Ekins Solutions, LLC

Ekins Solutions is a company that partners with you to make your CAD system work better. This is primarily achieved through custom programming and using the programming interfaces provided by the CAD system. Custom programming and API training are both available. CUSTOM PROGRAMMING Both Inventor and Fusion 360 are powerful CAD systems, but by necessity, they're designed to a be a "one size fit's all" solution. Very few of us exactly fit that one size and can use additional functionality in our workflows. That's where custom programming can be a huge benefit by creating small utilities and large applications that automate the tasks you do. By automating difficult and frequent tasks you increase productivity and reduce errors. Ekins Solutions can help you determine where customization might be beneficial and what's feasible to actually do. This help can be at any level you would like from handling the entire project from start to finish to helping you to do the programming. Doing the programming yourself can be beneficial because then you can maintain and enhance your program at any time in the future without relying on someone else, but it is a huge learning curve and having an expert on hand to help with the initial design, architecture, and coding can reduce the time and frustration to create the desired program. API TRAINING Being able to write your own programs to customize Inventor and Fusion 360 is a great skill to add to your skill set. By understanding how to write your own programs, you can quickly create little utilities whenever needed and can maintain and continue to enhance your larger programs without requiring external help. However, getting started can be intimidating and take a lot of effort. You first need to have a knowledge of the tools used to write programs and then a knowledge of the Inventor or Fusion 360 programming interfaces. Sifting through all of the information at the beginning is difficult when you aren't even sure of the questions you should be asking to find the correct answers. Taking a formal class can jump start your future as a developer where you'll walk through the tools and the areas of the API that will be needed to accomplish the tasks you would like to do. Classes can be taught at your site with an individual or an entire team. Or training can be done online, but still in an interactive environment.