Autodesk unveiled its plans for Autodesk Inventor Fusion Technology, new Digital Prototyping technology that unites the power and control of parametric, history-based modeling with the ease of use and productivity advantages of direct, history-free modeling.
Only Inventor Fusion Technology delivers bi-directional parametric and direct workflows. This technology provides a powerful solution for companies that need to make rapid changes to a design 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. This advancement enables users to adopt the modeling approach that is most appropriate to the task at hand.
Using Inventor Fusion Technology, designers and engineers can explore what-if scenarios and make rapid design changes without the limitations of feature order, dependencies or the original 3D CAD system used to create the design.
By removing unnecessary steps for users to capture and express their design ideas, Inventor Fusion Technology redefines ease of use. Context-sensitive, point-of-access tools present only what is needed right at the cursor, thus moving the user's attention from toolbars and dialog boxes and refocusing it on directly manipulating their digital prototypes.
Dick Slansky, ARC Advisory Group, commented, "While there are clear benefits from direct modeling for the product designer in terms of innovation and getting new products to the market faster, there remains the importance of parametric history-based modeling in order to maintain design intent and modeling structure. Autodesk's Inventor Fusion technology provides the best of both worlds in a single digital model allowing for greater flexibility and innovation while maintaining product integrity."