The Dan Miles Idea Factory

Inventor Beta is Coming

I am sitting here at home sick as a dog on new years eve (Most of my family has had this now) and noticed Amy posted information on her Blog that the new Inventor Beta is coming soon.  Please visit her post for more information at http://in_the_machine.blogs.com/

If you are interested in getting a jump start on the next release then you should sign up.  Boy I can't wait to get deeper into this.

Happy New Year

Dan

Creating a Nice Clean IDW for a Template

Here is a tip on how to start creating a nice new IDW (Inventor Drawing) template file.  When I create IDW templates I always try to make them as perfect as possible.  The reason is that this template file could be used for years by several users for creating product drawings.  Which means it will be used to start thousands of files so yep it is worth making it perfect.

So the very first thing is to start with an empty or clean IDW file.  Listed below is a nice tip on how to create an empty IDW file.

Step 1 - Hold down the "Shift" and "Control" keys on your keyboard.

Step 2 - Click the New IDW file icon.

Result - Here you will see the file is empty of just about everything that you can delete.

Dan

Inventor Tips and Tricks Category Overview

This posting category is for capturing various useful tips and tricks for Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Inventor Professional.  There are tons of features and tools in the products so there are plenty of items to cover.  Also each year there seems to be more and more new things to play with in the product.  The trick is how do you stay up to date with all of the new tools and methodologies.  That is what I hope I can assist you.

Dan

The Value of Engineering Category Overview

This post category is intended to capture various thoughts about the value of engineering and the importance it plays within a company.  With me living and spending a great deal of time with clients around the Detroit Michigan (Motor City), I often believe companies / people don't see or believe as much as they have in the past about the importance / value of the engineering department.  This causes them not to invest in this area of the company and view it as they are the people that just create the drawings for the shop.  This will be a work in process and I plan to capture my thoughts and theories over time on here and then see how it develops possibly into a full story.  Please keep in mind sometimes I really get going on a crazy topic so look out and let me know if I have gone off the deep end.

Also please feel free to add your comments on this topic also.

Dan