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by DJ Monzyk, January 20, 2021

How to Identify Opportunities to Improve Product Performance

Improving Product Capabilities, Efficiency and Preventing Failures The Hollywood view of innovation is that it’s a ‘light bulb’ moment when someone instantly comes up with an idea that rapidly materializes into a world-changing product. Reed Hastings is massively overcharged for his movie rental, so he starts Netflix and begins shipping DVD’s by mail with no […]
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by DJ Monzyk, January 15, 2021

The Innovation Challenge for Manufacturers: eBook

Innovation is key to driving sustainable, profitable growth. Enabling greater innovation is one strategy to assist in winning new contracts and retaining existing customers. Many businesses find it difficult to balance the need to innovate with the day to day demands on people and resources. Further, some businesses have not invested in technology and tools […]
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by Jeff Perez, January 11, 2021

3 Ways to Standardize Your Tube and Pipe Environment

Having trouble getting started with Inventor’s Tube and Pipe? Or are you looking to implement a standard process and procedure in your companies’ environment. Defining a standardization between Content Center, Tube and Pipe Styles and File Naming Defaults will ensure success in the utilization of the toolset. Content Center To get started, lets address the […]
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by Vihan Krishnan, January 8, 2021

An Engineering Intern’s Experience at KETIV

My name is Vihan Krishnan, and over the last couple months, I’ve been an applications engineering intern in KETIV’s Ansys division. I would like to give you an insight into what it’s like to gain experience at KETIV, the Computer-Aided Technologies (CAx) skills I’ve picked up, the support available to me, and how this experience […]
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by Jeremy Gerdes, December 1, 2020

Tech Tip: Using Inventor Design Accelerator V-Belts to Speed up Power Transmission Design

What are Design Accelerators? Autodesk supplies many Design Accelerators within Inventor, such as Bolted Connection, Frame Generator, Shaft, O-Ring, and Spring to name just a few. Today I’m focusing on V-Belt Generator. Why would you want to use the V-Belt Generator? To improve the design time and accuracy of using power transmission V-belts. Want to […]
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by Nicole Morris, November 25, 2020

Autodesk Outage on AWS

Unexpected Autodesk Outage Expecting a quiet pre-Thanksgiving catch up day, we started out with a barrage of support calls related to users not able to access their licenses and their Autodesk Account Portals. Earlier today Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced an outage in one of their data centers affecting several customers including Autodesk. Autodesk quickly […]
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by Philip Cox, November 9, 2020

Connecting Visual Studio and Autodesk Inventor for Add-ins

Using iLogic within an Inventor part can unlock many opportunities for automation. However, at some point the requirements of your desired automation outcome surpass what iLogic was designed to do.  This is when you need to leverage a full IDE like Visual Studio.  A great way to do that is by creating an Add-in. Getting […]
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by Justin Cao, November 9, 2020

Configuration Modeling in An Assembly Environment

In this blog post we will be unpacking configuration modeling in an assembly environment. Earlier in 2020, I hosted a KETIV AVA session which went over configuration modeling in Inventor at a part level and that was an easy way to dive into the iLogic interface. If you have not had the chance to watch […]
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by Cameron Whetten, October 30, 2020

Changing Content Center Parts in Inventor with iLogic

Content Center Parts in Inventor The iLogic snippet to add a Content Center in Inventor part is really powerful. Not only does it make the placement process so easy, it also lets us change the size of a content center part that has already been placed. This is a follow-up to our recent AVA session […]
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by Christine Bonney, October 27, 2020

Revit to Autodesk Inventor Automation Workflow Using iLogic

This blog and video review how Autodesk Inventor Automation can help you export data from Revit to Inventor using Inventor iLogic. In Revit, we start with a sample curtain wall that is two walls high and four frames each wall. We export the curtain wall design data into an excel spreadsheet that gives us wall […]
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by Brian Mongkolpoonsuk, September 14, 2020

4 Modeling Obstacles (and Solutions) in Autodesk Inventor Sheet Metal

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. […]
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by Philip Cox, September 11, 2020

Tech Tip: Multi-Value Parameters and Select Case Logic

Multi-Value parameters paired with a simple select case in an iLogic rule can be a very powerful tool for simple configurations inside parts. Below are steps to switch from different shapes of holes at a click of a button. This can be expanded upon to create more complex and adaptive parts. Step 1 The first […]
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by Adam Evangelista, September 10, 2020

How to Add Properties and Parameters to Content Center Families

Introduction Content Center allows users to develop their own standard family of parts. During the publishing process, you will likely need to manage the properties of your custom content center families. Depending on what type of property you need, the process will differ accordingly. That said, there are three workflows which we will discuss today: […]
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by John Dao, September 9, 2020

Electric Mobility: The Critical Role of Engineering Simulation

Engineering What’s Ahead: Winning the Race to Electric Mobility Electrification is Moving the World Forward Efficiently transporting goods drives the global economy. People need to move for business and pleasure. With the global population expected to swell to 10 billion people by 2050, these forces are combining to cause an exponential increase in mobility. At […]
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by Nicole Morris, September 8, 2020

Making the Switch from Network to Assigned User

As many of you know, this year Autodesk and KETIV are assisting customers in making the transition from network or multi-user to assigned user style subscriptions. Assigned user licensing allows better control and visibility of your assets. The good news is you should not need to reinstall products! Simply assign the product, change the license […]
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AutoCAD Electrical Bill of Materials Report Says “No Data to Display”

Discover the solution to address the "No Data to Display" issue in the AutoCAD Electrical Bill of Materials Report. This report specifically showcases components that have been assigned catalog data. If you encounter the absence of data, follow these steps to resolve the issue...
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How to Make a Previous File Version the Latest Version in Vault Professional

Learn how to make a previous file version, the latest version of Vault Professional. Get the steps and watch the video here.
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