The newest release of Autodesk Inventor, which has been released in South Africa, maximises the value of existing AutoCAD data. This is according to Errol Ashwell, Managing Director of Autodesk Africa. "Autodesk Inventor 5 software provides industry-leading DWG compatibility from the source," says Ashwell.

"The AutoCAD DWG import and export wizard helps users read and write AutoCAD-compatible files to and from Autodesk Inventor quickly and easily. It provides an interactive preview of the drawing file selected for translation, allows custom import/export of AutoCAD layers, and provides special tools to help users convert this data to title blocks, borders, symbols, or new 3D designs."

Customers who are moving from Autodesk Mechanical Desktop software can migrate their 3D feature-based designs and drawings into Autodesk Inventor software and keep their 2D drawings. With more than 200 new enhancements in this release, customers will benefit from enhanced drawing annotation, innovative adaptive technology, quality, large-assembly performance, single-day productivity, and integration with the Autodesk Streamline service, allowing users to derive benefit from digital design data outside the design department. In addition, Autodesk Inventor 5 software now includes transitional constraints. Cams and rollers can now transition across multiple faces, allowing more analysis of mechanisms and faster proof of design concepts.

"This new release establishes Autodesk Inventor software as the leading mid-range 3D design system," says Ashwell. "Coupled with our partner solutions and Autodesk Streamline, this is the most complete manufacturing solution on the market today."

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