Why AEC Projects Are Better with IPD
Friday, July 11, 2025
In the world of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), three things often don’t play ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Autodesk + PTC? The Rumor Thats Rocking the CAD World
Friday, July 11, 2025
Autodesk stock took a hit on July 9 after Bloomberg reported the company is weighing an acquisiti... » read more.. From Between the Lines
July 4th Holiday Annual Bend Pet Parade and Vivid Sunsets
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
We just attended the Bend Oregon 132nd annual Pet Parade with many dogs, lizards, horses, kangaro... » read more.. From Between the Lines
An Adventure Into the Amazon Jungle to Spark Education
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Sweat, Mud, and a Mission: Volunteering in the Peruvian Amazon When Stefanie and I were invited t... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Roof Framing and Sheathing | Day 27 – North Wing Modern Home Addition
Thursday, June 26, 2025
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How to rename many layers in AutoCAD without really trying
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
At Hagerman & Company, our training classes—whether on AutoCAD®, Revit®, Inventor®, or other ... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
Multi-Phase Demolition Plans in Revit (Office Hour Sessions)
Friday, June 6, 2025
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Stevens Ranch Central Library Deschutes County Library Construction Progress
Thursday, May 29, 2025
If you’ve driven past 27th Street lately, you’ve seen it—Bend’s new Stevens Ranch Library is risi... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Framing Skylights & Ceiling Joists | Day 14 – North Wing Modern Home Addition
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
» read more.. From The Revit Kid.com!
Managing Risk in Civil Design Construction
Monday, May 19, 2025
You don’t eliminate risk -you manage it. That starts early and never really stops. Here’s how to ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Top 10 Best Practices for Using Technology on the Construction Jobsite
Friday, May 16, 2025
Real-world advice for making tech actually work where the work gets done. Tech can speed things u... » read more.. From Between the Lines
AI Is a Tool, Not a Threat
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Let’s get this out of the way: AI will change how we work. It already is. But change doesn’t mean... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Want to Build Community?
Monday, May 12, 2025
Want to Build Community? There’s a video from Sasquatch 2009 where one guy starts dancing alone o... » read more.. From Between the Lines
The Focus Four: What Really Hurts People on a Job Site
Friday, May 9, 2025
There’s a lot that can go wrong on a construction site. But four hazards account for most of the ... » read more.. From Between the Lines
Why Your Civil 3D Files Are Still Growing and How to Fix It
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Some may recall the summer of 2018. They got their fresh new copy of Civil 3D which was faster an... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
How AI and Tech Help Manage Risk in Construction
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Construction is risky. Weather, delays, cost overruns, safety hazards, you name it. But AI and mo... » read more.. From Between the Lines
What sessions should Facilities / Operations attend at AECTechCon 2025?
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
JTB FlexReport 2025.4.0 - FlexNet performance and Active Directory/LDAP support
Monday, April 14, 2025
JTB FlexReport 2025.4.0 is now ready. JTB FlexReport Core JTB FlexReport Core 2025.4.0 Setup.zip ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Vale Rich Sales (Salesoft CAD Solutions)
Saturday, April 12, 2025
I am sad to hear Rich Sales, founder of NZ Autodesk Reseller Salesoft CAD Solutions, passed away ... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Revit: 2026 New Feature - Multiple Values Scale Override in Title Block
Monday, April 7, 2025
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
How to change Camera and Target on the current view
Monday, April 7, 2025
Using the VIEW command in AutoCAD opens up the View Manager and there are properties like Camera ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Revit 2026 is Released
Friday, April 4, 2025
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
March 2025 - 21st Anniversary!
Monday, March 31, 2025
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time. Twenty-One years since that first tentative post. I re... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
TechSmith Snagit confidential: Coincidence or great marketing?
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Either way, nice one Techsmith Snagit, my essential screen capture tool. This arrived in my inbox... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Motif Launches Cloud-Based Platform for Seamless AEC Collaboration
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Motif a startup in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector, has unveiled its... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
ACA: Formula Property to Abbreviate Room Name
Thursday, March 6, 2025
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Dept. of Wishes - Center Options Bar Options
Thursday, January 23, 2025
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Microsoft Calendars still a mess...
Friday, January 3, 2025
I wonder if Microsoft New Outlook, Microsoft Phone Outlook and Microsoft To Do will ever get thei... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Not all CEO's can be Carl Bass
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
i was listening to this, podcase link below, and the recent news of tech CEO pilgrimages to Flori... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Happy New Year, and a look back 2024's Blogging Highlights
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Happy New Year! Another year has flown by, time to look back from a bloggy/social media (not just... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Maurice and I - Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney Architects
Thursday, December 26, 2024
I missed the limited cinema screening of this, was good to see on DocPlay. A timely and intimate ... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Autodesk Construction Cloud Activity Log
Friday, December 20, 2024
Autodesk Construction Cloud Unified Platform now has activity log like in BIM 360 » read more.. From CAD Notes
Subsets and Sheets in a Sheet List Table
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Creating a Sheet List Table in AutoCAD can be a powerful way to organize and manage your drawing ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Exporting AutoCAD Plant 3D Model to Navisworks
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
To get AutoCAD Plant 3D model correctly in Navisworks (the model and information), you need to in... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Autodesk Data Connector for Power BI is Now Available
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
If you need to show information from ACC with a 3D model, you can use Autodesk Data Connector for... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Solution to error: no function definition: ACET-LOAD-EXPRESSTOOLS
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
If you are using an AutoLISP function like (acet-tjust (ssget "_L") "TC") it ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
BricsCAD V25
Monday, November 4, 2024
BricsCAD V25 has been released. For more details, see: » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Autodesk University 2024 - The Old Revit Gang
Friday, October 18, 2024
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Managing RVT Link Visibility
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Kiwi affordable housing design, build, operation innovator
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
I posted this on my personal blog, but it has a lot of design and construction innovation. Simpli... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Revit: Rooms and Computation Height
Friday, September 6, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
JTB SSMPropEditor 2024.8.0 released
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
JTB SSMPropEditor 2024.8.0 has been released and comes with some improvements and fixes. ... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Downloading Autodesk Installation Files
Thursday, August 8, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Zoom Extents Hack
Thursday, August 8, 2024
I wanted to post this quick tip about using the ZOOM command in AutoCAD. Often we will use the ex... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
Digital Twin From the Owner's Perspective - AUGI Con 2024 Video
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Short Curved Walls and Non Core Layers
Monday, June 17, 2024
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Autodesk Forma Design Contest
Friday, June 7, 2024
Autodesk organizes an architectural design contest using Autodesk Forma. The total prizes are wor... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Creating AutoCAD Viewports with a Cutout Area or Island
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Discover how Regions and the Object viewport creation method enables you to go beyond the typical... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Revit 2025: Toposolid Enhancements
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
If you often work with Revit toposolid, you will find in Revit 2025 it is easier to work with. Le... » read more.. From CAD Notes
Revit: Clean Uninstall Instructions
Thursday, May 23, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
The Secret to Crafting a Successful Autodesk University Proposal
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Each year, AU (formerly known as Autodesk University) offers a chance to learn from some of the t... » read more.. From The CAD Geek Blog
Revit: Moving a Grid Line with Disjoin Checked (Don't Do It)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Revit: Moving A Legend on a Sheet Deletes the Legend
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Revit: Choosing a Maximum Value in a Formula
Monday, April 8, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Revit: Upgrading Family Files
Monday, April 8, 2024
» read more.. From The Architect's Desktop
Revit 2025 Some Keyboard Shortcuts Missing
Thursday, April 4, 2024
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Free Dynamo Graph: Auto Dimensions from Grids and Walls
Monday, April 1, 2024
These Dynamo graphs can help you to automate creating dimensions on multiple grids or walls refer... » read more.. From CAD Notes
March 2024 - 20th Anniversary!
Sunday, March 31, 2024
March 31st means it is blog’iversary time. Twenty years since that first tentative post! I really... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Proptech at Pratt - Hybrid Event
Friday, March 15, 2024
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Can't Delete Toposolid Points and Guardian
Monday, March 4, 2024
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
How to: Use Dynamo Graph in Dynamo Player
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Learn how to register Dynamo Graph folders in the Dynamo Player and use them in Revit » read more.. From CAD Notes
Smart Museum - Digital Twin at The Wright Museum
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Civil 3D labels disappearing???
Thursday, January 4, 2024
For a long time in the Civil 3D world, we have had labels that update based on the state of the m... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
When old things become new
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a healthy and happy holiday. In today’s installment, I ... » read more.. From Land Development Engineering
2023 Blogging Highlights
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Happy New Year! Another year has flown by, time to look back from a bloggy/social media (not just... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
JTB FlexReport 2023.12.0 - EPLAN HTML usage report
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
JTB FlexReport 2023.12.0 is now ready. JTB FlexReport Core HTML support for EPLAN added. Sentinel... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.12.0 released (Sheet Set Manager Editor)
Friday, December 22, 2023
JTB SSMPropEditor 2023.12.0 has been released and comes with some improvements and fixes. Several... » read more.. From JTB World Blog
Revit 2024 - New Home Screen
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
CAD and car design at Renault
Monday, December 11, 2023
Patrick le Quément, Renault Design, on how he fostered the use of CAD at Renault... Of Mouse and ... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Model-Based Progress Tracking in Autodesk Build
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Now you can monitor the construction progress by using the new model-based progress tracking feat... » read more.. From CAD Notes
AutoCAD/Civil 3D version numbers
Friday, November 17, 2023
An incomplete list. Will be updated. Civil 3D 2023 Base = 13.5.131.0 Civil 3D 2023.1 = 13.5.211.0... » read more.. From CAD Panacea
Curing 'phantom screen touches' on an old Surface Book?
Saturday, November 11, 2023
My Surface Book 2 is old, well out of any warranty, but still performs really well for my own nee... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Breaking pinned taskbar shortcuts out of Taskbar Overflow Menu jail
Saturday, October 14, 2023
If, like me, you pin a lot of commonly used shortcuts to the Windows 11 Taskbar it will eventuall... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Reality of BIM in FM - Podcast
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Recognition from Verdantix
Thursday, September 21, 2023
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
A challenge for Andrew Anagnost, make this using only the advertised product
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Why do Autodesk show things that can't be done with the product being advertised? I recently got ... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
A new home for my blogs, Me Dot Net?
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
It must be a procrastination record; start a blog in March 2004 and only now get my own domain? Y... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
Better controlling Word image placement
Saturday, August 26, 2023
I saw this meme, on Mastodon, about the fight that is Word images. They hide the anchoring contro... » read more.. From RobiNZ CAD Blog
OT: What they think I do meme
Thursday, August 24, 2023
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Ghost Tooltips Be Gone
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
A Tiny Case for the Smallest Solid State Drive
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Opinion One of the things that happens when you replace the SSD in a computer with another one is... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
My new favorite laptop isn't new and isn't a laptop
Monday, August 14, 2023
Opinion I have four Windows laptops, which may be no surprise, after I left a laptop behind at St... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Manage Cloud Models Dialog in Revit
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Delete Toposolid Points
Monday, August 7, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
2024.1 Schema Warning
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Dept of Subtle - Select Everything in a Property's Field
Monday, July 31, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
PTC Succession Plan was a Succession Episode
Monday, July 31, 2023
In the HBO hit series, Succession, the CEO of a company that WayStar RoyCo was going to acquire, ... » read more.. From CAD Insider
Move Room Tool
Saturday, July 29, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Room Tags and Leaders
Saturday, July 29, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Reliving the Jornada Era
Monday, July 24, 2023
Opinion There was a time when designs of small computer devices were flourishing, a Renaissance p... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
A different kind of earphone
Friday, July 21, 2023
Opinion Just as there are foods that are normal in one part of the world but not in the other, th... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Slanted Walls Don't Miter
Thursday, July 20, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Fixing what ails HP's Pro X2 tablet
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Opinion The Pro X2 tablet from HP is a remarkable device that gets ignored by the tech media, who... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Phasing and Replacement Windows
Thursday, July 13, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
Revit 2024.1 Now Available
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
» read more.. From Revit OpEd
What our future under AI will look like
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Opinion Sometimes, I write reviews of products I bought from Amazon for Amazon. All the ones I've... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
AUGI Survey Reminders
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
» read more.. From Mistress of the Dorkness
Well Behaved Waymo Observed in San Francisco
Sunday, July 9, 2023
A ride to SFO is a chance to conduct very unscientific surveys. From a elevated position on the M... » read more.. From CAD Insider
My New MP3 Player
Friday, July 7, 2023
Opinion Apple used to dominate the MP3 player market with its iPod line, both in product sales an... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access
Updated: When your Dell laptop's fan races
Monday, July 3, 2023
Tip Some people -- like me -- find that when we start up our Dell laptop -- an Inspiron 14, in my... » read more.. From WorldCAD Access