Tips & Tutorials Blog: tips and tricks

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Vault Application Specialist, Joseph Corson Now that you’ve read about Vault Search Tokens and have a basic understanding of the searchable properties, we will discuss how to use the Slop Factor. This feature within Vault helps fine-tune searches by manipulating the “range” of Vault search results that users receive. […]

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Vault Application Specialist, Joseph Corson The way Autodesk Vault searches can be confusing at times. You perform a search for “ABC-123” expecting to return only files with ABC-123 in that order, but instead you get files with ABC after 123, and many values between them. What’s going on here? Vault Tokens […]

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Synergis Helpdesk Technician Mark Lancaster The other day I received a call from a customer looking to dimension a detail view per the image below. Within a couple of days of providing the solution to the customer, this same question appeared on the Autodesk Inventor Forum. Perhaps it’s time […]

In this follow-up to Video Tip: Fusion 360 – Combine and Delete, Dave takes you through a modeling exercise on how to create a different size or angle for a fitting.

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Posted on July 25, 2016 by Synergis Product Support Specialist, Mark Lancaster For those users on an active (Inventor or related suite) subscription, you can now download and install the R2 edition (comes with service pack 1) for Inventor 2017.  Subscription users have the option to install either R2/SP1 (through Autodesk Account) or just the […]

Do you ever ask yourself these questions: Why is Autodesk Inventor creating all these folders and files on my system that I did not ask for? Is this really necessary? Or are they crucial to the operation of the application? Can I control them? If you think Inventor may have an organization method of its […]

Having trouble getting the most efficient layout in Revit MEP? Is your Template Project prepared for your projects? Are you drafting more 2D than modeling in 3D? Are you looking for more design integrity from the model? A couple of months ago, Bill Knittle, Synergis Solutions Engineer, recorded this webcast to  walk you through 60 […]

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Dave Breiner, Synergis Solutions Engineer: In Multi-Body Part Modeling (Part 1) we left off with our completed Master Part. You will now move onto creating the assembly and parts, manipulating the Master Part and any clean-up and setting of iProperties. This portion of the tutorial will cover: Creation of […]

Posted on September 4, 3013 by Todd Schmoock, Synergis Manufacturing Solutions Engineer: AutoCAD Electrical allows you to define a secondary catalog to search.  Setting this option up gives the user an ability to store additional manufacturer part numbers in a totally separate database. Identifying a Secondary AutoCAD Electrical Catalog 1.  Create your secondary catalog database.  […]