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Real Backgrounds in AutoCAD 2016 – Part 2

  Following the release of Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 in March, our team of consultants, trainers and technical support provided a review of how the new features can benefit you. You can check out the...

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Real Backgrounds in AutoCAD 2016 – Part 3

  Following the release of Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 in March, our team of consultants, trainers and technical support provided a review of how the new features can benefit you. You can check out the...

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Autodesk Licence Types Explained – Part 1

  Written by Gurvinder Virdi As Autodesk are gradually transitioning to a Subscription only model and will soon be discontinuing perpetual licences, we thought it would be useful to take a detailed...

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Autodesk Licence Types Explained – Part 2

  Written by Gurvinder Virdi As Autodesk are gradually transitioning to a Subscription only model and will soon be discontinuing perpetual licences, we thought it would be useful to take a detailed...

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Autodesk Licence Types Explained – Part 3

Written by Gurvinder Virdi As Autodesk are gradually transitioning to a Subscription only model and will soon be discontinuing perpetual licences, we thought it would be useful to take a detailed look...

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Revit: To Purge or Not To Purge?

Written by Amit Shah. As a Support Engineer at Excitech, I see a large number of problematic Revit models. Most of the issues I receive have a direct impact on the overall project which can cause major...

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R2 for Revit 2016 Adds New Functionality

  Autodesk has released R2 for Revit 2016 which is available to all subscription customers. The update can be installed from the Autodesk Application Manager and includes all the updates from service...

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Infraworks 360 Overview

Written by Enrique Barriuso – CAD Applications Support Engineer Every engineering project starts with a planning and preliminary design stage, where a set of alternatives are analysed and a final...

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Architectural Component Creation in Autodesk Inventor

Written by Geoff Alder – Excitech, Application Specialist. Over the coming year I will be looking at how we can optimise and focus some of the great features of Inventor for the Revit user. Introducing...

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Change the Orientation of Text in AutoCAD

When we have a drawing with text in AutoCAD; after some operations like rotating or mirroring some of the text may end up in a position that makes it hard to read. There is a command in AutoCAD that...

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Reports in AutoCAD Civil 3D – Part 1

  Written by Enrique Barriuso – Excitech CAD Applications Support Engineer An important part of a project design is the ability to express the information that it contains in text form. For this...

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Reports in AutoCAD Civil 3D – Part 2

Written by Enrique Barriuso – Excitech CAD Applications Support Engineer. An important part of a project design is the ability to express the information that it contains in text form. For this...

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How to Restore “Classic Workspace” in AutoCAD 2017

Written by Paul Nelson – Excitech, Senior CAD Support Engineer. It’s that time again and this years’ crop of new releases is upon us. Just like the competition to hear the first cuckoo in spring, there...

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Importing Revit Models into Inventor

Written by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. How can I bring a Revit file into Inventor as quickly as possible and apply colours once in Inventor?   Answer: Revit models are often very...

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Autodesk Inventor 2017 3D Sketch and Pattern Feature

Video by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. The new 3D sketching tools inside Autdoesk Inventor 2017 simplify the process of creating 3D sketch geometry. Our Technical Consultant, Luke...

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Applying Cladding to a Revit Model using Inventor 2017

Video by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. Following on from our previous video tutorials for building products, our Technical Consultant, Luke Davenport, now shows you how to apply...

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Inventor 2017 – iLogic – Change Sheet Metal Rule for All Parts in Active...

Video by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. Our Technical Consultant, Luke Davenport is back with another video tutorial for Inventor 2017 that shows you a simple way to change the sheet...

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Inventor 2017 – Translate Appearance Texture

Video by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. Need to polish the appearance of your Inventor model for that all-important render? You might be aware of the Appearance ‘Adjust’ tool for...

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Inventor 2017 – Example – Modelling a Curved Roof

Video by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. How long does it take to model a compound curved roof structure in Inventor? Check out this example workflow, showing the creation of the roof...

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Inventor 2017 – Using Solidworks Sheet Metal Parts with AnyCAD

Video by Luke Davenport, Excitech Technical Consultant. You may have heard the noise about AnyCAD in Inventor 2016 onwards – it’s a lifesaver for multi-disciplinary CAD environments. But did you know...

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