I got an email from Wasim Younis on Wednesday. He and I had previously corresponded when he provided feedback on the Advanced Simulation Technology Preview when it was on Autodesk Labs. That was long ago. Right now on Labs for Inventor users we have:

http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/2d_to_3d_tool/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/2d_to_3d_tool/ - 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor convert 2D data to 3D models
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor3da/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor3da/ - 3D Annotation for Inventor markup your 3d models
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/ShareNow/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/ShareNow/ - 3D/2D ShareNow Add-in for AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, and Design Review share
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/bim_family_toolkit/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/bim_family_toolkit/ - BIM Family Toolkit share parametric family information from Inventor to Revi
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/feature_recognition/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/feature_recognition/ - Feature Recognition for Inventor convert STEP, SAT, or IGES solids to Invent
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/fusion/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/fusion/ - Inventor Fusion Technology Preview unite direct and parametric workflows
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor_mesh/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor_mesh/ - Mesh Enabler for Inventor work with imported meshes in Inventor
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/photo_scene_editor/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/photo_scene_editor/ - Project Photofly 2.0 create models from photographs
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/ADN_plugins/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/ADN_plugins/ - Plugin of the Month utilities from ADN members including source code
http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/trials/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/trials/ - Project Twitch Application Trials trial applications instantly
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/rhino_import/">	http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/rhino_import/ - Rhino Import Translator Add-in for Inventor directly import Rhino files into

Wasim recently completed two books on simulation for Inventor users.

http://www.amazon.com/Running-Autodesk-Inventor-Professional-2012/dp/1461066115/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308749075&sr=1-1" style="display: inline;">

http://www.amazon.com/Running-Autodesk-Inventor-Professional-2012/dp/1461191920/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308749075&sr=1-2" style="display: inline;">

You can download data sets referenced in this book from Yousim's blog - http://vrblog.info/" target="_self - Virtual Reality . There is also a Linked In forum dedicated to supporting the readers of the book and simulation users in general: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2061026&trk=hb_side_g - Up and Running with Autodesk Inventor Simulation .

Thinkig about what's available for an Inventor user is alive in the lab.