Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions Increase Design Power and Optimise Processes

Autodesk Inventor Series 7 and Autodesk Streamline 5 Form Basis for Company's Mainstream PLM Strategy

AUSTRALIA, May 16, 2003-Rounding out the next generation of manufacturing solutions, Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), the world's leading design software and digital content company, today announced that Autodesk InventorSeries 7 software for 3D mechanical design is now available and Autodesk Streamline5 manufacturing collaboration service will be available next month. Combined with AutoCAD2004 and AutoCADMechanical 2004 software, these solutions help customers solve critical business challenges by giving them the tools to innovate, increase productivity, optimise processes, and bring higher quality products to market faster for less cost.

"Together, these design and collaboration solutions give customers the ability to create and share digital design information that is critical to both engineers and non-engineers across the extended enterprise," said Robert Kross, vice president of the Manufacturing Solutions Division at Autodesk.

Autodesk Inventor Series 7

The Autodesk InventorSeries 7, which includes Autodesk Inventor 7 and AutodeskMechanical Desktop2004 software continues to offer industry-leading DWG compatibility by supporting data exchange with AutoCAD 2004 files. Autodesk Inventor 7 software's improved workflow functionality groups frequently used commands to reduce the number of steps required for common design tasks. Users benefit from a quicker workflow wizard that offers better translation results. Autodesk Inventor 7 now supports publishing DWF(tm) files for use with the VoloView Express application. New capabilities for DWF files include multiple 2D sheets, password support, print ready format, and a single publish format for all Autodesk design tools.

Autodesk Inventor 7 includes two enhancements for large assembly performance. Users can now make visible only those components needed for a given design task, limiting the number of parts displayed and the amount of memory needed. Taking advantage of new capabilities in MicrosoftWindowsXP Professional, Autodesk Inventor 7 software can now take advantage of workstations with 3GB of system memory. This is 30 percent more memory than previously possible, allowing even larger designs to be created faster than ever before.

Autodesk Inventor now allows surfaces to be trimmed. Adding this ability allows users to import or create surfaces, trim them, and knit them into complex surfaces or solid shapes. This strengthens Autodesk Inventor software's hybrid surface-solids modeling tools and expands the types of complex parts Autodesk Inventor users can design.

Autodesk Streamline 5

The Autodesk Streamline 5 online collaboration service continues to provide value throughout the product life cycle by helping customers instantly share digital design data across their extended manufacturing chain. For added flexibility and easy access, users can now view Autodesk Streamline files offline, without an Internet connection. The service lets users search across files for Autodesk Streamline content in seconds. New CAD neutrality means that users can publish Autodesk Streamline files from PTC's Pro/ENGINEER. The service now offers a simple, easy-to-use method for tracking the Request For Quote process within its centralised environment. This solution allows companies to utilise RFQ forms to facilitate the distribution and collection of quotes and other information from various suppliers.

New performance and administration features offer enhanced project hosting capabilities. The new service extends support for texture and decals that are applied to individual features and faces. To extend its reach in the global economy, the product has been Unicode-enabled so that data can be viewed correctly in different localised operating systems.

Availability

Autodesk Inventor Series 7 is available worldwide through authorised resellers and Autodesk Streamline 5 will be available next month. The solutions are also available through the Autodesk Subscription Program in parts of Asia Pacific including Australia, Singapore and Malaysia as well as the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

About Autodesk

Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. 

www.autodesk.com.au

 

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