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Photos into Pointclouds ... Wizardry at its finest?

Recap Photo (and the old free product 123D Catch) … one of (I think) the most exciting technologies available to try from Autodesk.

Gimmick or Contender ... My views on Fusion 360

For Hobbyists, for DIYers, pointless, gimmick ... these were the first thoughts that went through my head when Autodesk first introduced me to the Fusion platform many years ago. I was an Inventor...

No backup you say .... How many days!?!

I've been upgrading Vault systems for a decade, and if there is one thing that doesn't surprise me it's companies not checking that they have a valid Vault backup. Every week I will check a companies...

Autodesk Vault 2018.2 Update

All I can say is "Thank You Autodesk ... finally"! ...... Should I leave it at that or explain?

Inventor - Bills of materials - A bit more for those that need it

In one of my previous posts, I wrote about the BOM functionality in Inventor and how you can alter the Bill of Materials structure within an assembly. Within the BOM utility you can alter the...

iLogic Block Swapping

As part of their iLogic design Automation, one of our clients asked for some code today to swap Autodesk Inventor sketch blocks within their part sketches as they pick different options within their...