If you have Inventor 2011 loaded and haven’t looked at the lighting styles yet, please stop whatever you are doing and check them out now! The new 3D environments available in 2011 in combination with the “image based lighting” can create some really stunning visuals. If you ever need to create compelling imagery for sales, marketing, or conveying ideas within your organization, this is one of the first things to try out.
Released on July 16th was some great technology released for preview by Autodesk on its Labs website http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor3da/. The tools will alllow you at add annotation to your 3D models like:
It also contains a nice inspection tool that allows you to see callouts that have been place and callouts that maybe missing.
Let’s take a look:
Autodesk Labs Releases 3D Annotation for Inventor
With the release of the 2010 Vault family, extra tools were included to enable server side visualization publishing. The only wrinkle with that was a warning that would always show up after checking in a file from the CAD software.
Warning that can be turned off in Vault 2011
Just change this Administrative setting, and the warning will go away for users viewing within the Vault:
Check this to disable the visualization warning
Watch a quick Video of the difference the setting makes right HERE.
Showcase now has its own community on Autodesk’s “The Area” website. The Area is for the Digital Entertainment & Visualization Community and Showcase users now have a great resource at their fingertips!
Check it out here…
http://the-area.com/products/showcase
Created by Aaron… Your Alias/Showcase CAD Geek!
We have created a new online self-paced training course for Autodesk Showcase.
This course covers the basic functionality of Showcase and what steps are necessary to create real-time photo realistic imagery from your existing 3D geometry.
If you have a seat of Showcase and haven’t taken the time to learn the software this is your chance. This class covers the basics and walks you through the process of creating an image like the one you see above.
Follow the link below for more information…
I Get It – Showcase Basics Training
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