I had a browse through the Inventor API documentation, and came across a sample for using the new “Browser Search” functionality. I converted it to iLogic and made a few tweaks. When used in conjunction with a user parameter and an iLogic form, there is some nice functionality that you can use with Inventor. The … More Inventor: Search with iLogic
In 1996 the inaugural Tri-Nations rugby tournament was played between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand won the trophy that year, but the story behind the massive trophy is rather interesting. According to a 2013 article on stuff.co.nz, the trophy now lives at the Palmerston North Rugby Museum. Taking up the most space … More Units Matter: Here’s how to set them
For a little insight into the header image of this article (the story of the over-sized trophy), follow this link In Autodesk Inventor there are 2 main places to look at units, the first is within the file itself, the second is in the settings used for template files. The thing to remember about Inventor, is … More Understanding Units in Inventor
For a little insight into the header image of this article (the story of the over-sized trophy), follow this link Setting your Units of Measure in AutoCAD is relatively straightforward. To check the current .dwg file’s units, simply type UNITS into your command line, then choose the units of measure that you wish to use. … More Understanding Units in AutoCAD
For a little insight into the header image of this article (the story of the over-sized trophy), follow this link Setting your Units of Measure in Fusion 360 is really easy. When you first install the software, you will see a pop up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, asking you to … More Understanding Units in Fusion 360
Did you know that you can display your Inventor model in multiple windows, and multiple positions? It’s really simple to do. From the “View” tab in Inventor, simply click on “New“, a new window will be created automatically, next, click on “Tile Vertically” for the result above, or choose from one of the options shown … More Inventor Quick Tip: View Your Model in Multiple Windows
Product Design and Manufacturing Collection subscribers now have access to the Generative Design tools in Fusion 360 Ultimate. Generative Design uses Cloud Credits for processing, these credits would need to be purchased in addition to your PDMC subscription. Check out the tweet below from Fusion 360, follow the link through to all of the details. … More Generative Design comes to PDMC
One of my favourite new features in Autodesk Inventor 2019 has to be “Shared Views”. The ability to share a 3D model with almost anyone on practically any device, makes this really powerful. “Shared Views” add the ability to gather design feedback from teams outside of your organisation, and because it’s cloud native, there’s no … More The Power of Shared Views in Inventor 2019
You may have the Autodesk Vault Client installed on your CAD workstation, but find that the product specific add-ins are not installed. This is pretty simple to resolve, the steps laid out below show how I recently added the Vault add-ins for MS Outlook and AutoCAD Electrical to my system. Step one, go to “Apps … More Vault 2019 – Get Your Add-ins in Order
Autodesk Inventor 2019 introduced a new hole tool interface, and allowed users to create hole pre-sets. Pre-sets save users time when specifying new holes. By default Hole pre-sets are stored locally, this location could be set to a network location, allowing multiple users to access the same pre-sets. Simply save your current hole pre-sets to … More Inventor – Sharing Hole Pre-sets
