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Auto Project Orgin - R11 Under the Radar
New in Inventor R11 users can set a application option to "Autoproject part orgin on sketch orgin" This can be under the Tools>>> ...
Autodesk Inventor March 2006
5/5
Equally "Divide" using a Reference Dims
Topic: How to equally "Divide" using a Reference Dimension Environment: Part Sketch Examples: 1. Equally Divide ...
Autodesk Inventor September 2006
5/5
Working Folder in the Structure Catalog
The Library tab in the Structure Catalog is usually used to store most frequently-used drawings without much management of the co ...
AutoCAD Mechanical May 2006
5/5
Modifying the AMCHAM2D length lists
For those of you who are not familiar with the AMCHAM2D command, its AutoCAD Mechanical’s version of the chamfer command. It al ...
AutoCAD Mechanical April 2006
5/5
R11 - Curvy Stuff - 1
New in Inventor R11 there is a whole stockpile of wonderful tools for shape description. Just today I learned about the new loft ...
Autodesk Inventor April 2006
5/5
Customized Manufactured Components
A customer recently stated that AutoCAD Electrical was useless if he couldn't customize the layers and text formatting of the man ...
AutoCAD Electrical October 2006
5/5
Starting Sketches
Rather than sketch on a blank grid, right click on a 'plane' and start at the origin, later on this saves effort. Especially wi ...
Autodesk Inventor November 2006
5/5
Tweaking AMSHIDE - Background Selection
When you run the AMSHIDE command, you are first prompted for the foreground components. Then the background components are select ...
AutoCAD Mechanical November 2006
5/5
F5 to Update your Parts
Here is a tip on how to remap your F5 key to use AMUPDATE (to update parts after you edit them). F5 seems logical since it's used ...
Mechanical Desktop August 2006
5/5
Standards for AutoCAD drawings
If you open an AutoCAD drawing in AutoCAD Mechanical, what standard does AutoCAD Mechanical assign to it by default? If the MEASUREMENT variable of ...
AutoCAD Mechanical December 2006
5/5

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