Electrification and Batteries: What are the Simulation Possibilities with Ansys?
In this KETIV Virtual Academy session, we will survey the different types of analyses and tools from the Ansys simulation suite. Learn how these tools can benefit your electrification power sources, with a specific focus …
Published: March 16, 2023
Autodesk Account Portal 102: Updates You Need to Know as an Administrator
In our previous KETIV Virtual Academy Session, Autodesk Account Portal 101, we covered the ins and outs of the Autodesk Account Portal at manage.autodesk.com.
In this session, Customer Success Manager Brian Mongkolpoonsuk will dive …
Published: March 9, 2023
Ask the Experts – Autodesk Vault
This week in KVA, come prepared with your Autodesk Vault questions, as KETIV’s Autodesk Vault team will answer any and all questions regarding Autodesk Vault.
Join KETIV Application Engineers, Jose Paredes-Clara, Jason Courtemanche, and …
Published: March 2, 2023
Take Your Inventor Nastran Simulations to the Next Level with Ansys
Do you want to see how you can take your Autodesk Inventor Nastran simulations to the next level? If you are using Autodesk mechanical design tools, this session is a great opportunity to learn how …
Published: February 16, 2023
What Impact Can Configuration Have on Your Business?
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy session focusing on Sales and Product Configuration. This session will cover an introduction to the benefits of Configure, Price, and Quote solutions including:
Improving your sales process
Improving …
Published: February 9, 2023
Using Ansys Fluent Expressions to Simplify Setup and Post-Processing
Ansys Fluent Expressions allow you to quickly and easily set up complex boundary and cell zone conditions, source terms, material properties, and other elements for your CFD problem. Replace constant, single-valued entries of input conditions …
Published: February 2, 2023
Top-Down Design in Inventor Assemblies
Do you want to learn how to create an assembly in Inventor? If so, then join us in the KETIV Virtual Academy! We’ll discuss a top-down design approach and the different strategies associated with …
Published: January 19, 2023
Preparing to Move to a Data Management Solution: Part 3 How to Connect Your Data
This KETIV Virtual Academy session is the final part of a 3 part series on data management and maintenance. Learn the final step of connecting your data to a tool to be consumed by other members …
Published: January 12, 2023
Ansys Structural Topological Optimization: Reducing Structural Cost and Weight
In this session, we will dive into different types of Structural Optimization Techniques to enable you to reduce structural cost and weight in your mechanical designs. We will answer questions such as:
Which techniques are …
Published: January 5, 2023
Preparing to Move to a Data Management Solution: Part 2 How to Set Up for a Data Management Solution
Once your data is clean, and you are moving to a Data Management solution it is important to consider how you want your data organized.
This KETIV Virtual Academy session will focus on managing your …
Published: December 15, 2022
Design Automation Project Deep Dive with Nucor Warehouse Systems
Nucor Warehouse Systems, introduced a powerful design automation solution, allowing the firm to become a customer-first organization. Instead of turning away work due to a cumbersome sales and quoting process, the firm has successfully transformed …
Published: December 8, 2022
Getting Started in AutoCAD Plant3D
Projects are almost always behind, so design quicker and easier when you take advantage of AutoCAD Plant 3D.
Join this KETIV Virtual Academy to learn:
How to download and Install AutoCAD Plant 3D
How to …
Published: December 1, 2022
Accelerate Your Ansys CFD Simulations Using GPUs
In this upcoming KVA, we explore how GPUs can be leveraged to reduce CFD simulation time, hardware costs, and power consumption. We will talk briefly about using GPUs in the Offload mode to gain some …
Published: November 17, 2022
Preparing to Move to a Data Management Solution: Part 1 – How to Clean Your Data
This KETIV Virtual Academy will focus on how to prep and clean your data for data migration. We all think we have clean data, but then when we dig into it, we may realize our …
Published: November 10, 2022
Autodesk Account Portal 101
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy to learn the ins and outs of your Autodesk Account Portal at manage.autodesk.com. As Autodesk moves away from network licenses towards cloud-based licensing, it’s important …
Published: November 3, 2022
Implementing Vault Basic 2023
If you own Autodesk’s Product Design and Manufacturing Collection, you can take advantage of Vault Basic for free!
Learn how to install Vault Basic in a new environment at this KETIV Virtual Academy. We …
Published: October 27, 2022
Design Automation Solution Drives Competitive Advantage
Nucor Warehouse Systems leveraged KETIV Technical Services to support a goal of reducing material returns by 50%, improving turnaround time by 75%, and automating as much of the process as possible.
Understand the value gained by the …
Published: October 20, 2022
General Strategies to Speed Up Your Mechanical and Electronic Desktop Ansys Simulations
There are a number of standard methods that can be used to reduce Ansys simulation computation time. In this webinar, we will cover four general strategies:
Reduce simulation complexity
Reduce simulation size
Optimize solver type …
Published: October 13, 2022
Driving Connected Product Development with Multi-CAD cloud PDM
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy to learn the value of breaking down barriers with multi-CAD integration. Make it easier to work across teams, external suppliers, and different CAD solutions to drive better collaboration …
Published: October 6, 2022
Inventor Plastic Features 101
In this KETIV Virtual Academy session, we will be showing you how to make plastic design easier and more efficient by working with Autodesk Inventor’s Plastic Features.
We’ll learn:
How to create a …
Published: September 29, 2022
Improving Product Design with Automated Modeling
In this KETIV Virtual Academy session we will be working with Autodesk Fusion 360’s automated modeling tool. This new tool generates design alternatives using the geometry in your model. We will show you how automated …
Published: September 22, 2022
Everything You Need to Know About Model States
In a recent KETIV Virtual Academy, we taught how to create customized model states in a sheet metal environment and how to control it using iLogic. To continue on the Model State topic, we will …
Published: September 15, 2022
Mixing Tank Simulations using Ansys CFD
Mixing Tanks are commonly used across many industries such as pharmaceutical, chemical processing, oil and gas, and mineral processing. Modeling flow inside a mixing tank can be vital for improving reactor design, scale-up, optimization, and …
Published: September 8, 2022
KETIV’s New Vault as a Service
Data is at the heart of your organization, it must be managed, and maintained in a cost-efficient, secure and easy manner.
How can VaaS help remove the hassles of managing, maintaining, and upgrading your Vault? …
Published: September 2, 2022
Introduction to Computational Modeling in Medical Device Development
Bench testing, animal testing, and clinical trials have long been recognized by the medical device industry and global regulatory bodies as the “three pillars” of product development and pre-market evaluation. Multiple sources of information are …
Published: September 1, 2022
Using Visual Studio To Create Forms
In this week’s KVA, join Application Engineer, Felix Cortes, as he explores an alternative method to create forms within Visual Studio and implement them in iLogic rules for Inventor Automation
Join us for this …
Published: August 25, 2022
Best Practices in Part Numbering
To follow up on our CAD manager presentation, this KVA will cover one of the decisions that CAD Managers typically must make early in the standardization of their CAD process.
Learn the various uses and …
Published: August 18, 2022
3D Printing in Fusion 360 with the New Boss and Snap-Fit Tools in Product Design Extension
Do you have a 3D printer and want to see how good the new Boss/Snap-Fit tools are inside of Fusion 360 Product Design Extension? Now you can!
In this webinar, KETIV Customer Success Manager Brian …
Published: August 11, 2022
Introduction to Thin-Wall Body Mechanical Modeling: Using Shell Elements to Speed Up Your Mechanical Simulations
The ideal mesh element is a block, with 1:1:1 aspect ratio…
When modeling thin objects, standard 1:1:1 mesh quality rules of thumb result in computationally expensive models with large number of mesh elements. In this session, you …
Published: August 4, 2022
Design Automation Using iLogic and Model States
With the introduction of Model States to Inventor, there are even more ways to customize our designs. In this session, we’ll show you how to use model states in a sheet metal part, so …
Published: July 28, 2022
How to Administer Your Autodesk Vault Professional
Administrating your Vault may be the most important part of controlling your mission-critical data. In this KETIV Virtual Academy session, we will cover the settings in Autodesk Vault Professional, how they relate to workflows, and …
Published: July 21, 2022
Which Ansys CFD product is Right For You?
Are you trying to run a CFD simulation but don’t know which Ansys product to purchase?
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy session that will cover the difference between various Ansys CFD tools …
Published: July 14, 2022
Who’s Responsible for Your Digital Manufacturing Transformation?
So you want to digitally transform your company…. but who is responsible for this change?
Take the reins and make the shift to the digital realm! Learn how your company can be successful in making …
Published: July 13, 2022
Why Do You Need a CAD Admin?
Join this KETIV Virtual Academy session as our team of Application Engineers covers the importance of having a CAD Admin in your business and the value it brings to your engineering department. Learn everything from …
Published: July 7, 2022
What’s New in AutoCAD 2023
This week in KETIV Virtual Academy, learn the latest updates in Autodesk AutoCAD 2023, such as:
Rapidly sending and incorporating feedback into your designs
Importing feedback from printed paper or PDFs and adding changes to your …
Published: June 30, 2022
Creating Constraints and File Management with iLogic
In this week’s KVA join KETIV Application Engineers as we cover how to create constraints and dealing with file management. Our team will cover:
How to create unique constraints on your own
How to …
Published: June 23, 2022
What’s New in Autodesk PowerMill 2023
Autodesk PowerMill 2023 was released in early May to current customers with an active subscription. In this webinar, we will cover new features and enhancements made to PowerMill 2023 such as:
Steep and Shallow Finishing Improvements
You …
Published: June 16, 2022
What’s New in Fusion 360 January-March 2022
Have you been keeping up with the Fusion 360 updates for the past 4 months? There have been major changes for designers, and that’s no exaggeration! Join us for this session of KETIV Virtual Academy to …
Published: June 9, 2022
Digital Transformation Starts at Home
Join KETIV Application Engineers to learn how to implement Digital Transformation methodology in your organization, and how our team at KETIV has applied these same processes.
Our hosts will review the critical steps required to …
Published: June 8, 2022
Product Data Management and System Integration with Tacton CPQ
What capabilities within Tacton CPQ support Product Data Management and System Integration?
Learn new product development processes and how Tacton CPQ can support your team’s journey at this week’s KETIV Virtual Academy.
Published: June 2, 2022
The Real Cost of Data (Not Just a File)
In this KETIV Virtual Academy session, take a deeper dive into what it takes to create engineering drawings, what the true cost is, and how to protect them from theft and ransomware.
Explore the end …
Published: May 26, 2022
What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2023
Autodesk Inventor 2023 is here! It’s packed with customer-requested improvements and enhancements, so you can focus more on design and innovation—and less on repetitive tasks.
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy with Autodesk …
Published: May 19, 2022
Ansys HFSS and Circuit Synergy
Using Circuit Instead of RLC Boundaries to Optimize Passives and Dramatically Speed up HFSS simulations
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy session where Ansys Application Engineer, Graham Stevens introduces a method to substitute the …
Published: May 12, 2022
Digital Manufacturing and Culture Change
According to a Boston Consulting Group study of 40 digital transformations, companies that focus on culture are five times more likely to achieve breakthrough performance.
What can we learn from this, and how can we apply …
Published: May 11, 2022
Getting Started with Nesting and Fabrication – Fusion 360 Extension
In this session, you will learn how to get started with one of the advanced Fusion 360 Extensions: Nesting and Fabrication. Advanced nesting fabrication capabilities allow you to create optimized and associative multi-sheet layouts for your …
Published: May 5, 2022
What’s New in Autodesk Vault 2023
Join Autodesk Senior Product Manager, Irvin Hayes, Jr. as he covers the latest updates in Vault 2023. Autodesk Vault 2023 is all about making collaboration more effortless than ever by continuing to deliver a more modern, connected, …
Published: April 28, 2022
Building a Configuration Product Model in Tacton
In this KVA, we will look at how an object model can be built in Tacton sales and product configuration software. You’ll learn how AI can be the difference in scaling the creation and …
Published: April 21, 2022
Getting Started with iLogic
Learn what is needed to start developing Automation using iLogic. From model preparation, to using the iLogic Rule Editor, to creating simple Forms, we will touch on the basic requirements to start using iLogic today.
Published: April 14, 2022
LEAN, Six Sigma, 5S, Green MFG, and Digital Manufacturing
LEAN, Six Sigma, 5S, Green Manufacturing, and many other methods are all tools we can use to increase efficiency, profitability, and sustainability in a manufacturing environment. Is Digital Manufacturing just another one of these tools, …
Published: April 13, 2022
What’s New in Ansys Fluent 2022 R1?
Join us for this KETIV Virtual Academy session to stay up-to-date with the latest and greatest that Ansys Fluent has to offer. We will cover topics such as:
· Advanced solver acceleration using the new Multi-GPU …
Published: April 7, 2022
Fusion 360 – Flex Tokens, What are they?
Autodesk is introducing, Autodesk Flex, a new method where users can pay to have access to their software. This allows organizations to buy tokens for their team, assign users to Flex via the Autodesk account, …
Published: March 31, 2022
Food Processing Equipment
Increasingly, food and beverage companies are successfully applying modeling and simulation technologies to reduce production costs, optimize food processing, control food quality, and design better processing equipment.
This webinar shows how high-fidelity particle simulation can …
Published: March 24, 2022
Learning Lifecycles
In this week’s KVA we’ll follow up on the initial setup of Vault and to expand on the capabilities of Vault, we’ll discuss Lifecycles and some changes that have been made to …
Published: March 17, 2022
5 Ways Sales Automation Can Help You!
What is Sales Automation and how can it help your business reach its goal? In this session of KETIV Virtual Academy, discover the 5 biggest benefits to a guided sales process controlled with a Configure, Price, …
Published: March 10, 2022
The Digital Key to Opening the Box
Ever heard the phrase “out-of-the-box thinking”? We are facing new challenges that require “out-of-the-box thinking” in order to solve these challenges. So how can we get “out-of-the-box”? Is there a Digital key that will unlock …
Published: March 9, 2022
Leveraging External Data Sources
Is your company taking advantage of external data sources in Inventor? You can enhance your automation practices with Excel Spreadsheets, and XML files!
Join KETIV Automation Expert, Thomas Fitzgerald, on March 3 to learn methods of …
Published: March 3, 2022
Vault for MAKE
Learn to leverage a plug-in developed for PowerMill and FeatureCAM to seamlessly connect and track data between groups. With Vault for MAKE, you can now manage CAD data into CAM with a direct connection to …
Published: February 24, 2022
Why Adopt Digital Manufacturing?
As a manufacturer you provide a physical product…. so what is digital manufacturing? Can your company benefit from digital manufacturing?
Join us for this webinar, where we will discover what digital manufacturing is and how …
Published: February 9, 2022
Adapting to the Changing Market
Whether it be a global market, supply chain shortages, inflationary operating and acquisition costs, retiring workforce, smaller workforce pool, or covid lockdowns, it is clear to us all that the market is changing.
While it …
Published: January 13, 2022
What’s New with Moldflow 2021
Autodesk Moldflow provides simulation tools for plastic part and injection mold design, and for validation and optimization of the injection molding process. In this webinar, we will review some of the new features in the 2021 …
Published: October 29, 2020