Autodesk is offering a free* download of its Inventor Fusion Technology Preview from Autodesk Labs. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is a new digital prototyping technology that unites the power and control of parametric, history-based modelling with the speed and ease of use of direct, history-free modelling, enabling users to choose the modelling approach that is right for the task at hand. The technology preview is the first step in delivering the full vision of Inventor Fusion to engineers everywhere.
Inventor Fusion Technology Preview is ideal for companies that need to make rapid, history-free design changes to a model through direct manipulation but also have many years worth of feature- and history-based data and design intent that they need to access, use and maintain.
The June 2009 preview is the first step. The company is planning a second technology preview this autumn that will enable users to perform direct modelling for fast changes and then see their changes updated in the model’s parametric feature history, maintaining crucial design intent.
* Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that accompanies download of the software.