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Inventor 2008 - What’s New

AMS CAD Solutionshttp://www.amsystems.com

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Inventor 2008

Bringing 2D and 3D Together

Learning and Adoption

Everyday Drawing Productivity

Sheet Metal for Manufacturing

Integrated Simulation and Analysis

More Design Power

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Bringing 2D & 3D Together

Customer Needs Share Inventor drawings with AutoCAD users Open AutoCAD drawings in Inventor Reuse AutoCAD geometry in Inventor Update existing 2D projects using 3D design Communicate with a single file

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Direct DWG Save and DWG Open

DWGTrueConnect

• View, Plot and Measure in AutoCAD

• Exceptional Visual Fidelity• Fully associative to the 3D

model

Save DWG

Create Inventor Drawing Views

Existing AutoCAD Drawing File

• View, Plot and Measure existing DWG files

• No knowledge of AutoCAD required

• Copy & paste into Inventor models

Open DWG

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Use 3D on Upgrade Projects

Redesign sub-assemblies in 3D

Generate new part and assembly drawings from the 3D model

Save in DWG

Insert into EXISTING AutoCAD drawings

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Communicate with a Single File

Combine part and assembly drawings with schematics

Add hydraulic layouts to mechanical drawing package

Include equipment views within architectural layouts

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Learning and Adoption

Customer Needs Reduce learning curve for sketch based design Familiar, easy to learn user interface Successful migration of MDT models

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Sketch & Constraint Enhancements

Simplified Constraint Tools Reduced screen clutter New Reference constraint More visibility control Remaining constraints required

Sketch Edit Tools Move, rotate scale and stretch sketch

entities while preserving unaffected constraints

Geometry formatting Change color, line type, and line

weight of sketch entities

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Autodesk Application Consistency

Updated User Interface High Resolution Icons XP Style Controls

Productivity Tools Command Aliases Repeat last command Tool Tips and Status Text Update Improved Shortcut/Alias management

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MDT Compatibility

Accurate translation of AMBEND Features AMCOMBINE multi-body features AMREVOLVE with terminations Insert and Midpoint constraints Feature color

Hidden Inventor views created for Base Section Views Deleted Parent Views

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Everyday Drawing Productivity

Customer Needs Ability to dimension using Isometric views More control over detail views and revision tables Improved standards compliance

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Drawing Manager

Drawing View Enhancements Dimension Isometric Views Cross hatch in isometric views Additional fence and cutout options Circular call-outs for detail views Section views support model sketch

for cut-line Hidden-lines in shaded views Individual cut inheritance View level visibility suppression

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Drawing Manager – 2

Tables Revision table styles Sheet level revision control Include iProperties in title blocks

Standards Support ESKD arrowheads Linear dim thread note Radial dim text wrapping

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Drawing Manager – 3

Other Crosshatch by material style NPT & tapered hole notes Part mass in title block BOM/Parts List Variables

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Sheet Metal for Manufacturing

Customer Needs Design sheet metal parts that can be cost effectively manufactured Generate manufacturing drawings with bend and punch information Configurable DXF output for manufacturing equipment

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Sheet Metal – Modeling

Improved Sheet Metal Tools Support for multiple flanges in a

single operation Better control over corner

conditions Support for cut across bend

Flat Pattern Creation Separate browser trees for

folded and unfolded model Add features in flat pattern Alternate punch representations

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Sheet Metal – Punch Representation

Table driven punch tools Define punches using table

driven iFeatures

Capture punch parameters Punch ID Punch Depth

Alternate Punch Reps. Define sketch based

alternate representations

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Sheet Metal – Documentation

Manufacturing Drawings Recover bend direction, angle

and radius from the 3D model Create bend and punch tables

from the 3D model Control of bend line styles

DXF Output Layer Mapping and Export

Control Spline Simplification XML File Customization

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Integrated Simulation and Analysis

Customer Needs Use simulation to quickly verify design decisions Improve FEA analysis with accurate loads and forces Efficient analysis of thin walled parts

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Dynamic Simulation

Automatic translation of assembly constraints into joints

Export Motion Loads for stress analysis over multiple time steps

Persist trace curves in sketches

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Stress Analysis

Feature Suppression for Stress Analysis

Multiple Time Step Analysis

Thin Wall Stress Analysis

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More Design Power

Customer Needs Shape design for hydraulic & pneumatic components Use skeletal design techniques on complex designs Quickly create welded frame assemblies for manufacturing Include ribbon cables in the 3D digital prototype Design with flanged and butt welded pipe styles Work with imported design data

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Shape Design

Modeling Enhancements Area Loft New Bend Feature Split Face with 3D Curve Associative cross part

surface copy

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Shape Design - 2

Curve Enhancements 2D/3D Split Curve 3D Helix Curve Associative project cut edges

Analysis Enhancements Improved Cross Section Analysis Mean/Max Analysis MOI in cross section Area and MOI in measure

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Skeletal Assembly Design

Derive Workflow Enhancements Improved user interface Reduced update overhead

Parameter Linking Selective control of linked parameters Create links between any model type

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Frame Design

View and manage cut treatments

Restructure frame assemblies to match manufacturing sequence

Substitute frame sections with different standard, type or size

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Ribbon Cable Design

Connector authoring with configurable pin patterns

Create and route ribbon cables with twists and folds

Nailboard creation

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Flanged and Welded Pipe Styles

Flanged pipe styles with full support for gaskets

Butt welded pipe styles with weld gaps

Improved authoring of customer specific fittings libraries

Improved Isogen Export

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Import – Export

Import Import curves and surfaces

from AliasStudio Import 3D points to a sketch Automatic Healing Performance and optimization

Export Surfaces to STEP Face & feature color

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Using Imported Data

Construction Environment Simplified data transfer to and

from Construction Environment

Composite Data Cross part promote Move data between features 3D intersection curve

Drawing Creation Performance with STEP files Drawing views of ‘bad’ data Slice option for zero-depth

sections of surfaces

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DWF Design Review

More DWF Publishing Options Animations and assembly instructions Positional representations, design

views and active LOD Structured or Parts-only BOM FEA results

Markup Workflow Round-trip 2D DWF markups to

Inventor and back to DWF again

Improved Security Password protection Disable measure and print

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AUGI Wish List

# 001 July 2006 #1 Design Doctor should Highlight Reference Owners #2 Improved Content Center Performance #9 Multi-component placement #10 Show bend direction on bend lines in the flat pattern

# 002 November 2006 #4 Isometric dimensioning #6 Copy and Paste from AutoCAD #9 Tapered thread holes

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And much more..

Usability Enhancements Infer iMates from Assembly Constraints File Save As Productivity enhancements for Inventor Studio Improved File Refresh and Delayed Migration on File Open Improved Design Accelerators for chain drives, shafts, springs Improved Installation and Help System

Platforms Support for Windows Vista

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Inventor 2008 - Highlights

DWG TrueConnect Read and write DWG 100% Fidelity New update workflows

Sketch and UI Updates Sketch / constraint usability AutoCAD consistency MDT translation enhancements

Sheet Metal Sheet metal features with post fold

features Bend & punch tables for mfg.

documentation Sheet metal FEA (AIP)

Shape & Assembly Design New Area Loft and Bend features Frame – end treatments Skeletal modeling enhancements

Drawing Manager Isometric view dimensions Enhanced revision tables More Standards

Inventor Professional Ribbon Cables Flanged & welded pipe styles Dynamic Simulation Enhancements

DWF Design Review

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