Every year, the KETIV team and Autodesk Product Managers team up to provide the Autodesk community with some of the year’s most anticipated webinars, What’s New in Inventor, Vault, and AutoCAD 2021. They are all about the new features, workflows, and functionality that Autodesk has included in new releases of the software. For myself in […]

As much as we all loved MS-DOS, Windows 95, XP, and more, all good things must eventually come to an end. If you haven’t already heard, January 14, 2020 marked the day in which Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 7. How does Windows 7 End of Life affect when using Autodesk software? A few […]

The introduction of Autodesk Nastran In-CAD Over the last few months, I’ve increasingly gotten the question: “What is Nastran In-CAD and what do I use it for?” This has become more prevalent as Nastran In-CAD is an important part of the Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection. At its core, Autodesk Nastran In-CAD is Autodesk’s […]

How to do Vault Maintenance The first step in getting your data safe and secure is to place data in a secure repository. For most of our customers, this location is their Autodesk Vault server. Getting the data to that location is one thing, but maintaining that security is a completely different undertaking. Oftentimes, our […]

Inventor introduced AnyCAD, a feature that translates non-native CAD data into Inventor with associative connections. Users no longer need to maintain a multi-software environment, and the process of repeated file translation is a thing of the past. With Inventor, users can import SolidWorks, Catia, STEP, ProE, and more into their Inventor models and maintain associativity […]

This is the second part of our series: What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2018. It would cover the updates of Model Based Definition. Let’s get started. Model Based Definition – GD&T and 3D Annotation What is it? The demand for integration between design and manufacturing has grown and the need for more information from 3D […]

This is the first part of What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2018. We will cover the new features of this release: AnyCAD and Backwards Compatibility. Let’s get started. AnyCAD and Backwards Compatibility What is it? Autodesk has continued to take steps in improving the AnyCAD functionality in Inventor. This release contains what may be the […]

The wait is over! Autodesk Inventor 2018 is now available to download and here’s your first look at what’s new. This year, Product Managers at Autodesk have focused much of their efforts on adding professional-grade design enhancements, an expansion to interoperability, and improvements to the user-experience. Read about it below or watch as Autodesk Product […]

Inventor’s Shape Generator is a new approach to design lightweight, structurally efficient parts in Autodesk Inventor. It provides an intelligent strategy for maximizing part “stiffness” based on the constraints you specify. Worried about component weight? Shape Generator removes unnecessary pieces of geometry and optimizes your model to your specifications. The technology is integrated into Autodesk […]

AutoCAD Plant 3D’s Project Manager tool enables users to create a consistent working environment for all project team members. In this recap of Autodesk Virtual Academy, KETIV’s AutoCAD expert, Greston Dunivin, demonstrates Project Manager uses and best practices as well as how to organize and associate files for a collaborative design environment. Watch the Webcast […]