Disorganized reports can slow your team down. News flash? Probably not. Most AutoCAD Plant 3D users are aware that, when you build reports in Plant 3D, it’s important to think about the people who will end up with those reports. Best case scenario is making them happy and making yourself …

Architects and civil engineers have certainly waited long enough for a technology advancement that can improve coordination between the workflows of their separate disciplines. Design professionals in the mechanical-engineering-plumbing trades and structural side of the AEC industry have been utilizing clash detection to their advantage for years to reduce waste, …

Bluebeam Extreme Conference (XCON) is an annual event for design and construction professionals transforming the way our world is built. This year’s XCON, August 27-28 in Washington, DC, brought together industry leaders, influencers and innovators to learn about the latest trends in digital construction and how Bluebeam solutions are driving …

If the mere thought of Ransomware scares you, join the club. You lock your doors and windows; you get a guard dog; you don’t walk alone on the street after dark; and still criminals can get to you – through your internet-connected computer. All it takes is one poorly-timed mistake …

The combination of the construction labor shortage and more demanding schedules and budgets for building projects is creating an opportunity – a need actually – for mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades to fill the role of helping determine constructability of buildings and develop constructible models. This was the overarching message …

In Judy Collins’ 1967 song Both Sides Now, the lyrics relate, “I really don’t know clouds at all.”1 That may be the way a lot of people feel about computing “in the cloud.” With cloud computing, the user’s local server or personal computer is replaced by an on-demand network of …

Want to use Bluebeam for quantity takeoffs and get more out of it than just the markup list? Quantity link allows you to leverage the power of excel and connect it to any of your Bluebeam documents. Whether you are trying to quantify the total square footage for flooring options …

BIM adoption among AE firms has reached a point where it is safe to say that almost every architectural or engineering firm still in business has either already adopted a BIM process, is in the process of adopting a BIM process, or is at least considering adopting a BIM process. …

Although GIS and CAD have historically been considered separate technologies, with the explosion of data available from a plethora of collection methods, it’s now possible for the two disciplines to converge, creating new design and analysis tools for civil engineers. In the article “Q&A: Opportunities for GIS in civil engineering,” …