Design Archives | Design & Motion

What is the Bill of Materials?

by Michael Thomas | Jul 5, 2021 | Manufacturing | 0

The bill of materials (BOM) is a list of things. In manufacturing, it is the recipe ingredients...

The Importance of the Bill of Materials

by Michael Thomas | Jun 10, 2021 | Manufacturing | 0

Often underestimated, the bill of materials (BOM) is arguably the most important component for...

Instance Properties and Inventor 2022

by Michael Thomas | Jun 10, 2021 | Inventor, Manufacturing | 0

Inventor 2022 provides new Instance Properties so you can now adjust the properties of a specific instance, leaving the others within an assembly as is.

Inventor Fusion AnyCAD (Part 2)

by Michael Thomas | Jan 8, 2020 | Autodesk, Autodesk Fusion 360, Fusion, Inventor, Manufacturing | 0

Just like in the Matrix, you can transfer from one world (Inventor) to the other (Fusion 360), associatively creating links that update as the data changes.

Inventor to Fusion 360 and Back

by Michael Thomas | Dec 23, 2019 | Fusion, Inventor, Manufacturing | 0

AnyCAD is Inventor`s ability to work with and exchange data from a variety of sources. And not only with 3rd party formats, Inventor talks with AutoCAD, Revit, Fusion 360, and other products within the Autodesk family. Paul...

Get Things Done

by Michael Thomas | Dec 15, 2019 | Manufacturing | 0

Why do we struggle to get things done? Limited resources. So much to do. Wrong focus. Why do we do this again?

Inventor 2020.2

by Michael Thomas | Dec 2, 2019 | Inventor, Manufacturing, Update | 0

Autodesk snuck in the Inventor 2020.2 update just before Autodesk University started. This update focuses on customer-requested enhancements, always a good thing.