Engineering Education for the Mechanically Inclinedtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12714202009-10-30T11:24:10-05:00TypePadBack to the basics of Inventortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a68e4bed970c2009-10-30T11:24:10-05:002009-10-30T11:24:10-05:00Recently I've had some great opportunities to present to programs that have been using Inventor for awhile. While presenting I found myself falling into the trap of not pointing out the more basic nuances of Inventor. I would do something...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/10/back-to-the-basics-of-inventor.html...upon further analysistag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a5b7ecc2970b2009-10-02T23:08:28-05:002009-10-02T23:08:28-05:00Autodesk Inventor Professional 2010 has excellent capabilities for Dynamic Simulation and Finite Element Analysis but sometimes you need even more. If you’re someone who needs to do advanced analysis work including; extensive optimization, fluid flow, computational fluid dynamics, mass transfer...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/10/upon-further-analysis.htmlDo you have standards?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a58d2e91970b2009-09-28T18:20:27-05:002009-09-28T18:22:45-05:00The Student download of Autodesk Inventor Professional is a fully functional offering that has an incredibly broad array of tools. It is lacking one thing though; standards. In order to save a lot of time for students who want to...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/09/do-you-have-standards.htmlHappy Anniversary to us alltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a5dc7d1c970c2009-09-21T00:01:00-05:002009-09-21T00:26:46-05:00Ten years ago this week I received a box from Autodesk that puzzled me. At the time I worked at an Autodesk reseller and while I frequently received packages of software to install for customers I’d never seen a box...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/09/happy-anniversary-to-as-us-all.htmlGot Skills?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a5aeef22970c2009-09-08T13:10:44-05:002009-09-08T13:10:44-05:00I'm not talking about computer hacking skills or Nunchuk skills, I'm talking about the skills needed to make a positive impact on your career and your future. Last week I was honored to be a Skills Ambassador for the trade...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/09/got-skills.htmlWin a pass to Autodesk University 2009!!!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a5219531970b2009-08-26T14:52:26-05:002009-08-27T01:40:57-05:00OK Engineering students, you have the advantage here. Autodesk is sponsoring a contest where you can create a video of why you want/need/must attend Autodesk University 2009 in Las Vegas. The details can be found here. Be entertaining, enthusiastic and...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/08/win-a-pass-to-autodesk-university-2009.htmlHow it's Made - Live!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341fc4a953ef0120a51a61af970b2009-08-25T00:30:52-05:002009-08-25T00:33:38-05:00When I was a strapping young man preparing for college (a long, long time ago) I wasn't aware of the job that a Manufacturing Engineer performed. Then again the only machine around way back then was something they were calling...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/08/how-its-made-live.htmlInventor Fusion technology is now avaialable!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684585132009-06-24T15:14:35-05:002009-06-24T16:54:11-05:00So, you're looking for a way to quickly model a component you have an idea for but you don't know enough about how the component will need to be modified to use Inventor? You'd like to be able to just...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/06/inventor-fusion-technology-is-now-avaialable.htmlHELP!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-681398192009-06-15T17:52:06-05:002009-06-16T09:58:58-05:00Besides being the title of what is possibly my favorite up-tempo Beatles song, HELP is a word typically associated with a useless function in most software applications. Not if you're talking about Inventor though. Over the last few months when...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/06/help.htmlThese are a few of my favorite thingstag:typepad.com,2003:post-664042432009-05-05T13:42:48-05:002009-05-13T09:19:35-05:00Spring is the season of new beginnings when the hearts of the young turn to thoughts of what features are coming in the new releases of Autodesk products. Well maybe not all of the hearts of the young, but certainly...Thom Tremblayhttp://engineeringeducation.typepad.com/engineering_education_for/2009/05/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things.html