Revit OpEd with Steve Stafford
Selecting Multiple Saved Selection Sets
Sibilance! I used to work for Syracuse Scenery & Stage Lighting, Co. in Syracuse, NY. It was fun when I had to introduce myself formally starting with, "Hi, I'm Steve Stafford with...". The title of this post reminded me of that, sorry! I was going to lead into it with Dept. of Subtle but that was too many "sssss"... it is really subtle though. Okay I'll get to it then.Revit 2013 added Saved Selection Sets, a feature that was part of an extension for Revit Structure originally.The concept is simple,...
BIM Blog
Die wichtigsten Neuerungen in Autodesk Revit 2013
Die Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium bzw. Ultimate bietet erstmalig ein BIM Produkt, das alle Werkzeuge für den BIM Workflow unter einer Oberfläche vereint: Autodesk Revit 2013 - Architektur, Ingenieurbau und Gebäudetechnik in einem Produkt! Lesen Sie in dieser Technischen Information, was die Software noch an neuen Möglichkeiten bietet. Das......
Infrastructure Modeling DevBlog
Creating COGO Point and updating its Elevation
By Partha Sarkar This AutoLISP code snippet demonstrates how to create a COGO Point in AutoCAD Civil 3D and update it's elevation property. (defun c:CreateCOGO () (vl-load-com) ;; Change ProgID per Traget Civil 3D version ;; This code sample is meant for Civil 3D 2013 (setq aeccApp (vla-getinterfaceobject (vlax-get-acad-object) "AeccXUiLand.AeccApplication.10.0"......
Land Development Engineering
Just a quick note… The Point Cloud Feature Extraction extension is no longer a lab product, but has graduated to the Subscription Center. It is a global product for Civil 3D 2012 at this time. If you have no idea what that extension does, here is a quick description: …provides functionality to display points in, [...]...
iRevit
What Revit Wants: Repurposing the Autodesk USB Media
What Revit Wants: Repurposing the Autodesk USB Media If you happen to have a 16Gb or 32Gb 2012 Autodesk Design Suite USB thumb drive gathering dust in a drawer, I repurposed one (after backing up the data) by using the following tool … after reading Luke’s handy post and a handful of the comments: Formatter.zip It’s a simple tool with one button. I make no guarantees or warranties but it worked for me. Cheers...
Geospatial - Made in France
This question returns regularly: do I have to acquire of AutoCAD Map 3D or AutoCAD Civil 3D? The best answer is often: why not both? You undoubtedly know that Autodesk launched for versions 2012 of the software continuations. These continuations gather the products for which our users have more the need. For example, with Infrastructure Design Continuation Premium 2013, one has the following software: - AutoCAD - AutoCAD® Map 3D - AutoCAD® Raster Design - Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis...
Buildz
Hey look! Real stuff! Made from fake stuff! User Question: Can Revit/Vasari unfold my geometry so that I can make a paper study model? I get this question all the time and the answer is a resounding “No! Tough beans!” However, I do have a simple formula for solving this problem: Revit Panels + Pepakura = Awesome Pepakura is a hobby papercraft software that unfolds and tabs your 3d data. Just import any compatible file (obj, dxf, mqo, 3ds,...
Between the Lines
For US readers; please tune in for Bones of Turkana on PBS May 16th, 2012. This is a new documentary about the Leakey's human origins research in Kenya's Turkana Basin: http://t.co/si59ckRu...
openRevit
Announcement from gbXML.org: gbXML Webinar: “How gbXML Works with New Building Performance Software from Autodesk and Bentley” May 23, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST – Live Webinar We are holding our semi-annual gbXML webinar on May 23rd, 2012 at 2:00 pm EST. This webinar will demonstrate the integration of building energy performance and BIM software by using the interoperability capabilities of gbXML. This is all in the name of designing more energy efficient buildings. Presentations...
BLAUGI
AUGI HotNews May 2012 - Spring Release: New Autodesk Software
Features Letter from the President - 2012 May AUGI President David Harrington takes a look at recent AUGI developments. Spring Release: New Autodesk Software Autodesk has made the transition to new software easier, but there are still some protocols you......
Autodesk University
Now Accepting Proposals for AU 2012—Send Us Your Ideas!
Autodesk University 2012 (AU) in Las Vegas is coming up November 27–29, and if you’d like to teach a class, the AU Team wants to hear from you now. The deadline for submissions is May 22, and it's coming fast.......
Jason Grant Blog
Why stop at 3D printing your face or a small representation of a building... why not 3D print an entire house....
Do U Revit?
Fine-tuning of material surface patterns
When materials with surface patterns are used, there is a good chance that you need to tweak its position, and perhaps even rotate it to some degree. With system and in-place families, this is very easy to achieve, the latter being a little more tricky. So let’s take a wall with a surface pattern for example. You can tab and pick one of the lines and nudge/move/rotate as desired. Even the align tool works like a charm in cases like this. In fact, we use it all the time for tile-work in interior...
The Sustainable Design Toolbox
Last week was a very busy one at the UK's Ecobuild show. What stood out was the sheer volume of activity around Building Information Modelling with both the number of visitors to the stand wanting to know more, and the topic widely covered in the conference seminar programme. We also had some great customer presentations on our stand from Architype, BIM Technologies and Pozzoni that were very well received. Many thanks to them for participating....
Inside the Factory
I sit next to Zach Kron here at the Factory. One thing Zach and I talk quite a bit about is the “hands on” approach to parametric modeling in Revit/Vasari vs. the more abstract approach of applications like Grasshopper and......
Revit ArchCenter
Revit MEP
Using Revit as a Team. Use Same Builds.
When using Revit on a project, make sure everyone on the team is using not only the same version, (2011, 2012, etc), but the same build number as well. The build number can be found by clicking on the question mark pull down in the upper right corner, and click the About button…. From there, you’ll see the splash screen of the version, and the build. The first 4 numbers in the year the build was released, (2010) The next 2 are the...
Virtual Reality
Meshing – What is Average Element Size
In the next couple of weeks I will be uploading a series of posts on the topic of meshing a key attribute in obtaining accurate stress analysis results. In this first article I am going to start of with how Inventor Stress Analysis creates meshes using the average element size value within the Mesh settings [...]...
AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera
Out-of-the-blue phone call, another company wanting to recruit me. I initially resisted. But it has been pretty tough since the lay-off almost two years ago. And issues probably common to most entrepreneurs… providing high-quality services but in some cases waiting months to get paid (and even finding that many months of high-quality services are not going to be [...]...
A Beginner Revit Blog
Revit Clinic Post - 3 Levels of Masking
Bolt Out of the Red
Compiling and running .NET4.0 Revit commands
For those of you excited by .NET4.0’s new features and wanting to test Revit commands compiled with .NET4.0, you’re in luck. Before I show you how, a few caveats: I’ve tested this for a few days. While I haven’t run into any unexplained issues , there are areas of new functionality in .NET4 that can cause a bit of a head scratch. Of course this is unsupported so you can try submitting a bug but don’t be surprised if Autodesk just laugh at you. In other words,...
Max Nation | Chris Murray
Submitting sessions for Autodesk University because its good Karma
Here are some tips on submitting classes for AU and explains why submitting would make you a better person. The deadline is May 22nd....
Marc’s Blog | Marc Petit
“The Adventures of Tintin” Screening
“The Adventures of Tintin” Screening...
Mayalicious | Cory Mogk
Maya and MotionBuilder Custom HIK Control Technology Preview
A movie you might like to watch :)...
Duncan’s Corner | Duncan Brinsmead
I have put together a talk on emergent phenomena in Maya for Siggraph that one can currently view on the area. here are some of the scene files and scripts mentioned in that talk....
Games, Limb from Limb! | Eric Plante
The Mythbusters guys demonstrated recently that “hitting the ground running” actually doesn’t get you where you want to be any faster; of course, seeing as they also tried to polish an actual turd on the same show, we can safely assume that the notion of analogy is a bit lost on them. I just started at Autodesk two months ago, and I’ve hit the ground running. I thought my six years at EA had shown me how engaging my work can be to me, but wow. After two months at Autodesk, I can confidently...
Into the pixels | Jean-Francois Yelle
This blog is about my current focus on 3ds Max as the technical product manager. If 3ds Max is the Millenium Falcon, then I'm definitely a wookie (yes, a geek one). Expect my focus to drift in time. I figured that, as a first blog post, I should tell you guys what I'm interested in (today)....
Amalgamation | Gary M. Davis
iRay Animation and Composite Sweetening
Setting up iRay for animation & compositing using 3ds Max 2012...
Maya in Motion | Marcel de Jong
Concept design in Sketchbook Pro, Maya, and Mudbox 8
The last video installment to the bike concept. This includes final test renders, alternative concepts and other vehicle concepts under construction....
You and M&E | Darren Brooker
Red Bull gives UK animation wings
Red Bull's Canimation competition saw hundreds of animators from both the commercial & student communities compete...with some incredible results...
The Art of VFX | Vincent Frei
THE THING: Jesper Kjolsrud – VFX Supervisor – Image Engine
Jesper Kjolsrud began his career on the film THE BORROWERS. After working 10 years in London with MPC and Double Negative on films such as PITCH BLACK, STALINGRAD, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK or 10,000 BC. In 2009, Jesper joined teams Image Engine in Vancouver. He will work on the films DISTRICT 9, GREEN ZONE or THE LOSERS. In the following interview, he talks about his work on THE THING....
The Desk | Daryl Obert
Quick overview of a few very useful hot keys in Maya....
3d Latino | Victor Herrera
Aquí encontraras noticias, tutoriales , videos y muchas cosas más del mundo 3d en Latinoamérica....
Flame Premium can do that | Bill Ennis
Wow! NAB 2010 is still like a blur to me, a 3D Blur with lots of samples! The new version of Flame V2011 is amazing, it's clearly the best release ever. Jammed packed with new features like Pixel Shaders, Substance Textures and new Workflows like 3D Stereoscopy.......
The MudRoom | Craig Barr
3D World: Sculpt and Paint with Mudbox
Check out my sculpting and painting article in the latest issue of 3D World!...
My Oh Maya! | Steven Roselle
Maya Tip for the New Year: Substance Bonus Pack (...plus Happy Holidays!!)
In this short demonstration you'll get an overview of Substance procedural textures in Maya 2012. I'll also show a practical example of how to create a tiled wood floor using one of the additional free textures from the Substance Bonus Tools pack....
The Smoke Learning Blog | Grant Kay
Autodesk Smoke: Motion Animations with the 3D Path
The 3D Path - Another dynamic animation tool in side of Action that allows you to have any object animating along the path in 3D Space. Learn how to set it up and take full advantage of your 3D space. Alignment and orientation included. Check it out!...
Planet Softimage | Mark Schoennagel
Softimage kicks butt at CGSociety.org!
Softimage took home some sweeeeet awards at CGSociety.org's annual CGRetrospective plus a link for next weeks Maya Softimage Interop Webinar....
With Design in Mind | Eddie Perlberg
Revit to 3ds Max Design with VRay/Mental Ray workflow
Dan Jurgens demonstrates at the Revit Technology Conference 2010. After seeing this, you will be invincible with this workflow....
Blend & Comp | Ken LaRue
Maya Composite & 3ds max Composite Vector Paint
In these 2 videos Autodesk Compositing Specialist Ken LaRue demonstrates the new vector paint tool in Maya Composite and 3ds max Composite....
The Suite Spot | Graham Bell
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No...
..it’s just some dude flying a drone so he can take photographs to turn into 3D models, with Photofly....
MaxStation | Max Team
Simplifying Inventor models with Inventor Simplification
Inventor Simplification helps you create a simplified model in Inventor...
Suite-ish | Lee Fraser
Rigging Webcast links and Characterization in MotionBuilder 2012
Some links from the recent webcast I did on rigging and some MotionBuilder items by request or didn't have time to cover....
3ds Max & Moritz | Alex Horst
This is an introduction to the German-based blog 3ds Max & Moritz. I’m showing how to add RSS feeds to iGoogle & Co in terms of keeping track of all these blogs and news pages out there....
pointSnap | Fianna Wong
Diamant Modeling Tools Alpha 1.0
Blizzard Lead Character Modeler Rich Diamant recently released a set of handy modeling+UV tools for Maya, "Diamant Modeling Tools Alpha 1.0". I'm lucky enough to get a hold of Rich to ask him a few questions about DMT, here's what he had to say......
3D Roadie | Shawn Hendriks
Here are Four quick tips videos created by Chris Murray. Think of these as reminders of functionality many people did not know was there....
Taking it to the Max!
Register Now – Live Webinar on iray in 3ds Max
Join us for an “Introduction to iray in 3ds Max” which will provide an extensive overview of iray, explaining both what it is and how it differs from previous rendering technology....
Louis Marcoux Blog | Louis Marcoux
Matchmover and 3ds Max - 3D Tracking Workflow
Matchmover is available to all subscription customers for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max 2011. It's one of the great values added when being on subscription for 3ds Max. In this set of video tutorials, you will see how Matchmover and 3ds Max work together. You'll be able to see how an image sequence can be used to extract 3D information that can be used in 3ds Max to create a perfect match between virtual elements and the 2D image sequence, even if the camera has fast and unstable movements....
3D SDK and Scripting Mayhem | Christopher Diggins
The Xoliul Shader at 3ds Max Developer Project on Google Code
The source code and installers for the Xoliul Shader can now be download from the 3ds max developer project at Google code....
In the Machine
We have been slaving away at our little cottage this past year to bring you all new software. What awaits you in the next release of Inventor? Check out several interviews Mr. Cohee conducted concerning our 2012 lineup....
Typepad
"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." -- John Cage. Glimmers of light The first house......
Maxed Out | Ken Pimentel
Media Design: a brave new term for a brave new world
We're starting up a conversation around media design and digital media, part of a new effort we're launching in 2012...
From the Ground Up
Roundabout Design Update Webinar - Last chance to register
BIM for Infrastructure - Roundabout Design (Update Webinar) An update to the BIM for Roundabout Design presentation from Autodesk, Savoy Computing, TRL and introducing Design Pro Software for Traffic Sign Design. Space is limited. Reserve your free Webinar seat now......
Between the Poles
Benefits of a 3D land and property information system for sustainable urbanization
At the GSDI 13 conference in Quebec City, Serene Ho and Abbas Rajabifard from Australia delivered a paper on the benefits of a 3D land and property information system (3D-LPIS) to an increasingly urbanized society. 70% of the population of......
dODDS and ENDS
Laser Scanning Webinars now available online
Back in February we mentioned some upcoming free laser scanning webinars. They've been and gone now, but if you missed out they are still available from our website. Click the banner below to access the older webinars and sign up......
AutoCAD Insider
Did you know that speakers at AU 2012 get free admission to the entire conference? It’s true! That’s in addition to the prestige of adding “AU Instructor” to your resume…and the speaker shirt to impress your friends. The Call for......
Lynn Allen's Blog
Catch My Virtual AutoCAD 2013 presentation!
Hi everyone! For those of you who haven't been able to catch one of my live presentations - I want you to know I'm doing my first AutoCAD 2013 virtual presentation(s) this week for Imaginit. You have three days to......
Through the Interface
Creating a 3D viewer for our Apollonian service using HTML5 Part 2
In the last post, we created another, basic 3D viewer for the data from our Apollonian web-service – this time using HTML5 via Three.js. In this post, we’ll extend the code to listen for keyboard events and manipulate the model......
What A Mesh
Product Design Suite in Buenos Aires
I'd like to share a great experience done at the Autodesk Design Center in Buenos Aires. First of all, what is the Autodesk Design Center? It's a facility located at the offices of SONDA, Autodesk's distributor for MCO (multi country......
Without A Net
Performance issues in AutoCAD when Autodesk Showcase 2013 is running at the same time
Some users have experienced performance degradation in AutoCAD and other Autodesk products when running them side by side with Autodesk Showcase 2013. This issue has been resolved in Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Showcase 2013 which can be downloaded from......
Between the Walls
AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and AutoCAD MEP 2010 Update 2 Released
Autodesk has released Update 2 for AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and AutoCAD MEP 2010. http://bit.ly/d3HfrA & http://bit.ly/9ApjyI...
Civil - Made in France
Télécharger Productivity Tools for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012
Pour ceux qui ne seraient pas au courant,les outils de productivité pour Civil 3D 2012 sont maintenant centralisés directement sur le site de souscription Autodesk. Quelques précisions : 1 – Les anciennes extensions qui étaient sur le site public autodesk.com ont été retirées et sont donc maintenant incluses dans les outils de productivité. On peut citer l’extension Piste. 2 – Il y a un certain nombre de nouvelles extensions incluses dans ces outils de productivité y compris : -Rail...
The Dirt
Corridor Solids for AutoCAD Civil 3D on Autodesk Labs
This technology preview allows Civil 3D users to generate AutoCAD solids that represent real-world items such as tunnels, retaining walls, or pavement layers. These can be easily used for: visual analysis and design verification, construction coordination, and expanded model sharing......
GIS Exchange
Thanks for coming and reading this blog - it's been a great start. Now that Map is part of the Infrastructure Suite, we thought it made sense to realign the blogs a little, so I'm going to start blogging over at http://beingcivil.typepad.com instead. If you want to skip the Civil......
The Geospatial Navigator
Infrastructure Modeler und AutoCAD Civil 3D Daten
Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler kann sehr gut Geländemodellierungen, Straßenplanungen oder Abwasserleitungsplanungen aus AutoCAD Civil 3D für Infrastruktur Modellierungen verwenden. In der aktuellen Version wurde dieser Datenaustausch nochmals verbessert. Der Datenaustausch ist nun auch zurück nach AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 möglich. Verwendet wird ein spezielles XML-basiertes Format namens .imx. Ein möglicher Arbeitsablauf im Planungsprozess kann zum Beispiel sein: Geländemodell aus Laserscan-Punktwolken...
LT Unlimited
Did you know that speakers at AU 2012 get free admission to the entire conference? It’s true! That’s in addition to the prestige of adding “AU Instructor” to your resume…and the speaker shirt to impress your friends. The Call for......
DaVinci
WoodStEx 2011 — European Engineering and Design Students At Work
via www.youtube.com...
Morphorm
Alias Beta Testers Wanted! That means you!
Want to give Autodesk your feedback on future releases of Alias? Yes? Then sign up to be a beta tester and you can be among the first to get your hands on the latest beta release. BTW, Alias 2013 Beta 1 is now available so sign up and give your feedback directly to the Alias development team. https://beta.autodesk.com/callout/?callid=A1DADF813AEA4FB88CA1732087E93C35 While you're at it check out and like our Facebook page. Connect to a growing design community of fellow Alias users and enthusiasts....
Connected
All in a Day's Work for the Buzzsaw Activity Log
I just got this great little tidbit from KBR's Aakanksha Luthra - what a great story! I've personally been in meetings just like this, when it was discovered that somebody was doing a little jiggery-pokery with the facts...it's great to......
Beyond the Paper
Autodesk Design Review Mobile - Now for Android!
You asked. We listened! The wait is over for our Android customers. The free Autodesk Design Review mobile app is now available on the Android Market! Similar to its IOs cousin, the Android version of the Design Review mobile app......
Being Inventive
Migrating content center libraries with custom materials to 2013
I wanted to make everyone aware that due to the new way of working with materials and appearances/colors in 2013, extreme caution has to be observed when migrating custom Content libraries that contain custom materials. The order in which you do things is of utmost importance. The proper migration order is: 1. Migrate your custom material style into a 2013 material library first 2. Make sure that the proper material library is active in your project file 3. Update the content center library I'll...
Ellipsis
Observations and Random Thoughts on PLM
Wow! Blowing the dust off the 'ol keyboard here. Been a while since my last post huh? That's what 59,000 airline miles in three months will do to you. So what have I been up to you ask? If you're following me on Twitter then you know I've been jet......
Mod the Machine
Inventor 2013 SDK and API Help Update
The SDK and API Help that went out with Inventor 2013 were found to have a few issues that we want to correct. SDK The initial SDK that was delivered with Inventor 2013 tried to remain compatible with Visual Studio......
Maya Station
When I move a joint, its parent changes orientation
You are trying to position joints in your scene with the Move tool, and you notice that Maya is changing the orientation of the selected joint's parent joint. In order to preserve the orientation of the parent joint, follow these steps:: 1) open the Move Tool settings 2) in the tab Joint Orient Settings, disable the option Automatically Orient Joints...
BIM & BEAM
We are looking for structural engineering classes for Autodesk University 2012
The Call for Proposals site for AU 2012 is currently opened and accepting class proposals. If you would like to teach a class now is the time to submit your proposal. The Structural Engineering Design track focuses on topics that......
Family Jewels - Creating Quality BIM Content
"Don't Judge Me by my Size - I'm Pretty on the Inside!" (Smart family file quote.)
Hey all - I just got back from Greenbuild Expo in Chicago, and over the 2.5 days there, I spoke to probably 15-20 manufacturers who came by the Autodesk booth - all to ask about BIM content creation. So that's great - way up from a half dozen per expo in years past. I was able let all the folks I spoke with, know about Autodesk's Seek team's cool new Content Services page where any building product manufacturer (BPM) can either get consulting on creating content themselves, or choose to have it made...
Inside the System
Integrating Building Energy Performance and BIM
Want to see a demonstration of the integration of building energy performance and BIM software? Then sign up for the upcoming gbXML webcast....
The Building Coder
Prompt User to Avoid Modeless Interaction
Once again on the topic of asynchronous interaction with Revit, which is not supported by the Revit API, and often worked around using the Idling and external events... As I recently pointed out, no Revit API methods at all can......
Easter Island Prokect Diary
Nobody knows who carved the huge stone figures, or why. There are 1000 of them, ranging from 6 feet to more than 30 feet in height. The biggest weighs about 270 tons. All have the same appearance: a long shaped......
The Revit Clinic
Revit 2013 \ 2012 Contextual Panels do not display or update
We’ve had a few users report missing panels or contextual panels one command behind in Revit 2012 and 2013. The symptom looks similar to the image comparison below: Revit 2013 – Incorrect Result Notice on selection the expected contextual panels......
The Topobase Insiders
AutoCAD® Map 3D 2013 has been released
We are excited to announce the release of AutoCAD® Map 3D 2013. Firstly, one of the most exciting changes with this release is that ALL of the AutoCAD Map 3D Enterprise functionality is now simply part of AutoCAD Map 3D......
Cracking the Vault
Increasing Timeouts for Autodesk Project Sync
If you need to synchronise a large amount of data between Vault and Buzzsaw after installing Autodesk Project Sync, you may get a timeout error. There are three components to Project Sync that would need to be configured:- Autodesk Vault......
It's All Just Ones and Zeros
One of the optimizations in Vault 2013 is the use of JPEG as the format for storing thumbnails. Previously, the format used by the CAD file was stored in the database. For example, Inventor uses the metafile format, which is usually much bigger than a JPEG when at thumbnail size. Regardless of what format the file’s thumbnail is, the Vault 2013 Server converts it to JPEG when storing it in the database. What this means for the Vault developer is that you have to handle 2 possible image formats...
Under the Hood
PLM Tip of the Week - Linking Workspaces in PLM 360
“That rug really tied the rooms together,” -The Dude Lebowski Today’s post will cover some best practices in tying linking data together within PLM 360. Items from one Workspace can call upon and provide a link to items in another Workspace. There are a number of ways to do this,......
It is Alive in the Lab
eTransmit for Revit 2013 Available in Subscription Center
eTransmit for Revit is a free technology preview of an add-in application for Revit Architecture 2012, Revit Structure 2012, and Revit MEP 2012. With eTransmit for Revit, you can: copy and detach a Revit model and associated files to a......
Voice of Community
An event is not a community, but...
My wise friend and brilliant futurist Wayne Hodgins once told me, “never confuse an event with community” but there I was at Autodesk University 2011 the other week, surrounded by community. Communities of mechanical engineers, automotive engineers, civil engineers: bridge builders, highway engineers, canal builders, “dirt movers”; architects – high rise and low density residential, hotel and stadium architects, institutional architects designing schools, hospitals, universities and prisons;...
Classroom Connection
Animation Academy - Providing Another Pathway...
If you haven’t read it – you better. By "it" I’m referring to the draft report on Multiple Pathways developed by WestEd. created in response to CA Assembly Bill 2648 (Bass) that “ requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction......
Engineering Education for Mechanically Inclined
PLM in Education? Is that really even possible?
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is a term that’s been around for a long time. It’s also a subject that has been made to seem so incredibly large in scope that only a few wise sages huddled in caves on steep......
Beyond the Silos
A common thread of conversation in BIM circles over the past few years has been that while we have seen great progress in the development of BIM authoring, analysis, and construction software, the owner side of things has lagged behind. The use of BIM for facilities management has remained something of a frontier, at least in terms of the availability of ready-to-deliver solutions.This morning, I stumbled across an article by Susan Smith on AECCafe, Integrate...
RobiNZ CAD Blog
The Autodesk 2012 Launch Aquatic with Salesoft CAD Solutions
It takes something special to lure you into an underground bunker filled with sharks. After a photo at the door (easier to ID the remains?) it was quite a trek, stopping to observe the Penguin Colony, to the Antarctic Hut......
Civil 3D Br
Competição procura os melhores projetos de Infraestrutura - Participe!
Apenas um lembrete ... A chamada de propostas para o Infrastructure Excellence 2012 termina em 31 de maio. Faltam apenas 3 semanas para você submeter o seu projeto para julgamento e concorrer a prêmios. Estamos procurando o melhor uso da tecnologia para planejar, projetar, construir ou gerenciar projetos de infra-estrutura.......
Isto é Protótipo Digital
Autodesk convida você para a Feira Internacional da Mecânica 2012
CAD Botequim
Autodesk convida você para a Feira Internacional da Mecânica 2012
Autodesk Clique aqui para ler este email em seu navegador de internet Esperamos por você na FEIRA INTERNACIONAL DA MECÂNICA 2012 e sua visita no estande da Autodesk Você é o nosso convidado para participar da 29ª edição da Feira Internacional da Mecânica que apresentará a mais completa variedade de......
Revit w Polsce
Kreator konstrukcji dachu dla Revit Architecture (z dzia?aj?cymi linkami :) )
Wiem, ?e ten wpis cieszy? si? du?? popularno?ci?, ale w pewnym momencie utraci? linki do jego zasobów. Jako, ?e w?a?nie je odzyska?em, to ponwnie je Pa?stwu udost?pniam. Konstrukcja dachu zosta?a zrobiona przesz?o 3 lata temu, w wersji Revita 2010, ale mo?na jej u?ywa? w nowszych wersjach. Z linku podanego ni?ej......
Po prostu Inventor
W tym roku na rynku pojawi? si? nowy produkt, b?d?cy wtyczk? do Autodesk Inventor Autodesk Simulation DFM 2013. Program jest dedykowany dla in?ynierów projektuj?cych elementy z tworzyw sztucznych. Zestaw ikon w oknie modelu na bie??co informuje projektanta o wp?ywie podejmowanych przez niego decyzji na wytwarzalno??, koszt wytworzenia oraz wp?yw na......
Estos son Prototipos Digitales
SketchBook Pro es nombrada major aplicación artística de 2011 http://bestappever.com/awards/2011/winner/rtst Feliz semana! Juan Carlos...
Point-to-Point
Autodesk University 2012 Call for Proposals - now open!
The Call for Proposals for Autodesk University 2012 is open now till May 22nd. There will be 4 key industry segments featured this year: Automotive, Industrial Machinery, Building Product Fabrication, and Consumer Products. We are interested in classes that help engineers thoroughly understand the tools used for designing, visualizing, and simulating their designs digitally. Find out more information here: http://bit.ly/KZMlmK. Send in those proposals! - Ananda Arasu...
At Land's End
Exchanging Data with Civil 3D (AKA What BIM For Infrastructure is All About)
Over the past couple of weeks I have had quite a few emails land in my inbox about using AIM as a way to visualize 3D models and content coming from Civil 3D. Fistly, I have to say we love seeing these emails as they help to validate how powerful......
BIM Apps
Revit – STAAD link for Revit Structure 2013 now available
Another quick update that the Revit – STAAD link is now available for Revit Structure 2013 from Structural Integrators....
Phil Bernstein's Blog
I've recently given a few talks on the implications of model-based "measurement" strategies for the building industry, and how the ability to measure outcomes prior to construction becomes the basis of all sort of new stuff, particularly new delivery and compensation schemes. The delivery implications will be the subject of......
Beyond Design
BIM Coordinator – An easier way to share coordinates between Revit, Civil 3D and Navisworks
When you want to share coordinates between a Revit building model and Civil 3D site in the past it has tended to be a manual process. This tool from Autodesk Consulting allows you to share coordinates and height of a site to Revit to ensure you can simply create a......
Autodesk Manufacturing & Digital Prototyping Solutions
This week Autodesk announced that 123D Catch is now available for iPad on the App Store. This new free* app lets users take images from their iPad camera and upload them to the Autodesk cloud service that transforms the images into a 3D model. Complementing the desktop and newly released......
Being Civil
Corridor Surface Contours Not Matching Target Surface?
You may have noticed that occasionally when creating your corridor surface that the contours from the corridor surface sometimes do not "match up" as expected. Contours will never “perfectly” tie in because contours are not the TIN, they are an......
CAD and GIS (Integration and Beyond)
BIM for Resource Extraction - An Information Modeling Approach to Shale Oil and Gas
The economic climate and global political landscape have created a demand to identify and extract viable gas and domestic energy sources as well as mineral deposits in the U.S. One such phenomenon is shale gas like the Marcellus Shale reserve in the northeast, the second largest gas field like it in the world. For companies and firms engaged in identification, design, construction and maintenance of extraction processes the race is on. What is needed is a streamlined process of design and data management...
geoExpressions
Debate Continues: BIM versus GIS
I recently had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion entitled, “The Great BIM versus GIS Debate”. This 90-minute session in front of a packed room was moderated by Matt Ball (@SpatialSustain) and proved to be a lively (and sometimes heated) discussion between myself (@engis), Pete Southwood (@Geo_Pete) and members of the audience. Issues addressed in the debate encompassed technology; data accuracy, access, integration and analysis; collaboration and efficiency; and the future of...
Civil 3D with Dirt Diva
Autodesk Civil Visualization Extension
Available NOW via subscription center. What does this mean? "The Autodesk® Civil Visualization Extension provides an easy-to-use, purpose-built design visualization workflow for civil engineers using Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design with AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software or other civil design applications.With this extension, civil engineers can create high-quality visualizations of their projects, enabling them to validate designs through simulations and communicate design intent during planning, zoning,...
Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
NEW! Volumes Dashboard Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012
Recently released at the Autodesk Subscription Center the "Volumes Dashboard Extension for AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012" provides an easy way to keep track of earthwork volume calculations during the iterative processes of a project.With this one interface users will be able to calculate, report and visualize surface volumes very quickly and painlessly.So, visit the subscription center and download this extension in order to make earthwork volumes easier for yourself or your users.BE BETTER! ...be...
Civil 3D Reminders
Today Dell announced a new Multi-User 2U Rack Workstation for 3D Workloads. It got me thinking, is DropBox already on the road to obsolescence? It would appear the world is moving away from desktop computing and towards server based computing power. In 5 years will we be working on computers at our desk or through remote servers located in our offices or at a centralized location? If it does move this direction then DropBox in it’s current form becomes unnecessary for sharing files. Instead we...
Avid User of Civil 3D
Number of Pipe/Structure in a network BREACHED. Workaround.
I've been googling on the web to find out the maximum pipe/structure allowed in Civil3d but I don't seem to be able to find an answer. I did get an answer from a local reseller that the maximum pipe/structure allowed is 500, to which I'm not sure whether it is 500 nos each for pipe and structure or combined number of pipe and structure should not be above 500. In any case, I've encountered errors when the combined numbers of pipes and structures reached 500 or above. The error reads "Unable to apply...
Bad Revit!!!
a tip about windows schedule cost field
Welcome to my first blog and my first post!I could start with any kind of tip or article about Revit Architecture... so i'll start with a simple question that a former student asked me today.This is a tip for newbies... but very useful!question:in a window schedule, how can i have a cost per unit field and a total cost field? (assuming i'm not using the "itemize every instance" check box)answer:first step we have to create a window schedule. (the project must have windows!)Now, when you reach the...
Don't Think: Do Revit
RTC North America 2012! Oh & Revit 2013
So the veil has lifted for yet another year on the latest release of Revit. I know that David Light will provide a detailed overview of the new features so I'll spare you re-writing my own post. That said I'm very excited by the changes to View Templates and View Types, I view this as critical to help maintain a graphically consistent document set in your model, particularly when working on large projects with big teams. The other big piece that I think many architecture users will get excited about...
Everything Autodesk Revit & BIM
Some people are still very precious about graphically output from Revit, certainly project managers! I can understand why, because in many cases a print, a dwg, a dwfx, a pdf is the project deliverable, it is what people have become accustomed to from CAD. The graphics convey the message, it explains how components are connected or how the design is assembled. At the recent London Revit User Group I gave a quick overview on the new stair & railing tools in Revit 2013. One eagle eye member...
HOK BIM Solutions
Auditing Navisworks models for distant elements
In a recent post on the Beyond Design blog, Lee Mullin illustrates some techniques for fixing a Navisworks composite model that has elements extremely far from the main model. Some symptoms of this problem may include: Holes in elements or triangles missing when you render Section plane in foreground when you are navigating Jerky performance when navigating Model disappears when navigating Two faces apparently occupying the same space giving a jagged surface Click here to read the rest of Lee’s...
Knowing What You Don't Know About CAD
Autodesk Labs have a new product to assist with coordinating Revit with Civil 3D. This new add-in tool will allow the coordinates inside of Civil 3D be saved out as an external file, that can be imported into Revit to acquire the Shared Coordinates. This process appears to work without having to import the actual Civil file. A quicker, simpler way to make sure you Revit model has the correct coordinates.The add-in app is written for release 2012, but I copied it to my 2013 version...
Revit Tips and Tricks
Creating a Quick Trellis in Revit using a Curtain Wall
1. Start with a rough idea of how big the trellis will be and a rough idea of what the major support structure for the trellis. This might be using parts that are already built in your model or you might need to put in some columns, beams, etc.2. Start sketching the outer boundary of the trellis with a RoofHome > Roof > Roof by Footprint3. Go to the Properties of the Roof and switch the Family to System Family: Sloped Glazing (this is a Curtain Wall used for skylights) and then create a new Type...
Revit Beginners
Remodels in Revit... the untold story
To my surprise, there's not a whole lot of discussion on this very important topic. Anyone who has developed a custom remodel residential project can tell you it's not as simple, clean, or intuitive as a custom new construction residential project.The first step is pretty staight forward... build your as-built model in the existing phase. Once an as-built model is done you might want to archive a copy of the model just incase the design scope changes and you have to start all over again with a clean...
The MEP CAD Engineer
Changes to the Autodesk Subscription/Upgrade plans
Greg Arkin has posted a pretty detailed article about upcoming plans to change the Autodesk pricing/subscription model. This wasn't really surprising to me, as Autodesk is gradually moving to similar software vendor models (re: can you say online sales, severely whacked down channel). The fact is, they've been more than generous to users that have held on to their old AutoCAD's (I had to work with a guy who was still on a DOS System using ACAD 9 a few years back), but the reality of it is, the companies...
The BIM Bulletin
Avatech Solutions and Rand Worldwide, Inc./IMAGINiT Merge
On Tuesday, August 17, Rand Worldwide, Inc. and Avatech Solutions, Inc. announced that they have closed a definitive agreement under which the companies have merged.The combined company will be called Rand Worldwide and the Autodesk focused operations will operate under the name, IMAGINiT Technologies, when the transition is completed.For more details check out: http://tinyurl.com/273ljtl....
CAD Application Development
Point Cloud Fix in Revit 2012 Web Update 1
One of the biggest problems that people have had with the new Point Cloud capabilities of Revit 2012 is how it dealt with multiple point clouds inserted into your Revit project. If you had multiple scans that all were from the same origin, and you inserted them all origin-to-origin, then they would all line up, right? wrong...Some of the problem related to how Revit handled large coordinate values (as you may know, Revit doesn't like it when elements start showing up miles from the model origin)....
CADDHELP
Recently bought a Dell XPS9100. Be sure you research the components before you buy from Dell...or you will regret it. I've had several problems so far all related to the video card and misinformation on the Dell website. Then in trying to sort it out I get the runaround between sales, technical support, returns, etc. That of course is broken up by the eventual disconnect at about the 45-50 min mark during the support call. At this point I have given up...sigh....
REVIT Structure Learning Curve
RIBA publishes BIM Overlay to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work
The following press release has been brought to my attention - Original Here Date: 16 May 2012 Press office contact: Howard CrosskeyT: +44 (0)20 7307 3761E: howard.crosskey@riba.org The Royal Institute for British Architects (RIBA) has published a major piece of guidance for architects on BIM (Building Information Modelling). The BIM Overlay to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work, edited by architect, BIM expert and Vice Chair of the RIBA Practice and Profession Committee, Dale Sinclair of Dyer Architects,...
REVIT Workflow
Well, I am here, excited for another year at AU. Hoping to catch up with those I haven't seen since last year, meet new people, and learn about what's going on out in the industry as well as what's to come. I am guessing that this will be like any other year, I write my first post the minute I get to the hotel room and than never have time to write again once I step foot out the door. Hope this isn't the case this year, but we will have to wait and see....
(bim)x
Are We Approaching BIM Adoption Correctly?
Charles Duhigg’s February article How Companies Learn Your Secrets includes a number of fascinating (I think) threads:Consumer “predictive analytics”Habit loopBehavioral changes and marketing I am completely stuck on the concept of the “habit loop”. Duhigg blogs frequently on the habit loop, describing it as a cue àroutine àreward. In this article, Duhigg discusses how it impacted Febreze’s marketing strategy, which tried to create a new habit of daily Febreze use: Initial...
Community
Site Sponsors
