Inventor | Sheet Metal Folded Edge Bug

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As you may recall, I had put together a model of the M13 Ammunition Linkage for a GrabCAD user, and as a result found a problem. I could not reference certain edges that were folded in Autodesk Inventor Sheet metal, but were by all accounts just simple bends. There was no good reason for this, and had to go to Fusion to get the job completed. Autodesk contacted me and asked if they could get [...] ...Read the rest of this article...

Civil 3D – Pipe Structure dragging and elevations changes

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When Dragging Pipe Network Structures you may notice that the Rim Elevation Changes. Sure the Rim elevation will change if set to Surface elevations, but they can change even if the Rim elevation is set manually. In this example, I was cleaning up an as-built utility plan. I already had the Rim and Sump elevation data from the field entered in, but I lacked the horizontal locations.  I recently received the remaining data, so I [...] ...Read the rest of this article...