M$ came out with an update last night that hoses Inventor's text editing. Here's the reply from ADSK I received this AM:

Dear Gregory,

I've got new information on an MS update today: If you've applied Microsoft Hotfix KB918118 you will notice that you can’t create or edit texts in Inventor .IDW’s. The workaround is to uninstall this hotfix. Please uninstall this from Add/remove programs and spread the word. Let me know if I may close this case. Thank you.

Best Regards, Daren Lawrence Autodesk Support Team

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

Autodesk has announced the next release of their Manufacturing Suite of Products.

Please follow the link below to the press release.

Autodesk's FY2008 Mfg Products

Design Review is now available as a FREE download!

Here's the deal: the download is free, but Autodesk has not broadcast that fact. Go to Design Review. There is no mention on this page that it is free; however, there is a link near the bottom of the page which says download.

When you reach the download screen, there is a small note at the bottom (in italics) which says it is free. The instructions when you start the download give you a serial number to use to activate it. This won't work and isn't required.

There are two downloads, one for the product and a separate one for SP 1. According to another user, it works once you do all these things.

Good Luck and Good Design Reviewing!

Eric's Take...

...on a HUGELY revitalized Colorado Inventor Users Blog.

For those of you who have been wondering what has been up with this since May, I've been slacking, honestly. I just wasn't making the effort to post information that we all would find useful. That being said, I have made a New Year's Resolution to keep it much better updated than I have in the past. Let's hope it last much longer than most Resolutions!

Now to some of the changes. Blogger updated the capabilities of the Blog engine, so you will notice a little different look. We now have Labels, which will take you to the specfic topic you are seaching for information on. We also have a slightly different Archive listing, as well. The Disclaimer has been moved to the very bottom for everyone to see?!? Finally, Blogger has integrated it's login with Google accounts. If you already have a Google account, you can link your login to this with it and simplify the process. If you don't have a Google account, or would like to keep this one separate from your personal one, we can invite you to join through Gmail. You can email us at COInvUsers@gmail.com or you can pick on the Request Invitation Label at the top of the Sidebar on the left.

If you dig into the Labels area a bit, you can see I added a lot of content I should have been adding all along and I did some filing. I broke everything up into the most logical catagories I could come up with; so we now have: Eric's Take, News You Can Use, Service Packs, & Users Group Meetings. More can be added if needed, based on YOUR feedback.

One of the bigger reasons this fell to the wayside, was I felt like I was the only one out here... and I still do. I am not doing this for me guys, I know I like to talk and all, but I am doing this for you. If you have a comment on something I posted; or an issue you haven't been able to resolve on your own; or a solution you were able to come up with that you think others would benefit from...
Post It!

I have protected the blog from random blog spammers, so you have to be invited to be linked to this blog, but after that you have free-rein to speak your mind and I expect you to. Some of you may have forgotten how to logon to post, if so, let me know and we will set you back up.

Here's to a great 2007!

Let's hear it, folks! Comments are welcome.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

Autodesk has signifcantly expanded the Blogs that it hosts about the various products that fall under the Manufacturing division. No longer is Amy's "In The Machine" the only one in town.

Check them out at:

Autodesk's Mfg Blogs