The introduction of Autodesk Nastran In-CAD Over the last few months, I’ve increasingly gotten the question: “What is Nastran In-CAD and what do I use it for?” This has become more prevalent as Nastran In-CAD is an important part of the Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Collection. At its core, Autodesk Nastran In-CAD is Autodesk’s […]

What’s new in Inventor Nastran 2020? The newest release of Autodesk’s flagship finite element analysis software, Inventor Nastran 2020, sees some major changes compared to previous versions. From an improved user interface to automated mesh refinement to easy file management, Inventor Nastran 2020 is designed to provide a seamless CAD-CAE-data management workflow. New Name, Fresh […]

AutoCAD 2020 has exciting new features and improvements to help you be more efficient. Here are some key highlights within the new version. AutoCAD Classic Updates AutoCAD + Mobile and Tablet Instead of lugging tons of paperwork to the job site, AutoCAD mobile allows you to edit and view DWGs from an iPad, Android Tablet, […]

Standardize View Size on Autodesk Inventor Drawings We recently had a customer who wanted to streamline their documentation process. This company had a part with a lot of variety in length and found themselves having to manually set the scale for their views on each of Inventor drawings. Today, I’ll show you how you can […]

Autodesk Vault 2020: What’s new? Much like with previous releases, many improvements have stemmed from user feedback and requests on the Autodesk Knowledge Network. Those include enhancements to the Copy Design environment, and design documentation and collaboration. If you have not followed us before, Vault has made some great updates in 2019. This year, they […]

Autodesk is constantly working to gather customer data to drive yearly improvements to their products. In fact, customer driven improvements from the Autodesk Knowledge Network and Autodesk forums have helped to drive some exciting changes for “What’s new in Inventor 2020”. Keep reading to learn about the top 4 updates. What’s new in Inventor 2020? […]

Autodesk Virtual Academy: Sheet Metal Unfold Rules For those who took the time to view my AVA on Sheet Metal Unfold Rules I wanted to give you a little extra to go along with it. You can find that video here: First of all, I have a couple of extras for you. The Inventor IPT […]

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 […]

Everyone knows and loves the AutoCAD Classic Workspace, for most of us its how we learned, it’s familiar and comforting. All of the tools that I need are right where I expect them to be, until of course Autodesk decides that I love the ribbon and no longer need my classic toolbars. This is exaclty […]

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 […]