Tips & Tutorials Blog: product design

What’s the difference between Components and Bodies in Autodesk Fusion 360? Teaching modeling in Fusion 360 has been a challenge I haven’t run into before when teaching solids modeling software – namely, what are bodies and components? It’s easy to jump into modeling in Fusion 360 and start making sketches and extrusions and designing stuff. […]

Register With the new Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Autodesk has given you some very powerful tools to help you design smarter. This webinar will specifically look at the tools that help you make informed decisions earlier in the design process, improving your time-to-market and your customer’s experience. This 45 minute webinar is the first […]

Autodesk Collections are now available! The Product Design Collection is the best way to access the most essential Autodesk software for product and factory design and get the right tools at the right time. The collection includes key products such as Inventor Professional, AutoCAD and Navisworks Manage in addition to other software included. The Architecture, Engineering and […]

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Mark Lancaster, Synergis Product Support Specialist: Yeah it’s that time of year again when Autodesk releases its new product version and suites to everyone. Although there are many new features in Inventor 2016, today I want to take this opportunity to cover some key functionality with you. Home screen: […]

What’s the recipe for success in manufacturing today? Techclarity’s President, Jim Brown, created this short humorous ‘commercial’ to help you understand the difference between your manual processes versus tools that accelerate your design and manufacturing process. After the short commercial, Jim sits down to talk to Ron Locklin, PLM360 Director at Autodesk, to talk about […]

Often wonder if there are processes or products that can make the design process easier? Are there companies experiencing the same challenges as we are? Minda Industries Limited, like many other manufacturers, experienced difficulties meeting their customers’ needs. Being the largest manufacturer of two-wheeler switches in the world for automobile manufactures, they wanted to ensure […]

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Mark Lancaster, Product Support Specialist: Protecting your company’s intellectual property (IP) could be an issue when sharing the actual 3D models with individuals outside of your organization. I have always felt there’s a fine line between sharing and not letting too much “info” go out the door when trying […]

Of all the Autodesk design suites this year, the Product Design Suite has had the most changes.  This year, Autodesk is dropping the Standard edition and offering only the Premium and Ultimate editions.  If you have the Standard edition now, you will be moved to the Premium edition in 2015.  If you have the premium […]

How can my business be more competitive and innovate faster?  How do we reduce costs and improve our design process to get to market faster?  These are questions we hear every day from our clients.  In this highly competitive market, it is difficult for manufacturers to get ahead doing the same old process they have […]

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Todd Schmoock, Synergis Solutions Engineer: AutoCAD® Electrical uses what is called an environment file (wd.env) to control where the software retrieves data.  Some of the functions include where AutoCAD Electrical looks for vendor part numbers located in the databases, where the library is located for various symbols used, and […]