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Bob Felton
New England
I've been supporting Autodesk products for 23 years including core AutoCAD, P&ID, Plant 3D, AutoCAD for Mac and also AutoCAD Mechanical as well as Autodesk Vault. My background is in graphics with a degree and ten years mfg experience drafting as well as technical illustration, image editing and even patent drafting.
Interests: Web content creation, photography, softball, mt biking, hiking, canoeing, skiing, scuba and anything that makes me laugh.
Recent Activity
Does the AutoCAD for Mac 2019 include the specialized toolsets?
When customers subscribe to AutoCAD 2019, they will have access to AutoCAD, AutoCAD for Mac, plus vertical toolsets for architectural design, mechanical design, electrical design, MEP design, and much more. AutoCAD specialized toolsets only work on Windows and are not available for Mac users, unless they use a virtual machine... Continue reading
Posted Sep 15, 2020 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Vault Pro Client Add-in for MS Office 365 is continuously becoming disabled in Excel and Word
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The confirmed solution was to uninstall "Microsoft Azure Information Protection". Continue reading
Posted Jul 17, 2020 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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In the IMAGINiT Vault Change Summary Utility, can it detect deleted files?
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A recent Vault 2020 customer wanted to know if the new Vault Change Summaries can detect a deleted file. No, not with this release. Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2020 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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No Vault check out dialog box in Inventor
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When you press Alt+Spacebar then M, to move (with the keyboard arrows), the missing dialog box can be moved back onscreen. Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2020 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Pack and Go for Inventor Functionality Missing in File Explorer
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With Autodesk Inventor installed, the Windows file explorer should provide several Inventor-related functions when an Inventor file is selected, then right-clicked. Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2020 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Inventor 2017 connected to BlueCielo Meridian Vault can't save iam with placed CC part
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The ultimate solution was to shut down a built-in viewer for documents that Meridian was running in their vault. Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2019 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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AutoCAD for Mac 2019 released
AutoCAD for Mac 2019 was released. Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2018 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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AutoCAD first start up error: "Establish an Internet connection to continue" - caused by antivirus
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An AutoCAD LT 2018 customer had tested all the known solutions in Autodesk's technical article here, but could not get past the message "Establish an Internet connection to continue" when starting up the single-user subscription license version for the first time. The message looked like this: For this particular customer,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2017 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Setting custom page size for PDFs generated in Vault by automated utilities
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Updated April 21, 2020 If you need to set a specific page size for producing DWFs or PDFs in Vault using an automated process like the Job Processor in Vault or the IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client, here are details for setting that desired page size on the workstation where... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2017 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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AutoCAD Datalink command error: "The specified Excel spreadsheet is not valid or not supported"
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The specified Excel spreadsheet is not valid or not supported. Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2017 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Thanks for the note, Josh. I'll add it to the article so that others may benefit from your solution.
Toggle Commented Sep 6, 2017 on Autodesk Vault Office Add-in Tools are grayed out for selection at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
An error was encountered sending email - from Vault Server Utility
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The mail server will need to allow an external app (the backup util) to send email on behalf of the user account specified. And yes port 995 would need to be open. These are the defaults (port changed to 995 from 25) From the Help File: You must specify: The... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2017 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Vault Admin account appears to be missing
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Recently an Autodesk Vault user noticed that the Vault backup had failed to run because it seemed that the Vault Server's ADMS Console Administrator account appeared to be missing. In the vault backup log, with the Vault Administrator set as the account to run backup, this error message appears: 1/4/2017... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2017 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Only seeing wireframe objects when an AutoCAD Plant 3D dwg is opened in Navisworks Manage?
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If you've been frustrated to see your 3D models showing as wireframe equipment created in AutoCAD Plant 3D in your drawing when opened in Navisworks Manage, then here are details for a solution. Some, but perhaps not all 3D models are displayed as wireframe. You may have located this Autodesk... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Robert, the case that inspired this article was from an experienced IT admin who already knew and had a preferred method to push registry keys to his workstations, so we didn't discuss whether he was using SCCM or GPO. But, in general, here are details from Microsoft for pushing reg keys to workstations using a batch file: To create a registry key with a batch file https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742162(v=ws.10).aspx
Toggle Commented Jul 29, 2016 on How to deploy specific settings for Autodesk DWG TrueView 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
Thanks, John! I really appreciate the compliment, especially coming from you. I enjoy your blog as well: https://beyondthedraftingboard.blogspot.com
Toggle Commented Jul 20, 2016 on Method to remove FEA related files before checking assembly into Vault at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
Vault Check in Error: The following files cannot be resolved (with derived parts)
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Occasionally when checking Inventor assemblies into Vault, a 'Check In Error' message such as this pops up: There are a number of possible causes for this message including links to missing image files and Inventor references that are not correctly updated. But another common cause is when a derived part's... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Jittery response when editing Excel spreadsheet in Windows 10 when connected to Vault over VPN
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Recently we received a report of a jittery response when editing an Excel spreadsheet that was opened from Vault when running on a Windows 10 machine. That machine was logged into the Vault Pro 2016 client over a VPN connection. The same erratic response was occurring when viewing PDFs that... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Method to remove FEA related files before checking assembly into Vault
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When a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is performed on a design model in Inventor Pro, the FEA setup is stored in the component file and the results of the FEA are stored in separate files with one of several file extensions such as .fins, .fsat, .ftes. fwiz, .fmsh, or .fres.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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What are the supported SQL Releases for Autodesk Vault versions?
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Autodesk has updated the PDF version of the Autodesk Vault Upgrade Guide that lists the supported Microsoft SQL releases for each Autodesk Vault version. Continue reading
Posted Jul 8, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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How to deploy specific settings for Autodesk DWG TrueView 2016
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Recently a company asked how to deploy Autodesk DWG Trueview 2016 to 120 workstations so that they all have access to specific network printers. Because DWG TrueView can't export profiles like AutoCAD does to share network settings for printers, etc, there is no means to save a profile as a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Vault Thin client cannot download dwg's within Internet Explorer 11
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Recently a Vault customer reported that they had lost the capability to download AutoCAD .dwg files from the Vault Pro 2016 thin client in Internet Explorer. The visualization file downloads fine, but when trying to download the actual .dwg file, the Thin Client screen blanks out but nothing else occurs.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Have you lost the Vault Server Admin Password? Ask Autodesk for the ADMS Server Admin Password Reset tool
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Autodesk has a utility that can reset the Vault Server's Administrator password. Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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How to avoid loading duplicates into Vault with the Autoloader and what to do if duplicates are sent.
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There is only one way to avoid possibly creating duplicates in the Vault when using multiple sessions of the Autodesk Autoloader and you probably will not like it. When choosing a Vault folder to place my multiple sessions of Autoloader, choose the same folder to upload all files. The Autoloader... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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Help file for IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client
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Occasionally we get asked about locating the documentation and help files for our IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client. The Help is delivered as a locally installed binary file with the Microsoft Compiled HTML Help .chm extension. It contains a set of HTML files, a hyperlinked table of contents, and an... Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2016 at IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog
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