Ahh, remember back to Inventor 2009…? Those were the days, right? Pull down menus, right click menus, updating panel bar, eh? No? Ok, I didn’t like it either, but I could get my work done, whip out a model in pretty decent time and all so it worked out well enough for me. I shouldn’t say I didn’t like it – I simply accepted it as what it was. Then the Ribbon with 2010, nowadays I feel like I’m modeling in a completely different package if I have to go back to ’09 – totally a fish out of water. (How often do you get to put in a nowadays, and make it work…?)
So what does that mean for my perception of the User Interface in Inventor 2010? It tells me I now have a stronger personal preference for the ribbon interface than I do for the previous. So seriously, is User Interface something that can be measured to be “better” than another one, or is it simply user preference? The product designers are going to kill me for this post, and I totally understand the logic behind fewer mouse clicks, less mouse travel, more intuitive. But I genuinely want to know what your gut tells you – is it simply user preference, or does User Interface matter to you guys?
How many people do you see that still have that ugly huge cursor going all the way across their screen in AutoCAD? We got rid of that thing in R14, but the first thing most people do is change the cursor size and the pickbox from 2 to 20…. What’s this object tracking thingy…eh, no matter I’ll just eyeball it with my huge cursor. Do people ignore what is possible with new user interface functionality, and turn it off so that they are initially more comfortable with the tool?
Quality questions here folks – let the discussion begin….
-Rob
Thick Lines in DWF Files?
I have seen a number of discussion group posts talking about this issue now. Users open a DWG using Autodesk Design Review 2010 and some, if not all, lines are showing up with a thick line width. AutoCAD or AutoCAD...
(Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:58:00 GMT)
Vault Explorer best practice - Automatic Column Sizing
Here's another setting that is not on with an initial install. Note the image below and the horizontal scroll bar. Depending on the resolution you run, this will either cut off a property column, or leave a margin of white space. But there's a solution...
Right click the top of any column and choose Customize View. Click the Other Settings button and place a check mark in the 'Automatic column sizing'.
Now the columns have a different feel, the scroll bar is gone, and no columns are cut off. I suggest doing this for the History window, Change Orders, and Items too.
-Brian Schanen
Vault Explorer best practice - Automatic Column Sizing
Here's another setting that is not on with an initial install. Note the image below and the horizontal scroll bar. Depending on the resolution you run, this will either cut off a property column, or leave a margin of white space. But there's a solution...
Right click the top of any column and choose Customize View. Click the Other Settings button and place a check mark in the 'Automatic column sizing'.
Now the columns have a different feel, the scroll bar is gone, and no columns are cut off. I suggest doing this for the History window, Change Orders, and Items too.
-Brian Schanen
BIM Deployment Plan
Readers interested in BIM should go and check out this link. The BIM deployment plan outlines advantages, disadvantages and challenges when using BIM on levels of projects as well as organizations. However, the deployment plan does not specify any BIM...
(Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:45:00 GMT)
Today's we'll explore options to make your Vault Explorer session a little more streamlined.
Show working folder
In an out-of-the-box install of Vault, the location of the Working folder for a selected Vault folder is not displayed. I recommend turning this on to show the path up in the title bar. Go to Tools>Options and check the 'show working folder location' box.
For each Vault folder - including the root - the equivalent windows folder location is listed.
Collapse to first level components
Here's a handy workflow quite useful in the Uses tab in the History window. With a large assembly or multiple indented subcomponents, you may want to just get a display of the first level parts or assemblies. Of course you can scroll down the tree and collapse one at a time, but there's a much better way...
Right click the file at the top, and select Collapse All.
See the image below. This will pull all the files up...
Next click the plus sign + and the tree will expand with the first level displayed.
-Brian Schanen
Today's we'll explore options to make your Vault Explorer session a little more streamlined.
Show working folder
In an out-of-the-box install of Vault, the location of the Working folder for a selected Vault folder is not displayed. I recommend turning this on to show the path up in the title bar. Go to Tools>Options and check the 'show working folder location' box.
For each Vault folder - including the root - the equivalent windows folder location is listed.
Collapse to first level components
Here's a handy workflow quite useful in the Uses tab in the History window. With a large assembly or multiple indented subcomponents, you may want to just get a display of the first level parts or assemblies. Of course you can scroll down the tree and collapse one at a time, but there's a much better way...
Right click the file at the top, and select Collapse All.
See the image below. This will pull all the files up...
Next click the plus sign + and the tree will expand with the first level displayed.
-Brian Schanen
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Official Autodesk Inventor Podcast Episode 40 - Constraints (part 1 of 2)
This is a part one of a two part series that covers constraints. I received an email from a listener that requested an episode around constraints. This episode covers assembly constraints such as Mate, Angle, Tangent and Insert constraints. I will also cover how you can drive (animate) constraints as well as leverage adaptivity for items like a spring.
The second part of this series will cover Motion Constraints, Transitional Constraints and Constraint Sets.
Don't forget to leave feedback by adding a comment to this post or email me.
Navisworks for Wastewater Treatment Plants
A number of videos demonstrating how Autodesk Navisworks can aggregate data from many different trades, disciplines and file formats into a single model for visualization, scheduling, clash detection and publishing to Google Earth.
(Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:04:00 GMT)
Tip from Imaginit - Multi Bodies and Vault
The team at Imaginit have a good video and workflow on the use of Multi Bodies and Autodesk Vault:
Inventor Multi Body Parts with Autodesk Vault from Mark Flayler on Vimeo.
Tip from Imaginit - Multi Bodies and Vault
The team at Imaginit have a good video and workflow on the use of Multi Bodies and Autodesk Vault:
Inventor Multi Body Parts with Autodesk Vault from Mark Flayler on Vimeo.
The Autodesk Generation
Autodesk’s Chief Education Officer Dr. Joe Astroth delivered a great presentation on our Education efforts at the Autodesk One Team Conference today in Las Vegas. Even though I’ve been around for many years it’s great to hear presentation like this...
(Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:10:00 GMT)
Autodesk Subscription Software Downloads
Starting this month, software download will replace CDs and DVDs as the default method of delivering software upgrades to most Autodesk® Subscription customers worldwide. If a customer would prefer to receive their software upgrade via CD/DVD instead of via download,...
(Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:17:00 GMT)
Software download will replace CDs and DVDs as the default method of delivering software upgrades
Hi all, Starting this month, software download will replace CDs and DVDs as the default method of delivering software upgrades to most Autodesk® Subscription customers worldwide. If a customer would prefer to receive their software upgrade via CD/DVD instead of...
(Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:09:00 GMT)
Autodesk Subscription Customers / Electronic Downloads
Starting this month, software download will replace CDs and DVDs as the default method of delivering software upgrades to most Autodesk® Subscription customers worldwide. If a customer would prefer to receive their software upgrade via CD/DVD instead of via download,...
(Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:27:00 GMT)
Thick Lines in DWF Files?
I have seen a number of discussion group posts talking about this issue now. Users open a DWG using Autodesk Design Review 2010 and some, if not all, lines are showing up with a thick line width. AutoCAD or AutoCAD...
(Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:58:00 GMT)
BIM Deployment Plan
Readers interested in BIM should go and check out this link. The BIM deployment plan outlines advantages, disadvantages and challenges when using BIM on levels of projects as well as organizations. However, the deployment plan does not specify any BIM...
(Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:45:00 GMT)
Navisworks for Wastewater Treatment Plants
A number of videos demonstrating how Autodesk Navisworks can aggregate data from many different trades, disciplines and file formats into a single model for visualization, scheduling, clash detection and publishing to Google Earth.
(Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:04:00 GMT)
How to control the fillet in Revit modeling
You may encounter the situation for modeling fillet in Revit, when changing the controlled parameters' value, the fillet may be disabled. Here are several methods that will control the different types of fillets. Case 1: In this case, we need...
(Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:15:00 GMT)
Massive Chilean Earthquake
Last night a massive 8.8 earthquake hit Chile. The resulting tsunami warning extended across the entire Pacific Basin. This includes Easter Island. As many of you know I have dear friends in Santiago and on the island. I'm happy to...
(Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:31:00 GMT)
Navisworks Render Image Inaccurate
Some customers experience "rips", "tears" or another anomaly in the model when using the Render or Export Rendered Image functionality. It should also be noted that the problem does not go away, once it has started. Even if the file...
(Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:03:00 GMT)
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Parsons Brinchkerhoff uses an Autodesk BIM solution to redesign and construct the Presidio Parkway in San Francisco.
(Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
Autodesk Design Review 2010 Fails to Launch
We now had several customers who experienced and subsequently reported the following. Autodesk Design Review 2010 does not start at all. The timer appears for a second when double clicking the icon or executable, but nothing else. Users also noted...
(Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:00 GMT)
Syncromatics
Syncromatics uses Autodesk® Inventor® software and Autodesk Digital Prototyping solutions to provide smart transit information.
(Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
Focusplan Engineering (Finland)
Finnish engineering company saves time, increases flexibility, and offers improved customer service with AutoCAD® P&ID piping and instrumentation design software.
(Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
SHP Leading Design
SHP Leading Design uses Autodesk BIM solutions to advance integrated building design, delivery, and operations.
(Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
SHP Leading Design
SHP Leading Design uses Autodesk BIM solutions to advance integrated building design, delivery, and operations.
(Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
SHP Leading Design
SHP Leading Design uses Autodesk BIM solutions to advance integrated building design, delivery, and operations.
(Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
Pella Corporation / Z+ Architects
Z+ Architects uses Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software, Autodesk® Seek web service, and digital product models from Pella Corporation to transform a house.
(Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
Mortenson Construction
Using Autodesk® BIM software solutions, Mortenson Construction delivers projects faster and more cost-effectively.
(Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
DMJM Design
An AECOM company, DMJM Design is a leading full-service architectural and engineering design firm of more than 3,000 professionals. The company’s Washington, D.C.–based division is supporting design teams that are standardizing on the use of the Revit® Architecture.
(Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT)
Wyndham International: Hotel & Resort Design
Autodesk Collaboration Services help Wyndham International share design plans and construction information from corporate headquarters in Dallas to worldwide locations.
(Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT)