Last week Autodesk presented a webinar in which they discussed the new features of Infraworks 2019.3 and Civil 3D 2019.2. I thought I’d post a link to the recording just in case you missed it. I really like the profile enhancements for Infraworks and the transparent command enhancements for Civil …
Got Vault on a 4K?
So, currently Autodesk Vault is not supported for use on a 4K monitor. What!? Are you serious? I just found this out yesterday and shook my head in disbelief. I had a client call me to let me know that they had just unboxed a new 4K monitor, and that …
6 Things You’re Forgetting About Data Sync
If you have one nerve left and data entry is getting on it, think about adding 360 Sync to your construction industry workflow. Many project managers report that one of their most frustrating and least favorite workflows is handling data, especially in multiple locations with the same data. It can …
Connector Matching in Revit 2019.2
Autodesk just released Revit 2019.2, requiring a change to your database. Here’s a video walking through a couple of those changes.
How Manufacturing is Evolving
When it comes to manufacturing technology, we’ve already run the gamut from the Flintstones of the stone age to the Jetsons of the space age. Sci-fi inventions that seemed quirky in the Jetsons shows of the 1960s are now reality: robot maids, push-button appliances, holograms, digital diaries, work computers with …
10 Things Your Competitors Can Teach You about Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion/kə,labə’rāSH(ə)nNoun: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.”She wrote a book on holiday recipes in collaboration with her aunt Betty.”Synonyms: alliance, association, combination, cooperation, partnership. Collaboration empowers teams, individuals, clients and partners to share, communicate and cooperate with minimal delays and challenges, allowing all stakeholders to perform …
9 Signs You Need Help With PDF Manipulation
It’s always deadlines, isn’t it? Seems like the worst possible things that can happen with project drawings will happen just hours (or minutes!) before a deadline. Here are the 9 signs you need help: If last minute calamities make drops of sweat form on your brow; If it’s an office-wide scramble to change …
6 Ways I’ve Got Your Back in Worksharing – How to Keep Your Job Using Revit
The point of worksharing is to improve the quality of a project’s design and construction. If it doesn’t feel like that sometimes, following are a few Applied Software expert recommendations for enhancing your worksharing productivity. Ownership: Revit will ask you if you want to save objects you work on, then …
Get Your Nights and Weekends Back with Revu eXtreme
It’s 7 pm. It’s already been a long day. But your drawings need to have hyperlinks added before they are submitted for approval at 8 am tomorrow. It’s going to be a long night. What would you give to be able to add all those hyperlinks simultaneously then head home …
Plant 3D Collaboration Cache Location
You may want to change where Plant 3D stores the download project when using BIM 360 Team to collaborate. To control where Plant 3D caches your BIM 360 Team collaboration project, go to Collaborate > Plant Collaboration and click Options. The Check Specify working folder (1), click the Browse button …
Using Your Autodesk Software Away from the Office
It’s seems like lately we are always on the go and there are times when you simply need to work away from the office like. . . It’s seems like lately we are always on the go and there are times when you simply need to work away from the …
How to Explain Unstructured Data to your Boss – Avoiding the Curse of the Blob
In the same way you may have explained to a teacher in the long-ago past, “the dog ate my homework,” you may someday have to explain to your boss, “the computer ate my data.” Hearing that hasn’t gotten any easier over time, and neither has the telling. Only now, the …
What’s new in Infraworks 2019.3 & Civil 3D 2019.2
Last week Autodesk presented a webinar in which they discussed the new features of Infraworks 2019.3 and Civil 3D 2019.2. I thought I’d post a link to the recording just in case you missed it. I really like the profile enhancements for Infraworks and the transparent command enhancements for Civil …
6 Things You’re Forgetting About Data Sync
If you have one nerve left and data entry is getting on it, think about adding 360 Sync to your construction industry workflow. Many project managers report that one of their most frustrating and least favorite workflows is handling data, especially in multiple locations with the same data. It can …
Connector Matching in Revit 2019.2
Autodesk just released Revit 2019.2, requiring a change to your database. Here’s a video walking through a couple of those changes.
10 Things Your Competitors Can Teach You about Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion/kə,labə’rāSH(ə)nNoun: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.”She wrote a book on holiday recipes in collaboration with her aunt Betty.”Synonyms: alliance, association, combination, cooperation, partnership. Collaboration empowers teams, individuals, clients and partners to share, communicate and cooperate with minimal delays and challenges, allowing all stakeholders to perform …
9 Signs You Need Help With PDF Manipulation
It’s always deadlines, isn’t it? Seems like the worst possible things that can happen with project drawings will happen just hours (or minutes!) before a deadline. Here are the 9 signs you need help: If last minute calamities make drops of sweat form on your brow; If it’s an office-wide scramble to change …
6 Ways I’ve Got Your Back in Worksharing – How to Keep Your Job Using Revit
The point of worksharing is to improve the quality of a project’s design and construction. If it doesn’t feel like that sometimes, following are a few Applied Software expert recommendations for enhancing your worksharing productivity. Ownership: Revit will ask you if you want to save objects you work on, then …
Get Your Nights and Weekends Back with Revu eXtreme
It’s 7 pm. It’s already been a long day. But your drawings need to have hyperlinks added before they are submitted for approval at 8 am tomorrow. It’s going to be a long night. What would you give to be able to add all those hyperlinks simultaneously then head home …
How to Keep Your Job Using Revit – Less is More
If you’re an architect, you’re probably familiar with the phrase introduced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe over 70 years ago, “Less is more.” Ludwig wasn’t talking about Revit, but his advice is nonetheless relevant to today’s Revit users. Enhance your productivity using Revit by managing file sizes and views. …
7 Essential Steps to Mastering Civil 3D
Even if you don’t want to be regarded as a “master” at using AutoCAD Civil 3D, you may want to improve your performance with Civil 3D on projects. Maybe you want to get better at maintaining consistent data. Or you might want standard processes to become second nature. Perhaps you’d …
A Good Pasta Meal Can Help You Keep Your Job Using Revit
The insignificant little things that affect the way you use Revit eventually add up. They hover unseen in the background of your drawing file, multiplying until they start to take chunks out of your productivity – chunks that can really hurt your next performance evaluation. Protect the integrity of your …
4 Dirty Little Secrets About Vault
Autodesk Vault is a product so much on the periphery of some software users’ attention, it’s almost a secret. It sounds like a place to put lots of money, so we’re somewhat curious. But since most us don’t HAVE a lot of money, it seems pointless. However, if we consider …
What’s Up With Bluebeam Vu?
Vu for Windows and iPad has been around for six years or so. It’s the free viewer from Bluebeam that allows access and navigation within PDF files, including clear and accurate display of all annotations. But don’t go looking for Vu, because it’s gone. Oh where, oh where has our …
What’s new in Infraworks 2019.3 & Civil 3D 2019.2
Last week Autodesk presented a webinar in which they discussed the new features of Infraworks 2019.3 and Civil 3D 2019.2. I thought I’d post a link to the recording just in case you missed it. I really like the profile enhancements for Infraworks and the transparent command enhancements for Civil …
6 Things You’re Forgetting About Data Sync
If you have one nerve left and data entry is getting on it, think about adding 360 Sync to your construction industry workflow. Many project managers report that one of their most frustrating and least favorite workflows is handling data, especially in multiple locations with the same data. It can …
10 Things Your Competitors Can Teach You about Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion/kə,labə’rāSH(ə)nNoun: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.”She wrote a book on holiday recipes in collaboration with her aunt Betty.”Synonyms: alliance, association, combination, cooperation, partnership. Collaboration empowers teams, individuals, clients and partners to share, communicate and cooperate with minimal delays and challenges, allowing all stakeholders to perform …
9 Signs You Need Help With PDF Manipulation
It’s always deadlines, isn’t it? Seems like the worst possible things that can happen with project drawings will happen just hours (or minutes!) before a deadline. Here are the 9 signs you need help: If last minute calamities make drops of sweat form on your brow; If it’s an office-wide scramble to change …
6 Ways I’ve Got Your Back in Worksharing – How to Keep Your Job Using Revit
The point of worksharing is to improve the quality of a project’s design and construction. If it doesn’t feel like that sometimes, following are a few Applied Software expert recommendations for enhancing your worksharing productivity. Ownership: Revit will ask you if you want to save objects you work on, then …
Get Your Nights and Weekends Back with Revu eXtreme
It’s 7 pm. It’s already been a long day. But your drawings need to have hyperlinks added before they are submitted for approval at 8 am tomorrow. It’s going to be a long night. What would you give to be able to add all those hyperlinks simultaneously then head home …
4 Dirty Little Secrets About Vault
Autodesk Vault is a product so much on the periphery of some software users’ attention, it’s almost a secret. It sounds like a place to put lots of money, so we’re somewhat curious. But since most us don’t HAVE a lot of money, it seems pointless. However, if we consider …
What’s Up With Bluebeam Vu?
Vu for Windows and iPad has been around for six years or so. It’s the free viewer from Bluebeam that allows access and navigation within PDF files, including clear and accurate display of all annotations. But don’t go looking for Vu, because it’s gone. Oh where, oh where has our …
5 Trends You May Have Missed That Involve Bluebeam
Remember 40 years ago when they told us computers would make our lives easier? We would have so much leisure time that we wouldn’t know how to act. I don’t know about you, but I truly feel that life has gotten incredibly more complicated in those four decades. And technology is not slowing down …
A Guide to BIM 360
For everyone who has adopted BIM 360 processes, it’s good to know that BIM 360 continues to be ranked among the top software products available for BIM-process work (Revit and Navisworks are up there too). Autodesk has a plan for future development of BIM 360 and shares that on its …
8 Tips for Better Use of Bluebeam
No, it’s not just a pdf editor. Know what your software can do, and use it to the fullest extent. You made an investment into Bluebeam Revu Standard or CAD or eXtreme; now invest into learning about its features. You will reap real dividends in the form of increased productivity …
6 Ways That MEP Without BIM is Like Fred Flintstone Without a Bronto-Crane
Fred Flintstone and his brontosaurus crane belonged together. They were iconic. Fred didn’t have the luxury of quarry information modeling. Maybe he didn’t even have the luxury of dynamite. But he did have his bronto-crane, a smiling critter which was evidently perfectly happy lifting huge boulders with its mouth or …
10 Things Your Competitors Can Teach You about Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion/kə,labə’rāSH(ə)nNoun: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.”She wrote a book on holiday recipes in collaboration with her aunt Betty.”Synonyms: alliance, association, combination, cooperation, partnership. Collaboration empowers teams, individuals, clients and partners to share, communicate and cooperate with minimal delays and challenges, allowing all stakeholders to perform …
Fabrication: The Path Forward
Where have we been? It’s been nearly fifteen years since Revit was introduced to the world as the best way to achieve building information modeling. Once the term BIM was coined, it was everywhere. It seemed like everyone was writing about BIM, extolling the wonders of BIM, telling you that …
9 Ways eVolve is Driving Your Mechanical Firm’s Technology Forward
As a group, mechanical contractors have been willing to embrace the evolution of construction technology from paper-based coordination to 2D model collaboration and finally to the present 3D-model driven office, shop and field production. The mechanical construction segment really has driven technologies forward. The eVolve development team has spent a …
MEP Force Recap
“95% of MEP Force attendees would recommend MEP Force to a colleague.” MEP Force kicked off last month with a bang. If you haven’t already heard, MEP Force is an exclusive conference for an elite force of MEP heroes to unite and learn from other industry experts. For those looking …
eVolve: Don’t Let Kryptonite Bring Down Your MEP Superhero
| Evolve – to come forth gradually into being; develop | You may not think of yourself as a hero. You know who the real heroes of this world are. But give yourself credit for being a survivor in this industry – a sort of “superman,” if you will. You …
The State of CAD & Pipe Fabrication
We’d like to give you the opportunity to win a $50 Amazon gift card. In return, we would appreciate your input on an 8-question survey to quantify the major issues pipe fabricators face when sharing data with engineering companies and end clients. Nationally the United States is seeing shortages in …
Import Unsupported CID Patterns into Revit using IFC
Often times, people who are working in CADmep are finding out late that their deliverable needs to be in Revit. Here is a tutorial on how to import the unsupported patterns of CADmep into Revit.
MEP Force 2018 Frequently Asked Questions
With MEP Force right around the corner, we want to make sure you have all of the information you need for a successful trip to Austin. Here are some common questions regarding the event. If you have a question and don’t see an answer here, please email us directly at …
Revit 2019 – Piping Tips
In Revit MEP, Piping systems have come along way. One topic I am asked about most in training or via support is how can I connect pipes easier in Revit. I will show you how to approach some different routing scenario’s. You will learn how to use the Routing Solutions, …
What Is Forge and Why Is It Important for AEC?
Autodesk Forge is a relatively new platform, a set of web services API’s. An API is an application programming interface, a way to extract data. Think about it as a box of Legos or parts that make up a model assembly. Documents and Information resides in multiple file formats and …
Out with Old Revit, In with Revit 2019!
Top features that Autodesk pulled out from Revit 2019: Suites Workflows such as switch to 3Ds Max Collaboration for Revit (C4R) Communicator instant messaging Exporting to .adsk file format Publish to Buzzsaw
AutoCAD Tip: Convert MTEXT to Multileader
Recently I have had several calls asking if it was possible to convert regular MTEXT to a multileader. Well, AutoCAD doesn’t have the capabilities to do so, but I found a snazzy lisp routine years ago on the AutoCAD Tips blog that does the trick. In theire blog titled Add …
How Manufacturing is Evolving
When it comes to manufacturing technology, we’ve already run the gamut from the Flintstones of the stone age to the Jetsons of the space age. Sci-fi inventions that seemed quirky in the Jetsons shows of the 1960s are now reality: robot maids, push-button appliances, holograms, digital diaries, work computers with …
10 Things Your Competitors Can Teach You about Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion/kə,labə’rāSH(ə)nNoun: the action of working with someone to produce or create something.”She wrote a book on holiday recipes in collaboration with her aunt Betty.”Synonyms: alliance, association, combination, cooperation, partnership. Collaboration empowers teams, individuals, clients and partners to share, communicate and cooperate with minimal delays and challenges, allowing all stakeholders to perform …
Plant 3D Collaboration Cache Location
You may want to change where Plant 3D stores the download project when using BIM 360 Team to collaborate. To control where Plant 3D caches your BIM 360 Team collaboration project, go to Collaborate > Plant Collaboration and click Options. The Check Specify working folder (1), click the Browse button …
Calling Plant Team Members!
We are looking for two new people to join our Plant team! https://www.asti.com/about/careers/ Personally, I am so excited to be able to look for people interested in working with Plant 3D and other Autodesk design products. First of all, I’d like to take a minute to frame the direction we …
4 Dirty Little Secrets About Vault
Autodesk Vault is a product so much on the periphery of some software users’ attention, it’s almost a secret. It sounds like a place to put lots of money, so we’re somewhat curious. But since most us don’t HAVE a lot of money, it seems pointless. However, if we consider …
Bridging the Gap: Trends in Plant 3D with David Wolfe
Plant 3D expert David Wolfe walks through the latest trends in Autodesk Plant 3D as well as some general trends in the Manufacturing industry. For more information on Plant 3D or our fantastic Steel Supports Bundle for Plant 3D, please click on the buttons below. To explore more of David …
5 Common Problems for New Inventor Users
If you’re sitting at your desk with your head propped in your hands, sighing deeply while staring at your computer screen where Inventor is poised to taunt you yet again, take heart. Maybe you’re like a lot of new Inventor users, and you decided to teach yourself to use it. …
5 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Inventor
Have you heard of Autodesk Inventor? Not the guy who invented AutoCAD, but the incredible software program that will set you on your ear with its amazing product creation features. Inventor 3D CAD software is used for product design, rendering, and simulation. Using Inventor, you get professional-grade mechanical design solutions. …
3 Reasons Why You May Catch the Inventor Bug
“Go big or go home,” they sometimes say. Well Autodesk Inventor has three ginormous enticements that may tempt you to take a closer look at Inventor. So if you have a fear of falling in love (with product design software), put your hands over your ears and start chanting, “LA …
Implementing Pipe Supports for Plant 3D
Implementing pipe supports and support details can help add value to your model, and provide more precise material lists to project managers and purchasing departments. The process for implementing pipe supports is as follows: Gather pipe support detail sheets Match supports to available shapes Identify required properties Build a pipe …
The State of CAD & Pipe Fabrication
We’d like to give you the opportunity to win a $50 Amazon gift card. In return, we would appreciate your input on an 8-question survey to quantify the major issues pipe fabricators face when sharing data with engineering companies and end clients. Nationally the United States is seeing shortages in …
AutoCAD Plant 3D/Navisworks in VR
I had the opportunity today to work with a friend, Corey Arledge at Eledeco Inc., to get a Navisworks model up and running in a HTC Vive headset. One of the most exciting Navisworks plugin for Plant 3d is the Iris VR Prospect. The Iris VR plugin to Navisworks makes …
eVolve Mechanical Version 1.02 Delivers New Features, Enhancements
AUSTIN, Texas — October 2, 2018 — eVolve, a revolutionary new product leader in the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) industry, announced today the release of eVolve Mechanical version 1.02, the first significant update to the company’s real-time …
TriBuild and Applied Software Announces Collaboration to Extend MEP Workflows in CAD/Fabrication and Field Solutions
Applied Software, a leading systems integrator for the MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing), Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Fabrication and Manufacturing industries, today announced its partnership with TriBuild, a Construction Technology provider of advanced field and office technology solutions for all phases of the construction project lifecycle. In combination with the newly …
eVolve Mechanical Enables True Collaboration, Greater Efficiency
New MEP Software for Mechanical Contractors is First Offering from Applied Software Spin-Off AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28, 2018 — eVolve, a revolutionary new product leader in the MEP industry, announced today the launch of eVolve Mechanical, a software solution built with the mechanical contractor in mind for better efficiency. eVolve Mechanical enables all …
Applied Software’s eVolve 2.0 Offers Wide Range of Enhancements
The new version includes an array of major improvements and new features, including greater levels of control, more powerful workflows and lots of additional new content. eVolve continues to grow as the leader in the electrical prefab workflow.
Applied Software Hires Two in Director-Level Positions to Support MEP Industries
Applied Software announced today the addition of two new directors to the company’s growing staff. Adam Heon is the new director of Electrical Services, and Brett Stacks joins as director of Fabrication MEP Services.
Applied Software Hires David Wolfe as New Director of Manufacturing Services
Applied Software announced today the addition of David Wolfe as the firm’s new director of Manufacturing Services. Wolfe has an extensive career as a strategies and technical expert in process and power, manufacturing and mechanical engineering.
Director of AEC Sales Earns MBA
In a company like Applied Software® where customer and industry needs are always changing, it’s important that everyone on our team continues to learn and grow professionally. With that mission in mind, we’re pleased to congratulate Brad Kramer, our director of AEC Sales who recently earned his MBA from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business.
eVolve 2.0 is Now Available!
The electrical pre-fab workflow has evolved again! With major workflow improvements and many new features we are excited to announce the new release eVolve 2.0 is here!
Applied Software Honored with 2018 Autodesk Platinum Club Award in “New Subscriptions Sold” Category
Applied Software® was recently named an Autodesk Platinum Club Award winner as the Top Reseller in New Subscription Sold. The announcement marks the tenth time the company has received the Autodesk Platinum Club Award.
Applied Software Announces Partnership with ManufactOn
Applied Software®, a leading systems integrator for the architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing industries, announced today its partnership with ManufactOn, provider of a collaborative, cloud and mobile solution for prefab production and supply chain management. ManufactOn is a SaaS (mobile/web) platform that helps construction firms plan, track and manage both prefabrication and regular material handling.
Applied Software Acquires CAD-1
Applied Software®, a leading systems integrator to the AEC, fabrication and manufacturing industries, announced today its acquisition of CAD-1, an Autodesk® Gold Partner and Autodesk Authorized Training Center (ATC) with extensive expertise in consulting services delivery, software, training and support. CAD-1’s specialists have a deep understanding of the industry’s design needs and decades of experience developing effective solutions for customers. The acquisition expands Applied Software’s deep bench of skilled developers, trainers and service professionals with the additional skills of the CAD-1 team.
Applied Software Named First U.S. Reseller Partner for dRofus
dRofus further expands Applied Software’s broad solutions portfolio for the AEC industries ATLANTA – January 25, 2018 – Applied Software®, a leading systems integrator to the AEC, construction and manufacturing industries, announced today its partnership with dRofus, developer of the unique dRofus planning, data management and BIM collaboration tool that …