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 …