IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog

Lattice Updates XVL Translator

imaginitfeeds@rand.com (Caleb Funk) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:18:20 EDT

Lattice Technology announced that their XVL Converter Plug-in for Inventor 2009 was scheduled to ship on June 30.

The XVL Translator Add-in for Inventor 2008 is already available for free download from Autodesk Labs.

Friday Eye Candy - Amazing unfolding table

imaginitfeeds@rand.com (Caleb Funk) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:13:04 EDT

I don’t know if this was designed in Inventor, but it is just awesome. I wish I had one of these tables when I had my first apartment. It could have sat the corner of the kitchen for eating macaroni and cheese with fishsticks, and then grandly expanded to fill the living room for poker night. Enjoy the video.

Fun at the Acrobat site

imaginitfeeds@rand.com (Caleb Funk) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:57:19 EDT

As much as I love the DWF format for working with CAD files, I still use PDF files for documents. I went to www.acrobat.com today, and it looks a bit different. It is now a portal for some online services, such a word processor, file sharing, and a online meeting room.

To use the services, you have to sign up for an Adobe ID. I did, and so far so good. I love free stuff.

New White Paper - Using Assembly Substitutes

imaginitfeeds@rand.com (Caleb Funk) — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:04:14 EDT

I had mentioned in an earlier post that one of my favorite new features in Inventor 2009 was the addition of Substitute Levels of Detail. I have written a white paper detailing how to set up and use the substitutes. It can be downloaded here. If you find this useful, please let me know.

Inventor View 2009 Ready for Download

imaginitfeeds@rand.com (Caleb Funk) — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:30:56 EDT

Inventor View 2009 has been posted for download. This means that I will take back some of the things that I muttered under my breath. Some of them.