IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog

During the documentation process, we often use the same iProperties from our modeling files (parts & assemblies) to populate fields in our Bill of Materials, Parts Lists, drawing Title Blocks and...

Creating a stock setup with Inventor CAM is simple if you’re starting from stock that’s cylindrical, box, or tube shaped. But what if your part has been pre-machined for tooling, cast, or has a...

Introduction Styles and Standards are, and always have been, a sticking point for a lot of Inventor users. The complexity of managing them seems to be far more involved than required. But once you...

New for Vault Workgroup and Vault Professional 2020 is the ability to synchronize the lifecycle state (in addition to the revision) of the new pdf with the drawing file that created it. In...

Introduction Throughout my time working as a design engineer the Bill of materials Structure always created issues for me and my colleagues. This is partly to do with the fact there are 5 types of...

One of the challenges we often face during the design and documentation process is getting our design team members to populate the iProperties required for Title blocks, Bill of Materials (BOM)...

During our session yesterday, we covered how teams can access their Autodesk software from home, as well as ways to continue to coordinate and collaborate on designs. If you have any questions...

When developing products, it’s important that engineers make informed design decisions. Factors like material, weight, and safety factor are typically key inputs that drive the design process....

The most recent release of Autodesk’s advanced finite element analysis software, Inventor Nastran 2020, included some useful new features and upgrades. This includes automatic mesh convergence...

Adding Vault to your existing Revit environment can add a tremendous amount of value, power, and security to the current workflow. Adding value by enhancing functionality such as, searching for...

Performing finite element analysis (FEA) on large models can be time consuming and frustrating due to the high number of elements and computer memory required. In general, any model that has more...

Didn't make it out to Autodesk University 2019? No problem! View on-demand recordings of our IMAGINiT Manufacturing and PLM instructor's classes, download handouts, view slide decks, and more. 

AutoCAD introduced the DWG Compare command in version 2019 and at first glance, the command appears to have only gone through a “cosmetic” change in the AutoCAD 2020 release. In AutoCAD 2019 the...

6 of our Autodesk-certified manufacturing industry instructors will share their expertise with the Autodesk products at Autodesk University! They are excited and prepared to share their product...

While reading the forums at GrabCAD over lunch, I happened upon a question on how to model this type of spring. There is a method where points are created around a revolved surface torus. Planes...

Learn about the 4 main elements of Generative Design with Fusion 360 and view an example of a common design process used to develop and evaluate a design chosen to be run through a Generative...