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You will have noticed this month fairly significant changes to the web site as we try to make our content and information as easily accessible to you as possible. Registered members will need… read more
04 Dec 07

Patches & Updates - Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 - important addendum information

Service Pack 2 has been released for Inventor 2008 and can be downloaded from the link below: Autodesk Inventor 2008 Service Pack 2 However there have been some reports of problems after upgrading… read more
03 Dec 07

Inventor 2008 Update Course Last Chance

Time is running out to attend one of the Inventor 2008 update training courses. The final 2 scheduled courses take place on December 19th 2007 and January 11th 2008. If you are a Silver Contract… read more
02 Dec 07

Custom Frame Generator - New On Labs

A custom profile module for the Inventor Frame Generator Is now available for download from the Autodesk Labs site at the following location http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/framegenerator/ There… read more
01 Dec 07

New and Updated Inventor Technical Documents

A number of new and updated documents have been added to the Inventor Technical Documents list. Existing documents from previous Inventor versions have now been brought bang up to date for Inventor… read more
25 Nov 07

Advanced Configuration Guide for ADMS 2008

Autodesk have released an updated Advanced Configuration Guide (version 1.8) for ADMS 2008 applicable to Inventor Content Center, Vault and Productstream The advaned configuration guide is available… read more
13 Nov 07

Christmas Support Cover

It's getting close to that time of year again. We know the majority of you close between Christmas and New Year but we will be open and operating over this period. Our support line will close… read more
02 Nov 07

News

Dont Fence Me In

“Just because you work in the AEC industry doesn’t mean you can’t use a manufacturing solution” says Graham Mansfield of Micro Concepts Life is never black and… read more
05 Dec 07

Micro Concepts Continues Impressive Expansion

Micro Concepts, the Cambridge-based Autodesk Manufacturing solutions provider is building on its impressive 100% growth in revenue over the past three years by expanding its customer facing team… read more
30 Nov 07

Xyratex - Presenting Server Design

Presenting server design What sort of business uses animation software more commonly used in television and the movies alongside its industrial design tools? Answer – one who counts some… read more
30 Nov 07

Micro Concepts Extends its Reach by Acquiring the MCAD Business of Universal CAD

Autodesk reseller sets out its ambitions to become number one. One of the leading manufacturing solutions resellers and training providers in the UK, Cambridge-based Micro Concepts, has… read more
22 Nov 07

Inventor

Changing the Default Level Of Detail an Assembly Opens with

When you open an assembly, it defaults to whatever Level of Detail the assembly was last saved with – which is often not the required behaviour. You can change this behaviour, in the Application… read more
01 Dec 07

Aligning non Alike Views

In an Inventor drawing you can place many views of different components. If you have done this but the drawing looks unitdy with views lined up by eye you could align the views to each other… read more
01 Dec 07

Centreline on Drawing of a Swept Part

You have used a sweep to show a pipe or cable and would like to show the centreline of this in a drawing view. Under the required view, in the drawing browser, click the + symbol to expand… read more
01 Dec 07

Changing Size of Inserted Content Centre Component

Should you need to change the size of fasteners inserted from the Content Centre in Inventor right click on the component and select ‘Change Size’ from the list. This will bring… read more
01 Dec 07

Using Open Explorer Button in MC Tools to Open Current Files Folder Location

Ever been working on a file in Inventor and needed to quickly open the Windows Explorer folder where this file exists but not entirely sure where this is? Well with the help of the 'Open Explorer'… read more
18 Nov 07

Vault & Productstream

Purging Previous Versions From ADMS

Users of Vault will acquire a number of Vault versions for each file as they are modified. While this can be a useful source of information, some users would like to remove older files from the… read more
01 Dec 07

AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical

AutoCAD2008 Graphics Update

If AutoCAD reports uncertified graphics, download the updated Certified Graphics Library from here: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6711848&linkID=9240618 Don’t… read more
01 Dec 07

Where is the Group Tool in 2008?

The Group tool is now accessed by entering GROUP in the command line. This will bring up a dialog box allowing you to create a new group. If you wish to have a tool button for grouping geometry… read more
01 Dec 07

Accessing Hydraulic, Pneumatic and P&ID symbol libraries

AutoCAD Electrical is not only a fabulous tool for creating electrical schematics it also has a fulll library set for creating Hydraulic, Pneumatic and P & ID diagrams. How do you access… read more
30 Nov 07