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Dear [customer first name],
Welcome to the May issue of Manufacturing News, the newsletter designed especially for professionals in mechanical engineering, engineering design, process engineering and electrical engineering.
In this issue we have details about the DWF community online resource center, the new family of Autodesk 2008 Manufacturing solutions including Autodesk Inventor, useful tips and tricks, Project freewheel, Big Toys,Inc. – our inventor of the month and Autodesk Australia at the National Manufacturing week 2007.
As with all our newsletters, if you would like to share your comments on how we can improve this newsletter, please send them to anz.marketing@mail.autodesk.com.
Happy Reading!
Manufacturing News Editorial Team
Community
DWF community online resource centre
Top organisations worldwide are harnessing the power of DWF™ technology to extend design information beyond the initial design teams. With extensive 2D and 3D design collaboration capabilities, DWF is the choice for critical design-related manufacturing, architecture, building, facilities, and infrastructure workflows. The DWF resource centre contains information on utilities, tools and Plug-Ins, blogs and discussions and user submitted tips and tricks.
Click here to enter the DWF world…
Manufacturing Community Portal Features Community News & Content:
Parametric Modelling Using Autodesk Inventor
Mechanical design engineer James P. LoFaso has written a book for beginning software users entitled Parametric Modelling Using Autodesk Inventor. Learn more about this resource.
View A Member's Design Portfolio - Mario Sawatzky
Did you know that you can share design examples by adding them to your Manufacturing Community Portfolio?
Not a member of the Manufacturing Community Portal? It’s free to register, simply click here to register today!
Focus on
Introducing the new 2008 Family of Products
Today, everyone is facing more risks, complexities and competitive pressures than ever before. That’s why you need the ability to innovate, visualise and simulate in the digital world before creating anything in the real one. In fact, you need to experience your next project before it’s real. Learn how our new 2008 industry-specific software helps you analyse the real-world performance of your designs. All before you build a thing.
The exciting new 2008 Family of Products include:
Introducing the new Autodesk Inventor Suite 2008
With the new Autodesk Inventor 2008, you can move seamlessly between 2D and 3D design, employing whichever one best suits the task at hand. You'll quickly see why Inventor is the #1 selling 3D manufacturing design software on the market today. See for yourself just how easy it is to begin producing 3D designs by watching this free online demonstration about the latest version of Inventor.
Tips and Techniques
Tip 1: Need to change a Vault library part?
Posted to Manufacturing Community Portal by Ron Smith
Click here to learn how to do this using Autodesk Vault.
Tip 2: 2D to 3D Tool for Autodesk Inventor
Email your comments about this tool to Autodesk labs
Download the tool for Autodesk Inventor 11.
Tip 3: Using face splits to control welds
Posted to the Manufacturing community portal by Dennis Jeffrey
Click here to learn how to do this using Autodesk Inventor
General News
Project Freewheel
Want to view a DWF file, but don't want to install viewer software? If so, then the Project Freewheel has the answer. It is both a web site where you can type in a DWF URL for interactive viewing, and a web service that allows you to embed an interactive DWF viewer in your own HTML pages.
Check out the free web service to view 2D & 3D images without the hassle of downloading.
Subscription News
We trust you have already received your new Autodesk 2008 products as part of your Subscription benefits. Please visit the Subscription Centre to download the new AutoCAD Electrical 2008, AutoCAD Mechanical and Autodesk Inventor Technical What's New document to enhance your usage experience. Please visit our website for more information on Autodesk products and services.
Don’t have a login? Please email us at ap.subscriptions@autodesk.com for your login.
Customer Success
Meet our Inventor of the Month: Big Toys, Inc.
Autodesk Inventor software plays a vital role in helping BigToys, Inc to design these environmentally friendly play structures. Learn how Big Toys, Inc. used Autodesk Inventor® to speed up their design and manufacturing processes.
Industry Events
National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2007
National Manufacturing Week 2007 will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Center from 22nd -25th May.
Autodesk will be present at NMW again this year as the platinum sponsor of the CIMTECH exhibition area. Autodesk and its resellers Cadcentre Asia Pacific & IMAGINiT Technologies will conduct demonstrations every hour from 10:30 am.
Visit us on our new look stand (stand #3412) and experience the features and functionality of our new 2008 products.
Click here to register for this event.
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