How-Tos

Tips and tricks for using AutoCAD, Revit, Autodesk Inventor, Civil 3D, Autodesk Vault, InfraWorks, BIM 360, Fusion 360, and more.

  • Project Explorer for Civil 3D - Part 4 AutoCAD Tables and 2D Drawings

    Project Explorer for Civil 3D - Part 4 AutoCAD Tables and 2D Drawings

    Quick Report to AutoCAD Table creates a static AutoCAD table and is an easy method to generate it.

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  • Optimization and Productivity Best Practices56:46

    Optimization and Productivity Best Practices

    Join our Autodesk software expert Leo Lavayen as he share details of several commands, features, and workflows that are unknown to or underutilized by many users.

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  • Some Hatches Missing in a Drawing

    Some Hatches Missing in a Drawing

    AutoCAD has a mechanism built in to prevent slowdowns by not displaying all the lines in Hatches. Here's what to do.

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  • Civil 3D: Custom Fonts are not recognized by Civil 3D 2021

    Civil 3D: Custom Fonts are not recognized by Civil 3D 2021

    When trying to use a custom Font in Civil 3D 2021 . You do not see the font inside of the Style Editor dialog boxes. This is as-designed. Here's what to do.

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  • Plotting a PDF from Revit, the text and appearance is suddenly disrupted

    Plotting a PDF from Revit, the text and appearance is suddenly disrupted

    The PDF printing problem that you have encountered is a known issue caused by two recent Microsoft Windows updates.

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  • Fabrication – Button Mapping

    Fabrication – Button Mapping

    There are a few solutions to fix the issue. You can add new button code mappings or change current configurations of button mappings.

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  • 5 Ways to Get Your Employees to Embrace Training

    5 Ways to Get Your Employees to Embrace Training

    Software is ever-changing, and users must continue to learn new features and workflows to improve their proficiency. What can you do to get them to willingly pull away from an exciting project?

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  • Project Explorer for Civil 3D - Part 3 Reports

    Project Explorer for Civil 3D - Part 3 Reports

    Learn the reporting capabilities of Civil 3D objects and the detailed information utilized within the design model. There are numerous settings that can be saved and re-used for consistency.

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  • Autodesk: "Check that your system clock is set to the current date and time before you try again"

    Autodesk: "Check that your system clock is set to the current date and time before you try again"

    This is because your Time in Windows does not match the current time. Here's how to fix it.

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  • How to get Revit Lineweights into AutoCAD

    How to get Revit Lineweights into AutoCAD

    How to get Revit Lineweights into AutoCAD, so your AutoCAD drawing plot the same as the Revit Model.

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  • Register for Autodesk Tandem Community

    Register for Autodesk Tandem Community

    Participate in the community, invite your colleagues to join, and get ready to explore and discover exciting things in Autodesk Tandem!

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  • How to avoid loading duplicates into Vault with the Autoloader and what to do if duplicates are sent

    How to avoid loading duplicates into Vault with the Autoloader and what to do if duplicates are sent

    When choosing a Vault folder to place my multiple sessions of Autoloader, choose the same folder to upload all files.

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  • Fusion 360 Arranged Nesting

    Fusion 360 Arranged Nesting

    Fusion 360 to the rescue. The Manufacturing model has an “Arrange” command that will lay the pieces out for us. Sort of a lightweight nesting program.

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  • Changing a Non-Fabrication Part into a Fabrication ITM using Convert3dmodel

    Changing a Non-Fabrication Part into a Fabrication ITM using Convert3dmodel

    Sometimes in the Fabrication/ Construction world there are parts that are needed but are not in the Fabrication database or library.

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  • Project Explorer for Civil 3D - Part 2 Managing Objects

    Project Explorer for Civil 3D - Part 2 Managing Objects

    Part 2 will introduce the various features and tools used to edit and, in some instances, create Civil 3D objects from within Project Explorer.

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  • Vault Professional: Cannot Assign Item to Inventor Assembly

    Vault Professional: Cannot Assign Item to Inventor Assembly

    Solution for the issue of not being able to add an Inventor assembly to a Vault Item.

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  • AutoCAD VBA is not currently installed error

    AutoCAD VBA is not currently installed error

    This can be caused by a few factors, but if you've followed the guidance in the Autodesk KB and still cannot get it to run, then the issue may not be the installer.

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  • Tombstone Fixtures in FeatureCAM

    Tombstone Fixtures in FeatureCAM

    With FeatureCAM’s tombstone fixture option, pre-programmed parts can simply be opened within a tombstone file (.tsf) and manipulated with respect to the size of the part, work offsets, and operations.

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  • Interoperability Between Autodesk Inventor and Revit36:35

    Interoperability Between Autodesk Inventor and Revit

    Autodesk Inventor has best in class tools for creating manufacturing models and drawings, while Autodesk Revit is the premier software for BIM modeling. But if a product is created in Inventor, what i

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  • Ribbon Tabs Missing in Inventor When Opening Assemblies

    Ribbon Tabs Missing in Inventor When Opening Assemblies

    In Inventor, when you open certain assemblies, all but a few of the Ribbon Tabs are missing from the Ribbon.

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