If you use AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, Fusion360, Vault, or pretty much any of the main stream Autodesk products, you will have at some stage used an Autodesk cloud service. To help understand any planned maintenance or outages, Autodesk have created a “Health Dashboard”, which shows the current status of all cloud services, as well as … More Autodesk Cloud Services Up-time Dashboard
It’s finally here, for those of you who enjoy this site on the go, you can now get to it via the Unofficial App. Click on the image above to download the “Unofficial Inventor” App for Android. The app is currently only available for Android. It is not hosted on the official app store, but can … More Download the Unofficial App
Another successful AU London done and dusted! The 3rd Annual Autodesk University was held at the Tobacco Dock in London this week. If you missed it, you really missed out, but you can see recordings of the live main stage presentations here: https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/conference/live-stream the classes will probably go live in a few weeks. I just wanted … More AU London 2019 – Thank You!
I’ve been meaning to write this blog post up for weeks! As you may or may not know, this comping week, I will be presenting my Autodesk University London class. The session is called: School of Rock: Building an Electric Guitar with the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection (Code: AULON565) In preparation for the class, I … More My First CAM Project in Fusion 360
It’s just about that time of year again! I’ll be presenting at the 3rd Autodesk University at the Tobacco Dock in London. The event is on the 18th and 19th of June. If you don’t have a ticket yet, hurry, they won’t be available after the middle of this week. This year I decided not … More Let’s Rock at AU London 2019
Anyone who has worked with me, will know that I am not a fan of the IGES file format. Having worked in the Automotive OEM supply chain in the early 2000’s, I have had my fair share of issues with IGES files. Mostly related to geometry that contained missing faces, gaps or faces oriented incorrectly … More 3 Reasons To Stop using IGES Files
Something a little different, how about a heart modelled in Fusion 360 T-Splines! Here’s the workflow: Start with a T-Splines Box Set the Display Mode to Box Display (Alt+1) Add 2 new edges on the top face (insertion side = both) Delete the 2 bottom edges (this gives us a Vee-shape) Move the edge … More Fusion 360: T-Splines Valentines Day Heart
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
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 choose your preference for “Default Units” as well as “CAD Experience” To change the units later on, simply go to … More Understanding Units in Fusion 360
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
