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Thursday, 26 May 2011

Move window from a disconnected second screen

How many times have you disconnected a second screen and taken your laptop offsite, only to find out that the windows are opening on the other screen!

Try this:-

Hit 'Alt+Spacebar'. This activates the tools for that window. Then hit 'M' for move.

Use your arrow keys and you can move the window back to the screen.

Once you know the trick, it's easy.

The real trick? Just knowing the trick.

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Inventor 2011 SP2 is now available

Autodesk have just announced SP2 for Inventor 2011

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=16976209&linkID=9242019

Friday, 20 May 2011

Inventor 2012 - Frame Generator problem

Reported lengths of frame members can be incorrect after a Frame Generator assembly has been edited using Inventor 2012. Autodesk are working on a fix for this. In the meantime, here is a workaround:-

Edit the offending frame member(s), go to the parameters dialog & alter the parameter G_L as show below.

Monday, 16 May 2011

Vault 2012 - Multi Issue Hotfix

Autodesk have released a hot fix (TS16673759) for Vault 2012. This primarily fixes migration issues, but other problems are corrected here as well. Be warned, this is a server fix, so ensure a reliable backup beforehand.

My opinion on this is "If you have no immediate requirement to move to Vault 2012, then wait until back patches to previous version of Autocad & Inventor are available".

Dave Whiteley, Technical Director

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Autodesk iPhone Apps

What iPhone applications are you using?

I know many of you have an iPhones, iTouch or iPad and are often playing with various applications. As many of you know, Autodesk has several applications from Inventor Mobile Publisher, AutoCAD WS, Fluid FX and SketchBook Mobile but there are other great apps that can be very useful when you are working on your designs. Below are a several that I have used in the past and think are great apps to look at.