Colorado Inventor Users Group
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 – 11:30am-12:30pm

You are invited to join us for a presentation and discussion on Inventor 2010 Advanced Sketching Techniques via WebEx. Please mark your calendars now and keep this hour available to participate in an on-line discussion of ideas and technology.

• Getting the most from Inventor 2010’s Sketching Tools

Investigate the tools available to maximize the intelligence in your sketching methodology!

• Inventor Q&A

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

As in the past, you can access this meeting through the following link: COInvUsers.

Please follow the instructions at this site for joining the group. You will need to join this group to participate in our monthly User Group webcasts. Aside from the benefits of added convenience and increased frequency, our meetings will be held to one hour.

Please RSVP to: Rob Johnston
8101 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 400
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.796.0204, ext. 108

Online CO Inventor Users Group meeting

For those that were unable to attend the online meeting, we have made the link available here.

October CO Inv UG

Hope to "see" you next time.

Online CO Inventor Users Group meeting

For those that were unable to attend the online meeting, we have made the link available here.

March CO Inv UG

Hope to "see" you next time.

Online CO Inventor Users Group meeting

For those that were unable to attend the online meeting, we have made the link available here.

February CO Inv UG

Hope to "see" you next time.

Fellow Inventor Users,

In an effort to increase the convenience and frequency of our Inventor Users Group, we have moved our meetings to the web and are changing our meeting time. Starting this month, our monthly Inventor user group will be hosted via webcast. Communications for the group will be managed online through the following link:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/COInvUsers/.

Please follow the instructions at this site for joining the group. You will need to join this group to participate in our monthly User Group webcasts. Aside from the benefits of added convenience and increased frequency, our meetings will be held to one hour.

Please contact us if you have any questions or have difficulty joining the Group.

Thank you.

Eric - efrance@avat.com and Rob - rjohnston@avat.com

Colorado Inventor Users Group
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 6:30 – 9:00pm

We are happy to host this month’s Users Group at our location here in the Denver Tech Center.
We will be hosting with a twist, because we are also offering the option of attending via the
Web.* Please mark your calendars now and keep this night available to participate in an open
discussion of ideas and technology.

• Representations in Inventor
Examine how View, Positional, and Level of Detail Representations can be used to your advantage
• Streamlining Tube and Pipe Design
Understand the tools available to significantly reduce the time it takes to create or edit tube and pipe runs
• Inventor Q&A

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

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

Please RSVP to: Rob Johnston

8101 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.796.0204

* If you are interested in attending via the Web instead of in‐person, please email Rob for website and login information.

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Tuesday November 20, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month for an exciting look at Autodesk Inventor sheet metal design tool and best practices for utilizing this powerful tool. This months meeting will be held at our location in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

• Using Inventor sheet metal design

• Best Practices for using sheet metal design

• 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
Derick Asher: derick.asher@avatech.com

Avatech Solutions, Inc.
8101 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month for an exciting look at Autodesk Vault and Inventor iFamilies. Wood Group, a leading manufacturer of energy services, located in Loveland, Colorado has graciously offered to host our next Inventor Users Group.

• Best Practices for Implementing Autodesk Vault

• iParts, iAssemblies, & iFeatures

• Tour of Wood Group facility

• 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
Derick Asher: derick.asher@avatech.com

Wood Group Gas Turbine
591 W 66Th St
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 669-0801

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month at one of Denver’s own technology leaders – Gates (part of the Tomkins, PLC). They have been an innovative user of Inventor for over 5 years and have graciously offered their new Tech Center as the site of our next Users Group. Jeanne Pake and Justin Paulsen from Gates will be presenting two very interesting topics.

Tour of the new Gates Customer Solutions Center*

Using Skeletal Models-Justin Paulsen

Building iAssemblies-Jeanne Pake

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
Derick Asher: derick.asher@avat.com

Gates Corporation
330 Inverness Drive South
Englewood, CO 80112
(303) 744-1911

* We will all be required to read and sign a RELEASE OF LIABILITY, WAIVER AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK which is also attached to our invitation. You can complete this beforehand and bring it with you or sign one at the front door when you arrive.

Colorado Inventor Users Group

August, 2007

No, you didn't miss it. Due to vacations and other summertime distractions, a Colorado Inventor Users Group meeting was not held in the month of August.

Unfortunately, we didn't notify anyone it would not be happening and we apologize for that. So, now you know.

The next meeting will be held Wednesday, September 19, 2007 in the Denver area. Location and topics to soon follow.

Thank you for your participation and we will see you soon!

Colorado Inventor Users Group BBQ

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Join us this month at Avatech’s DTC Offices for a Summertime BAR-B-QUE. Enjoy fresh-grilled favorites with cole slaw and potato salad while we run through an overview of new and improved features in Inventor 2008, including:

DWG TrueConnect

• Natively view, plot, and measure DWG’s
• Copy & paste into new 3D designs
• Maintain 2D associativity to the 3D model
• What it means for your existing IDW’s

Sheet Metal for Manufacturing

• Improved tools: multiple-flange operations, cut across bend, etc.
• Define punches using table-driven iFeatures
• Add features to the flat, and configure the DXF output with layer mapping, etc.

Everyday Enhancements

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 get directions:
Call us at: 303.796.0204 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Eric France: eric.france@avatech.com

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month in Colorado Springs at Siemens Water Technologies (aka MEMCOR Products). They are one of Colorado’s first adopters of Inventor, and continue to be a technology leader in delivering clean water solutions to millions of customers daily. We will be discussing:

Autodesk Data Management 2008

• Improvements & New Features for Vault 2008
• Improvements & New Features for ProductStream 2008

Using Skeletal Design to quickly draw complex assemblies

• Derive workflow enhancements
• Reduced update overhead
• Selective control of linked parameters
• Create links between any model type

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

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month at one of Denver’s own technology leaders – Norgren (part of the IMI Group of engineering companies). They were one of Colorado’s earliest adopters of Inventor, and now they’ve opened their doors to host a Users Group for us. Mo Jalaly has graciously volunteered to give a brief demonstration, and Avatech will be presenting a brand new 2008 technology:

Using Dynamic Simulation

• Predict dynamic performance and peak stresses without building prototypes
• Complete library of motion joints with friction, damping, and stiffness – and NEW in 2008 – automatic translation of assembly constraints into joints!
• Graphical input of driving loads with time-based force functions – and NEW in 2008 – export motion loads over multiple time steps!
• Transfer reaction forces to Inventor Stress Analysis (ANSYS)

Quickly create a parametric Inventor part using standard views of an AutoCAD drawing

• Use DWG TrueConnect to open AutoCAD files directly in Inventor
• Leverage Autodesk Labs to quickly recognize 2D features and create parametric 3D solids.
• Update 2D projects with new 3D designs

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

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us this month at one of Northern Colorado’s fine manufacturers – Leggett & Platt - Store Fixtures Group in Fort Collins. They’ve been a long-time user of Inventor, and now they’ve opened their doors to host a Users Group for us. Tim Dench has graciously volunteered to present a topic for discussion, including:

Derived Spreadsheet-driven assemblies

• Re-using parameters from derived components
• Leveraging parameters to drive a dimension
• Update the assembly – drawings & ALL!

Using Macros to automate Tedious Tasks

• Surface Tools for Solid Modeling
• Who writes them?
• What do they do?

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

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

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us for our first Users group of the New Year at Avatech’s DTC Office. Due to the poor weather recently, we’ve decided to stay close to home to kick of the first meeting of 2007. Mark your calendars now to participate in an open discussion of ideas and technology. We’re planning to share a short presentation before we open the floor to fellow Inventor Users, and allow access to our own technical experts for questions of their own.

Introduction to Avatech’s Professional Services

• Custom Programming & Automation
• Data Management & ERP/MRP Integration
• Custom Training, Implementation, and resource auditing & optimization

Leverage Inventor 11’s Enhanced Surfacing Tools for Solid Modeling

• Surface Tools for Solid Modeling
• Loft to a point
• Two rail sweep w/ XY scaling

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 get directions:
Call us at: 800-487-8729 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Jared Drennen: jared.drennen@avatech.com

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
6:30PM – 9:00PM

We apologize for the late notice, but we think you’ll be pleased with this month’s topic. Join us once again at SVI Trucks in Loveland, CO for this month’s Users Group. Mark your calendars now to participate in an open discussion of ideas and technology. We’ve prepared two short presentations before we open the floor to fellow Inventor Users to share their experiences from the field.

Utilize Inventor 11’s adaptive Content to increase your productivity

• Streamlined selection and placement workflow
• Advanced AutoDrop capability
• Automatic resizing as mouse moves over target geometry
• Interactive adjustment of component lengths

Publish your own approved parts to the Content Center

• Enhanced tools for editing and publishing content
• Unified content library
• Fully integrated with Design Accelerators

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 get directions:
Call us at: 800-487-8729 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Jared Drennen: jared.drennen@avatech.com

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us at Avatech’s DTC Office for this month’s Users Group. Mark your calendars now to participate in an open discussion of ideas and technology. We’re planning to share one short presentation before we open the floor to fellow Inventor Users to address our technical experts with questions of their own.

Utilize Inventor 11’s adaptive Content to increase your productivity

• Streamlined selection and placement workflow
• Advanced AutoDrop capability
• Automatic resizing as mouse moves over target geometry
• Interactive adjustment of component lengths

Publish your own approved parts to the Content Center

• Enhanced tools for editing and publishing content
• Unified content library
• Fully integrated with Design Accelerators

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 get directions:
Call us at: 800-487-8729 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Jared Drennen: jared.drennen@avatech.com

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us once again at US Filter (now Siemens Water Technology) in Colorado Springs, CO for this month’s Users Group. Mark your calendars now to participate in an open discussion of ideas and technology. We’ve prepared two short presentations before we open the floor to fellow Inventor Users to share their experiences from the field.

Explore Inventor 11’s Frame Generator to quickly create structural frames with custom or standard parts.

• Library of standard structural shapes
• Works with 2D/3D wireframe or solid model edges
• Automatic placement on frame outline
• Quickly and easily add welds and define end conditions

Autodesk University

• More industry professionals than ever are discovering that an annual trip to AU pays dividends all year long.
• Plan now to join your peers at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas—one of the world's most celebrated venues for meetings and conventions - for the 14th annual AU.
• Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2006.

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 get directions:
Call us at: 800-487-8729 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Jared Drennen: jared.drennen@avatech.com

Colorado Inventor Users Group

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
6:30PM – 9:00PM

Please join us once again at SVI Trucks in Loveland, CO for this month’s Users Group. Mark your calendars now to participate in an open discussion of ideas and technology. We’ve prepared two short presentations before we open the floor to fellow Inventor Users to share their experiences from the field.

Explore Inventor 11’s Frame Generator to quickly create structural frames with custom or standard parts.

• Library of standard structural shapes
• Works with 2D/3D wireframe or solid model edges
• Automatic placement on frame outline
• Quickly and easily add welds and define end conditions

Autodesk University

• More industry professionals than ever are discovering that an annual trip to AU pays dividends all year long.
• Plan now to join your peers at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas—one of the world's most celebrated venues for meetings and conventions - for the 14th annual AU.
• Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2006.

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 get directions:
Call us at: 800-487-8729 or email us
Rob Johnston: rob.johnston@avatech.com
Jared Drennen: jared.drennen@avatech.com