You have probably noticed these things in Autodesk Vault for a few years now or heard and seen people talking about them in forums but never really understood what exactly they are… what am I talking about? Custom Objects. So what exactly is a “Custom Object” and how can they benefit me and my design …
Autodesk Vault is absolutely awesome when it comes to organising and collaborating on your designs, but its architecture and cross compatibility can be more than a little confusing. In this article, we will briefly look at how Vault software is organised, and explore which versions of Vault are compatible with which versions of Inventor. Overview …
Man and Machine are pleased to announce that the first course of the BIM ready training programme is now CPD certified. The two-day BIM for Project and Construction Professionals training course contributes up to 14 CPD hours. The BIM ready training programme consists of the following courses: • BIM Fundamentals • BIM for Project and …
Have you encountered problems printing to PDF in Autodesk Revit? It seems to freeze and not continue with the print command? Does it want to create numerous files in an unbreakable script, even though you have specified ‘Combine multiple selected view/ sheets into a single file’? This is currently an ongoing issue, which has been …
Many Architects are leveraging tools such as Rhino or Catia for their surfacing capability, but wanting to take that data across to Autodesk Revit to integrate into their BIM Authoring Environment. Traditionally, this can be a painful and manual process, but there are ways of getting a good quality, and smooth representation of aesthetically pleasing …
In this blog I will explain Revit design options and how they work. Design options allows you to create and manage multiple designs within the same project. By using design options within Revit you can create multiple options within the same space without them conflicting with each other. Design options can be anything from furniture …
In this blog I will show you how to upgrade your Autodesk software to 2019, this includes the likes of AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor etc. and although this guide is for the release of 2019, the steps are pretty much the same for any version. Every year around March Autodesk release their latest instalments of their …
The first thing I will say in this Vault maintenance post – and this is something I will always stand by when it comes to Autodesk Vault – is ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR VAULT!!! No ifs or buts, you should always back up your engineering data. Also, before you perform any maintenance task (or any task for that matter) …