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A360 Viewer: File Viewing on the House
The popular adage states that there is no such thing as a free lunch. However, there is such a thing as a free online file viewer. Autodesk recently introduced their “A360 Viewer”, which is a free CAD file viewer that supports over 50 different file formats. With its straightforward drag and drop interface, it’s child’s […]
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Defragging Autodesk Vault Using a Script
It’s been a little while since I’ve been able to dig into Autodesk Vault, but just this week, I had to locate a script to defragment the Vault database. The reason for a defragment is to make sure Vault performance doesn’t degrade when making database queries. For those of us not intimate with SQL, those […]
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No Need to Dumb Down CAD for the Sake of Finite Element Analysis
Automated geometry simplification tools from Autodesk make it easy to allow well documented CAD to be ready for simulation tools. As a design engineer, you are often asked to remove features from your model. I have heard the following reasons: To save disk space To make it easier to display large models To make it […]
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Inventor to Revit: The BIM Exchange Program
How do I get an Inventor model into Revit? How can I easily transfer models from Inventor to Revit? Am I able to open up an Inventor model in Revit and save it as an RFA file? Can I export an Inventor model to an RFA file? Can I save as my Inventor model to […]
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Your Parts Made to Order with Autodesk Fusion 360 and Proto Labs
Free quote and design analysis in a matter of hours and custom parts manufactured to your specifications in three days standard? All driven for a single CAD program? Sounds unbelievable, but that’s exactly what Autodesk Fusion 360 is offering through Proto Labs.
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The Future of Making Things Event in Los Angeles – That’s a Wrap!
A couple weeks ago I attended the Future of Making Things Event in Los Angeles, hosted by KETIV and Autodesk. Why? I was supposed to be there! But more importantly, I was excited to be there. I was more excited than I’ve been in a while. The concept of the Future of Making Things is […]
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Updating Custom Content to Autodesk Inventor 2016 From a Previous Version
If you’ve created your own content in Inventor’s content center, you’ll have to update it when you move to your next version of Inventor. Fortunately, this isn’t really that difficult, but it’s good to know the steps. So in the interest of sharing, here are the steps that I used to update my own content […]
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KickStart International and KETIV Partner to Help African Farmers
In 2016, an Autodesk Redshift article written by Ken Micallef, “How KickStart International Is Pumping Up Entrepreneurial Spirit in Africa,” reported, “Although Africa holds more than half of the world’s arable land, its small-scale farmers are largely unaware of, or don’t have access to, modern water-management methods, relying on traditional indicators such as bird migrations or rising insect populations as signals […]
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Creating a Rivet Hole Chart in Autodesk Inventor
In my adventures taking aircraft maintenance classes at Mount San Antonio College, I’ve learned a lot of things. Not the least of which, is how much I have to learn! Another piece of knowledge I’m grateful for, is how to drive and set solid rivets. I’m not the best at it, but I can do […]
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Benefits of Autodesk Network Licensing – the Time to Act Is Now
A combination of advantages come with Network Licensing, including flexibility, accurate tracking, standardization, and control. You may be somewhat familiar with Network Licensing if you own Autodesk Vault, but it’s not limited to just that – most Autodesk products can be network licensed and even combined into the same license file. With Autodesk’s planned changes to perpetual […]
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System Variable Monitor – New in Autodesk AutoCAD
Have you ever executed a “file open” within AutoCAD and been surprised that it’s now prompting you on the command line instead of displaying the open file dialog? I can sense you nodding your head =) Most of you know it’s the FILEDIA system variable that’s responsible for this and you change it back to “1”, right? […]
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Autodesk Inventor 2016 – The “What’s New” Trailers
I’ve been out of the office quite a bit the last few weeks. And while it’s good to be busy, it has put a hold on my video creation schedule. But as was said in the song, “we get by with a little help from our friends”. So with the help of the KETIV Technologies team, […]
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The Future of Making Things — Better
The first piece of machinery I took apart was my dad’s Favre-Leuba. I never did put it back together. He was an engineer himself and encouraged me to explore how things worked. He spent his professional career proposing and commissioning utility and industrial boilers for a subsidiary of Babcock and Wilcox in India. From him, […]
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Automatic Material Thickness Detection in Sheet Metal – New in Autodesk Inventor 2016
In short, when converting a model to sheet metal, Autodesk Inventor 2016 automatically detects the material thickness, versus the “measure and copy” method of previous Inventor versions. Check at the bottom of this post for the video version of this blog, or just keep on reading for the text version! The process starts out with […]
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Welcome to Our Blog – Side Note
With over thirty years behind us, we can’t help but have an opinion every once in a while. We thought it was time to share it with you and we want you to give us yours. We’ll be talking about the latest industry trends, tips and tricks, and best practices for the mechanical design and engineering community […]
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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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