Everyone needs help once in a while. What should you be looking for in a remote tech support partner? The answer to this may at first seem obvious. You want someone who solves your problem when you contact them. But still, one statistic by NETCARE indicates that half of businesses …
Digital Adoption in Construction Kicks into High Gear
Carol DunnThe US construction workplace looks vastly different today than it did even six months ago. Construction companies are getting back to work, and as they do, they’re having to observe safety standards and restrictions that require creativity at the very least in order to maintain a project’s workflow. In order …
System Requirements for Revit 2021
Carol DunnAutodesk published its system requirements for Revit 2021 in April, 2020. Generative design and other critical features were added at that time. If you are still using an older version, see: Revit 2020 System Requirements Revit 2019 System Requirements Summary: System Requirements and Recommendations for Autodesk Revit 2021 Products Minimum …
Plant 3D Hackathon Attracts Global Audience
Carol DunnThe concept of a hackathon comes from the software development world. Coders get together, choose a problem, then put a high intensity level of effort toward solving that problem using whatever tools they have. The unstructured exercise starts with picking a part then proceeding. The Event The Plant 3D Hackathon …
Fabrication: Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone
Carol DunnIt’s not about “me,” it’s about “we.” Michael LeFevre, retired architect and current leader of a design thinktank, believes designers, contractors, owners, trade contractors, technologists, and strategists all need to work together to bring about a shift in the construction industry toward a collaboration-focused business model. In his 2019 book, …
MEP Force Will Be Virtually Cool
Carol DunnTrade folks, MEP Force has been upgraded to a virtual event in 2020, and I’m really looking forward to it. Not only can more people tune in, but they can participate while wearing t-shirts and sweats if they want to – plus save cash on travel. MEP Force has been …
Work From Home With Bluebeam Revu
Carol DunnThe StrXur article, How to Work from Home with Revu, brings up the topic of the day: working from home. Many people across the world plan are doing their job remotely for the foreseeable future. We’re living in an unprecedented time, and we’re dealing with new and old projects without …
Highly Effective Collaboration
Carol DunnIn the Bridging the Gap podcast Matt Dillon: Master Collaborator, Todd Weyandt and Matt discuss the importance of collaboration in the future of the AEC industry and how Autodesk BIM 360 can assist in generating a more collaborative environment. Matt is the Core Services Director at Applied Software and the …
The New Face of Plant Prefabrication
Carol DunnIn the Bluebeam/StrXur video titled Building Better, Faster with Plant Prefab, the art of prefabricated buildings gets a breath of new life. Steve Glenn, CEO of Plant Prefab, explains that modular construction cuts overall building time in half. Site work and construction happen concurrently. Under traditional site-based construction, site work …
Infrastructure Projects Proceed in PA, FL, MN, VA, MD
Carol DunnIt’s widely accepted that transportation infrastructure — including streets, bridges and transit systems — must be maintained in order to move goods and critical workers at all times. Recently, Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s Building Trades Unions, reinforced the importance of infrastructure projects, saying, “Construction workers provide an invaluable …
Working From Home With My Wacky Cat Pt. 3
Carol DunnDisruptions to our work processes don’t just affect us. They affect our pets as well. If your house-dwelling pets are used to you being gone for 8-10 hours a day for an office job, it’s a bit odd for you to suddenly be home all the time. Although they’ve been …
Moving the Autodesk Fabrication Database to the Cloud – Top Tips to Enable Remote Workers
Carol DunnOrganizations that use Autodesk Fabrication (CADmep, ESTmep, CAMduct, Revit for Fab) may experience slow working conditions when communicating with the database. For remote users this can cause major slowdowns when trying to work. The use of a VPN gives users access to files but it is slow and non-productive. One …