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by Alex Alvarez, December 30, 2019

Autodesk Generative Design: The Next Wave of Intelligent Design Automation

Autodesk Generative Design is shaping the future of intelligent design automation and empowering teams to deliver innovation and productivity The way things are designed, made, and used is changing at lightning speed, and the pressure to get to market with groundbreaking products in less time is very real. At Autodesk, a company that makes software […]
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by Niyati Chokshi, December 17, 2019

How Simulation Advances 5 Critical Initiatives

Achieving innovation faster in Aerospace & Defense The next era in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry will present business and technology challenges that will be radically different from anything seen before. The exponential rate of innovation required to meet these challenges can only be achieved through digital transformation. As the boundaries between industries blur […]
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by John Dao, December 13, 2019

The Business Case for Material Intelligence

Material intelligence has been popular and important when managing materials for any product design. Why should materials information matter to your company? If your organization makes or designs products, it uses materials. Information about these materials is vital, often with multi-million dollar impact. In other areas of product engineering, digital transformation is already highly embedded, […]
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by DJ Monzyk, November 26, 2019

AU 2019 Showcases the Power of Partnership

Autodesk University 2019 Every year, Autodesk University (AU) connects over 10,000 professionals from manufacturing, construction, architecture and engineering for a 4-day conference. It is filled with networking and learning opportunities and knowledge sharing.   This year was my first time at AU and the experience was jam packed with exciting announcements, amazing technology, and tons of […]
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by Nicole Morris, November 18, 2019

What you Need to Know About the Recent Microsoft Office Update Affecting AutoCAD Electrical

Update: Microsoft released an update that resolves this issue. Allow windows to install every and all necessary updates, reboot as needed. You may also need to delete your project database. Close AutoCAD Electrical The project databases can be found in your File Explorer folder C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Electrical 20xx\Rxx.1\enu\Support\User Locate  and delete any recent <project>.mdb and <project>.mdl […]
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by Jose Paredes, November 7, 2019

Autodesk Virtual Academy: 20 Essential Vault Tips

Using Autodesk Vault can seem like a daunting task when it is introduced to your workflow; luckily, there are some tools and tips that can help speed up your process. Here are some of the ones that we went over in Autodesk Virtual Academy, which you can view below: KETIV Autodesk Virtual Academy: 20 Essential […]
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by Jose Paredes, November 1, 2019

Top Tips to Avoid IT Compliance Issues with Vault 2019

Avoid IT Compliance issues now with Vault 2019 One of the hardest things to keep track of in a work environment is whether the data that is being worked with is compliant with the guidelines in place for each business. Wondering if the documents have been reviewed or approved, sometimes the guidelines aren’t outlined clearly […]
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by Jose Paredes, October 31, 2019

How to Facilitate Internal and External Collaboration within your Organization 

Collaboration within your organization can sometimes cause confusion and slow down the production of new files. Whether visibility into what someone else on the team is working on, or outside engineers not being able to access the design data that they need, Autodesk Vault has ways of ensuring that collaboration works smoothly. Vault ensures that […]
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by Javier Chavez, October 30, 2019

How to Reduce Re-Work from Incorrect Data

Vault, a Product Data Management (PDM) solution, helps reduce re-work from incorrect data. No one likes to do things twice. Or even worse; multiple times. Re-work like this is caused by not having the right information. Having your engineering data stored in multiple places creates confusion and, in many cases can result in data loss. […]
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by Brian Mongkolpoonsuk, October 28, 2019

The Journey to Advanced CAM Certification

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 […]
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by Jose Paredes, October 25, 2019

Extending PDM: Beyond Design Data Management

Many companies have been able to spend less time on data management and achieve their goals. Top Performers Better Leverage Data Management, Hit Product Development Targets Research by Tech-Clarity finds that the current state of design data management continues to yield too many problems, too much wasted time, and missed product development targets. However, top […]
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by Jose Paredes, October 24, 2019

Definitive Guide to Product Data Management

Engineers spend, on average, 15% of their time managing data—and some routinely waste the equivalent of one day a week or more. Then, when you need to share this data with colleagues, you have to release and track a series of PDFs, spreadsheets, and design files, and it only gets more complicated when working with […]
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by Jose Paredes, October 16, 2019

Vault On-Demand Webinars

Introduce the Vault On-Demand webinars At the heart of every organization lies the data that it stores. Autodesk Vault software is PDM software that makes it easy to manage all of your data in one central location. It empowers you to accelerate your design processes and streamline both internal and external collaboration. With Autodesk Vault, […]
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by Alex Alvarez, October 8, 2019

11 Factors for Efficient Mold Cooling

How cool is that? In every minute of cycle time, cooling consumes the vast majority of clock-ticks. That makes it an important factor in determining the profitability of a part. Mold and part designers understand the implications, relying on some combination of expertise, experience, intuition, prototyping and CAE analysis to develop trusted cooling system designs. […]
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by Nikhil Venkat, October 2, 2019

Design Exploration with Autodesk Moldflow

For every injection molded plastic part, there are a potentially limitless number of ways to design and manufacture it. Every mold engineer wants to find the way that produces the best results, whether functional or cosmetic or both, for the lowest cost. However, this can be incredibly difficult to do, whether you are designing a […]
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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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