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How Can Big Data and IoT Change the Way We Design?
Big Data. It’s going to change everything in engineering. Now that we’ve gotten some hyperbole out of the way, let’s take a look at how that might actually be the case. As engineers, we are...
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How to Create and Modify Custom Content
Once you have learned the basics of Autodesk Inventor, you can learn some workflows that will save you time. Creating custom libraries for parts that you regularly use in your designs is a great place...
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Quick Tip: Autodesk Inventor Annotations
It has been a long time since annotations were done by hand on a draft board. This means not everyone is a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing expert. Fortunately for us, Autodesk Inventor has some...
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Inventor 2019: Powerful, Connected, Professional Grade
Customers will soon begin seeing Inventor 2019 available for download from in your Autodesk Account and the Autodesk desktop app. This launch marks the 23rd major Inventor release over the past 19...
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Quick Tip: Copy Features from the Model Tree
Traditionally, CAD geometry is made by going through the same process of creating a 2D sketch and then using one of the 3D create options (extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, etc.) to finish your part. When...
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What’s New: Product Design and Manufacturing Collection
Product Design and Manufacturing Collection You know its spring time when the birds are out, the snow has melted and new versions of your favorite software are ready to install! We recently shared...
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What’s New with Inventor 2019 – Performance Improvements
May the Performance be with you The Inventor product team raised the bar on performance for the Inventor 2019 release. With the lessons learned and user feedback from the 2018 release, the team hit the...
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iLogic – Autodesk Inventor’s Automation Engine
One of the most powerful things you can do with your designs is taking advantage of automation. This means capturing rules and knowledge about the design workflow. For Inventor users, this means using...
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Posting Inventor Models on Facebook
Have you seen the 3D posts we added to the Inventor Facebook page recently? Here is an example if you haven’t seen it yet. Some of you may have asked, “How did they get a 3D model in there?” Visitors...
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Autodesk Inventor 2019 Modernization Efforts
In writing this post, it’s hard not be a little nostalgic as many of us on the Inventor team have been around since it was first introduced into the market in 1999. Over the last 19 years, Inventor...
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Autodesk Inventor 2019: Hole Command
The hole command in Inventor 2019 has been completely overhauled. You will no longer see the typical hole dialogue box but rather the new hole panel. If you have been paying attention to the last few...
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Let ‘Inventor Luke’ Teach You with These Tips and Tricks
Do you need to learn something in Inventor but you just don’t know where to find the information? You can always check the forums, message Facebook pages, maybe even reach out to someone more...
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Quick Tip: Self Illuminating Parts
Have you ever seen a rendering or animation of an Autodesk Inventor design that looks to have glowing parts? Creating self illuminating materials will up your presentation game, and is only a few...
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Cloud Connected Autodesk Inventor
For those who haven’t noticed over the past few years, Autodesk is a cloud company. But, what does that mean? It means different things to different people. For some of our newer subscribers, it means...
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Inventor 101: Sketch, Dimension, Trim and Extrude
New to Inventor and curious where to get started? This quick video will walk you through all of the basics. Sketching, dimensioning, trimming, and extruding – all these commands are core facets to your...
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Quick Tip: Calculating Internal Cavity Volume
At some point, you will probably need to create the CAD geometry of an existing internal cavity. Perhaps it will be the next part in an assembly. Maybe it is to calculate volume or mass of a molded...
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Quick Tip: Embossing Text on a Part
Embossed text is often one of the last details that gets added to a design. Once you learn how to create text on a work plane, it is easy to extrude to add or even remove the lettering. But what if you...
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Inventor 101: Detail Part Drawings from 3D CAD
Sometimes you get done designing a 3D part and realize you need a 2D detail drawing. In this Inventor 101 video, you’ll learn how to quickly make this happen with every kind of view you could ever...
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Inventor 101: Cut Extrude, Fillet and Hole Commands
In this Inventor 101 video, you’ll learn how to transform a 2D sketch into a 3D part. Learning these skills is essential to laying a proper foundation as you build on your Inventor knowledge. Utilizing...
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5 Reasons to Use Views in Inventor
If you’re not using views in Autodesk Inventor now, is your time to start, and I’ll give you five reasons why. #1 View Orientation Have you ever wanted to duplicate a screen capture, rendering or video...
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