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In Autodesk Inventor HSM you can control the machining area by depth for most machining strategies on the Heights tab. The machining area is defined by the Top Height and Bottom Height. On the Heights...

Rest Milling is an acronym for remaining Stock required to be machined. Rest tool paths only remove material left by previous machining operations. They do this by calculating what stock has been prev...

Autodesk Fusion 360 is available to download as a free 30 day trial, there is a button to download the installer further on in this blog post. At the end of you trail period, Fusion 360 standard conti...

How do you collaborate on your 3D CAD models? Back in the good ‘ol days collaboration was easy. The design office was a sea of drawing boards. Anyone wanting to see progress on a project could simply ...

Imagine that you got to completely re-design your CAD system from scratch? What form of 3D modelling would you choose?  Parametric or Direct? Solids or surfaces? Top down or Bottom up? I’m guessi...

Since Autodesk introduced us the concept of the Future of Making Things (FOMT) which is now the Current of Making Things (COMT), the typical construction site is adapting to a new way of life. Let me ...

In less than 24 hours, the biggest gathering of professionals who design, build and create will come together at the Tobacco Dock in London. Graitec is a proud sponsor of this great initiative which i...

Another year, another Inventor User Group in Southampton! And what an interesting year it was! From the Future of Making Things to the future of Autodesk's licensing models and new software developmen...

Considered the premier destination for Autodesk users worldwide, the Autodesk University event is finally arriving to our coasts for 2 days packed with conferences, activities, networking opportunitie...

The new year is all set to be an exciting one for design and production, with areas of innovation, such as 3D Printing and VR, featuring amongst the 2017 Manufacturing trends that your business should...