When programming, it’s tough to get the results you want without knowing all the tools you have in your toolkit. Since Inventor iLogic is built on Microsoft’s VB.NET language, we can use their extensive documentation to get a better understanding of what’s possible and how we can achieve it. We hosted an Autodesk Virtual Academy […]

Standardize View Size on Autodesk Inventor Drawings We recently had a customer who wanted to streamline their documentation process. This company had a part with a lot of variety in length and found themselves having to manually set the scale for their views on each of Inventor drawings. Today, I’ll show you how you can […]

Two-Dimensional tools aren’t going away any time soon. AutoCAD started the trend of computer-aided design, and a large portion of the CAD userbase still uses it to design parts and assemblies. Learn how to import AutoCAD drawings to Inventor for 3D modeling. Autodesk’s 3D modeling solution, Inventor, allows users to utilize existing 2D data to […]

Autodesk Inventor New Measurement Tools What is it? For our last highlighted feature, we’re looking at the newly redesigned Autodesk Inventor Measure Tool. One of the most common tasks used in the design process is checking the size and position of parts using the Measure Tool. In 2018, you can now select part and component […]

KETIV and Autodesk spent the last few months preparing for an Autodesk Inventor Insider event that would give users an exclusive look at some future functionality and features planned for upcoming releases. On December 6th and 7th, the event took place, giving users the unique opportunity to give direct feedback and see what’s coming from […]

Recently, we received a case where a client needed to change the Autodesk Contract Manager from himself to another employee. The scenario where you’ll have to change your contract manager will most likely not happen very often. Nonetheless, it is still important to know the steps for changing the contract manager on the off chance […]

In the last post, you followed up on the AVA: iLogic and Configurator 360 session and you were introduced to iLogic and its interface. So today you’re going to continue on to the second half of the session and delve into Configurator 360. The goal is that you’ll understand how to access Configurator 360, how […]

This post will walk you through the new feature of being able to import PDF files into your drawing files. PDF files have been added to the Import File formats, and now you can import the geometry, TrueType text, and raster images from a PDF file or underlay them into your drawing as AutoCAD 2017 […]

When using Content Center for the first time in Inventor 2017 you can sometimes run into some trouble when trying to create a new Category. The fix for it is simple and easy to learn, and to help you this post will walk you through each step of the process such as how to create […]

Change is a fact of life in manufacturing today. Systems, methods, and processes are evolving every year, making new efficiencies possible and giving us new, more agile approaches to production. That’s good news for the industry overall, but it means that you need to keep learning to stay competitive. At KETIV, we make that kind […]