Starting with the 2014 release cycle, Publisher was updated as Publisher 2013 R1. It also had the full support of Autodesk, so what could go wrong? Well, the worst thing possible happened, it was essentially killed off. We realized that it was an “R1” product and had a lot of shortcomings, but the base functionality was solid. Publisher also had the ability to create mobile ready documents that we could place on tablets, not only for our customers, but also for the shop floor who was responsible for assembling the equipment. With Inventor Publisher it was very easy to create the views and then drop in (associative) views in Microsoft Word and complete the manual. These people knew what they needed and now they had the ability to get what they wanted. The product was what we needed for our manual department – take the process of generating views (including exploded views) from the engineering department and give it directly to the people generating the manuals. This product became Inventor Publisher and I will admit we bought into it hook, line, and sinker. Actually I’ve gone past anger, into a kind-of serene disappointed phase.Ĥ to 5-years ago Autodesk started showing off a technical illustration product during their roadshows, really a teaser of what was upcoming. Want to get me fired up about Autodesk Software? I’ve got complaints about all software, but the one Autodesk software that gets me heated is Inventor Publisher.
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