1. 1© 2006 Autodesk Inventor 2008 - What’s New AMS CAD Solutions http://www.amsystems.com

2. 2© 2006 Autodesk Inventor 2008 Bringing 2D and 3D Together Learning and Adoption Everyday Drawing Productivity Sheet Metal for Manufacturing Integrated Simulation and Analysis More Design Power

3. 3© 2006 Autodesk 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

4. 4© 2006 Autodesk Direct DWG Save and DWG Open DWG TrueConnect 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

5. 5© 2006 Autodesk 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

6. 6© 2006 Autodesk 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

7. 7© 2006 Autodesk Learning and Adoption Customer Needs  Reduce learning curve for sketch based design  Familiar, easy to learn user interface  Successful migration of MDT models

8. 8© 2006 Autodesk 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

9. 9© 2006 Autodesk 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

10. 10© 2006 Autodesk 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

11. 11© 2006 Autodesk Everyday Drawing Productivity Customer Needs  Ability to dimension using Isometric views  More control over detail views and revision tables  Improved standards compliance

12. 12© 2006 Autodesk 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

13. 13© 2006 Autodesk 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

14. 14© 2006 Autodesk Drawing Manager – 3 Other  Crosshatch by material style  NPT & tapered hole notes  Part mass in title block  BOM/Parts List Variables

15. 15© 2006 Autodesk 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

16. 16© 2006 Autodesk 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

17. 17© 2006 Autodesk 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

18. 18© 2006 Autodesk 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

19. 19© 2006 Autodesk 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

20. 20© 2006 Autodesk Dynamic Simulation  Automatic translation of assembly constraints into joints  Export Motion Loads for stress analysis over multiple time steps  Persist trace curves in sketches

21. 21© 2006 Autodesk Stress Analysis  Feature Suppression for Stress Analysis  Multiple Time Step Analysis  Thin Wall Stress Analysis

22. 22© 2006 Autodesk 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

23. 23© 2006 Autodesk Shape Design Modeling Enhancements  Area Loft  New Bend Feature  Split Face with 3D Curve  Associative cross part surface copy

24. 24© 2006 Autodesk 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

25. 25© 2006 Autodesk 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

26. 26© 2006 Autodesk Frame Design  View and manage cut treatments  Restructure frame assemblies to match manufacturing sequence  Substitute frame sections with different standard, type or size

27. 27© 2006 Autodesk Ribbon Cable Design  Connector authoring with configurable pin patterns  Create and route ribbon cables with twists and folds  Nailboard creation

28. 28© 2006 Autodesk 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

29. 29© 2006 Autodesk 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

30. 30© 2006 Autodesk 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

31. 31© 2006 Autodesk 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

32. 32© 2006 Autodesk AUGI Wish List # 001 July 2006  #1Design Doctor should Highlight Reference Owners  #2Improved Content Center Performance  #9 Multi-component placement  #10Show bend direction on bend lines in the flat pattern # 002 November 2006  #4Isometric dimensioning  #6Copy and Paste from AutoCAD  #9Tapered thread holes

33. 33© 2006 Autodesk 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

34. 34© 2006 Autodesk 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

35. 35© 2006 Autodesk