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iCOMMUNIQUE
 July 2008 Issue 9  
Manufacturing
IMAGINiT Technologies

In This Issue
 
  Client Success Story: COOL Mobility Pty Ltd  
  IMAGINiT TakeAIM Certification Program  
 

Monthly Manufacturing Webcasts featuring Live Demonstrations!

 
  Blog: Substitute Levels of Detail  
  Blog: IDSA Show  
  Green Design: Sustainable Materials  
  Lattice Updates XVL Translator  
  Tip: Custom Properties Not Extracted  
  Certified Hardware Database Updated  
 

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  COOL Mobility Pty Ltd Success Story

COOL Mobility® Pty Ltd co-founder, Colin Johanson, a quadriplegic himself, believes mobility aids should be attractive, as light as possible, and use the most advanced technology, to obtain optimum performance for the human technology combination. As a co-ordinator at Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE (Technical and Further Education), Colin with engineering students and staff developed the Kangaroo (Kangan Roo) Power Wheelchair.

Cool Mobility Success Story

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  IMAGINiT TakeAIM Certification Program

IMAGINiT Technologies has implemented a rigorous certification program for IMAGINiT application specialists who take their clients through TakeAIM , IMAGINiT's four phased Assured Implementation Method program.

Read the full Press release here

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Monthly Manufacturing Webcasts featuring Live Demonstrations!

IMAGINiT Technologies invites you to join our monthly informational webcasts.

July Schedule:

  • AutoCAD Electrical Webcast - July 11
  • Introduction to Inventor Webinar - July 21
  • Autodesk Vault/ Product Stream Workshop - July 24
  • Showcase Webinar - July 28
  • AliasStudio Webinar - July 28

August Schedule:

  • Inventor Tips and Tricks Webinar Aug 1
  • AutoCAD Electrical Webcast - Aug 8
  • Introduction to Inventor Webinar - Aug 18
  • Showcase Webinar - Aug 25
  • AliasStudio Webinar - Aug 25
  • Autodesk Vault/ Product Stream Workshop - Aug 28

For more information and to register for the following webinars click here.

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  Blog: Substitute Levels of Detail

IMAGINiT's Manufacturing Solutions Blogger, Caleb Funk, shares his insight on Autodesk's manufacturing software including Inventor, Mechanical Desktop and Mechanical. In this month's newsletter, Caleb shares an excerpt of his blog:

One of my favorite new features in Inventor 2009 is the Substitute Levels of Detail.  I have written a white paper detailing how to set up and use the substitutes.  It can be downloaded here [PDF file].

To find out what Caleb will be sharing next, visit his blog at: www.rand.com/imaginit/1/rss/manufacturing_blog.asp

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  Blog: IDSA Show

IMAGINiT's Industrial Design Business Development Manager Shad Hardy, shares his insight on Industrial Design software. In this month's newsletter, Shad shares an excerpt of his blog:

Sold out a week ahead of time! That's the story. The Industrial Designers Society of America's Midwest Regional event is huge. There are a lot of designers here willing to hear from the trend setters of design. It's the face of the new IDSA. They're doing great. It's a well-organized, fun and informative event with big name presenters including yours truly.

To find out what Shad will be sharing next, visit his blog at: www.rand.com/imaginit/1/rss/industrial_design_blog.asp

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  Green Design: Sustainable Materials 

Think green by considering sustainability early in your design process:

  • Does my design contain toxic materials?
  • Is it made of recyclable materials?
  • What is its carbon footprint?

The Sustainable Materials Assistant for Inventor helps you make responsible material choices that can reduce the product's environmental impact -- while still meeting performance requirements.

The Assistant is available now from Autodesk Labs and adds these features:

Inventor's materials library has new fields for adding sustainability properties.

Sustainability reports analyze and document the environmental impact of selected materials

Calculate the carbon footprint of the entire design.

You can download the Sustainable Materials Assistant and training materials at no charge from www.rand.com/imaginit/sustainablematerials

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  Lattice Updates XVL Translator

Lattice Technology announced that their XVL Converter Plug-in for Inventor 2009 is scheduled to ship on June 30.

The XVL Translator Add-in for Inventor 2008 is already available for free download from Autodesk Labs at www.rand.com/imaginit/xvltranslator.

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  Tip: Custom Properties Not Extracted
(Applies to: Inventor 2008, Productstream Professional 2008, and Vault 2008)

This hotfix fixes a problem with DWG files produced by Inventor R2008 that have custom properties. The custom properties were not being extracted in the Vault upon check in or property re-indexing.

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  Certified Hardware Database Updated

Autodesk regularly tests graphics boards to ensure they do an excellent job of displaying your 3D models. The database of supported graphics boards has been updated. You may need to check it out if:
  • Your computer has new graphics hardware.
  • A new driver is available for the graphics board.
  • The status of the graphics card has changed, such as from Supported to Certified.
  • Autodesk or the graphics hardware vendor has resolved issues with the graphics hardware.

The current version of the Hardware Certification Database is 17.2.0.3. If your copy of the database is older, then you should download the update.

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