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Part 1 I love sculptures and can spend hours at museums that devoted to sculpture. I also love structural Engineering and structural sculptures. Running into Artist Sung Hoon Kang‘s stunning animal sculptures ... https://www.solidcad.ca/autodesk-fusion-360-metallic-strip-animal-sculptures/ The Multi Space Dimension of Autodesk Inventor

Relativity says we live in four dimensions. String theory says it is 10. What are ‘dimensions’ and how do they affect reality? With three axes, we can describe forms in three-dimensional space. And Every ... https://www.solidcad.ca/the-multi-space-dimension-of-autodesk-inventor/ What’s new in Inventor 2021

Inventor 2021 comes with many visual changes that continue to modernize and streamline the 3d modeling experience. Several productivity enhancements and one fairly major AnyCAD update round out this year’s ... https://www.solidcad.ca/whats-new-in-inventor-2021/ What’s new in turning? A lot!

I mentioned in my last entry that Turning saw some important (and overdue) improvements of late. Indeed, you may have noticed that the Turning/Profiling function has been broken into a dedicated roughing strategy ... https://www.solidcad.ca/whats-new-in-turning-a-lot/ Sharing is Caring

In todays manufacturing world there is a bigger demand on sharing data with all stakeholders outside your company.  This could be your supplier, buyer, manufacturing team and they could require viewing the drawing ... https://www.solidcad.ca/sharing-is-caring/ Dynamo for Autodesk Fusion 360 – Made Simple

Dynamo Studio is typically associated with Revit; however, it offers a fantastic platform for algorithmic-driven design and easy parameter manipulation in Fusion 360. It also features great T-spline and surface ... https://www.solidcad.ca/dynamo-for-autodesk-fusion-360-made-simple/ Frame Generator End Caps in Inventor 2020

In the 2020 release of Inventor, the Frame Generator Design Accelerator received a number of minor enhancements as well as one of significance that likely has users asking how they ever lived without it. You ... https://www.solidcad.ca/frame-generator-end-caps-in-inventor-2020/ HSM CAM Tips and Tricks: Equation-Driven Parameters

I will be publishing quick Tips and Tricks regularly to help make you more productive and to capture your best practices. One of my favorite such tricks is using “smart fields” or equation-driven parameters. ... https://www.solidcad.ca/hsm-cam-tips-and-tricks-equation-driven-parameters/ Interested in tweaking an HSM (Inventor CAM, Fusion CAM, HSMWorks) post-processor yourself?

The “SolidCAD Universal FANUC” post processor (free on our website) contains a large number of parameters that can be set on-the-fly through the “Post-Process” dialog, without needing to change anything ... https://www.solidcad.ca/interested-in-tweaking-an-hsm-inventor-cam-fusion-cam-hsmworks-post-processor-yourself/ Do you know about Adaptive Clearing?

Hey CNC’ers! Do you know about Adaptive Clearing? It’s the intelligent roughing strategy at the heart of HSM CAM that has changed milling forever. Increase your profitability by getting to near-net-shape ... https://www.solidcad.ca/do-you-know-about-adaptive-clearing/