Adraft Events:

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Autodesk Virtual Event:

Right from your desk, you can learn about the new Autodesk 2011 Product line.

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On April 19 Autodesk had a virtual event featuring all the new 2011 products. You can still see the event, just register and log in and explore!

The Autodesk® Seize the Opportunity Virtual Event is your opportunity to experience the revolutionary design capabilities of the new Autodesk® Inventor® 2011 software. Find out how to unite direct and parametric workflows, analyze and validate structural frame designs, and create photo-realistic product visualizations at the touch of a button. Experience these and more new capabilities in Inventor 2011 by joining us on:

Adraft Webinar Series:

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Webcasts:

Autodesk Webcast series:

Go Beyond 3D to Digital Prototyping:

Understanding the Capabilities of the Autodesk Inventor Product Family

Discover how Autodesk Inventor product line provides a comprehensive and flexible set of software for 3D mechanical design, simulation, tooling creation, and design communication that help you cost effectively take advantage of a Digital Prototyping workflow to design and build better products in less time. Find out how the capabilities of the Inventor family help you reduce your reliance on costly physical prototypes, gain competitive advantage, and get more innovative products to market faster.

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AutoCAD Electrical Webcasts:

Using Excel with AutoCAD Electrical:

Discover how Excel can be used for bi-directional updates of electrical controls designs in AutoCAD Electrical. In this webcast, you’ll learn how AutoCAD Electrical can both output to Excel report format and then turn around and import Excel edits of tags, wire numbers, and catalog part number assignments from a spreadsheet back into the electrical controls drawing set.

Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

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Autodesk Inventor Webcasts:

Multi-CAD Interoperability with Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk® Inventor® software enables you to streamline projects that require opening files in various formats. You can also deliver 3D design data to clients and vendors in leading file formats natively. In this webcast, Daryl will discuss Inventor’s interoperability features and capabilities.

Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

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Moldflow Webcasts:

More great webcasts for Moldflow coming soon

Archived Webcasts:

Inventor:

Design Automation with Autodesk Inventor

Move beyond 2D drafting and 3D modeling with Autodesk® Inventor® software design automation tools. Discover how to accelerate your designs and get to Digital Prototyping by working with parts based on mechanical relationships rather than geometric descriptions (lines, arcs, and circles) and constraints. > Watch Now

Go Beyond 3D to Digital Prototyping: Understanding the Capabilities of the Autodesk Inventor Product Family

DWG Interoperability with Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Inventor software enables engineers to integrate AutoCAD® drawings and 3D data into a single digital model. Attend this webcast and discover how Autodesk Inventor users can share critical design data securely, efficiently, and accurately. In this webcast, Daryl will demonstrate how Inventor software provides industry-leading integration of 2D and 3D design data, with direct read and write of DWG™ files, so you can reuse your existing 2D design data without the need for translators, and improve communications with partners and suppliers. > Watch Now

Pipe and Cable Routing in Inventor Professional

Autodesk Inventor Professional to accelerate the design of routed elements, including tubing, piping, and flexible hose. In this webcast, you'll learn about rules-based routing tools that select the correct fittings and enable pipe-run compliance with your standards for segment length, round-off increments, and bend radius. Daryl Corelli will also demonstrate how to leverage wire list information imported from schematic design packages such as AutoCAD Electrical to design cable and harness components in 3D to reduce manufacturing problems, facilitate output of manufacturing drawings, and avoid late-stage engineering change orders. > Watch Now

Plastic Parts Design with Autodesk Inventor Professional + Autodesk Alias

Learn how Autodesk Inventor offers designers of plastic parts maximum flexibility by combining native Inventor geometry with exterior surface models designed in Autodesk Alias. In addition, you'll see how Autodesk Inventor Professional software helps automate key aspects of the design of injection molds for plastic parts. Daryl Corelli will demonstrate how to quickly create and validate complete mold designs, reducing errors and improving mold performance, using Inventor as well as Autodesk Moldflow plastic flow analysis tools. > Watch Now

Integrated FEA & Simulation in Autodesk Inventor

In this webcast, you'll discover how easy-to-use and tightly integrated motion simulation and stress analysis tools in Autodesk Inventor Professional help you predict how your design will work under real-world conditions before manufacturing it. > Watch Now

Sheet Metal Design with Autodesk Inventor

Attend this webcast and learn how to simplify the design of complex sheet metal parts. Daryl Corelli, Autodesk Manufacturing Technical Specialist, will demonstrate how to design 3D sheet metal parts that reflect specific manufacturing processes and shop capabilities. You'll see how Autodesk Inventor improves productivity when designing sheet metal parts by providing a digital prototype that combines manufacturing information – such as punch tool parameters and custom bend tables – with an accurate 3D model of sheet metal folding. The powerful flat pattern editing environment allows manufacturing engineers to tweak flat patterns to optimize manufacturing costs. > Watch Now

Productivity-Enhancing Features in Autodesk Inventor

Attend this webcast and discover the significant usability and productivity-enhancing features that benefit users who need to create, optimize, and validate designs involving plastic parts, sheet metal parts, and large assemblies. You'll also learn about the benefits of Autodesk Subscription, including guaranteed access to the latest software release, web support, e-learning services, and predictable budget management. > Watch Now

Mechatronics Design Featuring Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical

Today's manufacturers are using a mechatronics-based approach to integrate the electronic, mechanical, and software components of their increasingly complex products. In this webcast, you'll learn how the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping offers a scalable, attainable, and cost-effective approach to mechatronic design that can help you improve quality, reduce development costs, and get your innovative mechatronic products to market faster. > Watch Now

AutoCAD Electrical:

Boost Your Electrical Controls Design Productivity by 80% with AutoCAD Electrical

Trying to decide whether or not to switch to AutoCAD Electrical? In this webcast, John Zwerlein – Autodesk Solutions Engineer – will demonstrate the time required to complete 10 tasks in both basic AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical. The conclusion: switching to AutoCAD Electrical can increase your productivity by as much as 80 percent. > Watch Now

Mechatronics Design Featuring Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical

AutoCAD Electrical for Packaging Machine Design

Manufacturers are looking for innovative ways to expedite their control systems designs while creating "best in class" documentation for maintenance personnel and end customers. This webcast will feature the productivity tools found in AutoCAD Electrical for fast creation and modification of control systems drawings for packaging machines. In addition, you'll see how Autodesk data management tools secure these designs and provide valuable history for all changes, enabling more efficient collaboration between engineering disciplines. Join this free webcast and live Q&A to learn how you can save time and money in your packaging machine design and documentation process. > Watch Now

AutoCAD Electrical - The Logical Choice for Electrical Controls Design

Until now, electrical controls designers have relied on generic applications to do their jobs, which can require manual creation of schematics, leading to design errors and offering no simple way to share design information. It's a combination that, ultimately, costs companies time and money. See for yourself why so many electrical controls designers are switching to AutoCAD Electrical. This webcast will show you how you can save time and money by designing intelligent components, reduce schematic design errors with automated cross-referencing, build intelligent circuits dynamically, and generate accurate project reports automatically. > Watch Now

Moldflow:

Sustainable Plastic Part Design: Plastic Part Design for Manufacturing

Attend this webcast and learn how simulation helps reduce time-to-market and development cost Jeff Higgins, Autodesk Solutions Engineer, will demonstrate the process of designing a plastic part for optimal injection molding and process capability. Discover how to create and validate designs early and ensure best practices. > Watch Now

Capabilities of Autodesk Moldflow Adviser 2010

Watch this studio recording and learn about the new product packaging and simulation capabilities of the Autodesk Moldflow Adviser 2010 software. Hosted by an Autodesk Solutions Engineer, Jeff Higgins will showcase how these digital prototyping products validate and optimize the plastics injection molding process. Discover how our new software solutions are designed to fit any phase of injection molding design to manufacturing process. > Watch Now

Capabilities of Autodesk Moldflow Insight 2010

Watch this studio recording and learn about the new product packaging and simulation capabilities of the Autodesk Moldflow Insight 2010 software. Hosted by an Autodesk Solutions Engineer, Jeff Higgins will showcase how these digital prototyping products validate and optimize the plastics injection molding process. Discover how our new software solutions are designed to fit any phase of injection molding design to manufacturing process. > Watch Now

Adraft Conference:

See the Difference with AutoCAD 2010 Information and updates

Thanks to everyone who attended the See the Difference Event with Lynn Allen and Robert Green. We appreciate everyone taking the time out of your schedule to be there!

Here is the information from the key note and the workshops.

Key Note Speech:

Keeping Your Skill Sets Current, Keynote speech, Robert Green

Workshops:

Dynamic Blocks Workshop, Josh Gunther

Annotative Modeling Workshop, Greg Fisher

Plot Styles Workshop, Mike Space

Parametric Constraints Workshop, Kevin Gunther

CAD Manager's Action Plan Workshop, Robert Green

For Lynn Allen's AutoCAD 2010 Tip and Trick booklet, click here

The Whitepapers that were available at the event:

AutoCAD Comparision Matrix