Discover the Autodesk 2011 Manufacturing Solutions - April 21 & 23, 2010 Webinars Q & A

By, Dan Banach

Thanks to everyone who attended our “Autodesk 2011 Manufacturing Solutions Seize the Opportunity” webinars on April 21 and 23, 2010 that covered Autodesk Inventor and its family of products. Below are the answers to the technical questions that we received.

Q: Does 2011 have any issues installing on windows 7?
A: Autodesk Inventor 2011 supports the following operating systems; Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise, or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2) (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate, or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (1,2)

Q: How much more memory will we need to run the in canvas commands? Does 2011 manage memory better than 2010?
A: The in canvas commands should not impact the amount of memory required. Many customers upgraded from Windows Vista or XP to Windows 7 and have noted performance and memory use improvements .

Q: Are there new requirements for the type of computer capabilities to run the new version?
A: The system requirements for Inventor 2011 have not changed substantially from 2010. There are three resources to learn more about the Autodesk 2011 software system requirements

• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6vDZiRqLg
• Autodesk Support: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=13727144
• Graphics Drivers: http://www.inventor-certified.com/graphics/

Q: Is there a presentation video that demonstrates everything we are seeing here?
A: This presentation has been recorded and will be posted to our website shortly. I will update everyone with the location of the video(s). Autodesk also has a YouTube channel and has many videos available for viewing.