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Autodesk®
Inventor® 2011

Autodesk® Inventor® software takes manufacturers beyond 3D to Digital Prototyping by giving engineers a comprehensive and flexible set of tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, tooling, visualization and documentation. With Inventor software, engineers can integrate 2D AutoCAD® drawings and 3D data into a single digital model, creating a virtual representation of the final product that enables them to validate the form, fit, and function of the product before it is ever built. Digital Prototyping with Inventor software enables you to design, visualize, and simulate products digitally, helping you to build better products, reduce development costs, and get to market faster.

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Autodesk®
Inventor® LT 2011

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Autodesk Inventor LT software enables mechanical design professionals to add the productivity benefits of 3D CAD, participate in Digital Prototyping workflows, and compete more effectively. Inventor LT offers powerful part-level 3D parametric modeling, multi-CAD translation capabilities, automated DWG drawing views, and other advanced capabilities in Autodesk® Inventor® software.

 

Autodesk®
Alias® Design 2011

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Autodesk® Alias® Design software, part of the Autodesk Solution for Digital Prototyping, is for the entire creative design process from ideation to the final surfaces that are passed to engineering. Included is a complete set of tools to help designers develop and communicate product design using sketches, illustrations, photorealistic renderings, and animations. Designers can create production-quality geometry that can move back and forth between design and engineering applications, enabling collaborative product development. Engineers can take advantage of Alias Design capabilities with Autodesk® Alias® Design for Inventor®. This version was built specifically for Inventor® users to provide integrated freeform shape modeling capabilities directly within the Inventor environment.

 

Autodesk®
Alias® Surface 2011

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Autodesk® Alias® Surface software, part of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping, offers a full set of dynamic 3D modeling capabilities that enable virtual modelers to evolve concept models into high-quality production surfaces for consumer product design and Class-A surfaces for automotive design and styling. In addition, it facilitates the workflow between digital modeling and scanned physical prototypes, enabling designers to quickly handle large amounts of scan data more efficiently, accelerating development time and reducing rework. This complete set of tools for importing and configuring data from 3D scanners for visualization and reverse engineering includes cutting, smoothing, automatic hole filling, mesh reduction and evaluation.

 

Autodesk®
Showcase® 2011

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Autodesk® Showcase® design visualization software, part of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping, facilitates informed decision making on digital prototypes. With integrated raytracing, state of the art materials and an easy to use interface, Showcase simplifies and accelerates the task of creating accurate, highly realistic imagery from 3D CAD data. Within a single application, it provides the tools required to prepare, process and present data to not only convey form, but also to create an environmental context to communicate brand character. Showcase provides an interactive environment in which users can present and review designs for important product decisions, locally and via remote sessions-resulting in an efficient and economical design review process.

 

Autodesk®
3ds Max® Design 2011

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Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2011 software offers compelling new techniques for bringing designs to life by aggregating data, iterating ideas, and presenting the results. Streamlined, intelligent data exchange workflows and innovative new modeling and visualization tools help significantly increase designers' creativity and productivity, enabling them to better explore, validate, and communicate the stories behind their designs.

 

Autodesk®
Moldflow® Adviser 2011

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Autodesk® Moldflow® Adviser injection molding simulation software provides wizard-based tools to help validate and optimize plastic part, injection mold, and tool designs before manufacturing begins. Intuitive to learn and use, Autodesk Moldflow Adviser software guides designers, mold makers, and engineers with advice on potential manufacturing defects and suggestions on corrective action. Part of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping, Autodesk Moldflow Adviser software helps manufacturers discover, communicate, and resolve problems earlier in the product development cycle which reduces the number of costly physical prototypes required to design plastic parts and gets innovative products to market faster and with greater confidence.

 

Autodesk®
Algor® Simulation 2011

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Autodesk® Algor® Simulation software provides a broad range of mechanical simulation tools to help designers and engineers make critical decisions earlier in the design process. With extensive finite element modeling tools and built-in material libraries, you can study initial design intent and accurately simulate the behavior of a digital prototype. Autodesk Algor Simulation software supports direct, associative data exchange with most CAD software tools, so you can make iterative design changes without redefining simulation data. By helping you predict product performance, including situations in which multiple physical factors interact simultaneously, Autodesk Algor Simulation software helps you validate and optimize designs before manufacturing.

 

AutoCAD®
Mechanical® 2011

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AutoCAD® Mechanical is AutoCAD® software for manufacturing, purpose-built to accelerate the mechanical design process. It includes all the functionality of AutoCAD, a world leader in CAD software, plus a comprehensive set of tools for automating mechanical engineering tasks, such as generating machine components, dimensioning, and creating bills of material. AutoCAD Mechanical provides a library of more than 700,000 standard parts, supports multiple international design standards, and enables users to detail and document digital prototypes created in Autodesk® Inventor® software. AutoCAD Mechanical offers engineers a competitive edge by helping save hours of effort, so they can spend time innovating rather than drafting.

 

AutoCAD®
Electrical® 2011

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AutoCAD® Electrical is AutoCAD® software for controls designers, purpose-built to create and modify electrical control systems. It contains all the functionality of AutoCAD, the world’s leading CAD software, plus a comprehensive set of tools for automating control engineering tasks, such as building circuits, numbering wires, and creating bills of material. AutoCAD Electrical provides a library of more than 650,000 electrical symbols and components, includes real-time error checking, and enables electrical and mechanical teams to collaborate on digital prototypes built with Autodesk® Inventor® software. AutoCAD Electrical offers control engineers a competitive edge by helping save hours of effort, so they can spend more time innovating.

 

AutoCAD®
P&ID 2010

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Create, modify, and manage piping and instrumentation diagrams with AutoCAD P&ID 2011. Built on the latest AutoCAD platform, AutoCAD P&ID is easy to use and familiar to designers and engineers, so design teams can start quickly with minimal training. Common tasks performed every day are streamlined and automated to boost productivity, while component and line information is easily accessed by designers as they work. With simple reporting, editing, sharing, validation, and exchange of design information, projects start easier, run better, and finish sooner. AutoCAD P&ID is included in the Autodesk Plant Design Suite.

 

AutoCAD® 2011

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Power your design projects from concept through completion with AutoCAD® 2011 software. Your ideas can take shape with greater clarity and accuracy than ever before, thanks to new surface modeling tools and point cloud support. New inferred constraints capabilities make working with parametrics easier, and updated productivity tools help you deliver final design documentation faster than ever. And major updates to materials and surfaces help you communicate design intent with the impact you demand. With these and many other new capabilities you've been asking for, AutoCAD 2011 helps you take design and documentation further.

 

AutoCAD LT® 2011

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AutoCAD LT® software is a leader in 2D drafting productivity and data reliability. Now, new features in AutoCAD LT 2011 bring you more options for precise control of your 2D drawings. Improve the appearance of your drawings with transparent objects and layers, and manage object visibility by hiding or isolating objects, independent of layer. Create and edit hatches faster with easier access to hatch tools. New multifunctional grips for polylines provide valuable flexibility and control during editing. The professional choice in 2D drafting software now offers even more ways to take control of your drawing productivity.

 

Autodesk®
Design Review 2011

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Accelerate your projects with Autodesk® Design Review software, the free,* integrated way to review, mark up, measure, and track changes to AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Revit® Architecture, and Autodesk® Inventor® models and drawings. Make it easier for project teams to collaborate on current models, drawings, and other project information. Download Autodesk Design Review software today.

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Autodesk®
Vault Family of
Products 2011

Help maximize return on your company’s investment in design data by driving design reuse with the Autodesk® Vault product line. The product family consists of Autodesk® Vault, Autodesk® Vault Workgroup, Autodesk® Vault Collaboration, and Autodesk® Vault Professional. The Vault product family helps design and engineering workgroups manage the creation, simulation, and documentation processes. Users can reduce time organizing models and files, manage change processes to avoid costly mistakes, and more efficiently release and revise designs. The data management software can be deployed as a standard configuration or tailored to unique requirements, enabling users to become productive more quickly, providing a faster return on investment.

 

Autodesk®
Vault Workgroup 2011

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Autodesk® Vault Workgroup software helps teams create and share design and engineering project information by securely organizing, managing, and tracking data in a central location. Ease of administration enables workgroup control of data access and security, and facilitates team-based design across disciplines. Because they can quickly manage their designs and track changes over time, users gain productivity without disruption to their natural design workflows. In addition, Vault Workgroup delivers lifecycle and revision control processes directly in the design application, which promotes faster cycle times and betterquality engineering data.



 

Autodesk®
Vault Collaboration 2011

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Autodesk® Vault Collaboration software includes all of the functionality in Autodesk Vault Workgroup and adds an advanced toolset that provides administrators with the scalability needed to manage large workgroups. Users can share engineering design data with downstream data consumers using the included web client and expose design-related information to the extended enterprise by publishing to Microsoft® SharePoint®. Scalable multi-site functionality enables companies to synchronize design data among distributed workgroups, extending the reach of the digital model to the entire project team.



 

Autodesk®
Vault Professional 2011

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Autodesk® Vault Professional software, previously known as Autodesk® Vault Manufacturing, securely stores and manages engineering information, design data, and documents - shortening the design-to-build and manufacture process. It includes multisite tools to connect workgroups across discrete locations, helping the entire design chain collaborate and share project information. Take full advantage of advanced functionality by giving design departments the tools they need to track change orders, manage bills of materials (BOM's), and promote earlier collaboration through integration to expert business systems. In addition, support for multi-CAD environments means that Vault clients using non-Autodesk design products can aggregate and manage design data throughout its lifecycle.




 

Autodesk®
Navisworks® Manage 2011

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Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage software is a comprehensive review solution for analysis, simulation, and communication of project information. Multi-disciplinary design data created in building information modeling (BIM), digital prototype (DP), and process plant design applications can be combined into a single integrated project model. Interference management and clash detection tools help design and construction professionals anticipate and avoid potential problems before construction, minimizing expensive delays and rework. Navisworks Manage combines spatial coordination with the project schedule to deliver 4D simulation and analysis. Entire project models can be published and freely viewed in NWD and 3D DWF™ file formats.

 

Autodesk®
Navisworks® Review 2010

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Autodesk® Navisworks® Review software extends access to existing design data to drive insight and predictability to improve productivity and project quality. Combine 3D design data created in building information modeling (BIM) applications-such as the Revit® family of products-with geometry and information created with other design tools for real-time visualization and collaborative review, regardless of file size or format. Dynamic navigation and an intuitive review toolkit improve understanding of even the most complex 3D models. Entire project models can be published and freely viewed in NWD and 3D DWF™ file formats to provide valuable digital assets during and after construction.

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Autodesk®
Navisworks® Simulate 2011

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Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate software provides advanced tools for analysis, simulation, and communication of project information. Multi-disciplinary design data created in building information modeling (BIM), digital prototype (DP,) and process plant design applications can be combined into a single integrated project model. Comprehensive 4D simulation, animation, and photorealism capabilities enable users to demonstrate design intent and simulate construction, helping to drive insight and predictability. Real-time navigation combines with a review toolset to support collaboration among the project team. Entire project models can be published and viewed in NWD and 3D DWF™ file formats to provide valuable digital assets during and after construction.