Many companies and individuals require use of custom profiles. In Inventor 2009 software, users can publish their profiles to the Content Center for use in Frame Generator. A new Frame Shape Authoring tool has been developed to facilitate the publishing operations. The tool has the capability to prepare the custom profile for Frame Generator use. The feature affords complete control over the data displayed in the Frame Generator interface. This feature gives the user the necessary tools to add any custom profile to the Frame Generator.

Inventor 2009 addresses the needs of the many companies and individuals who use custom profiles. Examples of common uses include custom aluminum extrusions, dimensional lumber, profiled wood, rails, and miniature tubing. Inventor 2009 provides a new Frame Shape Authoring tool for defining and publishing user-defined profiles. The authoring tool affords complete control over the data displayed in the Frame Generator interface. All profiles, including user-defined profiles, are now managed in the Content Center.
I've authored a whitepaper on the new Structural Shape Authoring here:
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