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Firefly Space Systems – Soul of the Machine
Autodesk recently shared ‘Soul of the Machine – Episode 2‘ with Tom Markusic of Firefly Space Systems. The video dives into the story behind Firefly’s successful history. Within the first 3 years of the company’s conception, they’ve grown exponentially. From starting with a handful of engineers and growing to a team of over 160, it’s not […]
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More Effective Collaboration with PDM
Helping engineers work together more efficiently is one of the fundamental functions Autodesk Vault and effective collaboration with PDM software. In fact, more than a quarter of professional engineers say that collaboration with internal colleagues and conflicting versions of documentation are significant problems they face every day.
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Inventor Connected Design on A360
The recent Autodesk Virtual Academy webcast explored Inventor Connected Design on A360. KETIV’s Jonathan Kriek and Autodesk Product Manager Loren Welch provided a live demonstration of how Connected Design works and how easily it can be implemented, increasing collaboration between everyone involved in your project. So let’s go over a few of the topics they discussed, as […]
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Carl Bass Speaks at Design Now: Digital Conference
Last week at the Design Now: Digital Conference, Autodesk CEO Carl Bass hosted a presentation on The Future of Making Things and the latest advances in technologies surrounding 3D design and engineering. He explored updates to the Autodesk software, walked us through his personal journey, and discussed how technology is changing and innovating into the […]
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Fusion Lifecycle Adds Cloud-Based Product Data Management
How Fusion Lifecycle adds Cloud-based Product Data Management Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to attend a session in our office from Brian Roepke, Sr. Director Product Development from Autodesk. He also happens to be the innovator and creator of Autodesk Vault. Some of the perks of my job are being on the cutting edge and […]
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Dive into Autodesk Industry Collections
The KETIV team recently hosted a webcast and posted the video to our KETIV YouTube channel regarding Autodesk’s Industry Collections. Autodesk has updated the way new and future customers are able to access Autodesk’s programs through a more flexible, simple, and value-focused subscription model.
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Changing the Autodesk Contract Manager
Recently, we received a case where a client needed to change the Autodesk Contract Manager from himself to another employee. The scenario where you’ll have to change your contract manager will most likely not happen very often. Nonetheless, it is still important to know the steps for changing the contract manager on the off chance […]
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How Much Time Are You Wasting Managing Data?
On average, engineers spend 15% of their time reviewing and managing data. Some even waste up to the equivalent of one day a week or more. With many engineering and manufacturing tools on the Windows platform, engineers feel that Windows should be plenty when it comes to managing data. The reality is, Windows Explorer wasn’t […]
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AVA Closer Look: Configurator 360
In the last post, you followed up on the AVA: iLogic and Configurator 360 session and you were introduced to iLogic and its interface. So today you’re going to continue on to the second half of the session and delve into Configurator 360. The goal is that you’ll understand how to access Configurator 360, how […]
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New to AutoCAD 2017 – Importing PDF Files
This post will walk you through the new feature of being able to import PDF files into your drawing files. PDF files have been added to the Import File formats, and now you can import the geometry, TrueType text, and raster images from a PDF file or underlay them into your drawing as AutoCAD 2017 […]
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Creating a Content Center Library and Category
When using Content Center for the first time in Inventor 2017 you can sometimes run into some trouble when trying to create a new Category. The fix for it is simple and easy to learn, and to help you this post will walk you through each step of the process such as how to create […]
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What is Advance Steel?
In a recent webcast, our Autodesk Virtual Academy session covered Advance Steel and highlighted a number of key features available in the tool. Julio Alfaro (Autodesk Advance Steel Team) took us through some of the functionality and showed a live demonstration of what you can do in the tool. In this post, we will cover […]
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What’s New in Inventor 2017 R2
Last week, Autodesk released the Inventor 2017 R2 update which includes productivity enhancements voted on by Inventor users worldwide. Over 40 enhancements have been made in sketching, part and assembly modeling, design automation, drawings, interoperability, and presentations to help you get your work done faster and make great products. Today, I’ll show you some of my favorites.
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Recap: In-House Vault Care Workshop 7/28
Yesterday, KETIV Technologies hosted its first Autodesk Virtual Academy Double-Header. Aside from our normal weekly webcast at 10 am, we also hosted a special in-house workshop for a large group of local customers and AVA subscribers. The in-person event reviewed the capabilities of Autodesk’s PDM software, Autodesk Vault, as well as how to maintain your […]
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In-Person Vault Care Workshop Event
We have answers to all your Autodesk Vault questions. Whether it’s a simple question or a technical question particular to your organizational setup, we can answer it all at our special in-person Autodesk Virtual Academy workshop here at our Brea, CA offices.
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Quick tech tips
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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