News, Manufacturing Solutions

Autodesk Productstream Webcast:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (your data)

Thursday, May 29, 2008
10:00am - 11:00am

Jonathan Landeros, Technical Manager for Manufacturing Solutions, will take you on a tour through Autodesk Productstream.

You will learn how to:
* Locate your data within the database
* Reuse your data with copy design
* Control your data with revision control

Click Here to Register Today!

JT Translator Add-in for Inventor 2009
Technology Preview

The JT Translator for Autodesk® Inventor® 2009 software is now available. In keeping with the trend of delivering best-in-class interoperability with Autodesk Inventor software, the JT Translator provides the ability to open and write out JT files with Autodesk Inventor 2009. This technology preview makes it easy for Inventor 2009 software users to consume and share data in the JT file format with their customers and vendors.

The add-in for Inventor 2009 software is available on Autodesk Labs.

U.S. CAD Becomes a VAR Gold Sponsor
in the Inventor Connections Community

U.S. CAD has joined ConnectPress as a VAR Gold sponsor in the Inventor Connections Community.

Click here to read the press release.

Custom Classes Available

U.S. CAD employs many expert instructors that can provide you with custom classes to teach you exactly what you need to learn without having to sit through exercises you could do without.  Call your U.S. CAD account manager today for more information on the following classes:

• Cable & Wire Harness
• Dynamic Simulation
• Stress Analysis
• Sheet Metal
• Tube & Pipe
• Frame Generator
• Content Center
• Weldments
• Skeletal Modeling
• Inventor Studio
• Bills of Materials
• Advanced Part Modeling
• Surfacing
• Advanced Assembly Modeling
• Vault
• Productstream
• Inventor LT

Data Management

In today’s manufacturing environment, accelerating product development cycles can be your single greatest competitive advantage. The biggest obstacle? Manual processes that keep valuable design data out of the hands of the key players who need it most, including manufacturing, purchasing, and external suppliers. Some manufacturers turn to product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. However, not all manufacturers want the hassle of the end-to-end process reengineering demanded by PLM. That’s where Autodesk has taken a practical approach to data management.

Below are two documents to help you get started:

 Data_Management_Case_Studies.pdf
 Implementing_Practical_Data_Management.pdf

For more information, contact U.S. CAD at 888-89-USCAD

Blogs for Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Updates

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