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6 October 2009

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ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge® Releases Updated Autodesk® Inventor® 2010 Sheet Metal Design & AutoCAD® Electrical® 2010 Fundamentals Training Guides

 

RAND Worldwide® announced that its courseware division, ASCENT– Center for Technical Knowledge®, has released the updated Autodesk® Inventor® 2010 Sheet Metal Design and AutoCAD® Electrical® 2010 Fundamentals training guides.

ASCENT’s Autodesk Inventor 2010 Sheet Metal Design training guide introduces the concepts and techniques of sheet metal modeling with Autodesk Inventor. The structure of the course follow the typical stages of modeling using Autodesk Inventor – creating sheet metal parts, editing them, generating flat patterns, and documenting the designs in drawings. All existing material has been updated for use in the new Ribbon interface, as well as the introduction of the new sheet metal features. New features added to the software that are now addressed within the training manual include lofted flange, contour roll, rip, and unfold and refold features.

“ASCENT’s Autodesk Inventor 2010 Sheet Metal Design focuses on features specific to the process of sheet metal part creation,” said Joe Oswald, Executive Vice-President PLM Operations, RAND Worldwide. “Incorporating software enhancements and a host of new features, the training guide is designed to ensure that users will maximize their application of this new release.”

ASCENT has also released an updated AutoCAD Electrical 2010 Fundamentals training guide. The training guide covers the indispensable core topics for working with AutoCAD Electrical. Students are taught to create schematic drawings, panel drawings, and PLC-I/O circuits using automated commands for symbol insertion, component tagging, wire numbering, drawing modification, and reports. In addition, students are introduced to methods of customizing AutoCAD Electrical symbols, circuits, and databases. The changes made to the AutoCAD Electrical interface have been integrated throughout the training guide.

ASCENT is an Authorized Author, Publisher, and Developer of Autodesk® curriculum. All of the courses authored by ASCENT for Autodesk software are available to educational institutions, individuals, and corporations.

ASCENT will also be releasing AutoCAD Architecture 2010 Advanced and Civil 3D 2010 Update in October. To see the company’s complete courseware lineup for Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, and PTC software solutions, please visit http://www.ASCENTed.com.

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