Clint Brown's Autodesk Blog
2020 could reasonably be described as an awful year. But there were a few small highlights. This year our site's traffic increased exponentially, we had our first month with over 12 000 views and reached a milestone of 100 000 views in 2020. Considering the content is rather niche (mainly iLogic), I think this is... Continue Reading →
On a recent training course, I was asked if the default display of BoM quantities in the Fusion Lifecycle "Bill of Materials" workspace could be changed. Out of the box, all quantities are displayed with a decimal place, for example 3.0. In this instance the quantities would always be whole numbers, below is the workflow... Continue Reading →
Did you know that you can add your company logo to your Fusion Lifecycle tenant? There are 2 logos that you can add, one that is displayed on all pages, just below the title bar, and a larger logo on the login page. To get to the Logo manager, navigate to "Administration" and "System Configuration"... Continue Reading →
On a recent training course, a delegate pointed out a nifty setting in Vault, which allows for documents to be previewed without having to click on them twice, I thought I’d share it here 🙂 Let me explain… Several releases ago, if you clicked on any file in Vault, if the preview tab was active,... Continue Reading →
The new Autodesk Vault mobile app has a built in Barcode Scanner with is really handy. You may be wondering what exactly you can use it for. I've found that the app works with QR codes and Barcodes. Barcodes are really easy to implement into your workflows, as certain types of barcodes are fonts. In... Continue Reading →
Starting November 2, 2020, Autodesk is expanding access for all customers (on subscription and maintenance plans) to the latest release and up to 5 versions back. Check out the full details here. Please Note: Although Autodesk are expanding access to 5 versions back, only the current and 3 versions back will be eligible for Autodesk technical support.
Some highlights of the Autodesk Vault 2021.1 update. See how you can access Vault information inside Inventor, manage referenced Revit files in Vault, and learn more about duplicate search advanced filters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11BZJsUXFek&feature=youtu.be
I recently Installed AutoCAD 2021, and when clicked on the Vault tab, I noticed that the tab was blank. The fix is pretty simple, even if seemingly scary. This problem occurs when the Vault client is installed before AutoCAD. Make sure that AutoCAD is not running. From the Windows "Add Remove" programs, find "Vault Client... Continue Reading →
I’ve recently helped a customer who was not getting any notification emails from Fusion Lifecycle. The fix is really simple. The email address that the FLC notifications comes from is; noreply@autodesk.com It turns out that this company blocked all email from “noreply” addresses, getting this specific email unblocked by IT allowed the emails to come... Continue Reading →
Autodesk have just launched the exciting new Vault Mobile App. I've tested it, it's awesome, but you need to be aware of a few things. The first hurdle is connecting to the server, you need to specify the server's IP address as shown below. In my testing I found that if I specified the server... Continue Reading →
