Autodesk has just released a significant R2 (not an Android) version of Inventor 2017.  Keep an eye on our blog (and register for our upcoming Inventor Update webinar) for details concerning some of the following enhancements:

General Enhancements

• Improvements to Measure Command Precision
• Enhancements to Projects dialog box
• Model Browser Enhancement
• Workflow Enhancements

Parts

• New Context Menu Options for Make Part and Make Components
• Automate Selection of all Faces or Edges Tangent to the Preselected Faces or Edges
• Enhancements to Revision Tables and Parts Lists Exported Excel Formats

Assembly

• Mirror and Copy Assembly Options to Include or Exclude Relationships
• Mirror and Copy Assembly Options to Ground the Resulting Components

Interoperability

• Quickly Customize Properties for Imported CAD Files with the New Property Mapping Tool
• Reference Model Enhancement to the Parts List and Bill of Materials (BOM)
• DWG Underlay Now Fully Supports AutoCAD Mechanical Geometry
• Mesh Support for DWF Export
• Enhanced BIM content publishing capabilities using Configurator 360

iLogic

• iLogic Input Field Enhancement
• Edit Rule Dialog Box Enhancements

Drawings

• Reorder Attached Balloons with the New Sort Balloons Context Menu Option
• Specify a Hatch Pattern as SOLID
• Improvements to Deferring Updates on a Drawing
• Save Time Printing Multiple Drawings with Auto-Size to Drawing Sheet Size
• Align Multiple Center Marks in a Drawing to the Selected Edge

Presentations

• New Create Presentation options
• Multiple Action Editing
• Local/World Direction
• Publish Images with a Transparent Background
• Publish Raster
• Performance Improvements for Presentations
• Mesh components
• Auto Explode Removed

We will be covering these updates and taking questions and comments in our What’s New in Inventor 2017 R2 webcast, coming up on August 24 at 1PM ET. Click here to register!