News

Inventor Technical Conferences 2006

Dates and locations have now been confirmed for Micro Concepts' annual Inventor conference.

Full information on the dates and events can be found here.

Registration is now open, and places will be limited so please register as early as possible to ensure you are able to attend on your required date. Further details on the conference contents will be made available in the coming months.

Vault MSDE 2GB Limit

A further reminder on one of the limitations using vault with the free distribution Microsoft MSDE that every Vault user needs to be aware of can be found here.

Micro Concepts in The Press

This month's release from our own web site:

Micro Concepts Reach the Top Again

Tips and Tricks

New Technical Documents

Inventor Technical Documents

Creating Louvres In Sheet Metal By Peter Barker

Vault/Productstream Technical Documents

Copy Design In Vault 4/Productstream 4.5

Autodesk Inventor Tips

Unable to Add to Content Center Favourites

Identifying Assembly Constraint Failures

Incorrect Units Displayed in Hole Notes

Inventor Professional Tips

Clear Pipe Run Association

AutoCAD Mechanical/Desktop Tips

Change the Colour of Welding Symbols

Pick Box Appears Black

AutoCAD Tips

Downloads, Service Packs & Updates

New Downloads, Service Packs & Updates released this Month.
Major service packs in bold.

Autodesk Inventor Series 10

Inventor

Hotfix - Tolerances in dimension are not updated if parameters are changed

Common

Hotfix - Error Getting Relative Resource Path during checkin of Inventor files

Autodesk Inventor Professional 10

Inventor

Hotfix - Tolerances in dimension are not updated if parameters are changed

Common

Hotfix - Error Getting Relative Resource Path during checkin of Inventor files

A full list of current service packs can be found in the members area on the website here .

More than one issue addressed in a single hotfix

Please note that hotfixes can address more than one issue, although the title will only mention a single issue. You need to check the Readme file to see which issues are addressed.

An example is Hotfix DL5942659: 'Hotfix - Master Representation in Sub-Assembly & Other Issues (Non-English Versions Only)'.

Apart from the fix for 'Master Representation in sub-assembly', it also contains fixes for 'Units in Hole notes' and 'A translation issue in Clearance Holes'

Support Contact Details

Helpdesk Direct Telephone Line: details here

email: support@microconcepts.co.uk

Fax: 01223 841861

Members web area

 

For all contract queries, including subscription queries, please contact our Customer Services representatives

Tel: 01223 716200

email customerservices@microconcepts.co.uk

Tea Break

Always a favourite, this month we bring you the 2005 Darwin Awards. Named in honour of Charles Darwin, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it. We don't like to take amusement from another's misfortune but how can you not with the stupidity in evidence on this list.