Tag Archives: Autodesk Inventor

How SUNY Ulster Uses Project-Based Learning & Autodesk Revit

This semester two projects of note came to completion using Autodesk Revit. The first project involved creating a digital model of a local school using Revit. Information is now available to school administrators from the Building Information Model to manage facility use and plan reconfigurations as needed by student changes. Continue reading

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The Future of STEM

STEM is one of the fastest-growing job markets in the United States. Not only is it a huge job market, but it’s a cutting edge industry. STEM helps push scientific innovation, technological progress, medical advancements, and new inventions. Continue reading

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The Digital Prototyping Solution & Autodesk

Digital Prototyping brings together design data from all phases of the product development process into a single digital model in Inventor. This model can then be manipulated in many ways to test certain aspects of the model that would normally be handled with a physical prototype. Things such as stress analysis can be handled in Inventor. Or, you can bring your prototype into a Revit model to see how it will fit into a factory setting. Continue reading

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Teaching Technical Success: Ontario Technological Skills Competition

Students from across the province gathered in Waterloo Ontario this week to promote, practice, and celebrate the technological trades available for students in today’s industries. Continue reading

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Autodesk Inventor Professional 2011 vs. SolidWorks Premium 2010

A recent Delphi expert analysis spearheaded by Ray Kurland compared out-of-the-box Autodesk Inventor Professional 2011 to SolidWorks Premium 2010 in fifteen functional areas: Part Modeling, Assembly Modeling, Simulation, Mixed Modeling, Plastic Part Design, Sheet Metal Design, Interoperability, Documentation/Drawings, Visualization, Design Automation, Mechatronics, Mold Design and Tooling, Routed Systems, BIM (Building Information Modeling), and Data Management and Collaboration. Continue reading

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Teaching Technical Success: Spotlight on Henry Street High School

Henry Street High School was very successful this year at the Durham Skills Event, with a fifth consecutive Gold Medal in the Automotive Diagnostic Skills competition, a Gold Medal in the Mechanical CAD competition using Autodesk Inventor software, a Silver Medal in Hairdressing, and a Bronze Medal in Cabinet Making. Continue reading

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Teaching Technical Success – Spotlight on Jean Varnier Catholic High School

Robotics is a term used by everyone; thrown around and over emphasized. Students at Jean Vanier in the York Catholic District School Board, however, understand robotics and define it as success and forward movement. Teacher Andy Persad has taken a fledgling robotics program with Vex robotics and has already equipped his students with the skills that will make them the next robotics experts for NASA and ABB. Continue reading

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