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Solibri Mandatory Update

Due to major functionality changes in the Solibri licensing system, the below-listed Solibri versions will no longer work from Sept 18th, 2019. Therefore, all users must upgrade to a supported version to ensure the continued working functionality of the software. Legacy versions (before v9.8.47): An upgrade to a newer version (either Solibri v9.10, SMC v9.9 or SMC v9.8) …

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How to Create an AutoCAD Electrical Symbol

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In this blog I am going to detail the correct procedure for creating a symbol to use in AutoCAD Electrical.AutoCAD Electrical uses blocks with attributes for its symbols. These attributes determine what type of symbol the block is, which in turn determines the behaviour of the block. Below is an example of a relay coil …

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View Representations, Positional Representations and Levels of Detail in Autodesk Inventor

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When working with assemblies in Autodesk Inventor, it is sometimes useful to have different representations of the assembly. These are separated into different types: ‘View Representations’, ‘Positional Representations’ and ‘Levels of Detail’. They can each be found under the ‘Representations’ tab of the Assembly Tree, and will be explored in the blog below. View Representation …

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Revit – Copy and Paste to Selected Levels

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In this blog I will show you how to copy and paste objects on one level to multiple levels. This can be extremely useful for objects that exist in the same layout on multiple floors such as windows, doors and even whole rooms. Firstly select all the objects you wish to copy to another level. …

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Switching from MS Access AutoCAD Electrical Catalog Database to MS SQL Database

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If you are experiencing difficulties with connection speed to your AutoCAD Electrical Access MDB catalog database, it could be beneficial to switch to an SQL database instead, which was made available in the 2017 release. Create your catalog and footprint databases on a Microsoft® SQL™ Server, and then migrate your catalog data information from your …

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Autodesk Inventor Add Ins Missing

After installing an Add In for a version of Inventor, you may find the tabs at the top of Inventor do not show anything, and the Add In is now missing. This can occur for a number of reasons. For the first example I am going to choose Vault. When installing a client version for …

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