Join us and Rob Hargreaves, Technical Director at Quadra Solutions for a free live webinar on Monday 25th October 2021 to learn how Vault can work for you if you are:
A Design Engineer:
Where Used
Vault In CAD tools
Duplicate Search
In CAD Reports
A Design Manager:
Saved Searches
Client Reports
A Quality Manager:
Documenting Engineering Change
A Project Engineer:
Reviewing and Approving (or Rejecting) Designs
A Production Manager:
Viewing and Printing Drawings
Measuring Models
Watch our on-demand webinar ‘Making Vault Work for You’ below:
Do you have the essentials for good design? Is PDM a priority for your design flow?
Think of all the essentials you rely on daily: your home, your phone, your refrigerator. Now, think about your design and engineering work and all the essential tools you rely on. Is Autodesk Vault PDM on your list? If you’re not using Vault for product data management, it’s likely that you don’t know why you should—because people who use Vault can’t imagine being as productive without it.
Autodesk Vault PDM
During this webinar, you will learn why Autodesk Vault is essential to effective design by helping you achieve such benefits as:
How Autodesk software and Quadra Solutions are helping Indusvent with their Continuous Improvement Project.
AUTODESK INVENTOR CASE STUDY
Indusvent is a specialist dust extraction systems and equipment supplier, operating nationally from three strategic locations across the UK. Their aim is to provide the most energy-efficient dust extraction equipment in the marketplace, setting new standards of performance while conserving energy consumption for the end-user. Indusvent has a history of over 50 years in the dust extraction business and has been drawing in 2D AutoCAD® for around 25 of those years.
While delighted with the ease of use and reliability of the AutoCAD software, Indusvent wanted to move away from drawing pieces of ducting and equipment line by line, as well as having to complete multiple iterations of elevations. They wanted a software solution that was 3D-based and would deliver a rapid return on investment (RoI). To facilitate this, Indusvent approached their IT solutions partner of around 15 years, Quadra Solutions.
“I am always keen to find software solutions that enable us to continuously improve.”
Gary Madden, Regional Account Manager at Indusvent
Gary approached the Quadra team for guidance, who asked for a recent dataset and suggested
coming onsite to discover how they operated, understand the business objectives, the challenges
and make recommendations to move forward.
Using Indusvent’s dataset, Quadra advised investing in Autodesk Inventor®, which provides professional-grade 3D mechanical design, documentation and product simulation tools.
“Previously drawing a system ‘line by line’ may have taken Indusvent three or four days. With Autodesk Inventor they can now complete this task in under a day.”
Today, Autodesk Inventor is used across the full spectrum of Indusvent’s D&M workflow. Everything from a simple ducting modification, through to the modelling of a full £500,000 system.
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Think of all the essentials you rely on daily: your home, your phone, your refrigerator. Now, think about your design and engineering work and all the essential tools you rely on. Is Autodesk Vault PDM on your list? If you’re not using Vault for product data management, it’s likely that you don’t know why you should—because people who use Vault can’t imagine being as productive without it.
Effective Data Management is crucial. Ensuring all participants in engineering and business workflows have the correct information available helps reduce costly errors and avoid unnecessary rework. In this blog, we take a look at the top 10 reasons companies use Autodesk Vault Data Management in their design flows.
Download our On-Demand webinar – Unlock the Vault – A Practical Guide to Autodesk Vault.
As the manufacturing industry continues to see rapid change, leading companies need to find ways to keep pace through digitisation. Data is your most valuable resource and keeping your critical product data at the centre of your design and manufacturing processes is the key to meeting growing demands. Autodesk Vault takes care of your data, while you take care of business.
Unlock the Vault – Autodesk Vault Webinar
In this webinar, we will take a practical look at managing your design data with Autodesk Vault, including demonstrations of;
Fast data searching
Data reuse
Automated engineering change orders
Web access
Fill out the form below to access the Vault Webinar
Unlock the Vault – A Practical Guide to Autodesk Vault
As the manufacturing industry continues to see rapid change, leading companies need to find ways to keep pace through digitisation. Data is your most valuable resource and keeping your critical product data at the centre of your design and manufacturing processes is the key to meeting growing demands. Autodesk Vault takes care of your data, while you take care of business.
In this webinar, we will take a practical look at managing your design data with Autodesk Vault, including demonstrations of;
Fast data searching
Data reuse
Automated engineering change orders
Web access
6th May 2021 – 2pm
Registrations are no longer available – please Contact Us if you require any additional information.
Get our Inventor eBook – 15 Top Inventor Tips to Boost your Productivity right now!
Download our Inventor Tips eBook | We are always looking for new ways to help our software users adopt, adapt and advance! In the last few years, the manufacturing and engineering sectors have seen revolutionary changes and Quadra Solutions has been at the forefront of many of these technological advances.
Live webinar from Autodesk : Everything You Need to Know About the Vault Mobile App!
Need to access data on the go? Now you can.
The Vault mobile app makes it easier to stay up to date on your projects and collaborate with others when you’re away from your desktop computer. Find out how the app will give you the flexibility to work with your vaulted design and engineering data anytime, anywhere.
During this webinar, you’ll learn how to get started with the Vault mobile app and begin using it to:
Take your design data with you on the go
Search and view 2D/3D designs
Review, approve, and sign documents
Perform QR, barcode, simple, and extended searches
Create and participate in change orders, and more
We will be recording the webinar and the recording will be sent out via email after the event.
Hear from an expert
Irvin is a Product Manager on the Autodesk Vault team based in Novi, Michigan. He has worked at Autodesk for eleven years starting in product support and as a user experience designer. Irvin is a Microsoft® Certified Professional and has been working in the information technology field for more than 27 years. He helps partners, consulting, and sales develop Vault deployment plans in enterprise environments and system requirements. You can find multiple classes Irvin has presented at Autodesk University, on a wide range of Vault topics. Irvin is a technology geek and loves sharing with the community on Twitter (@ihayesjr).
Irvin Hayes
Register for the webinar now to discover what you can do with the new Vault mobile app.
Our software solutions, consultancy, training and technical support to the manufacturing, architectural, construction and product design industries is some of the best in our industry. With a wealth of experience and knowledge, Quadra specialises in helping businesses adapt and adopt efficient and effective design workflows, innovate and embed data management solutions. We pride ourselves on our consultative approach to working with customers as their technology partner.
As Boris announces phase whatever number we are on now, many of us will be returning or continuing to work from home. And we. at Quadra started to wonder, if a full lockdown occurs, what useful things Design Engineers could and have been doing whilst at home. So we have created a list of our favourite ones.
1. Library Management and Streamlining existing processes
Vault
Library maintenance and organisation is essential for anyone who manages their data through Vault and let’s be honest organising your files and getting rid of redundant data is never a pleasant job. But we found a great article from 2010 which gives you some great ideas for cleaning up your Vault Workspace. Check it out here
AutoCAD
Upgrade your standard AutoCAD blocks to dynamic blocks to aid functionality.
Add attributes for data extraction or add standardise attributes within block for clean data extraction. Invest time in creating tool palettes to ease the distribution and standardisation of block insertion.
Understand and implement data fields, to reduce user input requirements.
2. Take a look at some of the new technologies and tools available
It’s a great time to have a look at some of the newest cloud-based tools out there.
Vault Mobile app
Why not try the Vault mobile app. You can download the app for iOS devices, iPhone and iPad, in the Apple App Store here.
BIM 360
For the Architectural side of life, BIM 360 is helping people design and collaborate, whilst keeping designs on track.
AutoCAD Mobile App
Edit, create and view CAD drawings in the AutoCAD mobile app
Use the AutoCAD mobile app to design on-the-go via iOS or Android devices.
AutoCAD® mobile app has core design and drafting tools. Work on your CAD drawings any time, anywhere – even offline.
Update DWG™ files in real-time
Access drawings with your smartphone or tablet
Get the app included with an AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT subscription or purchase separately
3. Now is a great time to talk Training
According to the Association of Talent Development, companies that invest in comprehensive training for their employees enjoy on average 24% higher profits than those who don’t.
We are well aware that squeezing training into your work schedule is next to impossible, in fact, most employers are only able to commit 1% of their employees time to essential professional development. Covid-19 has forced us all to spend more time away from the office and less time commuting, so is now a good time to talk training?
We’ve been very impressed at Quadra with some of the blogs and content that are being generated during Lockdown. Here are just a few of our favourites.
By configuring your workstation to connect to a secure VPN or Virtual Private Network design engineers are able to take it home, connect it to the internet and work as if you are plugged into your network at the office. Your connection to Autodesk Vault and your drive mappings to company servers should work fine (if not a little slow). Remember though if you take your desktop or tower PC home they don’t usually have WiFi so you will need to set up close to your router or use Powerline Adapters*, just make sure you get the ones with Ethernet ports built-in (and take home a network cable).
If you are using network licenses you may need to increase the amount of time your application will wait before it gives up trying to get a license. This involves setting up a system variable on your workstation. See here for instructions. Click here
Inventor Users
For you Inventor users, if none of the options above are suitable and you decide to copy your data to your workstation and take it home please consider the following:-
Copy your Templates and Design Data folders too.
You may need to create a new Project (.ipj) file to point to your local hard drive and templates.
The files you are working on are not visible to other users so stay in touch when working on parts of a model which may influence other parts of the design.
We have adapted many of our courses so that they can be delivered safely online. Have a look at our Online Autodesk Training Courses below.
Benefits of Online Training
An interactive virtual classroom – Desktop sharing, chat, and audio functions allow instant feedback from the instructor and direct interaction between students
Individualised attention – Classes are limited to 5 delegates
A high-performance environment – Autodesk Online classes use our high-performance servers running the latest Autodesk design software
Immersive learning – Students experience the technology with practical hands-on lessons and help from instructors as needed
Immediate feedback – The testing module provides students with immediate feedback and assessment of skills.
We have been an Accredited Autodesk Training Centre (ATC) since 2001 and provide training for Autodesk and eCADSTAR and IPC CID. Our most popular courses, Inventor, Revit and AutoCAD courses are scheduled throughout the year and can be delivered in a variety of ways.
Autodesk Essential Training – We all had to start somewhere and getting to grips with new and regularly updated software can be challenging. Often “on the job” training just isn’t enough to ensure you get the most from your staff and from the software.
Our Autodesk Essentials Training courses ensure that your new member of staff is ready to take on the day-to-day challenges while helping them bring new ideas to your team.
We have been an Accredited Autodesk Training Centre (ATC) since 2001 and provide training for Autodesk and eCADSTAR and IPC CID. Our most popular courses, Inventor, Revit and AutoCAD courses are scheduled throughout the year and can be delivered in a variety of ways.
Our AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT courses are designed for new AutoCAD software users, who require comprehensive training. The training incorporates the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings with AutoCAD / AutoCAD LT.
This course covers the fundamental principles of 3D parametric part design, assembly design, and creating production-ready part and assembly drawings using Autodesk Inventor.
In this Revit Architecture training course, delegates use Revit Architecture to learn about Building Information Modelling and the tools for parametric building design and documentation.
Where will your Autodesk Essentials Training take you?
At Quadra, we understand that it can be difficult in the fast-paced world of business to make time for personal development. That is why we have introduced the Quadra Training Passport to give you, more freedom and flexibility in how you receive training.