CADLearning Releases Inventor 2010 Video Tutorials

BEDFORD, NH, Jul 14, 2009 - CADLearning by 4D Technologies is pleased to release a new, 242 lesson, video tutorial series for Autodesk Inventor 2010.

This is a complete, 242 lesson, course for the new or upgrading user. Learn about Inventor's new ribbon interface, sketching, modeling, sheet metal and much more. The project files used in the recordings are included so the user can follow along at their own pace.

Using Inventor ribbon interface
(click to see sample video)

Chapters include: Getting started with Autodesk Inventor, Working With Assemblies, Assembly Management, Documenting Assemblies, Create and Edit Parts, Documenting Parts, Multi Body Parts, Weldment, Advanced Sketching and Constraining Techniques, Advanced Part Modeling Techniques, Sheet Metal, Documenting Sheet Metal, Plastic Part Design, Sketch Blocks, Drawing File Creation and Settings, Document Settings and Application Options, Content Center, iFeatures, Import and Export, Surfaces, Design Accelerator.

The course overview, sample full length lessons and printable outline are available at: http://www.member.cadlearning.com

Over the next few days, CADLearning will also release tutorials for Navisworks Manage 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010. Tutorial series for Revit MEP 2010, Revit Architecture 2010, AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 will all be coming soon.

All tutorial series are available online, on DVD-ROM and as part of our private learning management centers for business and education.

CADLearning's Inventor Subscription Members($249/year) automatically have access to this new course.

Remember to use your 15% off coupon for this or any course, online or DVD. CODE: CADsummer09, coupon expires August 1.

About Instructor

David Piggott, uses and develops training material for both AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor software. He has over 17 years of teaching experience in CAD, 3D solid modeling, and CNC programming. He is also a journeyman mold maker. Assisting David was Allen Gager, a Design Engineer and CAD Manager active in AUGI and user groups.

About CADLearning by 4D Technologies:

4D Technologies, an Authorized Autodesk Publisher, produces and publishes a complete series of Computer Based Learning Programs for design professionals. The CADLearning video lessons for AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, 3ds Max, Revit, AutoCAD Architecture, Civil 3D, Electrical, Mechanical and more are available for Desktop, LAN and Enterprise users. All series are also available online in Hosted, Managed CAD Learning Centers for corporate and education users.

Nearly as strong as steel, but half as heavy

The addition of Baytubes carbon nanotubes (CNT) from Bayer MaterialScience AG improves the mechanical properties of aluminum powder metallurgy.

For example, the hardness of the composite aluminum is several times greater than that of unalloyed aluminum, tensile strengths comparable to those of steel can be achieved, and the impact strength and thermal conductivity of the lightweight metal can be improved significantly.

"Together with competent partners in industry, we want to exploit the considerable application potential that arises from this optimization in properties,” says Dr. Horst Adams, vice president of Future Technologies at Bayer MaterialScience, explaining:

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“We are partnering with Alcan, PEAK and Zoz to develop customized, CNT-reinforced aluminum materials."

Based in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, Alcan is a supplier of raw materials for aluminum manufacturing and a producer of lightweight metal and products made from it.

PEAK Werkstoff GmbH, headquartered in Velbert, Germany, specializes in the development of high-performance aluminum materials, which it uses to produce powder metallurgy semi-finished and finished goods.

Zoz GmbH based in Wenden, Germany, is a global supplier of innovative facilities and equipment, in particular for the production of nanostructured materials, and has expertise in the high-energy milling and mechanical alloying of these materials.

Until now, high hardness levels and tensile strengths could only be achieved in aluminum by a complex alloying process based on rare and expensive metals.

"Our carbon nanotubes are an attractive alternative to such complicated alloys. Baytubes carbon nanotubes can also significantly reinforce aluminum materials already alloyed with metals," says Adams.

The density of CNT-reinforced aluminum is only around one third that of steel. Therefore, the material can be used in any number of applications in which the goal is to reduce weight and energy consumption.

With its combination of high strength and low weight, Baytubes-reinforced aluminum is a welcome alternative to steel, expensive specialty metals such as titanium, and carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics.

"This new class of materials has great potential for the production, for example, of screws and other connecting elements, allowing existing manufacturing processes (stamping, CNC) to be retained. Lightweight, heavy-duty components for wheelchairs or athletic equipment are also ideal candidates for the material," says Adams.

Baytubes-reinforced aluminum I-beams could conceivably be manufactured for the construction industry, because they are much lighter than steel I-beams, making it possible to construct taller buildings. Steel I-beams currently are a factor limiting the maximum height of a skyscraper, because of their inherent weight.

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