Being Inventive

Updates to Eco Materials Advisor 2012 and 2013

As an update to our previous post Updates to Eco Materials Adviser for Inventor 2012 and 2013:

Users of Eco Materials Adviser in Inventor 2012 or 2013 have been notified of the availability of an update to a new version of the software which provides the latest functionality and performance as already enjoyed by Inventor 2014 users. Users who have not yet downloaded the update, and who wish to continue using the Eco Materials Adviser in Inventor 2012 or 2013 should do so, as without the update, the software will no longer function.

 

You can find all the information for this transition in the link below.

http://inventor.grantadesign.com/en/resources/index.asp

Note here in particular the Technical Advice Bulletin downloadable from the middle of the page describing the improvements to port-handling.

The more detailed installation instructions are here:

http://inventor.grantadesign.com/en/resources/updates/latest.asp

 

Daren

Updates to Eco Materials Adviser for Inventor

Users of Eco Materials Adviser for Inventor 2014 can download and run versions in French, German, Korean, Japanese or Simplified Chinese

Users of Eco Materials Adviser for Inventor 2012 or 2013 can update to the new software version, providing the latest functionality and performance as already enjoyed by 2014 users

You can find all the information for this transition in the link below.

http://inventor.grantadesign.com/en/resources/index.asp

Note here in particular the Technical Advice Bulletin downloadable from the middle of the page describing the improvements to port-handling.

The more detailed installation instructions are here:

http://inventor.grantadesign.com/en/resources/updates/latest.asp

Mandatory ECO Materials Adviser coming this week-end

For those of you that use or are planning to use the ECO material Adviser in Autodesk Inventor 2012, be aware that we are updating this add-in this week-end.

We have provided such updates in the past and I am sure you have seen this message after running ECO Materials Adviser the first time.

Until now, you could opt out of the update process.

The difference is that this new update is a MANDATORY update and this is clearly communicated in the following dialog which you will start seeing this week-end:

Even if you refuse to "Click here", we will still redirect you to the Granta resource center from which the update can be downloadedJ.

The other novelty is that the update is multi-language.

Let me explain why you should install this January 2012 update (version number v3.9.15.0).

1. Additional features and performance

In addition to general refinement and performance enhancement compared to the original version shipped with Autodesk Inventor 2012, the following specific features are provided in this update:

• Support for mapping your own custom Inventor material styles to suitable equivalents in the ECO Materials Adviser database.
• Updates to the information in the ECO Materials Adviser database itself.

2. Ability to upgrade to Full Version

If you want to upgrade to the full version and take advantage of all the following extra features, you'll first need to have installed this update:

• Analysis of Autodesk Inventor assemblies of any number of parts, removing the twenty-part limit of the base version.
• Substantially extended materials database, offering a choice of around 3,000 materials.
• Include transport and use phase details in eco impact analyses, thus considering all phases of the complete product lifecycle – raw materials, manufacture, transport, use, and disposal.
• Include the eco impact of surface finishing processes, in addition to the primary manufacturing processes supported in the base version.

3. Ensure continued operation and support

As part of the policy of on-going enhancement to ECO Materials Adviser, which can involve server as well as client changes, it's not possible to guarantee that superseded versions will continue to work.
Update now, and be sure of on-going access to the latest functionality!

Thanks
Bob