Lesenswert in KW 43 / 2009

Fusion Preview 2 Available Monday

via WorldCAD Access von ralph grabowski am 23.10.09

On Monday, Autodesk Labs makes available the next release of their experimental Fusion software for Inventor. The big deal in R2 is the new Fusion Change Manager environment, product manager Kevin Schneider told me.

The Fusion Change Manager in Inventor. (Click image for full-size illustration.)

iLogic Part 3 - iLogic Rules!

via Autodesk MSD CAD applications tips and tricks from INCAT CAD Geeks von noreply@blogger.com (Tata Technologies CAD/PLM Geek) am 23.10.09

iLogic rules are used to manipulate design elements in a model based on different user input. The ability to write rules in iLogic adds endless possibilities to the way we can manipulate our designs....

From your iPhone to Inventor

via Autodesk Manufacturing Northern Europe - Autodesk Inventor, Showcase, Molflow, Vault etc von steve.bedder@autodesk.com (Steve Bedder) am 23.10.09

As regular readers of this and others blogs will know, Autodesk recently released SketchBookMobile. This is a version of the very popular sketching tool SketchBookPro used by digital artists, designers and engineers to sketch their designs in a digital format so that it can be re-used downstream. SketchBookMobile allows iPhone and iTouch users to have the same intuitive digital sketching tools right in the palm of their hand, wherever they are!
As a design engineer, you can't control when you come up with an idea or solution, you could be having dinner with the family, watching the match, taking a walk or even at work! Wherever you are SketchBookMobile will allow you to sketch your ideas, thoughts and designs using just your iPhone and fingers.
Now how does this help a design engineer or manufacturer I hear you cry......

Updates for Autodesk Vault 2010 Family

via Autodesk Manufacturing RSS Feed von rss@autodesk.com (autodesk) am 22.10.09

UPDATES FOR AUTODESK VAULT 2010 FAMILY

For reference, below is a list of updates now available for the Autodesk Vault Family of Products and some performance improvements in Inventor 2010 SP1. See the list below and related ReadMe’s for information on the updates:

AutoCAD® Inventor® Professional Suite 2010

· Autodesk Inventor 2010 Service Pack 1

Autodesk® Vault 2010

· Hotfix - ACM DWG Block Tags Property Extraction

· Autodesk Design Review 2010 Toolbar Update

· AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 - Autodesk Vault 2010 (Server) Support Patch

· AutoCAD Civil 2009 - Autodesk Vault 2010 (Server) Support Patch

· Hotfix - Properties are not being extracted in AWS installation

Autodesk® Vault Workgroup 2010

· Hotfix - Release Bias Switch

· Hotfix - ACM DWG Block Tags Property Extraction

· Autodesk Design Review 2010 Toolbar Update

· Hotfix - Property mapping on Inventor DWG files may not update and may show an incorrect

Autodesk® Vault Collaboration 2010

· Hotfix - Release Bias Switch

· Hotfix - ACM DWG Block Tags Property Extraction

· Hotfix - Web Client Fixes

· Autodesk Design Review 2010 Toolbar Update

· Hotfix - Property mapping on Inventor DWG files may not update and may show an incorrect

Autodesk® Vault Manufacturing 2010

· Hotfix - Release Bias Switch

· Hotfix - ACM DWG Block Tags Property Extraction

· Hotfix - Web Client Fixes

· Hotfix - Item State Change and Update issue

· Autodesk Design Review 2010 Toolbar Update

· Hotfix - Lost Detail ID, Import Item changes decimal value

· Hotfix - Property mapping on Inventor DWG files may not update and may show an incorrect

Lifecycles and DWF files in Vault Family 2010

via mfgcommunity.autodesk.com am 23.10.09

Reverting to the Classic Workspace

via Autodesk RSS Feed von rss@autodesk.com (autodesk) am 21.10.09

Plotting a Drawing to PDF

via Autodesk RSS Feed von rss@autodesk.com (autodesk) am 21.10.09

Known Limitations with Windows 7 for AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based Products

via Autodesk RSS Feed von rss@autodesk.com (autodesk) am 21.10.09

File Selection Dialog Boxes Do Not Appear

via Autodesk RSS Feed von rss@autodesk.com (autodesk) am 21.10.09

Lifehacker's Complete Guide to Windows 7 [Windows 7]

via Lifehacker von Kevin Purdy am 22.10.09

Windows 7 officially launches today, but we've been testing, tweaking, customizing, fixing, and writing about this OS for a year now. We present here a guide to everything we've learned about the OS, from first install to final settings change.

Whether you've played around with Windows 7 during its beta or release candidate versions, launch day is finally here, and Windows 7 is finally ready for widespread, public consumption. This guide will take you straight through from system requirements and upgrading your PC to highlighting Windows 7's best new features to helping you hit the ground running with all of the awesome tweaks Windows 7 has in store for you.

System Requirements

According to Microsoft:

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

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Introducing the Project Cooper Technology Preview

via It is Alive in the Lab von Ben Cochran am 21.10.09

[Amanda Collins writing for Scott Sheppard while he is on sabbatical]

In an earlier blogpost, Scott hinted about an exciting new technology preview coming your way: Autodesk Project Cooper. Drum roll, please .. it has arrived! Check out this easy-to-use drawing application and let us know what you think.

Download Project Cooper from Autodesk.com
Find out more about Project Cooper on Autodesk Labs
Read the announcement

Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack

via Knowledge Base am 21.10.09

This is a demo on the Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack. This enhanced version of our product is exclusively available to our subscription customers only.

AutoCAD 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack - TimeSaver Tools

via Between the Lines von Shaan Hurley am 22.10.09

Get a preview of future product features now as an Autodesk Subscription customer.
Available NOW on the Subscription Center

Implementing a Quick SaveAs command in AutoCAD using .NET

via Through the Interface von Kean Walmsley am 21.10.09

I had a fun request, earlier in the week, that I thought worth turning into a couple of blog posts. The problem itself is quite specific, but some of the techniques shown – especially in the second of the two...

Windows Permissions Required over the SQL Instances Database folder

via Cracking the Vault von Richard Rankin am 20.10.09

You have installed or moved the AUTODESKVAULT SQL instances folder containing the database folders to another location other than the default. You would like to know what security permissions are required.

Ensure the following users have Full Control permission over the files contained within the mdf and ldf files used by the AUTODESKVAULT instance. The easiest way to achieve this is to set the permisssion for the parent folder and propagate it down to the child objects.

To determine the permissions required on a folder, navigate to it in Windows Explorer, right click it and select “Sharing and Security”, then click the Security tab.

(Default "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data")

• SYSTEM
• "SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$<COMPUTERNAMER>$AUTODESKVAULT"
  • example = "SQLServer2005MSSQL$FARA05261$AUTODESKVAULT"

Important!

When Applying these permissions, ensure that you click the Advanced button and tick "Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child object"

How To... Delete the Lucene Indexes and Rebuild them

via Cracking the Vault von Richard Rankin am 19.10.09

Although the following was part of an earlier post, we have had a number of calls where we needed to give instructions on how to delete the Search Indexes and Rebuild them

Delete the Lucene Search Indexes

Delete this folder:- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\VaultServer\Indexes

Rebuild Search Indexes

ADMS Console. Tools>Actions, Rebuild Search Index