NEWS YOU CAN USE:

Per our discussion at this month's User's Group, I've provided several links to sites that offer downloadable CAD files and Catalogs:

https://reidecom.reidtool.com/xephr/qbe/homepage
http://www.thomasnet.com/
http://www.dodge-reliance.com/html_pages/Part_Server_Instructions.html
http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/3DContentCentral/Default.aspx
http://www.partserver.com/
http://www.gates.com/designView/form.cfm?location_id=866&display=1
https://sdp-si.com/eStore/

Lots of content here. Good luck!

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

While Autodesk has not announced any support for any previously shipped products on Windows Vista at the time of this writing, Avatech has found a method that may allow users to run in an unsupported mode.

Avatech's National Support Center recently had a support call were the client was trying to install Inventor 11 onto Windows Vista (32-bit). The problem was that they were receiving an “Unsupported Operating System…” error.

By browsing to x:\bin\acadfeui\inventor\ {where x: is the DVD-ROM Drive} and right-clicking the setup.exe file, they were able to select ‘Run as Administrator’ and it installed fine. The same thing was needed to install Mechanical Desktop 2007, but applied to the x:\bin\acadfeui\mdt\setup.exe file.

This seemed to work for both installs. The machine was rebooted and when they double-clicked the icons, both applications launched fine.

Hope This Helps!

Eric

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

For those of you who have been busy getting billable work out the door, you may not have had the time to check out what is coming in the next release of Inventor 2008. Under the title of Inventor 2008 Countdown, Amy & Gavin have been providing snapshots of the coming functionality on their "In the Machine" blog since 2/23. I think you will be please with a lot of the new or improved functionality.

Please check it out if you have a chance and let us know what you think.

In the Machine

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month at one of Denver’s fine academic institutions: the Community College of Denver. We’re proud to be partnering with one of the area’s best Drafting programs led by ex-Lockheed engineer Rick Glesner, whom some of you already know. Bring your thinking caps, and some quarters for the Auraria metered-parking, as we will be presenting a challenge problem with a prize for one lucky person who can provide the correct solution – along with:

Re-visit Inventor’s Parametric & Adaptive Design

• Adaptive part associations that recognize how parts fit together in the assembly
• Parts “Adapt” to fit
• No parameters or variables required
• No ordered relationships
• Associate by parameters tables, formulas, master sketch, or part

AEC Exchange

• Publish Native ABS models that include 3D geometry and intelligent connection data
• Export Inventor Assembly models as 3D DWG files for use with ADT, Revit, and AutoCAD

Inventor Q&A

As always, food and soft drinks will be provided for those who bring questions and experiences to share!

Come to discuss ideas, increase knowledge and get advice from Avatech’s experts and other Colorado Inventor users.

Please RSVP or to get directions:
Call us at: 303.796.0204 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Jared Drennen: jared.drennen@avatech.com

Autodesk has managed to repair the problems that the Microsoft Hotfix KB918118 was breaking. This hotfix applies to multiple versions, so make sure you download and apply the right one.

Autodesk Hotfix DL9229921

We are sorry for an inconveniences this has caused and appreciate your patience.

Hope this helps.