Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008, Crossupgrade from AutoCAD 2008/2007, Network, German 46206-121462-9325?NLM Manuel D’Utilisation

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AliasStudio Interoperability
New capabilities for importing AutoCAD surface 
and solid data combined with new DWG export from 
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 AliasStudio™ software gives designers a quick 
and reliable way to transfer concept designs into the 
Inventor application. Supported entity types include 3D 
surfaces, 3D bodies, polygon meshes and polylines. 
The import wizard maps AutoCAD layers directly to 
Inventor composite features and there is now a choice 
of importing wires as 3D elements or projecting them 
to a 2D sketch plane. The imported 3D surfaces can be 
manipulated in the construction environment 
and quickly incorporated into 3D Inventor 
part models using the Sculpt tool.
Dynamic Simulation
Available in Inventor Professional and Inventor 
Simulation Suite
Enhancements to dynamic simulation are focused in 
two primary areas: fi rst, to encourage more use of 
simulation by reducing the time required to set up and 
perform a simulation, and second, to support analysis 
of the stress on parts at diff erent points, or time steps, 
in the simulation cycle.
Automatic Joint Creation
The setup process for performing a dynamic simulation 
is dramatically simplifi ed with the introduction of 
automatic joint translation. Assembly constraints in the 
assembly model are used to identify the rigid bodies 
and joints that defi ne the kinematic state of the system. 
The resulting joints are generated automatically with 
full associativity to the assembly model. 
In addition, the translation process searches for 
extraneous degrees of freedom—such as fasteners 
with unconstrained rotation—to minimize the number 
of bodies in the simulation. Users have the option to 
override all adjustments made by the translator 
when necessary, or to turn the translator off  and 
create joints manually. 
Stress Analysis Integration
Integration of the dynamic simulation and stress 
analysis environments is enhanced to provide more 
control over which loads are included in the FEA 
(fi nite element analysis). A new group in the dynamic 
simulation browser shows all the components to be 
included in the stress analysis data export. 
There is  new column of check boxes in the output 
grapher for marking multiple time steps for export to 
stress analysis. All components that are included in the 
export group are evaluated at the indicated time steps, 
expediting the comparison of stresses at diff erent 
times in the operating cycle.
To simplify the process of identifying load faces, 
all components that are not marked for export are 
made transparent. 
Export Trace Curves to a Sketch 
Paths generated from motion studies can be exported 
to a sketch for use in modeling.
Enhanced 2D Contact Capabilities
The three 2D contact joint types in Inventor 11 have 
been consolidated into a single 2D contact joint type to 
minimize the need to choose the reference geometry 
type while still retaining the performance benefi t of a 2D 
contact joint over a more generalized 3D contact joint. 
Usability Enhancements
Numerous usability improvements have been 
implemented to remove inconsistencies between the 
dynamic simulation and modeling environments. In 
particular, face selection is easier with enhanced face 
selection view, highlighting of selected load faces, and 
improved use of transparency.
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