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Each year, Manufacturing professionals gather together at Autodesk University, a four-day conference in Las Vegas for high-quality classes taught by top-notch instructors in the Manufacturing industry-some of the best to be found anywhere.

Between conferences, AU Tech Talk keeps the momentum going by bringing together expert instructors to share their knowledge and their perspectives throughout the year with thoughtful, well-written articles about technical issues important to the Manufacturing industry.

Have an article you'd like to contribute? Submit your article to the AU Tech Talk editor.

Articles
Introduction to Digital Prototyping

These days, manufacturing companies face a daunting challenge. They must customize and develop products at a faster rate to satisfy their customers' needs for quality, reliable, and cost-effective solutions. To move up the ladder and grab the top position in this competitive world, manufacturing companies need to focus on improving the product development process by using the latest and most innovative technology (especially during "crunch" time). read more

Showcasing Autodesk Inventor

Working with Autodesk® Inventor® files in Autodesk® Showcase® led to this little "Derived" tip. read more

Using Automation to Add Wire Types in AutoCAD Electrical

Have you ever needed to add a bunch of wire types to a lot of drawings? This article will help outline how you can do this “auto-magically.” read more

Get Zipped with AutoCAD Electrical

Have you ever needed to send an AutoCAD Electrical project to a customer, vendor or to someone for support? This article outlines how to use built-in AutoCAD Electrical tools to ensure you have all the data you need to send. read more

Powerful Non-CAD Plotting with Autodesk Vault Workgroup

This article describes how to easily plot all related documents using the non-CAD printing feature in Autodesk Vault Workgroup. read more

Using Autodesk Inventor Simulation Effectively: Some Top FEA Tips

Autodesk® Inventor® Simulation 2010 has overcome the drawbacks of past FEA technologies by providing an easy to use FEA package within the familiar CAD environment. To help you get most from Inventor Simulation 2010 software, some of the hot topics, including stress singularities, assembly contacts, and analyzing half models are presented here with suggestions and tips. read more

Creating and Using Table Driven Punches in Inventor

Sheet metal punch tools are iFeatures with additional attribution. Here's how to use the Extract iFeature option on the Tools menu to extract and save a sketched feature or a sketch in a catalog for future use. read more

DWF and DWFx and Autodesk Vault

DWF allows you to share designs with other stakeholders, but sometimes a client won't know what to do with a DWF, or might have policies that do not allow the installation of software. Luckily with the 2009 release of products, DWFx was introduced. read more

AU Blog Network

FlashMob Brazil At Las Vegas!!!
Blog da CADKlein by Assis Francisco Haubert Ferreira

No dia 29 de Novembro, às 17 horas (horário de Las Vegas, aqui no Brasil serão 23 horas) estamos ...
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AU_Online: Autodesk University Virtual Registration passes 10,000 | #AU2009
AU Info on Twitter by Joseph Wurcher

AUOnline: Autodesk University Virtual Registration passes 10,000 | #AU2009
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Autodesk Product Survey
2d or not 2d by Steve Bennett

Not happy with the products your are getting from Autodesk? Well here is your chance to make your vo ...
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Burj Dubai in Photosynth
RobiNZ CAD Blog by Robin Capper

Geek in Disguise have a post on the new “overhead” view in Microsoft Photosynth. It’s amazing ...
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