Looking at what’s new in documentation, the updates to the core Inventor system seem to a little lacking in this release. We’ll also touch on some of the other applications and services that are available as part of the package. So, in the next few pages we’re going to focus on the system, what’s changed and what’s been added in the 2014 release. While the suites approach undoubtedly offers huge value for money, the facts are that for those engaged in design, the core area of interest is always going to be Inventor. The higher end suites also include NavisWorks Manage for factory layout and design. Alongside the various flavours of Inventor, the Product Design Suite now also includes Alias Design (for industrial design and surface modelling), 3ds max, Showcase, Mudbox and Vault. The introduction of a ‘suites’ based sale meant that users could only have the option of taking on a bundle of tools. Fluent Meshing gives access to mesh preparation, abstract and control tools directly

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