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It seems Autodesk Mechanical Desktop is being phased out. The latest release of Autocad Inventor Series 2009 does not contain the Autocad based 3D modelling package. If you want to install MDT it can be downloaded in its latest form from www.autodesk.com/mdt or a DVD requested.

On several of our CAD workstations using Autodesk Inventor 2009, we have noticed that they frequently seem to lock up whilst adding assembly constraints, if left alone for long enough it comes back to life eventually. We have not worked out yet if this is from any particular constraint or command but will keep it posted. Has anyone experienced this ?

We have since deleted all the Content Centre Parts from one of the models and it instantly improved, it was not a large CAD model with less than 100 fixings as a guess. If we can find the logic we will keep it posted !

NOVA has recently setup a Web Conferencing facility to enable our clients to view our CAD workstation screens in a real time environment. This along with our conference room facility has proved beneficial as a design review aid without us or our clients having to commute.