Imagine trading your current smartphone for an early 2000’s flip-phone for a full week. For seven days, you’d be unable to enjoy all the simple conveniences that you’ve become so reliant on over the last several years. No access to the internet for checking email. No using an app to pre-order your coffee or lunch. […]

With dozens of features and options in Autodesk software, it is normal to feel overwhelmed or get stuck on a project due to an error in settings or lack of knowledge. We have pulled our top 5 Inventor and AutoCAD tech tips of 2021. These have helped Autodesk users improve their efficiency and avoid roadblocks when working in the Autodesk […]

Trying to find a quick an easy way to send Inventor files to Fusion 360? Autodesk has made it even easier! In addition to the already existing bi-directional workflow, AnyCAD, the new Inventor 2022 to Fusion 360 Interoperability workflow is already built-in to Inventor 2022 without any previous setup. With the click of a button, […]

If you are considering using 3-dimension (3D) CAD software on your next design, you have come to the right place! There are several reasons to consider using a 3D CAD program such as Autodesk Inventor or Fusion 360 to develop your next design. Visualizing in a 3D environment, determining physical properties, simulating, prototyping, machining, and […]

Each time a new design is made, a new drawing must also be made and sent to manufacturing.  This drawing has crucial information for manufacturing, such as front/side/top views, dimensions, and tolerances, BOM, a Part Number, you name it.  It is best that some of this information is manually added to the drawing.  However, as […]

If you are an IT or an Engineering Manager responsible for managing your Autodesk Vault server, then every year (or some cases every other year) you come across the need for upgrading and/or migrating this tool to the latest version. Doing so will allow your company to stay competitive and have access to the latest tools […]

Knowledge is Power – said everyone ever. This is true in all aspects of life, especially when competing against other sheet metal manufacturers! If you are striving to broaden your team’s competitiveness and stay ahead of the curve, here are 4 Tips and Tricks inside Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal that will increase your team’s knowledge. […]

What’s New in Design & Engineering for Fusion 360 There has been many, and I mean many new features and tools that have been released the past 3 months for Fusion 360. And since you are always on the latest and greatest version of Fusion, this means you already have access to them! In this […]

You may or may not have recently heard that KETIV has recently been certified in Advanced Manufacturing by our partners over at Autodesk. A number of my fellow Application Engineers and Sales Team members had to pass a series of tests that affirm our knowledge and skills as an organization that can support Advanced CAM […]

With a powerful blend of parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design and documentation capabilities, Inventor has been a trusted partner to engineers and designers for the past 20 years. With the 2020 software update, Inventor incorporated integrated tools for sheet metal, frame design, tube and pipe, cable & harness, presentations, rendering, simulation, machine design and […]