Solution Includes Autodesk Inventor 11 - Latest Version of World's Best
Selling 3D Mechanical Design Software
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced its solution for the manufacturing industry,
including the next release of Autodesk Inventor, the world's best selling 3D
mechanical design software. Available as part of Autodesk Inventor Series or
Autodesk Inventor Professional, Autodesk Inventor is the best choice for
AutoCAD software users moving from 2D to 3D. With best-in-class offerings for
industrial machinery, building and plant equipment, transportation and
consumer products companies, Autodesk's solutions enable global manufacturers
to design more innovative, higher quality products by creating, managing and
sharing data to realize ideas across the design to manufacturing process,
ultimately enabling them to get to market faster than ever before.
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"Simply put, this release of Autodesk's Manufacturing Solution is the best
choice for any manufacturing company looking to optimize their design to
manufacturing process," said Robert "Buzz" Kross, vice president of Autodesk's
Manufacturing Solutions division. "Listening to our customers, we've
delivered functionality that matters throughout the entire solution portfolio,
such as large assembly management in the latest version of Autodesk Inventor.
We've delivered a broad set of new capabilities and continue to make 3D more
approachable to the AutoCAD user. We're pleased to bring this solution to the
market."
Simplifying Design to Manufacturing Process = Faster Time to Market
Simplifying the design to manufacturing process, Autodesk's approach to
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), enables customers to cut design time and
reduce errors for more efficient new product development. This approach
aligns favorably to today's manufacturing processes -- delivering a
purpose-built solution to match customers' business requirements. By
simplifying the design to manufacturing process, which consists of conceptual
and mechanical design, engineering, product lifecycle management and sourcing
and supplier collaboration, Autodesk enables customers to reap faster return
on investment across critical business processes:
-- Conceptual Design -- Autodesk provides tools to enable industrial
designers to capture, communicate and realize their ideas
-- Autodesk AliasStudio
-- Engineer to Order Operations -- Autodesk enables Sales teams to
customize product orders engineered specifically to customer
requirements
-- Autodesk Intent
-- Integrated Engineering Workgroups -- Autodesk uniquely enables
engineers to work in collaborative design environments with integrated
2D, 3D, mechanical and electrical disciplines
-- AutoCAD 2007
-- AutoCAD Mechanical
-- AutoCAD Electrical
-- Autodesk Inventor
-- Accurate Data for Downstream Users -- Autodesk solutions help manage
work in process data, automate bill-of-materials (BOM) and release
management workflows and provide cross-development visibility to design
data
-- Autodesk Vault
-- Autodesk Productstream
-- Facilitate Third Party Collaboration -- Autodesk technology enables
manufacturers to share current, accurate data with partners, suppliers
and customers
-- Autodesk Streamline
-- DWF file format
AUTODESK INVENTOR 11: Industry Leader for Fifth Consecutive Year
With more than 500,000 seats sold, Autodesk Inventor remains the best
choice for AutoCAD users. As the leading 3D mechanical software for the fifth
consecutive year, Autodesk Inventor software delivers the manufacturing
community a comprehensive, integrated set of tools for 3D design and
documentation. Driven by customer feedback, the latest versions of Autodesk
Inventor Series and Autodesk Inventor Professional deliver many new features
and enhancements, including:
-- Dynamic Simulation delivers major innovation to the desktop, enabling
designers to determine how effectively a machine performs under real
world conditions. This takes virtual prototypes to a new level,
helping designers predict dynamic performance and peak stress without
physical prototypes
-- Large Assembly Management provides greater control in configuring how
much model data is loaded into memory. Users can track memory usage
with a built-in capacity meter to monitor memory consumption
-- Assembly Configurations for designing and documenting families of
related products in a single assembly file. Configurations simplify
design with tools for defining product variations from a master model
-- Advanced Shape Description for creating cast and molded parts that meet
aesthetic and ergonomic design requirements. Includes tools to create
complex geometry by combining solids and surfaces, and enhanced
analysis tools for design validation.
Delivering the only roundtrip solution for creating 2D electrical control
schematics from a 3D model, the new version of Autodesk Inventor delivers deep
integration with AutoCAD Electrical software, bridging the gap between
electrical and mechanical design. Autodesk Inventor delivers enhanced 3D
productivity while preserving 2D engineering design investment through true
compatibility with DWG technology. Autodesk Inventor software also includes
deeper integration with data management applications, Autodesk Vault and
Autodesk Productstream, enabling teams to find and reuse design data and
increase collaboration throughout product development.
"The new Large Assembly Management functionality in Autodesk Inventor 11
helps us improve productivity daily with our large designs. This new version
takes a significant step forward in both functionality and performance," said
Liansuo Xie, CAD Systems Manager, Townsend Engineering.
Functional Design: Faster, Intuitive 3D Product Design
Autodesk Inventor software enables customers to create designs based on
the functional requirements of a product before committing to complex model
geometry with functional design. Uniquely delivered by Autodesk, functional
design enables designers to start with a symbolic representation of a product
(similar to working in AutoCAD), and enter the requirements in order to test,
simulate and validate the design instead of the geometric dimensions of its
parts. It makes developing virtual prototypes of designs easier, enables
engineering teams to communicate design intent, validate the design and get it
into production faster. Functional design ultimately makes 3D design more
approachable, particularly for AutoCAD and other 2D users looking to move to
3D.
Announcing Autodesk Showcase 2007
As part of Autodesk's recent acquisition of Alias, Autodesk Showcase
software is a new enterprise visualization product to aid visually intelligent
businesses in making design decisions. Showcase creates accurate, realistic
imagery from 3D design data to communicate form and emotion while providing a
robust environment to present and review designs required to make business
decisions. The solution dramatically increases the efficiency, global reach
and cost effectiveness of the design review and decision making process. With
the addition of Showcase to the Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions Division, the
company offers a comprehensive transportation design solution that includes
content creation, services and now interactive visualization experiences.
Availability
The Autodesk Manufacturing Solution is available through Autodesk's
reseller channel. Autodesk Inventor software will be available in late-March,
2006. For more information on Autodesk's manufacturing solutions, visit
www.autodesk.com/manufacturing.
Autodesk Offers Options
Customers have options when it comes to purchasing and implementing
Autodesk software. Autodesk Subscription provides an alternative to upgrades
and delivers added benefits. Subscription customers receive the latest
versions of their licensed Autodesk software, web support direct from
Autodesk, self-paced training options, and a broad range of other technology
and business benefits for an annual fee.
Autodesk Consulting is available for customers who want to maximize the
value of their investment in Autodesk technology through integrated consulting
and training. Locally-based classroom training is also available through
Autodesk's 1,200 Authorized Training Centers, with sites in more than
75 countries around the world.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is wholly focused on ensuring that great ideas are turned
into reality. With seven million users, Autodesk is the world's leading
software and services company for the manufacturing, infrastructure, building,
media and entertainment, and wireless data services fields. Autodesk's
solutions help customers create, manage and share their data and digital
assets more effectively. As a result, customers turn ideas into competitive
advantage, become more productive, streamline project efficiency and maximize
profits.
Founded in 1982, Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California. For
additional information about Autodesk, please visit www.autodesk.com.
We may make statements regarding planned or future development efforts for
our existing or new products and services. These statements are not intended
to be a promise or guarantee of future delivery of products, services or
features by merely reflect our current plans, which may change. Purchasing
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The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking
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after the date on which they were made.
NOTE: Autodesk, AutoCAD, AliasStudio, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk
Streamline, DWF, DWG, Productstream and Showcase are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries.
All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective
holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offering and
specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for
typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.
CONTACT: Jeannie Hornung, 415-318-4118, or hornungj@fleishman.com, for
Autodesk.
SOURCE Autodesk, Inc.
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