Let’s start by talking about Virtual components. Virtual Components are a method Inventor uses to represent non-CAD parts in a design. Non-CAD parts could be purchased items such as, Glues, Paints, Grease, Loctite, and many more items needed to make a products Bill of Materials complete. They are not defined by any geometry. Virtual components are “Geometry-less” and “File-less” components. The benefits from using Virtual Components are as follows: They act as a place holder for iProperties. They become part of your assembly appearing in the assembly browser. They can be populated with iProperties which appear in Bill of Materials.... Continue reading

Our team enjoys providing tips and tricks, beyond what you read here on the blog. Check out our new home on the IMAGINiT Technologies Resource Center. There you'll find many of our older posts, as well as on-demand webcasts, video tips, ideas for future improvement, and more. Content from our... Continue reading

We truly enjoy writing blog posts and sharing them. But that’s not all we do. Our new blog site lives on the IMAGINiT Resource Center. The IMAGINiT Resource Center offers a searchable index of our older posts, on-demand webcasts, tips and tricks, case studies, whitepapers, and more. Content from our amazing technical team will continue! We hope you’ll join us: https://resources.imaginit.com/manufacturing-solutions-blog Continue reading

Enjoyed what you've read here on our blog? Looking for more great content from our team? We have an amazing resource center full of blog posts, on-demand webcasts, tips and tricks for Civil 3D, InfraWorks, and AutoCAD, and so much more. Check out our new blog site: https://resources.imaginit.com/civil-solutions-blog. Continue reading

We truly enjoy writing blog posts and sharing them. But that’s not all we do. Our new blog site lives on the IMAGINiT Resource Center. The IMAGINiT Resource Center offers a searchable index of our older posts, on-demand webcasts, tips and tricks, case studies, whitepapers, and more. Content from our amazing technical team will continue! We hope you’ll join us: https://resources.imaginit.com/building-solutions-blog Continue reading

By: Heath White | SR. MFG Support Specialist Issue: When attempting to open a DWG file in Autodesk Design Review nothing happens and there is no error shown. The image below is what you would see, and the Open command remains available. Other file types open without issue. Causes: Design... Continue reading

By: Ken Williams | Tech Support Specialist Issue: You install IMAGINiT Utilities on users’ machines and you want to make it a Network and point to the license server easily without opening the program. Solution: 1. Create a file called IMAGINiTLicense.txt 2. Open IMAGINiTLicense.txt file in Notepad and edit to... Continue reading

By: Jeff Arbogast , CSV | Solution Center Team Lead Issue: AutoCAD Raster Design 2021 Background Plotting Does not show Unsaved Images. Causes: When using Background Plotting unsaved images do not display. Solution: You must save unsaved images before Background Plotting or the unsaved image will not Plot the unsaved... Continue reading

By: Ken Williams | Tech Support Specialist About Deployments A deployment provides an efficient way to install one or more Autodesk products with a standard configuration on multiple computers. The files required for the installation process are stored on the network, in an administrative image, in a folder to which... Continue reading

By: Jeff Arbogast , CSV | Solution Center Team Lead Issue: You want to know if there are any issues using your IMAGINiT Utilities when you switch to Autodesk Single User Licenses. Causes: Autodesk is using a new Single User Licensing model. Solution: There is really no effect with our... Continue reading

BY: Heath White | SR. MFG Support Specialist Issue: Users working in Revit 2019.1 and up (2019.2, 2020, 2021, etc.) report that they do not see their local models listed on the home page under “Recent Files”. Instead, they only see the corresponding central model and are prompted to create... Continue reading

By: Heath White | SR. MFG Support Specialist Issue: You have paid for your Twinmotion subscription and you are not sure how to tell if your software is activated. Or you need to know how to activate your software for the first time. Causes: There are no, readily available, clear... Continue reading

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If you are thinking that your drawing does not need optimization then think again, maybe you are missing great benefits of having a clean drawing. An optimized drawing with a minimum amount of unnecessary data tends to perform faster, the drawing load time is significantly better and chances of drawing corruption also reduce to a great extent. In this article, I have compiled a list of six efficient ways of cleaning and optimizing your drawing. Let’s start with the most common Purge and Overkill commands. Purge and Overkill These are probably the first few commands which are used by almost... Continue reading

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Thank you everyone that attended the webinar, Standardizing Out-of-the-box and Manufacturer Revit Families. There were several questions we were unable to address live in the webinar, so we have addressed them below. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to your local IMAGINiT representative. Q: Will the Family Processor swap the new parameters in formulas too? A: The processor is swapping the parameters themselves. Revit will automatically swap the parameter in the formula to match the replacement parameter. Q: Can we replace an outdated shared parameter with another shared parameter using the IMAGINiT Family... Continue reading

Overview In this series we will explore the fundamentals of Content Center, starting with part 1, which covers its basic setup and configuration. Content Center is not difficult to manage, but there are several important points which must be understood to use it correctly. Not observing these points can lead to considerable problems, especially in a collaborative environment. The goal of this document is to convey a clear understanding of how to get Content Center working correctly. First, a quick overview for those of you who may be new to Inventor, or who have never used Content Center… Content Center... Continue reading

Coordinates are vital for many aspects of any Revit project. In fact, coordinates are a part of every Revit project, whether you intentionally interact with them or not. In most smaller projects, and even sometimes in bigger projects you may not even worry about coordinates… at least not that you intentionally think about. But there is one area of every project you do interact with coordinates, and that is with Levels. In a Level’s Type Parameters, you have the ability to set the “Elevation Base” to either Project Base point, or Survey point. So, what does this mean? This will... Continue reading

We are excited to announce the release of IMAGINiT Clarity 2021! Clarity is like having a Revit robot; automating repetitive tasks, providing analytics, and keeping your project healthy. What’s Inside the New Release? Clarity 2021 contains a number of new compelling features! Support for Revit and Revit Server 2021 Integrations with Google Drive and Procore A new PDF Driver (PDF-Xchange by Tracker Software) Improved BIM360 support (more tasks, nicer user interface) Centralized management of task servers and offices for larger deployments Model Health / Model Metrics improvements, including: Model Scoring, based on firm standards Visibility of live metric graphs outside... Continue reading