Understanding Product Lifestyle Management (PLM): The Path to the Digital Future

In my opinion, the most painful product lifecycle management (PLM) failures happen when companies struggle to understand the concept and implement it in their organization. This technology is made to help them. ... https://www.solidcad.ca/understanding-product-lifestyle-management-plm-the-path-to-the-digital-future/ Migrating Versions in AutoCAD Electrical

Every year Autodesk releases a new version of the software which often contains new features, bug fixes and overall improved stability, so a common question that we get from our customer is: how do I move all ... https://www.solidcad.ca/migrating-versions-in-autocad-electrical/ Autodesk Desktop Connector Update – June 2021

June 1, 2021 (v. 14.10.0.1456) Do you use BIM 360 and AutoCAD products?  Do you have the Autodesk Desktop Connector installed?  If so, there is a new update.  This may not be news to you as there are frequent ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autodesk-desktop-connector-update-2/ Autodesk Inventor: Get A Different Perspective

In this modern age of software, it seems that there is a specific software or tool for just about anything, but our main asset for accomplishing our CAD work is still our eyes. The way we view things has a major ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autodesk-inventor-get-a-different-perspective/ Autodesk Fusion 360 & Metallic Strip Animal Sculptures – Part 2

As promised in my last blog, here are some tips and tricks that I often use to convert mesh body to a b-rep or t-spline body in Fusion 360. Tip #1: Converting a mesh body to a b-rep or t-spline body in Fusion ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autodesk-fusion-360-metallic-strip-animal-sculptures-part-2/ The Digital Transformation Train is Leaving the Station, and We Should All Be on Board

2020 has taught me a number of things, including presumably how indoor cats feel, that March and June are the same thing if you don’t go outside, and that if Godzilla were to stumble onto the shores of Tokyo ... https://www.solidcad.ca/the-digital-transformation-train-is-leaving-the-station-and-we-should-all-be-on-board/ Autodesk Fusion 360 & Metallic Strip Animal Sculptures – Part 1

Part 1 I love sculptures and can spend hours at museums that devoted to sculpture. I also love structural Engineering and structural sculptures. Running into Artist Sung Hoon Kang‘s stunning animal sculptures ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autodesk-fusion-360-metallic-strip-animal-sculptures/ The Multi Space Dimension of Autodesk Inventor

Relativity says we live in four dimensions. String theory says it is 10. What are ‘dimensions’ and how do they affect reality? With three axes, we can describe forms in three-dimensional space. And Every ... https://www.solidcad.ca/the-multi-space-dimension-of-autodesk-inventor/ What’s new in Inventor 2021

Inventor 2021 comes with many visual changes that continue to modernize and streamline the 3d modeling experience. Several productivity enhancements and one fairly major AnyCAD update round out this year’s ... https://www.solidcad.ca/whats-new-in-inventor-2021/ What’s new in turning? A lot!

I mentioned in my last entry that Turning saw some important (and overdue) improvements of late. Indeed, you may have noticed that the Turning/Profiling function has been broken into a dedicated roughing strategy ... https://www.solidcad.ca/whats-new-in-turning-a-lot/