Tips & Tutorials Blog: Simulation

As more of you will be working from home in the coming days and weeks, you may need to VPN back into your company’s network infrastructure and are having difficulty obtaining a network license file for your Autodesk products. In some cases, when working remotely or working from your home, you may need to add […]

As the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) increases, many companies are asking their employees to work from home.  There are different scenarios or approaches that can be taken to accomplish this.  Although our Synergis Help Desk team is here to guide you through this transition. We also wanted you to fully understand the options that are […]

By Mark Lancaster Hard to believe we’re on to 2020, and soon will be looking ahead to the next Autodesk University – but I wanted to take a moment to look back at AU2019, where I was honored to be one of the presenters in the AU Community Zone/Hub Theater. My presentation was focused around […]

By Jim Swain, Applications Consultant With tomorrow being Christmas Eve, we wanted to share a few fun videos from Inventor.  Have you ever made your own Christmas tree in Inventor?  Check out these cool tips that could easily apply to any type of design! First, let’s design a “Moravian Star” for the top of our […]

As we approach the end of 2019 we would like to take a moment to thank all of you for helping to make our blog so successful. We would also like to make you aware of our Helpdesk support hours over the holidays. To summarize, Synergis Helpdesk will be closed on Christmas Day (Dec. 25, […]

By Mark Lancaster, Synergis Helpdesk Technician At the end of November, Autodesk issued a security advisory for their Autodesk Desktop Application –“Under certain conditions, an attacker may trick a user into downloading a malicious DLL file into the working directory of Autodesk Desktop Application (ADA). The malicious DLL file may then leverage a DLL preloading […]

By Mark Lancaster, Synergis Helpdesk Technician If you are using AutoCAD 2020 AND Autodesk Vault, this message may pertain to you. On November 7th, Autodesk released a software update (2020.1.1) for the AutoCAD 2020 product.  If you are ALSO using Autodesk Vault (2020) with your AutoCAD 2020 – please hold off on applying the 2020.1.1 […]

Posted by Mark Lancaster Although this Windows update (KB4517389) is not a crucial impact in the operations of Inventor Content Center, we still wanted to share with you what happens to Inventor Content Center when this given Windows update is applied.   After the update, content center category thumbnails are no longer present.   Prior to […]

Fusion 360 has been around for a short while, but maybe you are first hearing of it or taking a stronger interest in learning more about it.  Fusion 360 is a cloud-based CAD/CAM tool for collaborative product development that combines industrial design, mechanical engineering, and machine tool programming into one software solution. Synergis Applications Consultant, […]

They call themselves the “Vault Bros.” and have been hosting classes together at Autodesk University since 2016 – but who are they?  Chris Benner, CAD Department Supervisor at Powell Fabrication & Manufacturing, LLC in St. Louis, Michigan, and our very own Mark Lancaster, Helpdesk Technician at Synergis Technologies, LLC.  Both Chris and Mark are part […]