The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is responsible for the United Kingdom's national scientific activities in Antarctica, and uses Autodesk’s Inventor software to design tools to research climate change, ozone depletion, and change in sea levels.

Scientists know that the Antarctic ice sheet has grown and shrunk over geological history. Ice core samples show that during the last 800,000 years, the earth experienced eight glacial cycles with ice ages and warmer periods. The BAS engineering team produces equipment for use in the field, such as a rugged digital camera system to monitor sea ice activity, a star-pointing telescope to measure the ozone in the atmosphere, and an ice core drill that takes samples dating back tens of thousands of years.

The BAS engineering team relies on Inventor to generate 3D digital models that minimize the need for physical prototypes. This reduces the number of engineering changes that are costly. "Inventor has proved invaluable in checking for interferences and making sure all the components fit together," said Andy Tait, a mechanical design engineer at BAS. "Sometimes it could be something simple, like the device being the wrong size to handle when wearing gloves."

www.antarctica.ac.uk

Monthly Manufacturing Webcasts

IMAGINiT Technologies invites you to join our monthly informational webcasts.

September Schedule:

• AutoCAD Electrical Webcast - Sept 12
• Introduction to Inventor Webinar - Sept 15
• Showcase Webinar - Sept 22
• AliasStudio Webinar - Sept 22
• Autodesk Vault/ Product Stream Workshop - Sept 25

October Schedule:

• Inventor Tips and Tricks Webinar Oct 2
• AutoCAD Electrical Webcast - Oct 10
• Introduction to Inventor Webinar - Oct 20
• Autodesk Vault/ Product Stream Workshop - Oct 23

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

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, Doug shares an excerpt of his blog:

Lattice Technology announced that their XVL Converter Plug-in for Inventor 2009 was scheduled to ship on June 30.  The XVL Translator Add-in for Inventor 2008 is already available for free download from Autodesk Labs.

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

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:

I'm talking about the green initiatives that most companies are putting together to make them look savvy, up to date, and credible like they all of a sudden care about the environment.

Industrial Design along with the Architectural groups are at the forefront of making products, buildings, and other things more palatable to the consumer and put a stop gap in us making holes in our ozone and mounds of garbage that we don't know what to do with. Here is a listing of articles that I found interesting on the color green as it relates to Industrial Design.

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

Free sessions are being held throughout Canada showcasing how the power to create a digital prototype saves time and money.

Find out how Digital Prototyping can help you experience your next product before it's real, and simultaneously help increase productivity and efficiency, reduce errors, and get your product to market faster.

To Register click here

Autodesk has a hotfix that fixes the problem where the thread class type is not shown correctly when the thread type is changed.

• For more information, read the Readme file.
• To download the 100KB hotfix, click here.
   

Autodesk Efficiency Stimulus Program

From August 18, 2008, through October 17, 2008, the Autodesk Efficiency Stimulus Program offers unprecedented savings of up to $2,000 on select Autodesk products. Promotion is available to US Commercial Clients only.

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On March 14, 2009, Autodesk will be retiring upgrades from AutoCAD® 2006, AutoCAD 2006-based products, Autodesk® VIZ 2006, Autodesk® 3ds Max® 8 and Autodesk Inventor® Series 10 software. Upgrade from July 19, 2008 through October 17, 2008 and you could save up to 15%. Retirement Program

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Still using AutoCAD® R14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004 or 2005? Save up to 35% off your new Autodesk software license with the Autodesk Legacy Program, from July 19, 2008 - October 17, 2008. Autodesk Legacy Program.

Finance your complete business solution with attractive rates offered by our Financial Business partner--Key Equipment Finance on 12, 24 and 36 month terms. (conditions apply).
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This promotion has been extended for U.S. Government clients through September 30, 2008, eligible AutoCAD LT® software clients can trade up (crossgrade) to AutoCAD® 2009 software or an industry-specific vertical solution for one low promotional price.

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From August 11th 2008 through October 31st 2008, when you purchase Autodesk® Inventor® software, you qualify to save up to $1,119 on a Dell Precision Workstation featuring the Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor. The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor delivers new levels of multi-tasking performance.

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