As of 30 January, 2015, Autodesk Product Design Suite customers (Maintenance and Desktop Subscription) will have access to Fusion 360 – the world’s first complete 3D CAD workflow offered in the cloud. What is Autodesk Fusion 360? Autodesk Fusion 360 [...]
Structural engineers using BIM today have a lot of items on their wish list. High on that list for most of them – if not at the very top – is a unified model for documentation and design. That kind [...]
Here’s this month’s round up of design technology news across Australia and New Zealand. In this instalment, we report on the implications of BIM in a project, and Autodesk’s subscription changes and what their final days to upgrade mean for [...]
A pair of HP-sponsored research reports confirms that the cost of cybercrime is rising across the globe. But businesses are not prepared, according to an article in the latest issue of HP INFORM, the interactive e-magazine. The Ponemon Institute Research [...]
For Navisworks quantification, Model Takeoff currently only works for elements that have a GUID (‘Globally Unique Identifier’) parameter transferred from Revit. No GUID = No Model Takeoff! The Element GUID will be transferred when ‘Convert Element Parameters’ in the Navisworks [...]
To connect slightly sloping pipes to horizontal connectors (such as a sewer pipe to WC), set the connector in the Component family (eg WC) to ‘Allow Slope Adjustments’. Klaus Stroehl, Technical Consultant, A2K Technologies Looking for more tips? Visit our [...]
Follow on from an earlier tip regarding the use of a mapping service to gather images for conceptual design work (such as www.nearby.org.uk/google/nolabels-map.php), here is a video where we go through the process of applying that image to the Topography [...]
To ensure that the Parent-Child file relationships are maintained and result in a single design file, upload Inventor files into A360 Team using the ‘Composite Design’ option. Visit Autodesk A360 at autodesk360.com Chad Smith, Consulting Technical Lead, A2K Technologies Looking [...]
After defining your Styles and Standards in your Inventor document (using the Styles Editor, or after making changes to your Materials or Appearances), you will have 2 choices to commit or remove changes: Your style library will need to match [...]
Engineering within the construction and infrastructure and manufacturing sectors has been recognised as having some of the highest career prospects in New Zealand. The 2015 Occupation Outlook report, released this week by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, brings [...]
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