End Construction Manufacturing Siloes with a Digital Fabrication Platform

November 7, 2022

| Advance Steel, Autodesk Inventor, CADmep, CAMduct, estMEP, Fabrication, Inventor Professional, Revit, Structural Steel

End Construction Manufacturing Siloes with a Digital Fabrication Platform

Managing a construction project is challenging at the best of times, but manual and inefficient fabrication workflows can easily drag out any build.

With modern digital collaboration and workflow platforms now available, building and construction managers no longer need to play guesswork with their metal fabrication requirements.

In this blog we will look at the challenge of disparate workflows and how Design Consulting can integrate a number of tools to streamline fabrication to improve project management and overall building quality.

Fabrication Workflow Still Very Manual

Most construction projects use some amount of steel for structural members, perforated sheets for facades and tubing for balustrades.

This construction-level fabrication is a form of “construction manufacturing” and the fabrication requirements are generally unique to the project.

As a result of the unique requirements the industry is accustomed to fragmented processes with siloed technology.

For example, estimators might have their own way of requesting what is needed in a PDF or spreadsheet document; a design team might use CAD for design, but not with fabrication-level tools; and the machining team have their separate software and processes.

Then there are external stakeholders. Construction teams routinely have to send and receive designs from customers, consultants and regulators, who also might have something else to add.

Time and Quality Costs Add Up

What is all this manual work costing? Quite a lot in time and materials.

Construction industry leaders need to assess how they are doing fabrication workflow now and are the tools in use connected with team members and customers?

In the corporate world, people don’t print out a document and surface mail it to someone and then repeat the process over and over, but that’s how bad the manual processes can be with fabrication workflows.

The construction industry is overdue for a change.

Moving to Digital Fabrication Workflow

Moving to a digital fabrication workflow platform is a good example of digital transformation in the construction sector.

It is about taking the design from the start and going through to manufacture with the same data source, so there is no need to recreate anything in a different program that is disconnected.

With a modern digital collaboration platform, when a change happens it flows through to all stakeholders by connecting departments, end-users and software platforms

For example, with estimating most people use a spreadsheet and manually draw lines in PDFs. Why do that when you can extract data from a model and use design estimating tools?

The suite of Autodesk fabrication products work with its most popular CAD and analysis tools for a good level of integration.

For example, Autodesk Fabrication CADmep gives you the ability to create fabrication-intent models of piping, plumbing and ductwork systems. Construction companies can connect CADmep with ESTmep, CADduct and Revit for complete end-to-end workflows.

For more information on how fabrication workflow products integrate with each other please see the documentation on our Fabrication page

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DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Autodesk Fabrication Suite

Fabrication ESTmep™, CADmep™ and CAMduct™ software provide an integrated set of tools for MEP speciality contractors to estimate, detail and drive fabrication of mechanical building systems.

Overview

Fabrication ESTmep™, CADmep™ and CAMduct™ software is a set of integrated tool for MEP estimators, engineers, designers and fabricators that works with Revit to connect MEP fabrication software to BIM.

Estimate more accurately and faster with manufacturer-specific content.
Design with more detail and accuracy

Connect to machines and create flat patterns

ESTMep, CADmep and CAMduct Overview

Estimating

Gain insight into project costs with cost analysis and reporting and generate competitive bids.

Detailing

Create fabrication-intent models of piping, plumbing and ductwork systems.

Fabricating

Produce sheet metal components and control the manufacturing production line.

Features

ESTmep Features

BIM and CAD import for bid generation

Extend design intent models from Revit and AutoCAD software into Fabrication ESTmep for more accurate, competitive bids.

Value engineering option tools

Show clients multiple service pricing options.

Accelerate underlay trace takeoff

Create more competitive bids quicker with design line.

Color-coded cost tool

Visualize job cost and cost analysis by color.

Manufacturer content database

Select from thousands of manufacturers’ items and pattern templates, including 54 imperial ranges, with real-world pricing and cost data for accurate estimating and analysis. Built-in Harrison codes and pricing.

Enhanced database export/import

Single-command database export and import, with optional insulation specifications and sections.

Iterative value engineering tools

Perform value engineering on services more efficiently, and produce several cost/benefit options for your clients.

Project tracking tools

Record all Adds and Omits on a job to support traceability and promote accountability for changes. Analyze this data to make comparisons against the original estimate.

Cost analysis, reporting, and estimating

Get accurate and clear information about model items, like ducts and pipes, and export data to inform effective cost analysis and estimating.

CADmep Features

Detailed 3D modeling

Create fabrication-ready models of piping, plumbing, and ductwork systems.

Specification content modeling

Draw with real components and connections from thousands of manufacturer content items and pattern templates.

Extend design intent models

Easily import data from Revit and AutoCAD to lengthen the lifecycle of design models and help reduce model redundancy.

3D spooling capabilities

Create detailed fabrication shop spool sheets and bill of materials (BOM).

Service validation, clash detection

More effectively identify and resolve service issues before fabrication.

Costing and reporting

Quickly and easily obtain accurate information about model items and export data for better decision making.

CAMduct Features

Sheet metal component library

Use an expansive specification-driven database of parametric components for detailing sheet metal.

Sheet metal component library

Use an expansive specification-driven database of parametric components for detailing sheet metal.

Material-specific nesting parameters

Set nesting parameters for different materials, such as insulation, ductboard, and sheet metal, to help avoid nesting the job multiple times.

Bar coding and QR coding

Add data-rich bar codes and QR codes to labels and worksheets.

Simple graphical interface

An easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) allows both novice and experienced software users to enter job data and edits.

Advanced job costing tools

Estimate jobs based on a variety of project factors to better understand the bottom line.

NC writing and machine support

With post processors built in to support a variety of machine types, CAMduct helps control your production line of any size.

Annual Subscription

Contact Us

If you would learn more about Autodesk software, please contact us by calling on 1800 490 514, by filling out the form or clicking the live chat in the bottom right-hand corner.

Revit Audit and Compact with IMAGINiT Clarity

September 16, 2022

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| Architecture, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Construction, IMAGINiT Clarity, Revit

Revit Audit and Compact with IMAGINiT Clarity

If you need to audit and compact files on demand or schedule, then IMAGINiT Clarity can automate it for you!

1. To setup the task, select the Revit Audit and Compact task

2. Select the project, rvt files, worksets and if you want to purge

3. Select if you want the file to go to a storage service

4. If so, select where you would like it saved

5. configure the frequency and user options

Clarity is the leading automation and analytics system that provides access for CAD and non-CAD users to view/edit project data, run CAD, BIM Management, IT related tasks and project analytics.

It works with Revit, Revit LT and AutoCAD-based software (Specialised Toolsets, Civil 3D, Advance Steel, etc.) and connects with major Construction Systems and Cloud Storage Providers to run tasks and sync data, saving time and money on every project.

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

What’s New Utilities for Revit 2023

July 20, 2022

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| Revit, Revit

What's New in Utilities for Revit 2023

Utilities for Revit has continued to bring out more an more functions.

With the Dimension Update, Sheet Duplicator and Renumbering tools being the most popular, the customer base has requested some more enhancements and new tools with the goal to take a repetitive process and help you do it faster.

Schedule from Revit

Bring in or link an Excel worksheet into Revit

Project Template Report

Document project/template file configurations

Create rooms from AutoCAD

Aid for converting CAD files into Revit Models

Space Copy Phase

Create MEP Spaces by copying from rooms or by copying from one Revit phase to another

Hire a full time BIM Manager for $347 pw

June 24, 2022

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Hire a full time BIM Manager for $347 pw

Based in Australia, duties Include:

Publishing PDF, DWG, NWC, IFC, etc.
Batch run dynamo/python scripts
Monitor errors, health and performance issues across projects
Update project standards
Clean, audit, purge, and transmit rvt files
Fix errors and broken links
Daily backups, schedules, reports, diagrams, datasheets and metrics
Batch upgrade projects and Families to required release
Copy/upload/download files to required folders
Works 7 days per week, available 24 hours per day

Yes, it is too good to be true...

But time is money and in these inflationary times, you need to automate mundane repetitive tasks...

Get IMAGINiT Clarity for only $347 per week to automate and analyse AutoCAD and Revit Projects with BIM 360, SharePoint, ProCore, Egnyte, DropBox integration and more.

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Hire a full time CAD Manager for $325 pw

June 24, 2022

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| AutoCAD, Inventor, Inventor Professional, Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Product Design Suite, Vault, Vault

Hire a full time CAD Manager for $325 pw

Based in Australia, duties Include:

Managing revisions
Publishing PDF, DXF, DWG, STEP files, etc.
Batch update properties/attributes
Managing file references
Finds latest files
Change Orders
Exports Bill of Materials
Finds Duplicates
Copies projects and files for new projects
Works 7 days per week, available 24 hours per day

Yes, it is too good to be true...

But time is money and in these inflationary times, you need to automate mundane repetitive tasks...

Get Vault Professional from $325 per week to automate and manage AutoCAD and Inventor Projects plus more.

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Product Design & Manufacturing Collection Workflows – Inventor-Navisworks

June 16, 2022

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| Inventor, Inventor Professional, Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Product Design Suite

Product Design & Manufacturing Collection Workflows - Inventor-Navisworks

Find out if you should be using Navisworks in the PDM Collection.

What is Navisworks?

Navisworks is 2D/3D project management software with data aggregation, collaboration, scheduling, clash detection, rendering and animation tools for large projects mainly in construction and for large assemblies.

Why use Navisworks?

Here’s 5 benefits for Autodesk Inventor users:

Append – You can have super massive assemblies in Navisworks and if the Inventor model (or other any other file format) changes, it updates in Navisworks.
Data aggregation – Combine almost any 2D or 3D file formats into the one file.
Collaborate – Share files, renderings and walkthrough animations with free Navisworks and Autodesk viewers.
5D Scheduling – Combine 3D with Project Management Tools, Create or upload a Gannt chart and simulate the deconstruction and/or construction of your models.
Clash Detection – See if your equipment will clash with other objects or services.

To learn more about Navisworks, visit the Navisworks page on the Autodesk website

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Free Digital Twin Solution from Autodesk

June 16, 2022

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| Architecture, Building Design Suite, Construction, Defence, Digital Twin, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Revit, Revit, Simulation, Utilities

Free Digital Twin Solution from Autodesk

Harnessing BIM to realise Digital Twins Transforming the Built Asset Lifecycle.

Autodesk Tandem is a Digital Twin cloud solution to provide a digital replica of built assets to provide the necessary operation and behavioural awareness to simulate, predict and make informed decisions based on real world conditions.

Autodesk Tandem helps AEC firms harness BIM (Building Information Modelling) data throughout the project lifecycle to create and handover a digital twin. Autodesk Tandem helps owners connect operational systems to the digital twin turning fragmented data into business intelligence.

Autodesk Tandem provides flexible and configurable building blocks that will enable AEC firms and owners to create and manage data-rich digital twins that mirror the built environment they represent. This allows for a more integrated workflow, whereby specifying, capturing and verifying the data—and collaboration between owners and project teams—will help achieve the desired operational outcomes.

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DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Get the SpaceMaker add-in for Revit

June 16, 2022

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| Architecture, Building Design Suite, Construction, Infrastructure, Revit, Revit, Simulation

Get the SpaceMaker add-in for Revit

Spacemaker is a cloud-based AI software, empowering teams to collaborate, analyse and design real estate sites.

Lower risk. Faster projects. Better homes.

Spacemaker is a 3D massing design and analysis tool that plugs into Revit to provide analysis studies for wind, sun, solar panel, noise, parking design, daylight studies and more.

Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/products/spacemaker/overview

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

CNC Posts for Autodesk Inventor and Fusion 360

June 16, 2022

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| Inventor, Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Product Design Suite

CNC Posts for Autodesk Inventor and Fusion 360

Thinking of connecting Inventor or Fusion 360 to your CNC Machine?

Let us know your make and model and we’ll quote you on a CNC Post!

Streamline and connect your engineering and manufacturing workflows with integrated CAM in Inventor and Fusion 360.
Use Inventor Nesting to optimise nest table and export Nesting to DXF or CAM for Machining.
Associative design with integrated Nesting and CAM reduces rework and errors.

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Synching AutoCAD and Inventor Layouts with PDM Collection

June 14, 2022

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| Architecture, AutoCAD, Construction, Factory Design Suite, Inventor, Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Product Design Suite

Synching AutoCAD and Inventor Layouts with PDM Collection

The ability to select a conveyor, draw hundreds of metres in polylines and within seconds convert it into an Inventor assembly of thousands of parts and a bill of materials is a game changer.

Whether it’s a conveyor system for a factory or chutes for the resource sector, the Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection has unique AutoCAD 2D and Inventor 3D synchronisation tools to get the job done faster.

With the Factory Design Utilities in the PDM Collection, users can:

Layout and synch between AutoCAD and Inventor
Access 1000’s of smart Factory assets
Create your own custom factory assets
Chain assets – 3D models from an AutoCAD polyline
Process analysis – create layouts and simulate, optimise and report on assembly lines

Check out the Autodesk Factory Channel here to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUK_zCI5A1rbi4O3b_VVv5g

Design Consulting offers Factory Design Utilities setup and training, so contact us if you’re interested in seeing how Factory Design Utilities works.

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

What’s New in IMAGINiT Clarity 2023 for Revit and AutoCAD

June 14, 2022

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| Architecture, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Construction, IMAGINiT Clarity, Revit

What's New in IMAGINiT Clarity 2023

IMAGINiT Clarity brings more features in BIM 360 and Revit and improvements to UI and Task management.

Here’s some features that stand out:

Map Revit parameters to BIM 360 Attributes
Auto create IMAGINiT Clarity project upon new BIM 360 Project
New Audit, Purge and Compact Task
Improvements to Python and Dynamo task scheduling
Improvements to UI for AutoCAD DWG and NWC from Revit model task
Improvements to Datasheets
ProjectWise IMS account support
New Metrics
Plus more!

Check out the video below to learn about the full list of features in 2023 and past releases.

Get in Touch

DC is an authorised Autodesk Reseller providing products and services for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Sectors.

Feel free to contact us on 1800 490 514, [email protected], by live chat or fill out the form below.

Vis-B Batch Image Rendering Configurator

DC Vis-B

Batch Image Rendering Configurator

Overview

Vis-B is a batch image rendering configurator that batch renders limitless amounts of images based on material and object group conditions.

It allows the user to create material groups and assign material groups to objects within 3D models and also create object create object group variations within those 3D models.

When the project is setup and ready for processing, Vis-B will render every possible material and object combination that has been assigned.

How Does Vis-B Work?

Vis-B resolves the challenge of needing an image for every colour, material and model variation of your product range by batch processing image renders of every variation required so you can use those images in product catalogues, eStores, internal systems (ERP/CRM), product configurators and more.

Upload 3D Model/s to Vis-B

Assign material groups to objects within model.

Batch render every variation

DC Vis Applications

Design Consulting offer a variety of visualisation products from interactive, batch image production, 3D, turntables, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Interactive 2D/3D Layout configurator that interactively drag and drops objects into a space and move objects around within that space.
Change materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive 360 turntable configurator that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive Virtual Reality and/or Augmented Reality based configurators that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Batch image rendering application that renders an image of every variation of material or objects from a set of 3D models
Create material groups with a set of materials and assign groups to objects within a set of models.
Outputs an image of each variation with a unique file name.
Upload to web platforms or eCommerce for product images.

Connect DC Vis to existing enterprise ERP systems such as SAP or CRM systems such as NetSuite or Salesforce.
Upgrade existing configurator systems with high-quality images or interactive 3D model outputs.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.

Features and Benefits

DC Vis-B provides a number of features and benefits for a broad range on departments and industries.

Batch Render Images

Render limitless image variations in batches.

Cloud Computing

Provide access to any user, any device.

Local Computing

Use local computing resources if required.

Photorealistic

Photorealistic imagery and interactive models.

Fast Results

Superfast rendering results.

Accurate Lighting

Change lighting conditions.

Materials

Create realistic materials with textures.

Material Groups

Setup groups with material sets to assign to objects within models.

Objects

Create Object groups and render only the objects you want visible.

Environments

Change backgrounds and 3D environments.

Lights

Add/remove and modify lights.

4K

Render in 4K HD or higher.

Scalable

Scale users or computing power as required.

Catalogues

Easily create images for catalogues.

eCommerce

Connect to eCommerce platforms.

Connect to ERP/CRM

Enhance existing ERP, CRM or legacy configurators.

ROI Calculator

Calclate your rendering costs. All prices below are based on AUD and exclude GST (taxes)

Gallery

DC Vis applications can be used in a variety if use cases within an organisation to visualise products, models and building projects.

Use Cases

DC Vis applications can be used in a variety if use cases within an organisation to visualise products, models and building projects.

Product Development

Use DC Vis applications to setup centralised visualisation scenes, so various stakeholders from executive, management, product development, research and development staff can use high-quality, photorealistic visualisations to collaborate, explore options, communicate design intent and finalise agreement on designs throughout the design and development process.

Sales and Post Sales

DC Vis applications can be used in sales departments to internally customise products and produce visualisations without the need to leverage on design teams.

Salespeople can also use configurators in face to face scenarios with clients to customise products, capture changes and help close more sales in showroom environments or B2B meetings.

Marketing

Marketing departments can automatically produce the visualisation collateral using DC Vis applications to produce imagery and video content for email marketing, social media campaigns, web content, catalogues, brochures and datasheets.

Use digital imagery anf video content instead of or inconjunction with studio photogrpahy to save time and money on creating digital content for marketing.

eCommerce

DC Vis apps can connect to Websites, eCommerce and Client Portal platforms so clients can customise designs and click through for RFQ’s or purchase products.

Save time and resources by allowing clients to self-configure custom designs and products and sell more products by giving clients the opportunity to buy custom products and salespeople more time to focus on selling.

Industries

DC Vis Applications can be used in a variety of Industries where 3D models are used for design and there is a requirement to visualise what end products will look like or customise.

Property Developers

Visualise developments and variations before construction.

Sell off the plan apartments and townhouses faster and make more revenue with online apartment customisers where buyers can select an apartment, layouts and customise and upgrade finishes and appliances.

Residential Homes

Customise home floorplans, finishes and appliances with interactive home configurators, virtual or augmented reality.

Capture changes made by clients faster during the selection appointment where clients choose materials, finishes and appliances.

Give clients access to an online client portal for selection where they can make selections online prior to the selection appointment.

Interior Design

Layout interior designs interactively and explore variations and options.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Architecture

Using physical based lighting and accurate materials and ray trace rendering, architecture teams can explore design variations, lighting characteristics and visual designs.

Batch render limitless variations to quickly decide the optimal designs.

Construction

Validate as-built design criteria with physically accurate visualisations during phases of design.

Share design intent with various disciplines and owners throughout the phases of construction to ensure initial design and as-built conditions match.

Landscape Design

Layout landscape designs interactively and explore variations and options.

Interactively place trees, shrubs and building components.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Playground Equipment

Layout and customise playground equipment interactively and explore variations and options.

Interactively place equipment, make changes to equipment variations and colour choices.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators or through an eCommerce platform, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Sheds, Garages, Patios and Pergolas

Configure designs and colour choices to visualise how sheds, garages, patios and pergolas will look before placing orders.

Batch render limitless variations for websites, catalogues and marketing.

Output quotations, custom datasheets and drawings once a design has been finalised and connect configurators to CAD designs for seamless workflows.

Caravans

Customise caravan designs, increase sales, and offering virtual reality or walkthroughs with DC Vis applications.

Connect to CAD to output models, drawings, and to manufacturing for CNC to cut board for cabinetry.

Increase sales and reduce time to customise by offering realistic interactive models and images of configured designs.

Automotive

Use physically accurate visualisations during phases of design to explore design options, paint and lighting behaviour.

Use interactive configurators on websites and in showrooms to customise orders, increase customer satisfaction and user experience and reduce the time to sell.

Export customised choice to quoting or finance systems to eliminate duplication and reduce errors in ordering.

Kitchens

Layout kitchen designs interactively, drag and drop cabinets, customise selections and explore variations and options.

Interactively create room spaces, place cabinets, appliances and benchtops and customise cabinet hardware.

Extend functionality by using Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality to visualise virtual environments using physical based lighting and material rendering technology.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Connect to CAD to output models, drawings, and to manufacturing for CNC to cut board for cabinetry.

Furniture

Layout and customise furniture and other interior products such as lighting and flooring interactively and explore variations and lighting options to visualise how products interact with the environment.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Consumer Products

Offer customised products on eCommerce platforms to increase sales using DC Vis applications. Users can personalise their custom product and visualise what it will look like in reality before purchasing

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations.

Toys

Like consumer products, toys suppliers can offer customised products on eCommerce platforms to increase sales using DC Vis applications. Users can personalise their custom product and visualise what it will look like in reality before purchasing.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations.

Clothing, Fashion and Jewellery

Batch render limitless options and provide users with various views and/or turntables of products.

Reduce the cost of studio photography by using digital models and imagery to sell clothing and other fashion accessories.

Customise fashion products and personalise selections to increase sales.

Visualise what products will look like with variations and sell products without needing to manufacture.

Flooring

Visualise flooring options and see how materials interact with various lighting conditions.

Use configurators to bring in flooring options into a virtual room and visualise what the finished product will look like in an interior or exterior environment.

Building Products

Layout and customise building products in a virtual environment such as flooring, paint, bricks and roofing using phyical based lighting and materials to provide the most realistic visualisation for customer product selection.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Use Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to visualise how products will look in a virtual or augmented environment.

Sports and Recreation

Customise or visualise various sporting or recreation products such as boats, jet ski’s, scooters or sporting equipment such as bats, balls and other sporting products.

Batch render limitless image variations for websites or to make better design choices.

Personalise products, equipment and add accessories using configurators in eCommerce platforms.

Footwear

Offer customised footwear options on eCommerce platforms to increase sales using DC Vis applications. Users can personalise their custom product and visualise what it will look like in reality before purchasing.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options and use 360 turntables on eCommerce platforms.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations before manufacturing product styles.

Manufacturing

Use DC Vis products to visualise before manufacturing, provide a collaboration platform for various stakeholders to use visualisation systems to make design choices.

Extend visualisation tools to salespeople and clients by providing configurator systems to customise or configure products and visualise end product chouce.

Batch render limitless images for design aphases and upload to websites and in marketing collateral.

Contact Us

If you would learn more about DC Vis Software Applications, please contact us by calling on 1800 490 514, by filling out the form or clicking the live chat in the bottom right-hand corner.

DC Vis-I Interactive Configurator

DC Vis-I

Interactive Web Configurator

Overview

Vis-I is a interactive configurator using physical based lighting and materials to deliver a realistic interactive configurator in realtime.

Vis-I can be used as either set camera views or allow the user to modify the view to interactively, depending on the application.

After configurations are made, users can save, update pricing or output images, video or documents such as quotes, brochures, datasheets or drawings.

Vis-I can be connected to external systems such as websites, eCommerce platforms, CAD software, ERP systems such as SAP or CRM systems such as Salesforce.

How Does Vis-I Work?

Vis-I works on a combination of a 3D model/s, form, materials, environment, and lighting to create an interactive configurator to produce limitless custom variations.

Upload 3D Model/s to Vis-I

Assign material groups to objects within model.

Create form with configuration options

Adjust Environment, Lighting and Scene Parameters

Link Model/s, Model Objects, Materials and Lighting to Fields in Form

Examples

Click an image below to launch a demo interactive configurator scene.

Caravan Configurator

Interactive 3D Model – Orbit, pan, zoom, rotate.

Modify exterior lighting, paint, materials, turn on/off and change objects.

Price changes in realtime.

Interior Home Configurator

Interactive 3D Model – Orbit, pan, zoom, rotate.

Modify exterior lighting, paint, and flooring.

Price changes in realtime.

DC Vis Applications

Design Consulting offer a variety of visualisation products from interactive, batch image production, 3D, turntables, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Interactive 2D/3D Layout configurator that interactively drag and drops objects into a space and move objects around within that space.
Change materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive 360 turntable configurator that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive Virtual Reality and/or Augmented Reality based configurators that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Batch image rendering application that renders an image of every variation of material or objects from a set of 3D models
Create material groups with a set of materials and assign groups to objects within a set of models.
Outputs an image of each variation with a unique file name.
Upload to web platforms or eCommerce for product images.

Connect DC Vis to existing enterprise ERP systems such as SAP or CRM systems such as NetSuite or Salesforce.
Upgrade existing configurator systems with high-quality images or interactive 3D model outputs.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.

Features and Benefits

DC Vis Applications provide a number of features and benefits for a broad range on departments and industries.

Cloud Computing

Provide access to any user, any device.

Local Computing

Use local computing resources if required.

Photorealistic

Photorealistic imagery and interactive models.

Fast Results

Superfast rendering results.

Accurate Lighting

Change lighting conditions.

Interactive 3D

Provide an interactive 3D experience.

Forms

Connect scenes to interactive forms.

Lights

Add/remove and modify lights.

Materials

Create realistic materials.

Colours

Change colours and colour characteristics.

Objects

Add/remove/replace objects within scenes.

Environments

Change backgrounds and 3D environments.

eCommerce

Connect to eCommerce platforms.

Output Images

Render limitless image variations.

Output Video

Render video walkthroughs or 360.

Output Documents

Output quotes, datasheets or brochures.

Connect to ERP/CRM

Enhance existing ERP, CRM or legacy configurators.

4K

Render in 4K HD or higher.

Scalable

Scale users or computing power as required.

Catalogues

Easily create images for catalogues.

Hotspots

Use Hotspots in scenes to explain features/functions.

Connect to CAD

Reduce duplication between sales and engineering.

Gallery

DC Vis applications can be used in a variety if use cases within an organisation to visualise products, models and building projects.

Use Cases

DC Vis applications can be used in a variety if use cases within an organisation to visualise products, models and building projects.

Product Development

Sales and Post Sales

DC Vis applications can be used in sales departments to internally customise products and produce visualisations without the need to leverage on design teams.

Salespeople can also use configurators in face to face scenarios with clients to customise products, capture changes and help close more sales in showroom environments or B2B meetings.

Marketing

Use digital imagery anf video content instead of or inconjunction with studio photogrpahy to save time and money on creating digital content for marketing.

eCommerce

DC Vis apps can connect to Websites, eCommerce and Client Portal platforms so clients can customise designs and click through for RFQ’s or purchase products.

Industries

DC Vis Applications can be used in a variety of Industries where 3D models are used for design and there is a requirement to visualise what end products will look like or customise.

Property Developers

Visualise developments and variations before construction.

Residential Homes

Customise home floorplans, finishes and appliances with interactive home configurators, virtual or augmented reality.

Capture changes made by clients faster during the selection appointment where clients choose materials, finishes and appliances.

Give clients access to an online client portal for selection where they can make selections online prior to the selection appointment.

Interior Design

Layout interior designs interactively and explore variations and options.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Architecture

Using physical based lighting and accurate materials and ray trace rendering, architecture teams can explore design variations, lighting characteristics and visual designs.

Batch render limitless variations to quickly decide the optimal designs.

Construction

Validate as-built design criteria with physically accurate visualisations during phases of design.

Share design intent with various disciplines and owners throughout the phases of construction to ensure initial design and as-built conditions match.

Landscape Design

Layout landscape designs interactively and explore variations and options.

Interactively place trees, shrubs and building components.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Playground Equipment

Layout and customise playground equipment interactively and explore variations and options.

Interactively place equipment, make changes to equipment variations and colour choices.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Sheds, Garages, Patios and Pergolas

Configure designs and colour choices to visualise how sheds, garages, patios and pergolas will look before placing orders.

Batch render limitless variations for websites, catalogues and marketing.

Output quotations, custom datasheets and drawings once a design has been finalised and connect configurators to CAD designs for seamless workflows.

Caravans

Customise caravan designs, increase sales, and offering virtual reality or walkthroughs with DC Vis applications.

Connect to CAD to output models, drawings, and to manufacturing for CNC to cut board for cabinetry.

Increase sales and reduce time to customise by offering realistic interactive models and images of configured designs.

Automotive

Use physically accurate visualisations during phases of design to explore design options, paint and lighting behaviour.

Use interactive configurators on websites and in showrooms to customise orders, increase customer satisfaction and user experience and reduce the time to sell.

Export customised choice to quoting or finance systems to eliminate duplication and reduce errors in ordering.

Kitchens

Layout kitchen designs interactively, drag and drop cabinets, customise selections and explore variations and options.

Interactively create room spaces, place cabinets, appliances and benchtops and customise cabinet hardware.

Extend functionality by using Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality to visualise virtual environments using physical based lighting and material rendering technology.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Connect to CAD to output models, drawings, and to manufacturing for CNC to cut board for cabinetry.

Furniture

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Consumer Products

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations.

Toys

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations.

Clothing, Fashion and Jewellery

Batch render limitless options and provide users with various views and/or turntables of products.

Reduce the cost of studio photography by using digital models and imagery to sell clothing and other fashion accessories.

Customise fashion products and personalise selections to increase sales.

Visualise what products will look like with variations and sell products without needing to manufacture.

Flooring

Visualise flooring options and see how materials interact with various lighting conditions.

Use configurators to bring in flooring options into a virtual room and visualise what the finished product will look like in an interior or exterior environment.

Building Products

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Use Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to visualise how products will look in a virtual or augmented environment.

Sports and Recreation

Customise or visualise various sporting or recreation products such as boats, jet ski’s, scooters or sporting equipment such as bats, balls and other sporting products.

Batch render limitless image variations for websites or to make better design choices.

Personalise products, equipment and add accessories using configurators in eCommerce platforms.

Footwear

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options and use 360 turntables on eCommerce platforms.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations before manufacturing product styles.

Manufacturing

Use DC Vis products to visualise before manufacturing, provide a collaboration platform for various stakeholders to use visualisation systems to make design choices.

Extend visualisation tools to salespeople and clients by providing configurator systems to customise or configure products and visualise end product chouce.

Batch render limitless images for design aphases and upload to websites and in marketing collateral.

Contact Us

If you would learn more about DC Vis Software Applications, please contact us by calling on 1800 490 514, by filling out the form or clicking the live chat in the bottom right-hand corner.

Visualisation

Visualisation Applications

Overview

Design Consulting provides a range of customisable visualisation products for consumer product suppliers, retail, fashion, manufacturing, automotive, caravan, architecture and construction industries.

DC-Vis applications allow users to interactively visualise variations, customise products, room layouts such as furniture placement or interior design, virtual reality, augmented reality, walkthroughs, hotspots, connect to enterprise systems and eCommerce.

Our applications deliver outputs such as images, video, documentation (quotes, brochures, specifications), 2D drawings, models and bills of materials, parts lists or schedules.

DC Vis Applications

Design Consulting offer a variety of visualisation products from interactive, batch image production, 3D, turntables, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Interactive 3D or 2D image based configurators that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive 2D/3D Layout configurator that interactively drag and drops objects into a space and move objects around within that space.
Change materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive 360 turntable configurator that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Interactive Virtual Reality and/or Augmented Reality based configurators that interactively changes materials, appearances, object selection and lighting within the scene.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.
Integrate into websites and eCommerce.

Batch image rendering application that renders an image of every variation of material or objects from a set of 3D models
Create material groups with a set of materials and assign groups to objects within a set of models.
Outputs an image of each variation with a unique file name.
Upload to web platforms or eCommerce for product images.

Connect DC Vis to existing enterprise ERP systems such as SAP or CRM systems such as NetSuite or Salesforce.
Upgrade existing configurator systems with high-quality images or interactive 3D model outputs.
Output deliverables such as pricing, metadata, documentation, images, video and models.

Examples

Click an image below to launch a demo interactive configurator scene.

Caravan Configurator

Interactive 3D Model – Orbit, pan, zoom, rotate.

Modify exterior lighting, paint, materials, turn on/off and change objects.

Price changes in realtime.

Apartment Configurator

Interactive 3D Model – Orbit, pan, zoom, rotate.

Modify exterior lighting, paint, and flooring.

Price changes in realtime.

Carport Configurator

2D photo realistic images

Modify size, colour and spec

Price changes in realtime.

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Features and Benefits

DC Vis Applications provide a number of features and benefits for a broad range on departments and industries.

Cloud Computing

Provide access to any user, any device.

Local Computing

Use local computing resources if required.

Photorealistic

Photorealistic imagery and interactive models.

Fast Results

Superfast rendering results.

Accurate Lighting

Change lighting conditions.

Interactive 3D

Provide an interactive 3D experience.

Forms

Connect scenes to interactive forms.

Layouts

Change environments, drag and drop objects into scenes.

Virtual Reality

Interactive VR scenes or 360 panorama images

Augmented Reality

Overlay digital environments with physical reality

Lights

Add/remove and modify lights.

Materials

Create realistic materials.

Colours

Change colours and colour characteristics.

Objects

Add/remove/replace objects within scenes.

Environments

Change backgrounds and 3D environments.

eCommerce

Connect to eCommerce platforms.

Output Images

Render limitless image variations.

Output Video

Render video walkthroughs or 360.

Output Documents

Output quotes, datasheets or brochures.

Connect to ERP/CRM

Enhance existing ERP, CRM or legacy configurators.

4K

Render in 4K HD or higher.

Scalable

Scale users or computing power as required.

Catalogues

Easily create images for catalogues.

Hotspots

Use Hotspots in scenes to explain features/functions.

Connect to CAD

Reduce duplication between sales and engineering.

Gallery

DC Vis applications can be used in a variety if use cases within an organisation to visualise products, models and building projects.

Use Cases

DC Vis applications can be used in a variety if use cases within an organisation to visualise products, models and building projects.

Product Development

Sales and Post Sales

DC Vis applications can be used in sales departments to internally customise products and produce visualisations without the need to leverage on design teams.

Salespeople can also use configurators in face to face scenarios with clients to customise products, capture changes and help close more sales in showroom environments or B2B meetings.

Marketing

Use digital imagery anf video content instead of or inconjunction with studio photogrpahy to save time and money on creating digital content for marketing.

eCommerce

DC Vis apps can connect to Websites, eCommerce and Client Portal platforms so clients can customise designs and click through for RFQ’s or purchase products.

Industries

DC Vis Applications can be used in a variety of Industries where 3D models are used for design and there is a requirement to visualise what end products will look like or customise.

Property Developers

Visualise developments and variations before construction.

Residential Homes

Customise home floorplans, finishes and appliances with interactive home configurators, virtual or augmented reality.

Capture changes made by clients faster during the selection appointment where clients choose materials, finishes and appliances.

Give clients access to an online client portal for selection where they can make selections online prior to the selection appointment.

Interior Design

Layout interior designs interactively and explore variations and options.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Architecture

Using physical based lighting and accurate materials and ray trace rendering, architecture teams can explore design variations, lighting characteristics and visual designs.

Batch render limitless variations to quickly decide the optimal designs.

Construction

Validate as-built design criteria with physically accurate visualisations during phases of design.

Share design intent with various disciplines and owners throughout the phases of construction to ensure initial design and as-built conditions match.

Landscape Design

Layout landscape designs interactively and explore variations and options.

Interactively place trees, shrubs and building components.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Increase the user experience for clients by working with them using interactive configurators, virtual or augmented reality or batch renders of variations, material choices and views.

Playground Equipment

Layout and customise playground equipment interactively and explore variations and options.

Interactively place equipment, make changes to equipment variations and colour choices.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Sheds, Garages, Patios and Pergolas

Configure designs and colour choices to visualise how sheds, garages, patios and pergolas will look before placing orders.

Batch render limitless variations for websites, catalogues and marketing.

Output quotations, custom datasheets and drawings once a design has been finalised and connect configurators to CAD designs for seamless workflows.

Caravans

Customise caravan designs, increase sales, and offering virtual reality or walkthroughs with DC Vis applications.

Connect to CAD to output models, drawings, and to manufacturing for CNC to cut board for cabinetry.

Increase sales and reduce time to customise by offering realistic interactive models and images of configured designs.

Automotive

Use physically accurate visualisations during phases of design to explore design options, paint and lighting behaviour.

Use interactive configurators on websites and in showrooms to customise orders, increase customer satisfaction and user experience and reduce the time to sell.

Export customised choice to quoting or finance systems to eliminate duplication and reduce errors in ordering.

Kitchens

Layout kitchen designs interactively, drag and drop cabinets, customise selections and explore variations and options.

Interactively create room spaces, place cabinets, appliances and benchtops and customise cabinet hardware.

Extend functionality by using Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality to visualise virtual environments using physical based lighting and material rendering technology.

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Connect to CAD to output models, drawings, and to manufacturing for CNC to cut board for cabinetry.

Furniture

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Consumer Products

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations.

Toys

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations.

Clothing, Fashion and Jewellery

Batch render limitless options and provide users with various views and/or turntables of products.

Reduce the cost of studio photography by using digital models and imagery to sell clothing and other fashion accessories.

Customise fashion products and personalise selections to increase sales.

Visualise what products will look like with variations and sell products without needing to manufacture.

Flooring

Visualise flooring options and see how materials interact with various lighting conditions.

Use configurators to bring in flooring options into a virtual room and visualise what the finished product will look like in an interior or exterior environment.

Building Products

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options.

Use Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to visualise how products will look in a virtual or augmented environment.

Sports and Recreation

Customise or visualise various sporting or recreation products such as boats, jet ski’s, scooters or sporting equipment such as bats, balls and other sporting products.

Batch render limitless image variations for websites or to make better design choices.

Personalise products, equipment and add accessories using configurators in eCommerce platforms.

Footwear

Save time by batch rendering variations and exploring limitless options and use 360 turntables on eCommerce platforms.

Design teams can make better decisions being able to cycle through variations before manufacturing product styles.

Manufacturing

Use DC Vis products to visualise before manufacturing, provide a collaboration platform for various stakeholders to use visualisation systems to make design choices.

Extend visualisation tools to salespeople and clients by providing configurator systems to customise or configure products and visualise end product chouce.

Batch render limitless images for design aphases and upload to websites and in marketing collateral.

Contact Us

If you would learn more about DC Vis Software Applications, please contact us by calling on 1800 490 514, by filling out the form or clicking the live chat in the bottom right-hand corner.

Automate Project Deliverables into Egnyte

November 10, 2021

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| Architecture, AutoCAD, Building Design Suite, Construction, Infrastructure, Revit, Revit

Automate and Sync Project Deliverables into Egnyte

Automatically publish PDF, DWG, NWD, IFC, and more from Revit and AutoCAD Projects to Egnyte with IMAGINiT Clarity.

IMAGINiT Clarity is a Server based system that connects AutoCAD and Revit projects to Collaboration systems such as Egnyte and through a Task Server, processes jobs such a PDF creation and then outputs them into a designated Egnyte location.

IMAGINiT Clarity can also synchronise Egnyte with another Collaboration system such as BIM 360, ProjectWise, Procore, SharePoint and Google Drive to ensure any data placed within one system is synchronised to the other.

Check out the What’s new in IMAGINiT Clarity 2022.1 to learn more about IMAGINiT Clarity and Egnyte Integration.

Is the Automotive Industry just Big Tech on Wheels?

June 18, 2021

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| Autodesk Labs, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Products, CAM, Collections, Fusion 360, Information Technology, Inventor, Manufacturing, Maya, Visualisation

Is the Automotive Industry just Big Tech on Wheels?

With more and more tech going into cars with connected systems suing IoT, global positioning systems (GPS) and the technology for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles, will the automotive industry and big tech converge into one.

Transformation of the Automotive Industry

With the push for greener vehicles, more and more electronic systems and sensors, a connected digital supply chain, robotics, digital design, virtual reality and other technologies, it seems like we are already there.

Connected Automobiles

Our smartphones are already connected to vehicles via bluetooth and many cars have sim cards and these software platforms are all connected and can be used for consumer and industrial applications that can benefit the driver, passengers and payloads with a huge growth potential.

With these connected system, comes big data and analytics feeding into a centralised system give automobile manufacturers insights into how automobiles are being used and IoT diagnostics on component wear and tear, maintenance and failure

Manufacturing Big Tech Automotive

Most automotive factories are already using digital prototyping, design, machining and analysis software where the CAD models and metadata are used to in manufacturing processes, systems and machines to manufacture.

In the concept and design phases, virtual reality and high-end visualisation systems are used as standard, however, the automotive industry needs to be more agile and innovation to connecting not only cars to human interface devices but also other cars and systems and infrastructure that connect to cars.

Automotive Needs More Programmers

With today’s cars packed full of tech, the industry needs more programmers than ever to create in-built applications and integrate systems with external devices and applications.

“Today’s car infotainment systems use more than 10 million lines of code,” said Audi’s Member of the Board of Management for Marketing and Sales, Hildegaard Wortmann, speaking at NVIDIA’s GTC21 event this year. “That’s as much code as an entire vehicle needed just a few years ago.”

While the advantages of technology in cars and trucks is self-evident, the overhead to innovate, design and manage applications for essentially what is a mechanical smartphone device on wheels, adds to the cost of manufacturing and development.

What Does the Future Look Like for Automotive and Big Tech?

The Hollywood vision of driverless hybrid flying cars running on a anti-gravity fuel system is still far away but if we look at the gains we have made in the last 5 years, it’s probably not as far away as you think.

With over 50% of the workforce wanting to work from home these days, do we really need a car with all that tech if the days of being stuck in traffic for an hour or more are gone but we only have to imagine the magical drive down the ocean or trekking to the mountains and the justification of paying for all that tech and comfort makes sense in a car full of screaming kids.

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If you would learn more about Autodesk software, please contact us by calling on 1800 490 514, by filling out the form or clicking the live chat in the bottom right-hand corner.

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What’s New in Civil 3D 2022

April 26, 2021

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| Infrastructure, Maya, Visualisation

What's New in Autodesk Civil 3D 2022

The Autodesk Civil 3D 2022 release brings new alignment and ArcGIS workflows, enhancements with pressure networks and for AEC Collection subscribers, new functionality to the Project Explorer.

Alignment Workflows

The better handle complex geometry for ramps and interchanges, there has been new enhancements to connected alignment functionality:

Curve group combinations
- Free Reverse Spiral-Curve-Spiral-Spiral (From entity, end curve)
- Free Reverse Spiral-Spiral-Curve-Spiral (From curve, end entity)
- Free Reverse Spiral-Spiral-Curve-Spiral-Spiral (Between two curves)
Curves grater than 180 degrees
Connected alignments can now be created at offsets from parent alignments to support slip lane and off-ramp scenarios.
A preview option to view before executing the command

Pressure Networks

The color and diameter of the compass can now be specified using options on the ribbon when laying out a path-based pressure network.
The Profile Layout ribbon tab has been updated for path based pressure networks to make it more consistent with the plan layout ribbon.
Spanning labels for pressure networks can now be created in plan and profile views.
PVIs can now be removed from overridden station ranges of pressure network in profile view that are set to static (non-dynamic) state. When selected, the Clean Up PVIs check box on the Pipe Run Profile Settings dialog box removes PVIs from overridden station ranges. You can use the Apply button to preview the changes in the drawing.
A command named RegenPressureSolid was added to regenerate 3D solids for pressure network parts.

ArcGIS

Raster data imported from ArcGIS can now be refreshed from ArcGIS. For more information, see To Refresh Data from ArcGIS.
When importing and refreshing raster data, users can configure the resolution for each raster layer separately.
The number of available resolution levels has been extended for importing ArcGIS raster data from 19 levels to 23 levels.

User Profile

Users can create their own custom profile based on information about their disciplines and job roles.

Project Explorer

Support has been added for pressure networks in Project Explorer:
- Added support for displaying and editing pressure network information, such as name and style.
- Added support for displaying dynamic profile views for pressure pipe runs in the Project Explorer window.
- Added support for editing multiple pressure network properties and pressure part properties.
- Added support for editing the layout and view style of pressure networks and pressure parts.
- Added Object Set support for pressure networks and pressure parts.
- Added support for generating reports for pressure networks, pressure parts, and pressure pipe runs.
- Added support for generating AutoCAD tables for pressure networks, pressure parts and pressure pipe runs.
- Added support for comparing pressure pipe run sample points with other surfaces.
- Added support for searching for pressure networks by name.
Support has been added for feature lines in the <None> site (siteless feature lines).
Project Explorer is now launched from the Home tab of the Civil 3D ribbon.
Project Explorer is now available in all languages currently supported by Civil 3D. The assigned language for Project Explorer is determined by the regional language settings in Windows.

Grading Optimisation

For AEC Collection users, Civil 3D now includes Grading Optimisation which works as a preliminary terrain optimisation tool for site designers. It uses design data and automates otherwise repetitive manual grading tasks according to customized object constraints.

Available objects include:

zones
drain lines
low points
building pads and reveals
curbs
sidewalks
paths
parking lots
ponds

Once these objects are defined with their project relate constraints, Grading Optimization delivers an optimized terrain surface and 3D geometry back into the design tool for further detailed design.

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What’s New in Maya 2022

April 14, 2021

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What's New in Autodesk Maya 2022

Maya 2022 brings seamless USD integration, improvements to animation, rigging and modelling toolsets and the latest version of Arnold.

USD Plug-in for Maya

Universal Scene Description (USD) support in Maya is now available:

Animation Ghosting

In previous versions of Maya when you wanted to change the way ghosts appeared with multiple meshes selected, each of their attributes had to be edited individually in the Attributes editor.

The new Ghosting editor gives you an interface to apply Ghost attributes individually or as a group.

Component Tags for Deformers

Component Tags let you create node-independent named groups to deform geometry, letting you modify tag membership on the fly.

Using Component Tags replaces the groupID node previously needed to transform vertices, as well as cleans up the Node Editor by eliminating Tweak nodes. Component Tag nodes are automatically created with a subset of components selected whenever you create a deformer.

Create and edit Component Tag membership with the Component Tags table

Python 3

In Windows and Linux, Maya starts in Python 3 by default and available on all platforms

Bifrost 2.2.1.0 plug-in

The new Bifrost plugin has simulation workflow enhancements, e.g. resume simulation from cached frame, spawn new particles and low-resolution Aero refinement.

Graph Editor Improvements

Peak Removal Filter to clean up noisy animation data

Added to the Graph Editor Curves menu, is a new animation filter, the Peak Removal Filter.

Similar to the MotionBuilder filter of the same name, the Peak Removal Filter lets you clean up unwanted spikes and peaks in your animation curves.

Smooth filter (Gaussian) for curve "noise" reduction

Another new MotionBuilder filter, the Smooth filter (Gaussian) has been added to the Graph Editor Curves menu, to let you remove jittering and noise in curve channels. See Smooth filter (Gaussian) options for details.

New Display Option

A new Show Animated Shapes option in the Graph Editor List menu lets you set whether the Graph Editor displays all curves downstream from a node, or just the animation curve of the selected node. This is useful if you have custom rigs with specialized connections or when animators only want to view the transforms for a selected object.

Preserve Tangent Type: Now for Added Keys

The Preserve Tangent Type option, formerly only for Inserted Keys, is now available for Added Keys.

Previously, when you added a key to a curve, by default, the new key respected the tangents on either side of the key. This ensured that added keys did not change the neighbouring tangents type while still changing the shape of the curve. This behaviour continues to be the default setting.

Customise Key Selection

You can now shrink the active selection area of keys in the Graph Editor graph view by using the Min key selection size in the Animation (Settings) preferences.

Sweep Mesh

Meshes can be created from simple curves using the Sweep Mesh feature using various profiles letting you create a wide array organic and hard surface forms like:

Tubes
Pipes
Ribbons
Cables
Ropes
Roads
Horns
Hair Cards
Architectural features (e.g. crownmoulding)

Security Preferences

Flag specific commands or plugin locations to be blocked when Maya loads them in the Preferences window.

Rokoko Motion Library Plug-in

Drag and drop professional mocap assets into your scenes, leveraging on assets built for big productions like Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Doctor Strange, Assassin’s Creed, and Horizon Zero Dawn in your own projects.

Cached Playback Improvements

In previous versions of Maya, you could turn on Caching support for dynamics nodes such as Boss, or Nucleus. Now, Cached Playback for dynamics is on by default and dynamics simulation content caching is shown in a separate pass that appears as a pink status line in the Time Slider just above the Animation Cache Status line.

New Solidify Deformer

The new Solidify deformer lets you create areas of geometry that appear more solid on deformed geometry, which lets you define rigid parts of a character’s clothes, such as buttons or a belt buckle.

It works by analysing deformed sections of geometry and dividing it into separate polygon islands. Each polygon island is then replaced by the original geometry moved and blended into place based on the approximation of the matrix derived from the deformed vertices.

OpenColorIO v2

With an emphasis on visual effects and computer animation, the OpenColor IO v2 colour management system has been integrated into Maya 2022

Start up Experience Improvements

A number of improvements have been made to Maya’s startup experience, including:

Faster start up and quit times
No longer steals focus during start up
Remembering the state of the Output Window
Ability to copy specific preferences from a previous install
A new, more informative splash screen

New Morph Deformer

The new Morph deformer is like a GPU-Accelerated version of the BlendShape deformer.

With a GPU-Accelerated version of the BlendShape deformer, it provides simple AB morphs, partial to whole mesh morphs (or whole mesh to partial), as well as the ability to incorporate legacy CPU deformers in deformation chains without blocking the rest of the chain from GPU evaluation.

It features:

Absolute, Relative, and Surface Space morph modes
Object and World morph spaces
An option that automatically creates a topology Mapping feature for alternate vert table lookup
Neighbour options for stabilizing Relative space morph mode coordinate system

HUD: Updated Evaluation Manager Status Messaging

Changes have been made to the Maya Heads Up Display (HUD) Evaluation Manager status messages to better reflect the condition of the Evaluation Manager (EM).

The previous “Rebuild Required”, then “Ready” (but still requiring partitioning) status messaging was unclear if the EM was performing Parallel evaluation.

The new status messaging is now Rebuild Required, then Built, followed by Ready, states that depict each stage of the Evaluation Graph as it is unbuilt, built, and partitioned.

To display this information on the Viewport, go to Display > Heads Up Display and choose the Evaluation option.

Time Slider Bookmark Improvements

New functionalities have been added to Time Slider Bookmarks:

Interactive Move and Scale
Step through bookmarks
Move frames with bookmarks
Bookmark Manager

Deformer Updates

HumanIK: Neck Motion Reduction setting

A new Neck Motion Reduction slider has been added that lets you minimize the movement from a character’s body to its neck.

Updated System Requirements

Minimum Linux system requirements for Maya have changed, and new Visual Studio and gcc versions are now supported.

On Windows, Visual Studio has been updated to 2019.7. There are no changes to Windows system requirements.

On Linux, gcc has been updated to 9.3.1. Linux users will require CentOS 7.6 or higher to use this preview release. They will also need to ensure that these additional libraries are installed to run Maya:

libxcb-icccm.so.4 from package xcb-util-wm
libxcb-image.so.0 from package xcb-util-image
libxcb-keysyms.so.1 from package xcb-util-keysyms
libxcb-render-util.so.0 from package xcb-util-renderutil

Create VR for Maya

Create VR for Maya is an immersive conceptual design tool that empowers artists and designers to start their creative process directly in 3D. Using simple curve and surface tools designers can explore form and shape while being fully immersed in virtual reality alongside their design. Sketches and models can then be easily exported to Maya or other content creation applications for final realization.

Arnold for Maya 4.2.1 plug-in

Maya 2022 includes MtoA 4.2.1 which introduces Arnold 6.2.0.1, and is a feature release that brings light mixing, bloom and interactive denoising through imagers, better USD support to improve your experience working with USD in Maya, an improved layout to the Arnold Render View, and OSL syntax highlighting to the OSL shader.

Auto Tangent Types

New options for Auto Tangents in the Graph Editor offer an improved algorithm, giving animators better control and more predictable results.

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What’s New in Autodesk Revit 2022

April 7, 2021

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What's New in Autodesk Revit 2022

Autodesk Revit 2022’s main focus has been on four main areas:

Design Productivity across Architecture, Civil, MEP and Structure
Interoperability workflow enhancements between Revit and both Autodesk and third-party tools, coupled with support for open standards and additional file formats for data exchange.
Documentation Efficiency improvements to schedules, tags, annotations, graphics, and similar features.
Developer Tools with additional capabilities offered via Dynamo and the Revit API.

Design Productivity

Tapered Walls

The 2022 release now has tapered walls.

Specify sloping angles for interior and exterior surfaces
Override type slope properties at the instance level
Edit Profile for Slanted Walls

Change any wall to a tapered wall by changing the cross-section parameter to tapered.

Update the sloping angles using instance overrides or the wall’s temporary dimensions.

Align wall-hosted components to the sloped interior or exterior faces of the wall with clean joins at corner conditions.

Modify the sketch boundaries of a slanted wall along its work plane.

Enhanced RPCs in Realistic Views

2022 now supports the RPC 2.0 file format:

Display complex geometries, physical-based materials and lighting
‘Billboard’ mode orients RPCs towards the camera
Use RPC for Furniture Category
Expanded RCP Asset Library

The support of the RPC 2.0 format displays high-resolution, complex images with physical-based materials and lighting with greater parameter intelligence and control.

Generative Design

The following generative design enhancements have been added:

New Sample Study Types
Save Default Settings
Drop-down Inputs
Constant and Variable Inputs
Manage Study Type Folders
Improved Generative Design Tools panel in Dynamo for publishing study types
Receive alerts for graph issues
Resolve missing packages
Detect missing ‘Remember’ nodes

Route Analysis Tools

The People Flow Toolkit technology preview has been added into Revit as standard, providing four new tools under Route Analysis to visualise, automate and analyse the impacts of physical distancing and routes within a design.

Generate multiple paths of travel options between point with the ability to summarise them in a schedule;
Indicate the direction of travel with One-Way Indicator family; this indicator of the annotation category can be nested within door families if needed
Place people content to represent occupants with built-in buffers. These buffers are recognised as clearances during route analysis; and
Overlay a spatial grid in rooms to visually aid in distributing elements to meet prescribed physical separation requirements.

Rename Default Shared Site

Clearly named survey point to help avoid confusion
Supports all 151 ENU templates for all countries.

Infrastructure Enhancements

Revit families created using the generic model family template can be assigned to the Bridge and Road categories and subcategories (e.g. Abutments, Piers, and many more).

Rebar can be hosted and be defined as cuttable in views, scheduled, tagged, etc.

There has also been minor enhancements to alignment stationing:

Prefixes and suffixes may be added to alignment station text.
Flip controls have been added to the alignment station label.
The true start and end stations of an alignment are now exposed in the Revit API to help automate bridge design.

Fabrication Improvements

There is more flexibility to the Design to Fabrication tool with mapping enabled during the conversion process to fabrication parts.
Elements can be connected by dragging connectors in-canvas and design parts and fittings will be placed.
Configuration reload process has been optimized to reduce the number of elements checked out while work-sharing, which results in a reduction of the time to process.

Systems Analysis

A new feature has been included in the Revit Systems Analysis to get more detailed loads and psychrometric reports.

A user can view a floor plan, 3D view or explore results in the report on a single screen.

After running a simulation on a Systems Analysis model view the summary information for QA/QC checks on multiple unit systems. Reports show a breakdown of load components, totals for sizing equipment, a psychrometric chart, and detailed psychrometric state point properties in a printable formats.

The workflows for exporting to gbXML have been consolidated into a new dialog.

Family Category Improvements

There are new Family Categories for Equipment and Building Elements:

Audio Visual Devices
Fire Protection
Food Service Equipment
Hardscape
Medical Equipment
Signage
Temporary Structures
Vertical Circulation

Expanded Category List for MCS and MTs has also been included.

When creating multi-category schedules you will find more categories and sub-categories are available in the table.

This improvement enhances the ability to schedule system categories.

Move Rebar in a Set

Rebar modelling and detailing has been improved in 2022 with the ability for structural enginers and detailers to move/remove individual bars in rebar sets or area and path reinforcement systems to avoid clashes with other rebars, openings or other elements, while maintaining the logic of the rebar set or system.

Model Rebar Using the Real Bar Diameter

New “Model Bar Diameter” parameter
Avoid clashes in concrete elements containing many large diameter bars

Rebar Placement by Two Points

New placement method
Reduces number of steps needed to create bars

Select Shape Code for Custom Bent Free Form Rebar

Use the Shape parameter dropdown to assign a new shape
Preserve engineering rebar definition

Remember Settings when Placing Rebar

Rebar options keep their values when restarting rebar placement
No need to reapply rebar settings for each set

Rebar Performance Improvements

Improved zooming and panning in 2D views at Fine detail
Quick regeneration of views containing rebars

Improved Parameter Identification UI

Revit 2022 allows you to quickly filter and find available parameters when creating schedules or when working with project parameters.

When you create a schedule or when working in the Project Parameters dialog, the Fields tab in the Schedule Properties dialog includes a filter section

Filter the available parameters based on the following criteria: Parameter Name, Parameter Type, Discipline, Value, Type or Instance

Load Autodesk Family

Previously a technology preview, this new addition allows you to load content provided by Autodesk through a cloud repository.

Interoperability

Native 2D PDF Export

A native, configurable 2D PDF export feature is included in Autodesk Revit 2022.

Offering similar options to the Print dialog, such as a user-defined selection of views and sheets or the ability to export the visible portion of a view.

In the the Export Setup section of the dialog, users can setup PDF naming rules and can use this feature to generate PDF file names automatically based on your project or shared name parameters.

By automatically analysing the the selected views and sheets, the exporter can detect output size and orientation.

Link Rhinoceros® (3DM) Files

Link a Rhino (3DM) file into Revit and if the source file changes, users can reload the file and it will update inside of Revit.

In addition, you can link your Rhino files in Autodesk Docs.

3D Sketch and Send to Revit with FormIt Pro

Translate Revit geometry into FormIt using the new 3D Sketch tool
Send FormIt geometry into Revit, preserving materials and layers
Control FormIt layers via Visibility/Graphics

Import FormIt as a CAD Format

Import AXM files with preserved materials, layers and group definitions
Control the display of layers via Visibility/Graphics
Faster performance

IFC4 Certifications

Revit 2022 has achieved IFC4 Reference View certification for architecure and structure exports.

The IFC property set definitions and the associated Revit shared parameter definitions have been updated with the latest IFC4 PSDs of version 4.0.2.2 (partial update from the scope of IFC4 RV1.2 MVD).

Performance of linking in some IFC files containing elements with many parameters has been improved and Autodesk has added the ability for IfcExporter to pick up information from SiteLocation regarding the GeoCoordinateReference in EPSG code format as required by IFC.

Inventor to Revit Models

Revit can now maintain a link between Revit and Inventor by using the Revit exporter from Inventor.

2D Shared Views

Share 2D views and sheets of your Revit project with other stakeholders
View, comment and mark up the result in a web browser
View and response to comments and markups directly in Revit

Cloud Model Improvements

Open Cloud Model from File Menu
Unified Cloud Model Initiate UI
Access to Autodesk Docs

Documentation Efficiency

Enable Scheduling of Worksets

Worksets can now be scheduled in 2022 and users can add a Workset parameter in workshared models when creating a schedule.

The workset parameter can also be accessed when creating takeoffs and lists (view, sheet) and title blocks allowing users to filter and format schedules based on worksets.

Schedule Enhancements

Shared Parameters in Key Schedules
Filter Schedule by Family and Type
Split Schedules Across Sheets

Export Schedules to CSV by Default

Schedules can now be exported as a csv file and when adding a schedule to a sheet, it can be exported as a CAD or CSV.

Multiple Values Indication

Display desired text in the Properties Palette when a set of elements is selected with varying parameter values
Apply multiple values indication to all types of schedule
Customise the indication value

Tag Improvements

The following improvements have been made to:

Rotated Tags
Multi-leader tags
Tag curtain wall mullions

When you rotate a tag in Revit, a new Angle parameter for tags, found in the Properties Palette is available.

If you rotate the tag with the Rotate command, the angle value is automatically calculated, but you can enter a specific value afterwards if you like.

If a view in your project contains similar elements, you may prefer that they share a tag.

In Revit 2022, users have the ability to apply a single tag to multiple elements and optionally, indicate the total quantity.

Once a tag has been placed in the model, users can add or remove leaders to similar host elements by selecting the tag and using the Add / Remove Host option.

The quantity of host elements is automatically tracked and displayed both in the tag itself and in the Properties Palette.

Revit 2022 enables tags to be applied to curtain wall mullions.

A new category has been added for Curtain Wall Mullions in the Loaded Tags and Symbols dialog.

Users can to load the tag for curtain wall mullions provided with Revit 2022 or create their own tag specifically for this category.

Users can use the Tag by Category command or the Tag All command to tag curtain wall mullions.

Multi-category Tag for All Taggable Categories

Apply a multi-category annotation to all taggable elements
Use shared parameters in multi-category tags
Additional categories include stair subcategories, structural connections, structural internal loads, and more

Link Tag Re-hosting

Tags in host model attached to elements in a linked model will now remember the linked element ID
Unloaded or out-of-date links will reattach orphaned tags automatically when reloaded

Dimension Prefix/Suffix

Add prefix and suffix as type parameters
Primary and alternative unit parameters have been reorganised

Revision Numbering Flexibility Enhancements

Create custom revision numbering sequences
Meet ISO 19650 and/or local standard requirements
Add a prefix or suffix to denote a project stage
Share using the Transfer Project Standards tools

Spot Slopes and Elevations on Ramps

Add spot slope spot elevation annotations on a ramp run in plans, elevations, sections, and 3D views
Customize the annotation type parameters to meet documentation standards

Show Wall Core Only in Plan Views

Display a simplified representation of walls in your 2D plan views
New “Non-Core Layers” option available under Walls in the Visibility/Graphics dialog box
Wall layers located between core boundaries remain visible

Grids in 3D Views

Display grid lines in your 3D views
Show Grids parameter in the Properties palette
Only grids that intersect selected levels appear in the view
Grid planes are available on hover or selection

Phase Parameters in View Filters

Support phases in view filters
Easily locate elements and understand their phases in your model
Two new filter rules:
Phase Created
Phase Demolished

Improved Default Color Fill Scheme

New default colour scheme
Lighter pastel colours
No need for manual colour adjustments

Multi-select Visibility/Graphics Overrides Filters

Improved consistency with other Visibility/Graphic Overrides tabs
Select, modify, and remove more than one filter in the list at one time
Multiple subsequent filters can be moved up or down together, to adjust overall priority

Preserve Callouts When Deleting Parent Views

Switch between parent and intersecting Views
Callouts in intersecting views are visible
Delete parent view and preserve callouts
Hide callouts at scales coarser than the size in view

Maintain Annotation Orientation

Added to Additional Categories
Electrical Equipment
Generic Model
Lighting Fixtures
Mechanical Equipment
Plumbing Fixtures
Speciality Equipment

Developer Tools

New Dynamo Nodes for Revit Documentation

67 commonly-requested nodes have been added
Wide range of categories
Annotation nodes
Sheet nodes
View nodes
Dynamo for Revit 2.10 included with Revit 2022

New APIs for Developers

Sketch API
Viewport Label on Sheet API
Color Fill API
Cloud Model Initiate and Link API
API for Mapping Cloud Model with Autodesk Docs URNs

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What’s New in Inventor 2022

April 5, 2021

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What's New in Inventor 2022

Inventor 2022’s focus has been on managing parts and assemblies through model states, further enhancements to Inventor/Revit interoperability, Fusion 360 interoperability, productivity and performance.

Model States – Parts: Manage manufacturing operations, dimensional variations, and simplified representations all on one part file.
Model States – Assemblies: Create multiple representations of an assembly within a single document to manage various assembly configurations and model simplification.
Revit Interoperability: Collaborate on BIM projects with improved tools to simplify and save native Revit project files in Inventor.
Productivity and Performance: See increased performance when editing large assemblies and improved productivity in features you use often.
Installation and Deployment: Get everyone on your team onto the latest release with a new installation and deployment experience.
Drawings: Use the camera views, manufacturing information, and lighting style from your 3D model in your 2D drawing views.
Installation and Deployment: Get everyone on your team onto the latest release with a new installation and deployment experience.

Model States - Parts and Assemblies

The new model states workflow enables users to create multiple presentations of a part or assembly within a single document, producing model state variations with different parameters, components, properties or simplification.

Model states are particularly useful for manufacturing processes, families of parts or sheet metal fold operations.

Model states can be used for the following:

Machining operations from the casted model to the final part
Sheet metal stages for multiple bend operations
Weldments for weld preparation and other machining operations
Product families that have different values for dimensions or features that are shown or suppressed
Alternative assembly positions to quickly switch between them visually or used for drawing views
Level of completion for each stage as your design gets assembled
Simplification levels for removing intellectual property or high levels of detail before export
iProperty information

Model states in assemblies can be used for configurations, weldment preparation or alternate positions.

Model States - Parts and Assemblies

Model states are particularly useful for manufacturing processes, families of parts or sheet metal fold operations.

Model states can be used for the following:

Machining operations from the casted model to the final part
Sheet metal stages for multiple bend operations
Weldments for weld preparation and other machining operations
Product families that have different values for dimensions or features that are shown or suppressed
Alternative assembly positions to quickly switch between them visually or used for drawing views
Level of completion for each stage as your design gets assembled
Simplification levels for removing intellectual property or high levels of detail before export
iProperty information

Model states in assemblies can be used for configurations, weldment preparation or alternate positions.

Assemblies - Instance Properties

Instance properties enables you to assign properties to individual component instances.

Assigned properties are stored in the parent assembly.

Unlike iProperties, Instance Properties don’t affect the referenced component files. Instance Properties are assigned to individual component instances only and can override custom iProperties.

Instance Properties are available in annotations such as balloons, leader notes and parts lists.

Simplification Improvements

The new simplification command provides:

IP removal prior to export
All settings are moved to the property panel
Built-in presets
Integrated Inventor to Revit workflow

This new command replaces both the shrinkwrap and shrinkwrap substitute commands.

Interoperability - Inventor + Revit

2022 allow users for the first time to export Inventor models to the Revit rvt project file format.

The simplification tool gives users the ability to select only the components and features that are required for export into Revit.

A Revit Exports browser folder is placed in the Inventor model browser. It is populated with a node for the exported model. As long as the model is maintained in the specified path, you can edit, preview, open in Revit or an associated application, or update the RVT model.

Interoperability - Inventor + Fusion 360

In addition to Revit interoperability, the new Inventor 2022 release includes a ‘Send to Fusion’ button making it easier to send data to Fusion 360 and Fusion Team.

Upon selection of the Send to Fusion 360 command, files will automatically get uploaded to your Fusion Team account.

In Fusion, you can make edits to your model geometry without changing the part in Inventor, this ideal when you need to prepare a part for CNC machining, 3D printing, or generative design.

Interoperability - Additional Workflows

Autodesk has also added QIF 3.0 support for PMI data and via the TAsk Scheduler, JT Export.

Productivity and Performance

The Autodesk Inventor team has continued to focus or Model, Drawing and Graphic Performance.

Parts, assemblies, drawings have all been enhanced year after year to deliver an efficient experience for everyone who works on complex parts and very large assemblies.

For those who enjoy editing parts while working in the assembly environment, you will find several performance improvements while editing sketches and visibility improvements. GPU’s are now better utilised for visual styles like displaying wireframe and silhouette edges and opening and closing documents is faster than ever.

Productivity - User Interface

Fillets and Property Palette

The fillet command has been moved to the property panel and these panels can be docked anywhere on your screen.

Assembly Constraints

New options allow users to visualise what is under constrained.

There’s a status filter which you can select to show the constraint state in the browser.

Measure Command

The new installer and online deployment builder, making it simpler to configure and launch.

Tube and Pipe

Angle attribute is now exported when saving one or multiple runs to ISOGEN .pcf files .

iLogic support for Model State

iLogic is expanded to support the following Model State workflows:

ThisDoc.Document support for Model State In a component occurrence of a model state document, the existing ThisDoc.Document property returns the member document.
- The ThisDoc.Document property is expanded to support returning the member document when running in a component occurrence of a model state document.
- The new ThisDoc.FactoryDocument property returns the factory document when running either in a top-level document or in an assembly component. In a component occurrence document, this returns the associated factory document. In a top-level document, this returns the same object as ThisDoc.Document.
- In a drawing, the new ThisDrawing.ModelFactoryDocument property returns the factory document for the first model view (or nothing if there is no model view).
- In a drawing view, the new ICadDrawingView.ModelFactoryDocument property returns the factory document for that view (or nothing if it is not a model view).
There is a new event called Model State Activated now available in the Event Triggers dialog box. This trigger occurs when a model state is activated. Use this trigger to run a rule in the document in which the event occurred.
New function lets you add a component in a specified model state
A new function called AddWithModelState is now available on the Components object (IManagedComponents interface). This function adds a managed occurrence of a part or subassembly.
Note: Capture Current State on an existing component that includes a model state, in turn creates code that includes AddWithModelState.
iLogic edit-in-place and model states
There are some restrictions on what you can do with iLogic rules when you are editing a model state component in place. In a model state, when a component member file is being in-place edited within an assembly:
- You can edit, run, and suppress rules.
- You can’t add or delete rules.
There is no change to edit-in-place support for components that aren’t model state components: You can add an iLogic rule:
- From the top level document.
- At the sub-component level in the in-place-edit environment.
Instructions to Modify an Occurrence Parameter with a Model State
Access the steps here: To Modify an Occurrence Parameter with a Model State.
Use the new Instance property snippets to read and create Instance Properties.
There is a new event named Any User Parameter Change in the Event Triggers dialog box. This event is triggered when you change the value of a User parameter.

Dark Theme

The Dark Theme that was introduced in the 2021 release has been fully implemented in 2022, including in the iLogic Rule Editor

Drawings

You can now change the look of shaded views in Drawings by changing the lighting style.

There are new drawing view options available to repurpose the camera views and 3D annotations created in the 3D model.Centerlines and center marks with extended lines now break when intersecting with dimensions, making it easier to read the dimension value.

Installation and Deployment

The measure command is updated to use a property panel style and has Done and Retry buttons to improve workflow and productivity. Measure in an assembly has a tool palette for quick access to selection filtering and a loop modifier.

You can now create a deployment that includes your customized settings in the iLogic Configuration dialog box.

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Autodesk Releases Inventor 2021.2

November 11, 2020

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Autodesk has released the latest 2021.2 version for Inventor on 30/10/2020 and looking through the list, I find that the list is on improvements and resolving issues rather than new features and functionality.

Here’s the list below. For more information visit the Autodesk Inventor Help page

Add-Ins – Cable and Harness

Resolved a Cable & Harness Loom style color cannot be updated issue. INVGEN-41120

Resolved issue where visibility of the components setting is ignored when editing a Cable & Harness sub assembly. INVGEN-43727

Add-Ins – Content Center

Resolved issue where the Place from Content Center icon (Ribbon) switched to Place icon during placing a component from Content Center. INVGEN-32831

Resolved issue where columns with formulas that reference other columns weren’t working correctly. INVGEN-36130

Resolved issue where Content Center commands were enabled for non-master positional representations when switching between documents. INVGEN-37050

Improved performance when placing large Content Center families. INVGEN-39031

Resolved issue for the Chinese version where Boolean values were translated in the opposite direction. INVGEN-43480

Add-Ins – Design Accelerator

Improved the constraint behavior of bolted connections (BC) by applying temporary ground constraints to keep the BC in position when constraining to them. Temporary constraints are removed afterward. INVGEN-39989

Resolved issue preventing bolted patterns from following the pattern after being edited. INVGEN-41252

Resolved error messaging issue, it is improved for cases where template report files aren’t accessible. INVGEN-41345

Resolved issue that the bolted connection did not insert the correct bolt length. INVGEN-41805

Resolved issue where the bolted connection generator created Through All holes instead of To Face holes. INVGEN-42562

Resolved a refresh Content Center Standard Parts with Bolted Connection sub-assembly issue. INVGEN-42851

Resolved issue that prevented changing the shaft generator element type or deleting the element. INVGEN-43202

Resolved issue that bolted connections did not work properly when the sub-assemble structure was disabled. INVGEN-44310

Resolved issue where Bill of Materials didn’t update correctly after using the Bolted Connection Follow pattern setting. INVGEN-44383

Add-Ins – Frame Generator

An additional index is added at the end of the file name to avoid duplicating file names. INVGEN-39016

Frame Generator property panel. Moved “Zoom” label away from border. INVGEN-39378

Improved stability when working with Frame Generator. INVGEN-41396

Add-Ins – Mold Design

Resolved issue with displaying saved Part Fill Analysis results after reopening the file. INVGEN-2884

Resolved a performance issue with imported data in Mold Design Generate core and cavity. INVGEN-40356

Add-Ins – Simulation

Resolved issue where saved Inventor files (when using the Centaur addin) did not include FEA results when re-opened. INVGEN-41945

Add-Ins – Simulation – Stress Analysis

Improved performance when moving an FEA probe tag. INVGEN-43601

Add-Ins – Task Scheduler

Resolved issue preventing Task Scheduler from checking files into Vault as part of a migration task. INVGEN-41548

Add-Ins – Tube and Pipe

Resolved issue where file naming defaults and indexing for Tube & Pipe run locations weren’t working correctly. INVGEN-37052

Resolved the issue where dimensions applied to a route did not persist when the Auto Dimension option is OFF. INVGEN-40329

It’s now possible to promote/demote tube and pipe content center components when they are outside the scope of tube and pipe assemblies. INVGEN-40379

Resolved issue preventing you from moving Tube and Pipe components in the browser. INVGEN-41253

Resolved a Tube and Pipe issue where Copy run doesn’t offer unique filenames for populated copied components. Now, when a run with populated route/s is copied, unique filenames for populated components are offered to finish the workflow. INVGEN-43243

Resolved issue where a Tube & Pipe assembly lost its adaptivity. INVGEN-43341

Improved stability when editing a Tube & Pipe route in some models. INVGEN-43347

Improved stability when editing routes in the Tube & Pipe environment. INVGEN-43616

Resolved issue where it was not possible to snap a tube and pipe component to the route end point during component placement. INVGEN-44122

Resolved issue where an unpopulated route did not update and later populate. For 2021 and earlier versions of Inventor. INVGEN-44277

Resolved issue where there are missing context menu commands during tube and pipe fitting placement. INVGEN-46146

Add-Ins – iLogic

Resolved issue where iLogic Form wouldn’t function after changing the Level of Detail and accessing the Bill of Materials. INVGEN-36380

Removed the Page Setup command from the rule editor toolbar. INVGEN-36993

In the iLogic rule editor, autocomplete now works for function parameters. INVGEN-39827

Read only parameters now have a different background color than read/write INVGEN-42780

Resolved issue causing iLogic forms to take a long time to refresh. INVGEN-43789

Resolved issue with Migrate ETO names where Inventor displayed an error or failed to migrate names. INVGEN-44408

Resolved iLogic UI issues related to dark theme. INVGEN-45661

Resolved issue with the Dark Theme where the the Publish 3D PDF dialog box would become too dark to read after creating an iLogic rule. INVGEN-46367

AnyCAD

The units of measure defined in Revit data file are now respected during import INVGEN-38659

Resolved issue where the Resolve Link dialog box would display when importing a Pro-e assembly. INVGEN-45694

Assemblies

Improved stability when enabling Suppress on the iProperties/Occurrences tab for a component. INVGEN-43768

Assemblies – BOM

Resolved issue where copying cells in the Bill of Materials would incorrectly overwrite the Quantity and Thumbnail values. INVGEN-42397

Resolved issue where the Bill of Materials Expand All Children setting wasn’t working. INVGEN-42435

Improved stability when working with iAssemblies Bill of Materials. INVGEN-43703

Assemblies – Constraints-Joint-Assemble

Resolved issue that iMate fails to match after replacement. INVGEN-42147

Assemblies – Copy Object

Resolved incremental file naming issue in Copy Component. INVGEN-39719

Assemblies – Design Views

Improved stability when using the undo and redo commands. INVGEN-42611

Resolved issue where Modify Design View Representation changes were not being saved in an assembly. INVGEN-42770

Assemblies – Features-Sketch

Resolved issue where Include Geometry in a 3D Sketch would not create fully constrained geometry. INVGEN-42390

Assemblies – Mirror-Copy-Replace

Resolved issue where Copy Components would corrupt the file when reusing an existing instance. INVGEN-45644

Drawings

Improved stability when working in the drawing environment. INVGEN-39174

Drawings – Tables

Resolved issue that Inventor failed to set the hole table origin at existing center mark. INVGEN-41662

Drawings – True Connect

Resolved issue where the drawing file size was increased after adding iProperties. INVGEN-37773

Drawings – Views

Resolved issue that 2D constraints were lost in a section view that used projected geometry when the angle of the reference geometry was updated . INVGEN-31205

Resolved issue where the initial drawing scale was not correct. INVGEN-44129

Resolved issue where Realign Auxiliary Views command persisted a raster view when Exported to PDF/DWF. INVGEN-44136

Resolved issue preventing pasting a view into the same location as the original view when the cursor is on sheet. INVGEN-44726

Parts

Resolved a stability issue when a derived sheet metal part is resolved to a new file and an update is pending. INVGEN-45273

Parts – 2D Sketch

Resolved a performance issue that occurred when creating sketch patterns. INVGEN-36776

Parts – Derive

Improved stability when editing a derived part sketch. INVGEN-44268

Parts – Extrude-Revolve-Sweep-Coil

Improved performance of Extrude Through All. INVGEN-43112

Parts – Fillet-Chamfer

Improved stability when using fillet to select an edge loop on a non-active component. INVGEN-43787

Improved stability when creating fillets. INVGEN-44154

Resolved issue where applying a variable fillet atop another fillet would exit Inventor, INVGEN-44971

Parts – Hole-Threads

Improved stability when creating a Hole during edit-in place after turning on “Allow Center Point Creation” and placing a Hole center point. INVGEN-43698

Parts – Measure

Improved stability when editing a drawing dimension while a modeless dialog is displayed. INVGEN-44959

Parts – Sheet Metal

Improved stability of the Refold feature. INVGEN-3353

Resolved issue about an API query for FlatBendResult.Bend hangs inventor. INVGEN-44872

Platform

Resolved issue where the custom template paths did not populate the Application Options/File tab fields when using /IMPORTOPTIONS on Inventor start up. INVGEN-37765

Improved stability of Inventor close when working in the VBA editor. INVGEN-41209

Improved stability when using the und and redo commands. INVGEN-41614

Resolved issue where Save As wasn’t checking to see if another document with the same filename was already open. INVGEN-41661

Improved stability when creating a sketch and an invisible insertion point was corrupt. INVGEN-43763

Platform – Framework

Improved stability when copying and pasting work geometry. INVGEN-45716

Platform – Graphics

Improved stability when editing a sketch pasted from an AutoCAD drawing. INVGEN-42066

Presentations

The last selected option in the tweak command is retained in the current Inventor session. INVGEN-11506

Translators

Resolved issue where the component color was missing when importing Pro/E assembly files. INVGEN-28934

Improved stability when importing an NX assembly which contains parts with issues. INVGEN-41550

Resolved missing face color issue when importing certain step files. INVGEN-42138

Resolved issue where AnyCAD Catia components were in the wrong position when exported to a STEP file. INVGEN-42305

Resolved issue where Export to STEP 242 or to JT, caused unexpected termination. INVGEN-43314

Translators – DWG-DXF

Resolved issue that title block text shifted when exported to an AutoCAD DWG file. INVGEN-44331

Tutorial Framework

Resolved issue preventing you from sharing Guided Tutorials. INVGEN-43609

Resolved issue preventing you from allowing the Tutorial Gallery to work properly with a Proxy server setup. This requires the Windows environment variables: http_proxy and https_proxy. INVGEN-43662

Resolved issue that the Nastran Convergence Settings icon was missing in the Inventor 2021 dark theme. INVGEN-42777

Resolved issue on My Home where the document number wasn’t showing up in the Recent Document section. INVGEN-44172

Resolved issue that the in-canvas edit box did not accept input when the model was open in a separate window. INVGEN-45983

UI – Browser

Fixed the color of the ‘unresolved’ icon for dark mode. INVGEN-43860

Improved the stability of suppressing unresolved content center files. INVGEN-44379

UI – Customization

Resolved issue that 3DA and Vault commands were removed from Quick Access Toolbar after restarting Inventor twice. INVGEN-43198

Resolved issue where a Macro button vanished from a custom panel after adding an optional parameter to the method. INVGEN-46035

UI – Mini Toolbar

Resolved issue causing View Navigation to respond very slowly when the appearance Adjust command is active under Dark theme. INVGEN-43761

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Top Ten IMAGINiT Clarity Tasks

October 2, 2020

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TOP TEN IMAGINIT CLARITY TASKS

IMAGINiT Clarity is a powerful automation system for Autodesk Revit where it automatically processes manual tasks in Revit, IT administrative tasks, data extraction and transferring files from one location to another plus more.

Below is the top 10 tasks in IMAGINiT Clarity.

10. Index Model Families

IMAGINiT Clarity can automate the indexing of Revit families so you can understand the quality and usage of Revit families within your projects.

9. Project Backups

Automatically back up Revit projects to multiple file formats, platforms and locations and take regular snapshots with custom filenaming.

8. DWG Tasks

Automatically generate DWG files from the Revit model.

7. Publish to BIM 360

Automatically publish Revit models and other files such as PDF, DWG, IFC and many other formats to BIM 360. IMAGINiT Clarity can download the latest model from BIM 360 automatically generate PDF, DWG and other file formats and upload them automatically to BIM 360.

6. Performance Advisor

Get alerts on impending project issues including inflated file size and unresolved warnings

5. Navisworks

Create or update Navisworks models from the Revit model.

4. Revit DBE Export

Extract Revit model data into a database

3. Model Metrics

IMAGINiT Clarity can graph over 50 metrics and custom metrics from Dynamo scripts, Revit macros and the Revit API

2. Publish Revit Model

Publish, clean and share Revit models with external stakeholders

1. PDF Tasks

Prints PDF sets and batch generation of PDF Books

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Autodesk Inventor 2021.1 Update Out Now

August 18, 2020

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Autodesk Inventor 2021.1 Update Out Now

Autodesk has just released Inventor 2021.1 with some exciting new features and enhancements from feedback provided by the Inventor community.

Middle Mouse Button

Can you believe it? It’s here, something so simple, giving such pleasure… you can now assign the middle mouse button to pan, rotate and zoom, independent of using the control or shift key.

Between Option and Keep Body Tool

You can now extrude between to faces and/or planes. The second option which used to be hidden in the advanced tab is Keep Tool body.

XML Import and Export

Exporting usernames and values can be done via XML from the parameters dialog box, which is handy for iLogic users.

Multi-Open from Drawing Environment

The ability to multi-select parts, assemblies or presentations from the browser and open those files with a right click has been added which will all be opened in a separate window.

Right-Click > Align Section View

You can now align section views by right-clicking and choosing the command which is also available inside the Section View dialog box as a radio button.

Revit Interoperability

The support of choosing which Revit categories to import has now been added to the new Revit AnyCAD functionality in 2021.

Other enhancements have been with the progress bar will appear on the same monitor as Inventor and Revit files with non-ASCII characters will update properly.

Frame Generator

There continues to be improvements to Frame Generator with two new options added in this release. The first one is the ability to know if files are being saved outside your project before saving and the second option is a full path being displayed before saving.

The trim/Extend tool select is now active after you clikc apply, commands such as Insert/Miter/Notch are disabled in Weldment sub-environments.

The tool tip and property panel text has been unified and the cut for end treatments is now correct as the G_L length is now calculated by the frame algorithm and not by start/end planes which caused incorrect lengths when frames were modified.

For the full ist of updates, please refer to the Autodesk Inventor help file.

Check out the what’s new video here:

Design Consulting Products and Services

Design Consulting offers a wide range of products and services for Inventor users such as:

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BIM 360 Integration

Many companies have to manually upload deliverables like PDF’s to BIM 360 in which they have to manually download projects locally, run export tasks and then upload the files to the correct folder, which can all be automated with IMAGINiT Clarity.

Regular IT adminstration such as project back-ups and storing project data offline can be scheduled and snapshots of Revit projects to share in BIM 360 with other disciplines can also be automated.

New in 2021, Clarity can now migrate BIM 360 projects and show metrics.

If you need to migrate between hubs, the task can be automated through Clarity and any metrics from IMAGINiT Clarity can automatically be imported into the BIM 360 dashboard to be visible for all project stakeholders.

Autodesk Revit 2021.1 Update is Out Now

August 18, 2020

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Autodesk Revit 2021.1 Update is Out Now

The new update from Autodesk offers new enhancements in Revit, Dynamo for Revit 2.6 which includes additional nodes and new gen design studies. There has also been an added interoperability with Infraworks and FormIt Pro.

They have also reduced the number of steps to install and update Revit thus increasing the speed to install.

Dynamo 2.6 for Revit

Dynamo 2.6 has new features such as the Documentation Browser as well as improvred performance. New nodes have been added such as Path of travel, Generative Design and new platform categories across all disciplines have been included to automate design.

Generative Design Sample Studies

Grid, Stepped Grid and Randomise Object Placement sample studies have been included for users to create and validate room layouts design alternatives. A great post can be found here on the topic.

With COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines in place, generative design can be used for such applications.

Formit Converter

Using Formit for conceptual massing and design with complex geometry can easily be converted and imported in Revit with the new 2021.1 release for modelling early stages in design.

Import

Import SAT, Rhino and Sketchup 202 files and export STL files natively from Revit which may assist in 3D printing and mesh workflows.

Improved Panel Schedules

See the properties of elements via the system browser within a working panel schedule.

Design Consulting Products and Services

Design Consulting offers a broad range of producst and servces for Revit users.

Revit LT

Affordable BIM software to design architectural building projects.

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Automate Datasheets from Revit models

October 17, 2019

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Imaginit Clarity saves hundreds of hours by automatically creating datasheets, schedules and reports by directly pulling drawings and parameters from the Revit model to ensure datasheets are always up to date and accurate. If you need to create room, furniture or equipment datasheets, schedules or reports, you know how manually intensive the process of creating datasheets is, how much…

Revit and Inventor – Prefabrication construction workflows

October 14, 2019

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With Construction and Manufacturing converging, the collaboration in design between Architects, Builders, Manufacturers and Fabricators has become more important than ever. In this article we explore the link between Autodesk Revit and Inventor to show how models and drawings can from the two systems can work together. In an Autodesk BIM environment, typically the architectural, structural and MEP design…

3D Rack Configurator

October 3, 2019

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Want to automate 3D configurable models, 2D drawings and a bill of materials? Check out this rack configurator with 45 options using Autodesk Inventor which automates the 3D model and Bill of materials, right down to the nuts and bolts. In this video we drop in multiple racks and layout out a factory with 57,000 parts using the tools in the Autodesk…

What’s New in Autodesk Factory Design Suite 2017

April 20, 2016

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Building on the Factory Design Suite 2016 Feature Update Pack, the new Factory Design Suite 2017 release has a focus on Speed: faster asset publishing, quicker response times when placing assets, quicker synching between AutoCAD and Navisworks and Asset Management: improvements in the lighter assets, working with parameters, better Vault integration and more functions and editing capabilities of assets. Here’s the list Included Software…

What’s New in Product Design Suite 2017

April 20, 2016

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With Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD at the core of Product Design Suite, you can view what’s new in Autodesk Inventor here and AutoCAD here. Depending on which Suite (premium or Ultimate), here’s the list of programs in the 2017 Suite: Inventor / Inventor Professional AutoCAD AutoCAD Mechanical AutoCAD Raster Design AutoCAD Electrical 3ds Max Showcase Vault Basic Recap Navisworks…

Autodesk Inventor Vs. Solidworks Review

April 18, 2016

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| Autodesk Inventor, Factory Design Suite, Plant Design Suite, Product Design Suite

With CAD systems constantly changing features, versions, licencing and subscription models, two of the most popular comparisons is between Autodesk Inventor and Solidworks. Having used and supplied both, I’ve put together a licencing and feature comparison. Product Choices You can buy Autodesk Inventor in Limited Technology (LT), Autodesk Inventor Professional, Autodesk Inventor HSM or Autodesk Inventor/ Inventor Professional in a Design Suite….

What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2017

March 29, 2016

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It’s that time of year again to see what’s new in Autodesk’s Inventor 2017.Another pretty good release with new technology that are in line with where things are heading, a focus on cloud collaboration and enhancements that users have been requesting. Below is a full list of what’s new, but here’s the top new things that I like and a…

Autodesk changes Inventor and Inventor Professional subscription pricing

March 24, 2016

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As of March 21st, 2016, Autodesk Inventor Professional subscription prices will be the same as Autodesk Inventor pricing and the product line will be consolidated to Inventor LT and Inventor. The new Autodesk Inventor will have all the features of Inventor Professional at the same price of Inventor, which is 40% cheaper and users can subscribe monthly, quarterly, annually, 2…

NVIDIA Iray plug-in for 3ds Max is now available

December 15, 2015

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NVIDIA has released the Iray plug-in with vMaterials catalogue for 3ds Max for $295USD. Iray is for photorealistic imagery from 3D content and there is also an Iray plug-in for Revit and Maya too.

Autodesk Inventor 2017 Beta 1 is now avaliable

December 15, 2015

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Building on one of the CAD industries best releases in years, which was followed up by a R2 and R3, Inventor 2017 Beta 1 is now available for download along with other goodies from the beta site. Man, this one is even better than 2016 by a long shot!!!

Finally… Revit for Mac

December 7, 2015

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The wait is over all you Mac and Revit users. No more Bootcamp, Parallels or switching between a PC and Mac, well, yes, but no. Autodesk don’t have a Revit for Mac version but there is an application called Frame that it can run through and Autodesk have certified it for Revit and AutoCAD. “Frame: Run any software in a browser”…

SeeControl – The no coding IoT Platform

December 4, 2015

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Autodesk has released their new IoT app which was acquired mid-2015. With products evolving to more more complex and connected, manufacturers are under pressure to provide instant information which also opens exciting opportunities for innovation, new markets and providing a unique customer experience. Autodesk SeeControl is an IoT app that connects your products to the cloud, so it can give…

What’s New in Inventor 2016 – Release 3

November 26, 2015

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The new R3 release not only has hotfixes but Autodesk have added more technology for users on subscription. To recap, Release 2 had: Simulation Shape Generator – Punch in a force, factor of safety and how much weight you need reduced and Shape generator will provide a design that meets the criteria Force Effect, which is a simulation app on Android…

Autodesk Inventor 2017 News

November 25, 2015

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If you have not already heard, Autodesk are moving to a subscription only platform. While this change is new for some, it is exciting for those who want to be on the bleeding edge of technology and need flexible licencing. Probably the biggest benefit I see is how much development and new features are being put into the product….

Create 3D Models from Photos with Autodesk Momento

November 25, 2015

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Autodesk Momento is a free Autodesk Labs Preview that allows you to upload Laser Scans or 250 photos at a time to create 3D Meshes. It has editing and export tools that allows you to work with 3D Meshes. I couldn’t be bothered taking 250 photos, so instead, I recorded a video of my cars dashboard with my Samsung Galaxy…

Autodesk Project Sundance links Moldflow to FEA

November 25, 2015

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Free Labs Preview Software extends Moldflow with Non-Linear Analysis Plastic Injection Mold Analysis and Non-Linear FEA Analysis are both great tools but when you want both Project Sundance will let you import both your Moldflow and Structural models

A360 Viewer – Free Web Viewer with Live Review

May 13, 2015

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Autodesk has released A360 Viewer a free web viewer for 2D/3D CAD data for any user who has access to a web browser and a net connection. It just works. You don’t need to download or install any plug-ins. Unlike Autodesk’s A360 Drive, it doesn’t require a login either. Simply drag and drop or upload and the file is viewable online….

What’s New in Autodesk Alias 2016

April 27, 2015

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New Concept Tool, Mesh to Surface Enhancements, 2D Sketch to 3D Curves plus more… Autodesk has put some really nice enhancements into Alias, released a new product called SpeedForm and have a new lineup of Suites for the Alias Family depending on your workflow.

Studio Wall – PDM for Industrial Designers

April 27, 2015

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Usually traditional PDM systems are too complex for Industrial Design requirements but these systems do offer benefits like project management, lifecycles and search capabilities, so Autodesk has launched Studio Wall, a visual data management solution for Industrial Designers. Most users want to be able to quickly search for files, compare them and be able to manage the lifecycle of the…

What is AnyCAD?

March 29, 2015

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AnyCAD is a way CAD users can maintain associativity between different CAD platforms. It is compatible with Alias, AutoCAD, CATIA V4/V5, Creo, NX, Pro Engineer and Solidworks 3D file formats. The way it works is that you import a model as a reference file and creates a, link, instead of having to convert, translate CAD geometry or use feature recognition,…

What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2016

March 28, 2015

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| Autodesk Inventor, Factory Design Suite, Fusion 360, Manufacturing, Plant Design Suite, Product Design Suite

One of the biggest and best releases in CAD let alone Inventor. When Inventor 2015 was released I thought it was one the No.1 CAD system on the planet, Inventor 2016 cements it. Inventor blows away anything else on the market, add to that you get it in a Suite of other best of breed products and nothing else comes…

What is #TheFutureofMakingThings ?

February 19, 2015

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| 123D App, Alias, Autodesk 360, Autodesk 360 Products, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Labs, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Research, Fusion 360, Hardware, Manufacturing, Maya, Product Design Suite, Simulation, Visualisation

Autodesk has launched The Future of Making Things. A vision of how they see future human and business interaction with technology when it comes to engineering, design, analysis and collaboration. At the Autodesk University Keynote address in December, 2014, Jeff Kowalski, Autodesk SVP and Chief Technology Officer, discussed how Autodesk is looking at technology and design through the lens of…

Inventor 2016 Alpha is now in Beta 1 Phase

December 2, 2014

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| Autodesk Inventor

If anyone on subscription wants to get a preview of 2016, head to beta.autodesk.com and get access to Inventor 2016 Beta. I’ve never seen a CAD system which so many new features and enhancements. This one is going to shake up the CAD world! Check out the previews at Autodesk University… News Flash 27/3/15: It’s released – http://designconsulting.com.au/2015/03/28/whats-new-in-autodesk-inventor-2016/