Free Webinar: “Conditioning” with Assemble to Visualize and Communicate Cost
Monday, August 21, 2017
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Displaying a round-the-world itinerary using Google Maps Part 5
Monday, August 21, 2017
I really thought this series was finished, but there you go. In the first part we saw a basic, em... » read more.. From Through the Interface
JTB CAD Automation Tools 5.3 released
Monday, August 21, 2017
JTB CAD Automation Tools for AutoCAD has been updated to version 5.3 and got a bug fixed. Fixed b... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Feeling Out of Place in the Silicon Valley
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Sunnyvale, CA - the beating heart of the Silicon Valley. Lobby of the Plug and Play Center The Pl... » read more.. From CAD Insider
From Peru to Brazil
Friday, August 18, 2017
So we made it to Brazil. After a 4:30am departure from the hotel (ouch), we took the 6:55am fligh... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Revit Co-founder Corrects Revit's History
Friday, August 18, 2017
Fresh code The CAD industry is incestuous, with people wandering from firm to firm, starting new ... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
AUGI HotNews -- August 2017, Issue No. 171
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Read the full issue—must be logged in to read our online version. The full issue contains the bel... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
Cusco and Machu Picchu
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
We were always expecting these few days to be special – one of the highlights of our trip – and t... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Fusion 360 Meetup in Portland Oregon
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
If you are located in or nearby beautiful Portland Oregon, please join us for the meetup August 2... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Autodesk Forge - What is it?
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Have you heard people talking about Autodesk Forge? Perhaps you wondered what it really was and w... » read more.. From Between the Lines
10 Revit Hacks to Make Your Revit View Compelling
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
These simple hacks can make your Revit views artistic and compelling. Without having to spend hou... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Plant 3D + BIM 360 Team + Revit = AWESOME!
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Get Revit P&ID Modeler today! Simplified modeling right from your Plant 3D Collaboration P&IDs Hi... » read more.. From In the Pipes
After Cloud Computing comes Edge Computing
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Can you say, "Pivot," again? Software companies like Autodesk, Graebert, and Onshape have gone al... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
How to fix problem with multiple ribbon tabs for apps in AutoCAD
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Have you run into the problem with apps (plug-ins or add-ins) showing up in separate ribbon tabs?... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
BILT NA 2017 - week of reflection
Monday, August 14, 2017
For my last BILT NA 2017 blog, I give my top 5 reasons why I enjoy the conference (now that I’ve ... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
Altair HW monitoring with JTB FlexReport tip
Monday, August 14, 2017
Altair HW now uses almutil.exe, take copy of this file and rename to lmxendutil.exe and put in th... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Lima
Saturday, August 12, 2017
We left early on Thursday morning to get to SFO in good time for our flight. Catching BART would ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Multiple Plug-ins Ribbon Tabs...
Friday, August 11, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Do You Think Autodesk New Subscription Model is Better?
Thursday, August 10, 2017
I can't seem to get a proper answer to this question. If you do think the new one is better, plea... » read more.. From CAD Notes
San Francisco
Thursday, August 10, 2017
It’s been really great to be back in the Bay Area. My wife and I lived here from 2000 to 2003 – b... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Fidget Spinner in Fusion 360
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Fidget Spinners are all the rage, whether you love or don't care for them, they are here. A coupl... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Creating Dynamic Viewport Scale Labels in AutoCAD 2018
Thursday, August 10, 2017
The AutoCAD 2018.1 update makes it easier than ever to change the scale of a viewport, but how do... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Registration for the Forge DevCon is now open!
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
I have to admit it’s a little bittersweet to be talking about this year’s Forge DevCon: I’ve been... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Meet Cooper the Puppy
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
I want to introduce you to my new four legged buddy, Cooper. I have had dogs all my life except t... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Why I gave up on the UMI Super smartphone
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Three strikes and you're out I was pretty enthusiastic about the Umi (since renamed Umidigi) Supe... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Fusion 360 Update 8.8.17 Honk if You Love Sheet Metal
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
A great update went live today for Autodesk Fusion 360. Holy Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Batman! You s... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Compare AutoCAD Drawings Between Revisions
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
You can compare two drawings from different revisions directly in AutoCAD. All you need to do is ... » read more.. From CAD Notes
An online hackathon for BIM 360
Monday, August 7, 2017
If you’re working in the BIM space and are thinking about developing a cloud-based application th... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Autodesk University 2017 Registration Open Aug 9th
Monday, August 7, 2017
Autodesk University 2017 registration opens this Wednesday August 9, 2017, are you ready and have... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Node of the Week #2 - Dynamo Days of Summer
Monday, August 7, 2017
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Node of the Week #1 - Dynamo Days of Summer
Sunday, August 6, 2017
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Autodesk University 2017 Registration Opens Wednesday
Sunday, August 6, 2017
There are exactly 100 days until Autodesk University 2017 in Las Vegas, NV, but only three ... Re... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
BILT NA 2017 - Last day
Saturday, August 5, 2017
I enjoyed the keynote speaker for this year, David Rendall. It's great to be encouraged to be you... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
AutoCAD Architecture 2018.0.2 Update
Saturday, August 5, 2017
AutoCAD Architecture 2018.0.2 Update was released Aug 1, 2017 and comes with these fixes. Get it ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
From Monterey to Marin County
Friday, August 4, 2017
After leaving Sequoia National Park, we headed across the central Californian valley towards Mont... » read more.. From Through the Interface
15 'Gracious Professionals'
Friday, August 4, 2017
In the Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon office (Portland area), we are hosting some regional high scho... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Revit MEP Basic: Adding Spaces to Plenum and Other Areas
Thursday, August 3, 2017
We covered how to work with spaces. However, there are “rooms” that are not considere... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Modifying AutoCAD Plant 3D to allow connections with different ratings and fa...
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Back in April of last year, I wrote a post on this blog showing how you can modify the DefaultCon... » read more.. From In the Pipes
Camping Hacks
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Its summer in the northern hemisphere and here in Oregon that means camping and outdoors fun. We ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
AutoCAD Architecture 2018.0.2 Update Released
Thursday, August 3, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
AUGIWorld August 2017 --- Collaboration in Action
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Collaboration is often talked about and occasionally put into practice, sometimes successfully so... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
It's Summertime, and a new Plant has sprouted!
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Get our latest Plant 3D Preview! (Summer 2017) Hi everyone! Our hardworking Plant software buildi... » read more.. From In the Pipes
T'was the night before...BILT NA 2017
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
I said goodbye to my pup this morning at 4am and headed off to the airport. If you have done this... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
You Will Love Laser Scanning with this Hardware
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Just over a week ago I got to use the new Leica Geosystem’s BLK360 laser scanner on a project. Af... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Creating a plot stamp in BricsCAD
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Although you can use the built-in plotstamp capability in BricsCAD, you may want to define your o... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
107 Degrees in Portland Oregon
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
I am working from home today as Oregon prepares to melt from the record breaking heat today of a ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Sheet Setup Made Easy with AutoCAD 2018.1 Views and Viewports
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
It’s only been about four months since Autodesk released AutoCAD 2018, but that hasn’t slowed the... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Las Vegas to Sequoia National Park (from the ridiculous to the sublime)
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Las Vegas pretty much met my expectations (which were admittedly very low). After coming to the c... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Oh, The Places She Will Go!
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
My daughter Katie turned 16 years old today. It is one of those milestones in ones life that brin... » read more.. From Between the Lines
AU5K 2017 Shirts
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
A almost two weeks ago, I requested feedback and ideas (AU5K Shirts) for a AU5K run shirt design.... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Find the DWG version
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
To find the version of a .DWG file, open the file in Notepad or some other ASCII or HEX editor an... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
HP's new VR system for businesses
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Z VR Backpack G1 workstation It's being unveiled to the public today at Siggraph, but about 100 j... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Working with New View and Insert View in AutoCAD 2018.1
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Let's see how the New View and Insert View in AutoCAD 2018.1 work. And how we do it in the past. ... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Coming Soon…BILT NA
Monday, July 31, 2017
The BILT NA (formerly RTC) conference is being held August 3rd-5th at the Westin Harbour Castle i... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Dassault's cfo gets to boast about Boeing win
Monday, July 31, 2017
Thibault de Tersant, cheif financial officer, Dassault Systemes So I cannot resist the temptation... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
BILT NA 2017 - 3 days and counting
Monday, July 31, 2017
Thank you AUGI for this opportunity for blog for the BILT NA 2017. (Saskatoon's beautiful river b... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
AutoCAD 2017 Model Documentation Hotfix
Monday, July 31, 2017
An AutoCAD 2017 Model Documentation Hotfix has been released. Get it and ready about it here . Th... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Ribbon Tools in AutoCAD 2018.1 Update
Sunday, July 30, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
My favourite AutoCAD Command?
Friday, July 28, 2017
Shaan Hurley recently asked: “35 years of AutoCAD, what is your favorite command?” Mine is an anc... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
AutoCAD 2018.1 Update is Available
Friday, July 28, 2017
Autodesk released AutoCAD 2018.1 Updates. Like last year, the update has several enhancements and... » read more.. From CAD Notes
AutoCAD 2018.1 Update
Thursday, July 27, 2017
AutoCAD 2018 .1 Update is here and comes with some good new features and some bug fixes. If you s... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Copy and Paste in AutoCAD
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Generally speaking, when you copy (or cut) objects in Windows applications, to paste into the sam... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
PTC's ceo explains what went wrong in Japan
Thursday, July 27, 2017
James E. Heppelmann [Year-to-date Japan bookings are down $20 million versus last year.] If you g... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
5 Reasons Why You Should Use AutoCAD Block (Infographics)
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Here are the reasons why you should use AutoCAD blocks. If you haven't used it, this perhaps can ... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Parks of Utah
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Utah is an absolutely incredible place. We’ve spent the last week or so discovering some of its S... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Building Content Summit 2017 - Are You Going?
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
What I found when I bought a commercial-grade WiFi access point
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Ubiquiti UAP-AC-LR wifi access point I live in a "BC Box" home, a rectangular house designed to m... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
How to Add Objects in your Drawing into an AutoCAD Block
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
You can add objects from your drawing into your AutoCAD block. You don't have to open Block Edito... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Camping
Monday, July 24, 2017
I enjoy certain aspects of camping. I won’t say it’s my favourite thing in the world, but there a... » read more.. From Through the Interface
In What Version of AutoCAD Was My File Saved - Update 1
Sunday, July 23, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Heading south
Friday, July 21, 2017
Our plan – as you can see from our website – was to spend some time in Grand Teton National Park ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
JTB CAD Automation Tools 5.2 released
Friday, July 21, 2017
JTB CAD Automation Tools for AutoCAD has been updated to version 5.2 and got a couple of bugs fix... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
AUGI HotNews -- July 2017, Issue No. 170
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Read the full issue—must be logged in to read our online version. The full issue contains the bel... » read more.. From BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
Urban Planning – Autodesk Leaving Marin Is Unofficial
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
On my first visit to Autodesk, I look out the glassed-in lobby to see deer on the foggy hills of ... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Looking for people
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
I had an email from Ron Fritz, CEO of our good partner Tech Soft 3D, the other day. They’re strug... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Yellowstone
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
We arrived in Bozeman from Toronto (having changed in Denver) fairly late on Thursday night. Afte... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Getting Old With Microsoft
Monday, July 17, 2017
My Outlook just crashed. Gone is a proposal I needed to work on. I boot my Window 10 computer for... » read more.. From CAD Insider
3D Printing Topography Directly from Revit ... Plus, Exciting News!
Monday, July 17, 2017
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Cloud Collaboration Project Maintenance this Weekend
Friday, July 14, 2017
Hi everyone! Just a quick note that we have some Cloud related maintenance this weekend that will... » read more.. From In the Pipes
Revit 2018.1 Bringing Sanity to Graphic Options!
Friday, July 14, 2017
» read more.. From revit in plain english
20 Mile Threshold on Import
Friday, July 14, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Toronto
Friday, July 14, 2017
For the last year and a half I’ve been reporting into an Autodesk Research team based mainly in T... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Displaying a round-the-world itinerary using Google Maps Part 4
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
In the first parts of this series we saw a basic, embedded map and then added information windows... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Reset Shared Coordinates Update
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Old friends and Pinball Bob
Monday, July 10, 2017
Several people have looked at our trip’s itinerary and have reacted in a similar way: Washington ... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Revit 2018 - GEO Reference and Shared Coordinates
Monday, July 10, 2017
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Autodesk Answer Day - APAC
Monday, July 10, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
We Don't Have a Problem -- the Do-Gooders Dilemma
Sunday, July 9, 2017
It’s just too easy to see what someone else is doing wrong. It could be how they are raising thei... » read more.. From CAD Insider
There Will be Blood - The Cautionary Tale of the Luddites
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Industrial revolutions, like political and military revolutions, cause upheavals. When you threat... » read more.. From CAD Insider
The first few days of our big trip
Thursday, July 6, 2017
So far our big trip has gone well: the trip out via the UK went smoothly – we had a 5-hour layove... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Matt Lombard Leaves the Solid Edge Team
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Matt Lombard, who for the last 4 years has been writing copiously about Solid Edge and managing t... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Nature Can Adapt Internal Structure – Why Can’t We?
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
(picture courtesy of www.digitalefolien.de) If you study the internal structure inside the head o... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Displaying a round-the-world itinerary using Google Maps Part 3
Monday, July 3, 2017
After creating a basic map for our round-the-world itinerary and then adding photos when placemar... » read more.. From Through the Interface
How I access the Internet internationally
Monday, July 3, 2017
Global data roaming One of the headaches of traveling internationally is how to communicate using... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
foto of the sunday: dresden cathedral
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Dresden, Germany » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Dynamo: Rounding Up
Friday, June 30, 2017
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Cycling to Victory -- In a Boat Race
Friday, June 30, 2017
If your vision of sailing is being laid back on a deck, wind whipping through hair and accompanie... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Displaying a round-the-world itinerary using Google Maps Part 2
Friday, June 30, 2017
In the last post we looked at a basic implementation of a round-the-world itinerary in Google Map... » read more.. From Through the Interface
Using Plant-Vault Projects? You won't want to miss this.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Hi everyone, I was passed along some info from the team that may help out and reduce costs on Pla... » read more.. From In the Pipes
What are you Plant-ing this summer?
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Hi everyone, I wanted to drop in a quick update from the Plant development team here at Autodesk!... » read more.. From In the Pipes