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 …