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How the Heat-affected Zone Affects Your Design
If you are going to understand welding, you need to understand what exactly is happening to the metal during the heating and joining process. Through all welding techniques, there will exist a...
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Advice for New Engineers from Jay Tedeschi
New engineers face a world rampant with technological development and fast paced jobs. So, what advice does the experienced Jay Tedeschi have for rising engineers? When Jay started out in engineering,...
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Everything You Need to Know About Direct Modeling
Direct modeling is a relatively new process when it comes to computer aided design, but it is one that is revolutionizing how engineers can create products. Direct modeling allows engineers to create...
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Best Skills to Hone for the Rising Engineer
Whether you are a new engineer or one that has been in the business for years, there are always things about yourself you can improve. So, what are some skills we could all stand to hone to improve our...
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5 Tools Every Engineer Should Know How to Use
As engineers, there are certain tools that we need to know how to use on a daily basis if we want to keep innovating. Here are 5 of the most important tools that engineers need to know how to use....
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Effective Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills as an Engineer
Many more technically-minded people are not naturally adept at speaking in front of people or communication in general. Refining our communication skills as engineers takes work, so let’s take a look...
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Overcoming Designing for Manufacturability with Additive Manufacturing
Design for manufacturability is a proactive process used to maximize the design of components for the intended manufacturing process. Let’s take a look at how we can use this process can be improved or...
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Most Useful Autodesk Inventor Shortcuts
For all you seasoned Autodesk Inventor users out there, you likely already know how much time you can save by using shortcuts. For others that are just learning, shortcuts are a good way to move faster...
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5 Steps to Making Your Project Colorful & Shiny
You have a design review with a client, and you need some photorealistic images, but need to get it done quickly! Enter the world of Inventor Materials, Lighting, Shadows, Rendering and Cameras Let’s...
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The Best Autodesk Inventor Resources for Beginners to Experts
Whether you are just learning Autodesk Inventor or have been using it for years, every now and again we need some help. For the experts out there who might think that they know it all, you could also...
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Product Design & Manufacturing Collection Skills Challenge
Do you have a quick tip using one of the products in the Product Design and Manufacturing Collection (PDMC)? Cut a 60 second video and add it as a comment on Facebook for a chance to win $500! It’s...
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AU 2017: What to do When you Don’t Know Where to Go
AU can be a little overwhelming for those who are here for their first time or even for the experienced attendee. It’s a big event with a lot of things going on. So, if you’re confused on where to go...
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A Look at 3D Scanning and What it Means for the Future of Modeling
3D scanning currently holds a similar space in the design realm that 3D printing did in its infancy. Many of us as engineers may view it as an interesting tool, but you likely don’t see it drastically...
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Quick Tip: Autodesk Inventor Annotations
It has been a long time since annotations were done by hand on a draft board. This means not everyone is a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing expert. Fortunately for us, Autodesk Inventor has some...
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Quick Tip: Copy Features from the Model Tree
Traditionally, CAD geometry is made by going through the same process of creating a 2D sketch and then using one of the 3D create options (extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, etc.) to finish your part. When...
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Let ‘Inventor Luke’ Teach You with These Tips and Tricks
Do you need to learn something in Inventor but you just don’t know where to find the information? You can always check the forums, message Facebook pages, maybe even reach out to someone more...
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Quick Tip: Self Illuminating Parts
Have you ever seen a rendering or animation of an Autodesk Inventor design that looks to have glowing parts? Creating self illuminating materials will up your presentation game, and is only a few...
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Inventor 101: Sketch, Dimension, Trim and Extrude
New to Inventor and curious where to get started? This quick video will walk you through all of the basics. Sketching, dimensioning, trimming, and extruding – all these commands are core facets to your...
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As engineers, we always have to stay at the top of our game. Part of that arduous task means being the best Inventor user we can be. Sometimes, however, we don’t want to spend hours watching tutorials...
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Quick Tip: Calculating Internal Cavity Volume
At some point, you will probably need to create the CAD geometry of an existing internal cavity. Perhaps it will be the next part in an assembly. Maybe it is to calculate volume or mass of a molded...
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