In the Machine - Autodesk Inventor Blog

In The Machine is the official blog of the Inventor Product Management Team. It is a way for Autodesk to share Inventor news, interesting information about successful Inventor customers and partners as well as tips and tricks.

From time to time we’ll also use the blog to solicit feedback from users via surveys. This blog is hosted by Garin Gardiner, Autodesk Technical Marketing Manager.

In the Machine - The Official Blog of the Autodesk Inventor Product Design Team

Inventor 2012 is here!

3/25/2011 1:40:36 AM Click for blog article

We have been slaving away at our little cottage this past year to bring you all new software. What awaits you in the next release of Inventor? Check out several interviews Mr. Cohee conducted concerning our 2012 lineup.

It's all about the position

2/12/2011 1:57:30 AM Click for blog article

One of those tools that's been in the Inventor for many years that is often overlooked is the ability to show a drawing view in multiple states. Take this clamp for example, you may want create a drawing and show it in an open and closed states. This assembly has a positional representation set up with the cylinder set up with two states, one in an open state and one in the closed state. From there you can create a drawing and place a view using one of the positional state.Once you have the view you want, select the Overlay icon from the Place Views > Create ribbon. From there you can specify the overlay view such as the closed Positional Representation I created earlier.Once you select OK, you will see your original view with the overlay view to show an open and closed state.

Autodesk TinkerBox is here!!!

2/1/2011 1:57:15 AM Click for blog article

As some of you might have seen from our AU 2010 coverage, we introduced Autodesk TinkerBox, the first game from Autodesk. If you can imagine it, you can build it with TinkerBoxTinkerBox is a fun, free-to-play physics puzzle game. While it is full of interesting science facts and teaches basic engineering concepts, TinkerBox is more than just educational!Take the tools in your hands to explore your creativity and imagination with Invent mode. Build outrageous machines, share them with your friends, or download popular inventions from online.Stretch your brain through the devious Puzzle mode. Get immersed in physics-based puzzles and mechanical concepts, where your only hope for success is your creative problem solving.Dream. Build. Share. TinkerBox.If you have an iPad, head on over the the app store and pick it up, its FREE!!

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