Technical What’s New
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Tooling
The tooling functionality introduced into the Inventor
product line last year has been significantly enhanced
and improved� Key workflow areas have been optimized
to increase overall performance and capacity by over 50
percent when working with mold assemblies�
Unique Instance Support
Inventor 2011 supports working with unique core/
cavity, insert, and core pin instances in pattern� This
allows for instance-specific detailing of mold aspects,
such as gates, runners, and cooling channels, helping
engineers to create more realistic patterns�
Core/Cavity Creation Robustness
Inventor 2011 introduces mold-specific functionality
to increase the robustness of core/cavity creation with
context-sensitive error checking and reporting� You will
be able to automatically generate the core/cavity for
a broader range of parts, whether native Inventor or
imported files�
Dynamic Simulation of Mold Assemblies
With Inventor 2011, you can now dynamically simulate
the motion of your mold base assembly to easily
examine the mold base components for clearance and
interference� Inventor allows you to quickly evaluate
the range of motion by automatically incorporating
kinematic constraints and pre-defined positional
representations for the mold base assembly�
Enhanced Mold Base and Component Library Search
The mold base and component library have been
enhanced in Inventor 2011 to make it easier to find
exactly the part you need� With the ability to filter
content by subcategory, finding components is
significantly faster than before�
