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) …
Additive manufacturing technologies (such as 3D-printing and selective laser sintering) have already made waves in industry, but their greatest impact has yet to come – the revolution they will bring to design. Rather than discussing the very-Googleable advantages and disadvantages of Additive manufacturing (AM), we will focus on the implications of just one of its …
The day has finally come. They called me mad. They called me a dreamer. They said that it would never happen, but it could and it finally did! Generative design and additive manufacturing have barged their way into the consumer market, guns blazing, with Bugatti’s totally awesome eight-piston monoblock brake calliper. https://newatlas.com/bugatti-3d-printed-titanium/53082/ The Incredible Brake …
If you’ve kept abreast with the news, Autodesk’s Product Design and Manufacturing Collection now ships with Nastran In-CAD. For FEA fanatics such as myself, this is fantastic news. Nastran enjoys a solid reputation in the industry of engineering analysis and for good reason. But how is it different from Inventor’s native FEA offering, Stress Analysis? …
Are you working with customers around that want to collaborate with your Vault but are on the other side of your firewall? Need to exchange data with manufacturing partners, suppliers, subcontractors, and even end customers at all project stages, from concept to delivery?In the past, the data management was more difficult with most of this …
Have you installed a configuration of Vault Data Standard, only to have it randomly stop working? The problem may lie with Windows Security… Windows the Mighty ProtectorScripts have the potential to harm your computer. With this in mind, when they are downloaded from the Internet or from a network location, Windows can sometimes put a …
Using parametrics in Inventor to define your model can not only save you time and money down the track, but also open up new pathways to design optimisation and configuration. If you are not yet using parameters and would like to see how they can be better leveraged, read on. What are parameters?When we are defining …
It is easy to dismiss virtual reality as a plaything – an immersive new media limited to storytelling and gaming – but it has so much more to offer. There are solid and practical applications that explain why so much money is being poured into the technology. This post will explore just some of these …