Email Blast- Autodesk Announces Tools, Resources, and 2013 Kit of Parts Modeled in Inventor!

1/5/13

Greetings FRC Teams:

We are pleased to share the following announcement from Autodesk with you:

Welcome FIRST Teams!

Fired up? Ready to go? Autodesk wants to help you succeed.

Join the Autodesk Education Community today!

With the Kickoff of the 2013 FIRST season, we wanted to make you aware of some training resources available to help you prepare for this season.

Autodesk Inventor Toolkit

Looking to design your winning robot with Autodesk® Inventor®? Then don’t miss our video training series. Created for FIRST students by FIRST students, the Built by Design series of videos aims to teach students how to effectively use Autodesk Inventor Professional and other tools.

Autodesk Cloud Documents. Every FIRST team member and mentor can subscribe to receive their 3G of storage space for free, compliments of Autodesk. Check out the videos for what you can do with this storage.  The Autodesk Single Sign-On (SSO) that you used to get into the Autodesk Education Community will get you access to this powerful resource. Access it here.

Autodesk® Design Review desktop, which is part of the Autodesk Inventor Professional download, and mobile viewers, which are available for iOS and Android, will come in handy this year. Check it out here.

New 2013 Autodesk resources will be posted shortly, including the 2013 FRC Kit of Parts modeled in Inventor.

Autodesk Mobile Apps

iPad becomes a powerful conceptual simulation tool with Autodesk® ForceEffect®,and Autodesk® ForceEffect® Motion a free application from Autodesk. Check out these introduction videos on ForceEffect and ForceEffect Motion to see how your FIRST team can use these powerful tools.

Sketch on the go!  Autodesk® Sketchbook Express is a donated app that lets you capture your ideas anywhere on your mobile device. Check out this video on how you can draw over a photo to brainstorm and share with your team members.

Additional Resources

Throughout the season Phil Dollan will be offering a webinar and blog series providing tips and tricks on Autodesk software. Check out Phil’s blog from 2012 for a taste of what’s to come. Please keep an eye on the Autodesk FIRST site for future announcements.

You can also email us at first@autodesk.com and we will do our best to answer your query in a timely manner.

Go Teams!