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Tag Archives: 2012

Inventor | Driving Constraints From Workplanes

I didn’t realise until today that you can’t flip a work plane’s normal in an Inventor Assembly. So using a single parameter to drive a mate constraint simultaneously, on multiple parts can prove problematic. We’ve recently been designing a rotary dining table, by turning the whole table the table sections slide out opening up aContinue Reading

Vault | Update Revision Block Error

You’ve just migrated from an old release of Inventor & Vault to the latest one, but when you release your drawings your Job Processor fails. The Job Queue points to it being an issue with the file type not being from the correct release of Inventor but you don’t know how to fix it? Here’s how.Continue Reading

Vault | Object reference not set to an instance of an object

“Object reference not set to an instance of an object”. As an Autodesk Vault user you will most likely have seen that non de-script message pop up a number of times. To be fair it pops up with a lot of windows software or add-ins. Well earlier this week all of the jobs in my Job Queue were instantly failing withContinue Reading

AutoCAD WS | An Interview

Back in November Scott was given the opportunity to interview an AutoCAD WS product manager, given his prior blog posts on the product he grabbed it with both hands. Check it out.Continue Reading

News | 5 Fun Facts about the Number 44

Today I had an urge, an urge to write about the number 44. Weird aye? To overcome this urge and move on with my life, I figured I should blog 5 facts about the number 44.Continue Reading

Vault | Item Numbering & Equivalency

Here’s my opinion on how you should setup Item numbering in Autodesk Vault Professional as an extension from my Autodesk University class.Continue Reading