Inventor Tips: How to update Your Snapshot views in your Presentation Files Problem: This is one of your first attempts at using the presentation environment inside of Inventor.  You would love nothing more than to have a view you explode to feature on the next IDW that you send down to manufacturing.  However, there is […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BREA, CA, September 19, 2018 – KETIV, a premier engineering solutions provider and expert manufacturing consultant since 1983, has announced its partnership with Ansys. KETIV and Ansys, a global leader in engineering simulation, will work together to provide first-class simulation technology and consulting services to the world’s most innovative companies.     […]

Making sure the visualization of your model as close as possible to reality is an important tool when displaying your models to customers. Creating a custom material in Inventor for your models can be a powerful tool that you can share with your team. More importantly, you can also generate customizable materials to ensure correct […]

Autodesk Inventor comes equipped with 2D drawing capabilities to help you create clear and accurate product documentation. To make the most of your deliverables, you need to understand how to manipulate views of Autodesk Inventor drawings to best fit the needs of your team and customers. In this session of Autodesk Virtual Academy, we cover Custom […]

You may have these questions in mind when hearing about Fusion 360, “Why invest time in Fusion 360? Is it a glorified 3D modeler that can also create organic shapes? I hear it does CAM. Is that separate? Can I test my model with simulation? What is this thing?!” Read on as we answer these questions […]

As an engineer or designer, you’re likely faced with the challenge of sharing data with various departments in an organized manner. The dilemma comes when others have access to too much information at the wrong time. In this recap of an Autodesk Virtual Academy webcast, Nigel and I reveal how to develop workflows to get […]

This week, Autodesk released the Inventor 2017.3 update. It comes with new features as well as improvements to a number of existing ones. This all leads to an improved work experience. We’ll show you how to install Inventor 2017 through the Autodesk Desktop Application. Want to see what’s new in Inventor 2018? Read our coverage here.

Autodesk CFD provides computational fluid dynamics and thermal simulation tools so you and your team can more easily predict product performance, optimize designs, and validate your product behavior prior to prototyping and manufacturing. This recap of a recent Autodesk Virtual Academy session features James Neville – a simulation expert with a specialty in CFD at Autodesk.

One of the most common issues we run into here at the KETIV Support desk is how to restore the Vault tab if it goes missing in Inventor. We’ll show you three ways to solve this issue so you can get your Vault tab back.

At some point, most users will run into some kind of dilemma that’s linked to dimension styles in Autodesk Inventor software. If you’re designing an engine you’ll want different dimension style than say, a watch. Or maybe your project is growing into something that needs a different style than when it started. I’ll show you […]