Energizer Trusts Its Data to Autodesk Vault

Leading Global Manufacturer Replaces Teamcenter With Autodesk Data Management Software

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), announced that Energizer Holdings, Inc. (Energizer) -- a company whose portfolio includes such globally recognized and trusted brands as Energizer batteries and Eveready flashlights -- has adopted Autodesk Vault data management software to more efficiently manage its product design and manufacturing information. Energizer is replacing Siemens Teamcenter with Vault for its enterprise data management needs.

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Is SP1 for SQL Server 2008 R2 supported with Vault Server 2012?

Microsoft recently published the SP1 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (Editions Standard, Enterprise, Express).

At this stage SP1 for MS SQL Server 2008 R2 is not supported with Vault Server 2012 until further notice.

Source: http://crackingthevault.typepad.com

Autodesk Inventor 2012 Service Pack 1

Autodesk har sluppet Service Pack 1 til Inventor 2012. Last ned her.

Receiving Automatic Notifications from Autodesk

Here is a Movie I just created and also the script. Enjoy....

Common comment we hear from customers is that Autodesk releases so many Hotfixes, Updates and Solutions that its difficult to keep a track of them all. Its not always easy to navigate through multiple websites trying to find them all.

One possible solution is to allow notifications be delivered to you via RSS feeds. RSS feeds is a standard technology for having news headlines delivered to you rather than you having to search them out.

RSS feeds can be viewed in applications you use every day like Microsoft Outlook.

To set RSS feeds up in Microsoft Outlook you first go to the website that you want to subscribe to, in this case I want to receive notifications about Autodesk Vault and Inventor.

So lets go to the Autodesk Website. (www.autodesk.com)
In the bottom right hand corner is the orange and white RSS icon. Click that.
Under Support Feeds select
"Product Support, Updates & Service Packs"

Select "Autodesk Inventor" and "Autodesk Vault"

Click Create Custom Feed

This generates a URL
Copy the URL,
In Outlook, Under RSS Feeds, Right click and select "Add a new RSS feed"
Paste the copied URL, then click Add

you can click the Advanced button for more options like the feed name or the destination folder and most importantly "Automatically download enclosures for this RSS feed"

If you set it up correctly you will see the latest feeds appear in front of you.

RSS is a technology used by many Autodesk websites and you can also us it for other sites including our popular blogs like "Cracking the Vault", Without a Net and Being Inventive

So, thank you for your attention

I hope you found this video solution informative and useful.

Source: http://crackingthevault.typepad.com
Written by Richard Rankin

July ADN Plugin of the Month, PointLinker for Inventor, Now Available

Announcement: You can keep your data in synch.

The ADN Plugin of the Month technology preview allows you to download an add-in for one of our design applications that includes a pre-made working version as well as the source code for the add-in. It is meant to inspire you on-the-fence-about-programming Labs community members into developing your own add-ins. Learn more about them on Autodesk Labs.

Plugin of the Month on Autodesk Labs

The plugin for July is PointLinker for Inventor. This add-in was written by Xiaodong Liang of the Developer Technical Services team.

As noted in the read me:

Inventor can import point data from a Microsoft Excel file, but once the data has been imported, the link with Excel is not retained. If the user then updates the point data in the Excel file, the data must be manually re-imported and the associated model re-constructed. This is a time consuming and inefficient exercise.

The Point Linker for Inventor tool was developed to allow Inventor users to import points from an Excel file and retain a link to that file. The user can import data (as with the existing command), update with new data, or resolve to another Excel file.

The plugin is compatible with Inventor 2009-2012. Please give it a try and let us know what you think at labs.plugins@autodesk.com.

Plugging away is alive in the lab.

Source: http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2011/07/july-adn-plugin-of-the-month-pointlinker-for-inventor-now-available.html

Autodesk Showcase 2012 SP1

Autodesk Showcase 2012 Service Pack 1 addresses stability issues and includes fixes across several functional areas including better memory management when raytracing, fixes to Ambient Shadows, fixes to Autodesk Material properties and X-Rite materials. For more information, please see the Autodesk Showcase 2012 SP1.

Download here

Inventor Publisher til Android Market

Description
Interactive 3D instructions. Right at your fingertips.

Autodesk Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer allows you to view interactive, animated 3D assembly instructions created with Autodesk Inventor Publisher desktop software.

Some assembly required? Left the manuals back at the shop? Missed your last product training session? No problem.

With Inventor Publisher Mobile Viewer, you can have important product information and instructions at your fingertips wherever you go. Users of the desktop version of Inventor Publisher software can easily publish and share interactive 3D instructions with others that

Source:

Autodesk

Android Market

Drawing Compare - Update

You want it, you got it. The Drawing Compare utility has been updated to include version to version compare, regardless of revision. Just select two entries in the History tab, right-click and select Compare Drawings.

Click here to download (version 1.0.2.0)

Source: http://justonesandzeros.typepad.com/blog/2011/06/drawing-compare-update.html

Drawing Compare

Design Review has this cool feature where you can compare drawings. Through the magic of API programming, Jan Liska from Autodesk Consulting has hooked this functionality to Vault. The tool is called Drawing Compare and it easily lets you compare two drawings or two revisions of a drawing from within Vault.

Requirements:Vault Workgroup / Collaboration / Professional 2012 Autodesk Design Review 2012

Click here to download the application

To Use:Run the installer.Run Vault Explorer.Select two drawings or two revisions of the same drawing.Right-click and choose Compare Drawings.In the pop-up window, click the Compare button.You can also run Compare Drawings after selecting a single drawing. In this case, the Drawing Compare window will have combo boxes that let you select the revisions that you want to compare.The tool only works on drawings that have DWF files.

Source: http://justonesandzeros.typepad.com/blog/2011/06/drawing-compare.html

Length parameter of frame generator beams not updating in R2012

As mentioned in several newsgroup posts, the G_L parameter in frame generator beams in R2012 remains static after modifying a beam. In normal circumstances the G_L parameter contains at any time the cut length of a beam. The length of a beam can change after several different operations (changing the skeleton sketch, doing a trim/extension or a lengthen/shorten operation).
After any of these operations the G_L value in 2012 only shows the initial length and does not change.

Autodesk has published the following hotfix to fix this problem going forward.

However if you have created beams with R2012 before applying the hotfix, these beams will continue to have a static G_L value even after applying the hotfix.In order to completely get out of the woods, you will have to do a one time clean-up of your frame generator assemblies.

The one-time procedure is very simple:
1. Download and unzip this VBA macro to your local drive
2. Open the VBA editor
3. File > Import and insert the file Correct_G_L_parameter.bas into your application project (typically Default.ivb)
4. Open your frame generator assembly
5. Run the macro Correct_G_L_parameter in module Correct_G_L_parameter
6. Save your assembly

Source: http://beinginventive.typepad.com/

Factory Design Suite 2012 Service Pack 1

SP1 for Factory Design Suite 2012 is now available here

In the Readme file you can read that the service pack includes Autodesk Factory Design Utilities for Inventor 2012 SP1 and Autodesk Factory Design Utilities for AutoCAD 2012 SP1. Although SP1 for Inventor 2012 is not yet available, you can go ahead and install Factory Design Suite 2012 SP1 anyway.

The anticipated Inventor and AutoCAD service packs can be installed once they are made available without invalidating the Factory service pack install.

Source: http://beinginventive.typepad.com

Hotfix - Length updates are not updating correct parameters

Hotfix - Length updates are not updating correct parameters in Frame Generator. Link til Autodesk.

AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Update 2

Autodesk har sluppet AutoCAD Mechanical Update 2, kan lastes ned her.

Cannot edit iPart table with Excel in Windows 7 on 64 bit machines

Issue

You select an iPart table in the browser, right-click, Edit via Spreadsheet, but Excel does not open, and Inventor returns control with no error message.
Solution

In order to solve the problem, apply the procedure from the video below that allows Inventor to get the Excel path.

The procedure consists in exporting the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{ 00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} from the Registry Editor.

Open the exported *.reg file using Notepad and remove all Wow6432Node\ in the file.

Save the *.reg file and import the information to the registry.

Inventor 2011 SP2 released

As from yesterday Inventor 2011 SP2 was released. You can download it from the following link.

Autodesk Vault 2012 integration for Inventor LT Suite 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 Now Available!

now available for download for subscription customers only via Subscription Center.

These software updates enable Vault functionality for use within Inventor LT Suites 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012. In order for Inventor LT Suites 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 users to connect to a Vault Workgroup 2012, Vault Collaboration 2012 or Vault Professional 2012 server, these updates must be installed.

These updates will not work in conjunction with the base version of the Vault server/client. A prerequisite is that Vault Workgroup 2012 or Vault Collaboration 2012 or Vault Professional 2012 client already is installed on the same computer as Inventor LT Suites 2012 or AutoCAD LT 2012.

Wrong Product Key

You have downloaded your product from the Subscription Center, but, when you enter the product key you see it is marked with a red cross.

In general this happens, if you have downloaded the wrong product from the Subscription Center.

There is an easy way to find out the the associated product key for the product you have downloaded.
1. Navigate to the location of the setup.exe file for your Autodesk product.
2. In that folder, look for a file named MID.txt, MID01.txt, MID02.txt or some variation on that name.
3. Open this file in notepad and verify that the product name is what you expected it to be.
4. The first five characters of the part number should also be the product key for that product.

Example:

MID: Autodesk_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2012_64bit_SWL_ENU_C009_EXE1
Product Name: Autodesk Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Platform: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
Media: ESD
Part Number: 769D1-05Y001-P503E, 769D1-05Y001-P504E

We recommend verifying the product name because sometimes customers who download their Autodesk software inadvertently download the wrong product and are then confused when the product key does not work as expected.

For more information read the solution http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS1105767

Direkte modellering

Direkte modellering: Raskt. Fleksibelt. Og ubegrenset.

Nå er det enklere enn noensinne å skape 3D-konstruksjoner. Både nybegynnere og erfarne brukere av 3D CAD drar fordel av innovative verktøy for direkte modellering som gjør det mulig å redigere 3D-modeller uten å ta hensyn til den parametriske historikken til konstruksjonen. Bruk Autodesks nye løsning for direkte modellering til å modifisere 3D-modeller fra andre CAD-systemer, evaluere konstruksjonalternativer, raskt skape konseptmodeller og mye mer. Last ned prøveversjon av Inventor® Fusion-teknologien.

Last ned prøveversjon av Inventor Fusion-teknologien

Available Now – AutoCAD WS for Android + New Web Version

It’s been a long time coming but AutoCAD WS for Android is finally available for download from the Android Market.

Now anyone with a phone or tablet running Android 2.1 or higher can enjoy the mobile CAD experience that AutoCAD WS brings. We’ve brought all the functionality over from the iOS version and we’re looking forward to ebmbracing a whole new community of AutoCAD users.

AutoCAD WS for Android is ready to use right now in nine languages including English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. We’d love to hear from you as soon as you have it installed.

http://autocadws.com/mobile/android

Read more on the AutoCAD WS for Android tutorial.

Autodesk Inventor 2012 Hotfix

Unexpected exit when using the assemble command while using a 3D connexion space mouse.

Link