It is Alive in the Lab

Updated Moldflow UI Technology Preview Now Available

AutoCAD has a ribbon interface. Inventor has a ribbon interface, etc. The ribbon interface has become standard for Autodesk design applications. To see how this would apply to the Moldflow product line, we have a technology preview of a ribbon interface. Your feedback (labs.moldflow.ui@autodesk.com) will help determine the final implementation. The technology preview originally allowed you to patch

• Autodesk Moldflow Adviser
• Autdoesk Moldflow Communicator

to have the ribbon interface. Yesterday we updated the technology preview to also include:

• Autodesk Moldflow Insight

You can download the UI technology preview from the Autodesk Labs site:

Free download of Moldflow UI Technology Preview

So now if you use any of the Moldflow applications, we invite you to experience the ribbon interface. "Do not fear the ribbon." Let us know how it works or does not work for you.

Expanding technology previews to cover all of the bases is alive in the lab.

The Latest Labs News

Hello - this is Ben Cochran. Scott is on sabbatical, and I've been invited to be a guest writer while he is out.

I wanted to let you know the latest additions and changes to Autodesk Labs.

• I just learned that the RDB Link Tool for Revit Family technology preview, originally set to expire on September 30, 2009 has been extended until January 1, 2010. Keep the feedback coming.

• UI Technology Preview for Autodesk® Moldflow® just posted to Autodesk Labs Today. Check out this streamlined UI.

• The Multi-threaded Solver helps Autodesk® Robot™ Structural Analysis take full advantage of multi-core systems.

- Ben Cochran
 

Moldflow UI Technology Preview Now Available

"Seasons don't fear the [ribbon], nor do the wind, the sun, and the rain. We can be like they are. Come on baby, don't fear the [ribbon].
"The Reaper," Blue Oyster Cult, Agents of Fortune, 1976.

We learned a great deal when we gathered your thoughts on the Autodesk Inventor UI Technology Preview. Your feedback shaped the implementation that made its way into Inventor 2010. The process was so valuable to us that we decided to do it again.

Free Download of Autodesk Moldflow UI Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs

The Moldflow User Interface Preview provides an updated interface that highlights the work flow required to run Moldflow products. For each of the products a central Home tab guides you on the functionality available, whether it’s to display results in Autodesk Moldflow Communicator or run a filling simulation in Autodesk Moldflow Adviser or Autodesk Moldflow Insight. It also groups commands based on your current task allowing you to enter as much information as you wish. In the case of Adviser, it allows novice users just interested in a filling pattern to do everything they need from the Home tab so aren't presented with unwanted options, while more advanced users can delve in to access relevant functions in a logical location. It makes many of the standard Autodesk functionalities available to the Moldflow products so users familiar to Inventor should be able to pick it up quickly.

If you have Autodesk Moldflow Communicator 2010 or Autodesk Moldflow Adviser 2010, you can take the ribbon interface for a test drive and let us know your thoughts at labs.moldflow.ui@autodesk.com. Perhaps the process can repeat itself? We are looking forward to your feedback.

Collecting user feedback to shape the future of our technology is alive in the lab.