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Introduction to Digital PrototypingAuthor: Sunith Babu, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of TechnologyDate Published: October 13, 2009 These days, manufacturing companies face a daunting challenge. They must customize and develop products at a faster rate to satisfy their customers' needs for quality, reliable, and cost-effective solutions. To move up the ladder and grab the top position in this competitive world, manufacturing companies need to focus on improving the product development process by using the latest and most innovative technology (especially during "crunch" time). read more |
Validate Your Knowledge and Skills with Autodesk CertificationAuthor: Matt Murphy, 4D TechnologiesDate Published: September 14, 2009 In today’s competitive industries, becoming a Certified Associate or Professional gives you a credential that proves a level of industry-recognized competencies. But certification benchmarks can also be used to determine knowledge and skill gaps for assessing training needs. Gain a competitive advantage with Autodesk product exams. read more |
Revit MEP Load Calculations in the "I" of the BIMAuthor: Todd Shackelford, Alvine EngineeringDate Published: September 1, 2009 For the mechanical engineer, performing building load calculations is often the most important yet tedious step of a HVAC design. This article will demonstrate how Revit® MEP helps to streamline the load calculation process by leveraging the “I” in BIM. read more |
Use the Publish Command and Simplify Your Plotting from AutoCADAuthor: Steven LaKose, CAD & CompanyDate Published: September 1, 2009 AutoCAD Printing Made Easy, part 3 To Publish or not to Publish, that is the next question… Whether you have never used the Publish command, or use it on a regular basis, this article will provide you with some hidden surprises and options. read more |
Working with Autodesk® Inventor® files in Autodesk® Showcase® led to this little "Derived" tip. read more |
Typical multi-view blocks are created full-size, and when inserted into a model, they provide no means for changing their size with any precision. Creating multi-view blocks as 1 x 1 x 1 scalable objects allows for insertion at user-specified sizes. read more |
Doug’s Quik TipsAuthor: Douglas Bowers, AIA, Doug Bowers ConsultingDate Published: August 31, 2009 This article is a compilation of some quick and easy tips for various Autodesk® products that should speed up your drafting processes. I hope you find some of them beneficial. read more |
Using Automation to Add Wire Types in AutoCAD ElectricalAuthor: Robert Stein, ThyssenKrupp Krause, Inc.Date Published: August 31, 2009 Have you ever needed to add a bunch of wire types to a lot of drawings? This article will help outline how you can do this “auto-magically.” read more |
Configuring AutoCAD Civil 3D for Land SurveyingAuthor: Scott Mceachron, I.II.IDate Published: August 31, 2009 In this article, we look at configuring AutoCAD® Civil 3D® to use figure commands, figure prefixes, and description keys to save hours when processing survey data. read more |
AutoCAD Printing Made Easy, Part 2Author: Steven LaKose, CAD & CompanyDate Published: June 11, 2009 To page setup or not to page setup, that is the question"¦ This article discusses page setups: what they are, how to create and name them, and how to use them for both company standards and to save time. read more |
Get Zipped with AutoCAD ElectricalAuthor: Robert Stein, ThyssenKrupp Krause, Inc.Date Published: June 10, 2009 Have you ever needed to send an AutoCAD Electrical project to a customer, vendor or to someone for support? This article outlines how to use built-in AutoCAD Electrical tools to ensure you have all the data you need to send. read more |
Powerful Non-CAD Plotting with Autodesk Vault WorkgroupAuthor: Allen Gager, A.T. FerrellDate Published: June 10, 2009 This article describes how to easily plot all related documents using the non-CAD printing feature in Autodesk Vault Workgroup. read more |
Inventor, Alias Studio and the Master Model MakerAuthor: Allen Gager, A.T. FerrellDate Published: June 10, 2009 Inventor®, Alias®, an American Classic, future generations, and a gifted mentor cross paths for a really neat story. read more |
Key Plans in Revit ArchitectureAuthor: Douglas Bowers, AIA, Doug Bowers ConsultingDate Published: June 10, 2009 This article describes a process of creating a single key plan in Revit Architecture that can be used to display any one of multiple units in the key plan. read more |
File Linking in Large Projects in Revit – DWG LinkingAuthor: Lonnie Cumpton, Friedmutter GroupDate Published: May 20, 2009 Linking files into your Revit® model can have a dramatic impact on the productivity of working with the model. Large projects tend to have more linked files, and this article will look at ways to make drawing file links work better for you. This article is Part 1 of a two-part series about linking in Revit and covers DWG Linking. Part 2 of this series will cover RVT Linking. read more |
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