Have you heard of Autodesk Inventor? Not the guy who invented AutoCAD, but the incredible software program that will set you on your ear with its amazing product creation features. Inventor 3D CAD software is …
3 Reasons Why You May Catch the Inventor Bug
“Go big or go home,” they sometimes say. Well Autodesk Inventor has three ginormous enticements that may tempt you to take a closer look at Inventor. So if you have a fear of falling in …
Implementing Pipe Supports for Plant 3D
Implementing pipe supports and support details can help add value to your model, and provide more precise material lists to project managers and purchasing departments. The process for implementing pipe supports is as follows: Gather …
The State of CAD & Pipe Fabrication
We’d like to give you the opportunity to win a $50 Amazon gift card. In return, we would appreciate your input on an 8-question survey to quantify the major issues pipe fabricators face when sharing …
AutoCAD Plant 3D/Navisworks in VR
I had the opportunity today to work with a friend, Corey Arledge at Eledeco Inc., to get a Navisworks model up and running in a HTC Vive headset. One of the most exciting Navisworks plugin …
Steel Supports List
Scott Hallmark did great work putting together the Steel Supports for Plant 3D package. To show what you can get as part of the package please download and review the Steel Supports List. The Steel Supports …
Create Plant Collaboration Project
The first task after setting up your BIM 360 Team hub is to setup an existing project for collaboration. Rather than create a new project directly in the cloud, the workflow is designed to take …
Plant Collaboration in BIM 360 Design
Thanks to help with Buddy Legnon we’ve been able to take a closer look at nailing down the workflow for new users adopting Plant collaboration on top of BIM 360 Design. The Plant collaboration tool …
Upcoming Manufacturing Classes
Applied Software’s Manufacturing team is always teaching! See some of Manufacturing courses that our team is teaching in the upcoming months.
AutoCAD Plant 3D: The Ultimate Line List – Upcoming Webinar
We have an exciting webinar coming up on Aug. 22 on using P&ID Line Lists! A Line List can be hard to implement in piping design software. Many times you end up with a list …
What Is Forge and Why Is It Important for AEC?
Autodesk Forge is a relatively new platform, a set of web services API’s. An API is an application programming interface, a way to extract data. Think about it as a box of Legos or parts …
AutoCAD Tip: Convert MTEXT to Multileader
Recently I have had several calls asking if it was possible to convert regular MTEXT to a multileader. Well, AutoCAD doesn’t have the capabilities to do so, but I found a snazzy lisp routine years …