AutoCAD Features
Explore your design ideas with the powerful new features of AutoCAD® 2013 software. Connect with Autodesk® 360, share your designs with your social world, and work more productively with model documentation enhancements. And with AutoCAD Apps on Autodesk Exchange, it’s easier than ever to customize your AutoCAD experience.What's New with AutoCAD 2013
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Section and Details View A
new model documentation tab provides easier access to tools for
creating Section and Details views. Choose from common section methods
including Full, half, offset, and aligned. Specify circular or
rectangular boundaries for detail views. Constrain section lines and
detail boundaries to key points in the drawing views to help maintain
fidelity even as the model or layout change. Maintain consistency across
multiple section or detail views with customizable view styles.
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Strike-Thru TextA
new strikethrough style is provided for Mtext, Mleaders, Dimensions,
Tables and ArcText offering increased flexibility for representing text
in your documents.
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Autodesk 360 ConnectivityA tight connection with Autodesk® 360
allows you to synchronize files. This includes syncing drawings and
folders with your online account directly from within AutoCAD®
software. You can export and attach files directly to your single
sign-on account and share files with others via your Autodesk online
account.
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Customization and Support File SyncYou
can easily share and access your AutoCAD customization preferences and
support files to travel with you as you move from one machine to the
next.
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Social Media SharingShare your AutoCAD designs with your social world using built-in connections for Facebook and Twitter.
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AutoCAD Apps on Autodesk ExchangeEasily extend the power of AutoCAD software using AutoCAD companion apps created by members of the Autodesk® Developer Network.
Getting the add-ins you need has never been easier. Visit a single
destination to select from hundreds of Autodesk approved extensions.
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Context Sensitive PressPullThe
PressPull tool is enhanced to be more flexible and context sensitive.
Now you can use the PressPull tool to extrude and offset curves,
creating surfaces and solids. A new Multiple option in the PressPull
tool enables you to select multiple objects within a single PressPull
operation.
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Inventor File ImportAutodesk®
Inventor® Fusion software adds to the 3D conceptual design capabilities
of AutoCAD, enabling you to flexibly edit and validate models from
almost any source. Enhanced interoperability allows you to edit solids
in CAD blocks without exploding them.
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Surface Curve ExtractionThe new Surface Curve Extraction tool extracts isoline curves through a specified point on a surface or face of a solid.
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Modern User InteractionThe
AutoCAD user interface has been enhanced to provide a more seamless
interaction with the software. You’ll find a less intrusive, yet more
flexible command line, additional contextual ribbon tabs, and more
objects with multi-functional grips. This streamlined interaction with
powerful tools, such as associative arrays and hatching help you save
time and focus on your design.
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Property Edit PreviewYou
can dynamically and instantaneously preview changes to object
properties before applying them. For example, if you select objects and
then use the Properties palette to change the color, the selected
objects dynamically change color as you pass the cursor over each color
in the list.
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Simplified Migration to AutoCAD 2013New
and enhanced tools make it easier to migrate your custom settings or
reset AutoCAD software to the default install settings. Improved
handling of tool palettes, a reset tool that returns you to the default
settings, and a new migration of custom materials help ease the
transition to AutoCAD 2013 from AutoCAD 2012 or previous versions.
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Free Trial of AutoCAD
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An official video tutorial by Autodesk that shows different techniques for creating surface fillets in Alias 2010.
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Visionaries: David Abram and Bill Plotkin, PhD
Author, depth psychologist and ecotherapist, Bill Plotkin explores the needed great shifts on the planet with cultural ecologist, philosopher and spiritual teacher David Abrams. Their in-depth discussion examines our western culture’s disconnect from nature, the consequences of that disconnection and potential solutions to reconnect not only to nature but to our authentic selves. Bill describes our current educational system as a prison or zoo in which the wild connection to the authentic self is tamed out of children. David encourages us to closely examine nature around us to help reconnect to our authentic selves and he gives a detailed and poetic description of his physical location. They believe western society is currently stuck in perpetual adolescence due to the cultural resistance to experience the downward journey prescribed as necessary for maturation in many indigenous mythologies. The easiest way to arrest the development of a society is to identify that downward journey as evil. And the modern western society has done just that. Even the conceptual downward direction is where the devil lives in some modern beliefs. So we have arrested our maturation process by resisting that downward descent as part of the transformational process. |
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ENGINE | Type | 60 Hp, 2400 RPM, 3 cylinder, Direct injection, turbo charged, Rotary FIP Liquid cooled with overflow reservoir. |
| Air filter | Dry type, dual element |
| Clutch | Dual |
| Gear Box | 9 Forward + 3 Reverse |
| Speeds | Forward 2.3 to 32.8 Kmph, Reverse 3.9 to 25.4 Kmph |
| Oil Immersed disk brakes,Self Adjusting, Self Equalising, Hydraulically Actuated |
| Lifting capacity | 1800 kgf at lower link ends |
| 3 Point linkage | Category II |
| Automatic depth & draft control | |
| Type | Power |
| Steering Column | Tiltable up to 25° with lock latch |
| Type | Independent, 6 Splines |
| RPM | 540 @ 2376 ERPM |
| Front | 6.5 X 20, 8 PR |
| Rear | 16.9 X 30, 12 PR |
| 68 litres |
| 88Ah, 12 Volt Battery |
| 40 Amp alternator |
| 2.5 KW starter motor |
| Total weight | 2130 Kg |
| Wheel base | 2050 mm |
| Overall length | 3540 mm |
| Overall width | 1885 mm |
| Ground clearance | 470 mm |
| Turning radius with brakes | 3181 mm |
| Ballast weights, Canopy, Canopy holder, Draw bar, Wagon hitch |
- Adjustable front axle
- Heavy duty front axle
- Reverse PTO (Standard + reverse)
- Dual PTO (Standard + Economy)
- EQRL system
- Synchromesh Transmission (TSS)
- Single piece hood with gas strut mechanism
- Side bar, exhaust muffler guard & finger guard
- Viscous fan
- Water bottle holder
- Mobile Holder
The Bimota Tesi Concept is a design study of an electric motorcycle concept targeted to urban and novice bikers. The author is Michal Pyteraf from Poland.
unknown in Italian), this electric motorcycle concept was the 2010 graduate project by Michal Pyteraf, from the Jan Matejk
o Academy of Fine Art in Krakow, Poland.
The vehicle is primarily intended for novice riders and urban bikers who need an agile vehicle for the crowded streets of big cities.
The bike has a very compact body, with a small front wheel and lowered handlebars.
The design is characterized by the cantilever single-seat and by the hollow space created by the two flowing surfaces that extend from the headlight and visually replace the conventional tank.
The project was done during the summer 2010 under the supervision of* Marek Liskiewicz* (Triada Design).
The 3D model was created in Rhinoceros3D software, and rendered in Bunskpeed Hypershot.
The 1:10 scale model was made by CarTechnology in Krakow with Z-corp printing technology and Stereolithography.
unknown in Italian), this electric motorcycle concept was the 2010 graduate project by Michal Pyteraf, from the Jan Matejk
The vehicle is primarily intended for novice riders and urban bikers who need an agile vehicle for the crowded streets of big cities.The bike has a very compact body, with a small front wheel and lowered handlebars.
The design is characterized by the cantilever single-seat and by the hollow space created by the two flowing surfaces that extend from the headlight and visually replace the conventional tank.
The project was done during the summer 2010 under the supervision of* Marek Liskiewicz* (Triada Design).
The 3D model was created in Rhinoceros3D software, and rendered in Bunskpeed Hypershot.
The 1:10 scale model was made by CarTechnology in Krakow with Z-corp printing technology and Stereolithography.
About the Designer
Michal Pyteraf is a 26 years old designer from Poland. He graduated in Industrial Design from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Art in Krakow.Contact Details:
- email: contact@michalpyteraf.pl
- website: michalpyteraf.pl
- phone: +48 602895564
The steam turbine on a page about engines? Maybe you wondered about it. It is hardly used in means of transport, but the steam turbine has many things in common with the combustion engine. The steam turbine changes chemically stored energy into mechanical energy, too. It's called a heat-force engine. The steam turbine works similarly to the water turbine, which is known probably by everyone. Not water, but steam is used as working medium.
Turbine types
When people began to use water power to win mechanical work, they looked first for the best forms of impellers. Three types were established thereby and variations of them are used today in various applications, among other in steam turbines in power stations, as marine propellers, as compressors in gas turbines etc. These three types are introduced here:
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Besides the types described above, there are still other types of water turbines, e.g. the Bànki turbine, which are not closer described here.
From the water- to the steam turbine
The won realizations with water power let the researchers expect similar results with steam, too. Numerous engineers took part in the development of the steam turbine in the second half of the 19. Century. To mention are the Englishman Charles Parsons, the Swede Carl Gustav Laval and the American Charles Curtis, who made crucial contributions for the development of the steam turbine.
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| Diagram: 2-step steam turbine after Parsons (1883). This turbine possesses two impellers and an idler in the center. enlarge (154 K, 510 * 570), Image (18 K, 255 * 285), Mini steam turbine (For your website) (11 K, 100 * 112) |
Mode of operation of the steam turbine
Since it is a steam jet and no more a water jet who meets the turbine now, the laws of thermodynamics are to be observed now. The modern steam turbine is an action turbine (no reaction turbine), i.e. the steam jet meets from a being certain nozzle the freely turning impeller. There's a high pressure in front of the turbine, while behind it a low pressure is maintained, so there's a pressure gradient: Steam shoots through the turbine to the rear end. It delivers kinetic energy to the impeller and cools down thereby: The pressure sinks.
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Multi-level steam turbines
In modern steam turbines not only one impeller is propelled, but several being in a series. Between them idlers are situated, which don't turn. The gas changes its direction passing an idler, in order to perform optimally work again in the next impeller. Turbines with several impellers are called multi-level. The principle was developed 1883 by Parsons. As you know, with the cooling gas expands. Therefore it is to be paid attention when building steam turbines to a further problem: With the number of passed impellers also the volume increases, which leads to a larger diameter of the impellers. Because of that, multi-level turbines are always conical.
Coupling of several turbines
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| Grafic: Coupled steam turbine. source: Helmut Hütten, "Motoren", Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart, S.379 |
In power stations today, different types of turbines are used in a series, e.g. one high pressure -, two medium- and four low pressure turbines. This coupling leads to an excellent efficiency (over 40%), which is even better than the efficiency of large diesel engines. This characteristic and the relatively favorable production make the steam turbine competitionless in power stations. Coupled with a generator and fired by an atomic reactor, they produce enormously much electric current. The strongest steam turbines achieve today performances of more than 1000 megawatts.
At the Clerkenwell Design Week in London (24-26 May 2011) Jaguar is showcasing a bespoke art installation that illustrates the design development of the C-X75 Concept.
The installation reveals insights into the car design process through eight ‘windows’ each measuring two metres wide.Starting with inspiration, the journey includes creating sketchwork, material choice and sculpting full-size clay models created for the C-X75 Concept.
It is revealed that for that in the early design phase of a new car, approximately five hundred sketches are pencilled before a single theme is decided upon.
Also on display are a selection of Jaguar’s current range of cars; the XFR, XKR-S and XJ Supersport. The company’s stands are located in the Farmiloe Building.
Hugo Nightingale, Senior Designer, Jaguar Cars, said: “We want to explain to people the art of creating a car. In some companies car design is a technical, cold process. At Jaguar it is about emotion, artistry and craftsmanship.”
“Clerkenwell Design Week is the perfect environment for us to present the C-X75 to the design world and explain how its existence was founded on a desire to continue Jaguar’s design philosophy of flowing lines, purity of form and bespoke luxury for years to come.”On the C-X75 Ian Callum, Design Director, Jaguar Cars, commented, “The C-X75 is everything a Jaguar should be.
“It possesses remarkable poise and grace yet at the same time has the excitement and potency of a true supercar. You could argue this is as close to a pure art form as a concept car can get.”
For free entry register at www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com.
