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Autodesk Software Survival Kit
So you’ve purchased your software. . .now what? Our goal is not to simply sell software, our goal is guide you along your journey to the point where you are ...
Ransomware: What If It Happens To You
News of the recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, which disrupted the fuel supply in the Eastern U.S., and the company’s $5-million payment to cyberthieves brought concerns about ransomware to the ...
Steps to easily transition to Autodesk Named User Accounts
As Autodesk makes the move to the new named user licensing model we are seeing a trend in the most common questions asked by companies. Question 1: Once I take ...
15 BIM Tips: Avoiding Model Corruption & Optimizing File Sizes
Even some of the most experienced Revit users make mistakes in modeling and model management that can lead to detrimental and sometimes even disastrous results. In the November Applied Software, ...
Sustainability Plus Prefabrication: Art from Construction Waste
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) has a 323-acre riverside woodland with a special nod to sustainability: a spiky-haired troll sculpture made from discarded scraps of wood, recycled pallets and milling ...
7 Ways Contractors Can Avoid Construction Claims
HKA publishes its Crux Insight Report each year, analyzing the causes of claims and disputes on major capital and infrastructure projects. As of July 2022, the research found $80-billion in ...
System Requirements for Autodesk Revit 2023
Autodesk updated its system requirements and recommendations for Revit 2023 in October 2022. Following is a listing of that information. Revit® 2023Minimum: Entry Level Configuration Operating System 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® ...
Features to Speed Up Manufacturing Design Workflows in Inventor 2023
On its Inventor product website, Autodesk describes Inventor 2023 as packed with customer-driven updates and enhancements. The newest release connects you to the Autodesk cloud and includes improvements to performance, ...
5 Tech Solutions to Improve Your Construction Document Management
Each construction project literally produces a pile of construction documentation, from plans and permits to contracts, forms and reports. By itself, the act of searching for documents reportedly accounts for ...
Avoiding Disasters & 4 Other Things to Love About Vault
Your team-based manufacturing design processes could be improved if your team has any of these challenges: Following industry and company standards; Browsing through various data repositories trying to locate prototype ...
The Importance of Numbering in Refurbishing Big Ben Clock Tower
In a recent Autodesk University presentation, the use of building information modeling (BIM) and Autodesk Revit was highlighted on the high-profile seven-year project to refurbish Big Ben (aka. Elizabeth Tower), ...
How to Improve Your Factory Throughput
Whether you’re looking for faster material handling, fewer bottlenecks or less idle time for workers, a factory layout redesign might help. But before you go through the expense and brain ...
How Modular Can Make Urban Construction More Sustainable
By using materials more efficiently and reducing waste, modular construction can make urban housing more attainable and more sustainable. One of the challenges in determining the sustainability of construction processes ...
A Better Kind of Breakdown . . . with BIM Collaborate
When working on a project, superintendents, project engineers and BIM managers can all benefit from having smaller, more pertinent models that reference just the individual floor, room or discipline they ...
Two Big Challenges MEP Contractors Face
Despite the latest trends in construction technology designed to make companies function better, there are still things that can work against an MEP contractor being profitable. Every company will eventually ...
