with new releases of Autodesk Inventor Professional, AutoCAD® Mechanical, AutoCAD® Electrical and Autodesk® Vault, reflect the priorities of Autodesk's two million manufacturing customers. Autodesk solutions for manufacturing help mainstream manufacturers create, manage, and share valuable design data, to accelerate product development cycles and optimize existing investments in design data.
With the introduction of Autodesk Inventor Series 9, designers can develop drawings more quickly with fewer mistakes. Autodesk Inventor Series enables customers to work with existing 2D designs and move to 3D at their own pace. Autodesk Vault, now fully integrated into all Autodesk manufacturing design software, provides data management capabilities to store, manage, and organize design data, synchronize design-related efforts across teams and protect against inadvertent changes.
Based on feedback from its manufacturing customers, Autodesk's software provides an environment for designers and engineers to focus on solving complex design problems while accelerating product development. Key enhancements to the new releases include:
• Autodesk Inventor Series delivers enhanced performance for 3D users, as well as powerful new drawing capabilities such as styles and layers, and advanced DWG support for AutoCAD users moving to 3D
• Autodesk Inventor Professional now includes FEA functionality, powered by industry-leading ANSYS technology, to enable customers to execute stress and strain analysis directly in the Autodesk Inventor application
• AutoCAD Mechanical, developed on the AutoCAD 2005 platform, includes enhanced features purpose-built for 2D mechanical design
• AutoCAD Electrical allows customers to create and modify electrical control designs that are seamlessly integrated with their AutoCAD design environment
• Autodesk Vault, now integrated with all manufacturing design software, helps customers securely manage work-in-process design data- Autodesk Streamline® and DWFT functionality provide maximum project visibility and collaboration with suppliers and customers
Customers and Partners Endorse the Autodesk Approach
Engineering and Machine Design, an Oregon-based designer and fabricator of specialized machinery, will improve productivity with the new flexible assemblies functionality in Autodesk Inventor Series 9.0, "The ability to illustrate assemblies in various positions is beneficial for showcasing customer features," said Mike Halter, principal of Engineering and Machine Design, Inc. (EMDI). "This can help us minimize errors and improve overall product function."
U.V.P., a developer and manufacturer of ultraviolet products and life science instrumentation since 1932, leverages Autodesk Vault-integrated directly into Autodesk Inventor Series-to manage work-in-process design changes automatically, "We use Autodesk Vault to securely control design documentation (drawings, certification documentation, CNC programs, etc.)," said Darius Kelly, Mechanical Engineer and Mechanical Design Group Supervisor at U.V.P. "By adopting this software and a paperless system, we can ensure that the designs used in manufacturing are always the right versions."
"We are pleased to enhance our partnership with Autodesk by integrating our proven FEA capabilities with Inventor 3D design software," said Jim Cashman, president and CEO of ANSYS, Inc. "Engineering simulation is vital to the design and development of quality products. Customers now can improve time to market by deploying this technology to a larger part of their design community."
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