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Between the Lines

Sabbatical Next Friday
Published. June 15, 2018

Next Friday, I will begin 6 weeks off for the 5th time in 20 years at Autodesk. This is one of the best benefits of working for Autodesk. The 6 weeks provides enough time you can truly disconnect, recharge, and come back with a renewed energy and focus. I don’t have a big elaborate travel schedule, I am doing what I did last sabbatical and that was free forming it by going camping, hiking, road trips, seeing friends and family……

Through the Interface

Forge Accelerator in Barcelona
Published. January 1, 1970

I’m back in Barcelona for this spring’s Forge Accelerator. It’s been an interesting week: I arrived on Tuesday morning – having missed the first day in an attempt to shave a little time off my June travel craziness – and arrived to find a number of attendees working on projects related to (and inspired by) the work we’ve done in Dasher 360. This is really encouraging… I’m thrilled to see others using Forge to tackle the kind of problems Dasher was always intended to help address….

The Building Coder

BIM360 and Forge for AEC Message and Samples
Published. January 1, 1970

I am participating in a Digital Construction Live event in the UK next week and presenting there on Forge for the BIM domain. Today, let’s focus on the real message and some live samples putting it to use: The real message BIM collaboration roles and magnitudes Forge for AEC Sample Live Connecting Forge with BIM360 Sample……

Mental Ray

Photorealistic lighting with 3ds Max and V-Ray: First of Four Tutorials
Published. January 1, 1970

Hi All,This is my First of Four New In-depth Video Tutorial series on, Photorealistic lighting with 3ds Max and V-RayThe files, and the Full video are FREE for my Patreonsupporters; Or $10 dollars to purchase.To follow this tutorial, you’ll need the textures and the 3ds Max files.This First of Four in-depth video tutorial will take you through the amazing process of, lighting, shading, texturing, and Rendering this stunning Atrium.You can watch it in full screen by clicking on its button;…

Revit w Polsce

Autodesk Design Review – program niedoceniany?
Published. January 1, 1970

Autodesk Design Review (ADR) jest darmow? przegl?dark? otwieraj?c? i zapisuj?c? pliki DWF i DWFx. Moja skromna pami?? si?ga 2005 roku kiedy, podczas Autodesk University w Orlando na Florydzie, Autodesk bardzo mocno promowa? format DWF (obecnie DWFx). Wiekszo?c aplikacji Autodesk daje mozliow?? zapisu w tych formatach. Przypuszczam, ?e ka?dy u?ytkownik programu……

Po prostu Inventor

Podstawy iLogic – cz.1
Published. January 1, 1970

Dla osób, które planuj? rozpocz?? swoj? przygod? z iLogic, postanowi?em przygotowa? kilka prezentacji z podstawami tworzenia regu?….

Village BIM

Autodesk Revit 2019 : connaitre la version de création d’un fichier Revit
Published. January 1, 1970

Pour simplifier le processus d’ouverture et minimiser les mises à niveau indésirables des fichiers Revit, désormais la version Autodesk Revit 2019 affiche la dernière version du logiciel utilisée lors de l’enregistrement de celui-ci. Cela fonctionne aussi bien pour les fichiers aux formats : Projets (RVT), Familles (RFA), Gabarits (RTE). Lorsque……

Line//Shape//Space

How One Company Wants to Design a Better Surfboard—and Save the Earth
Published. June 14, 2018

Surfing might connect humans with nature, but making surfboards is as environmentally damaging as manufacturing comes. One Australian company’s new surfboard design is hoping to change that….

It is Alive in the Lab

Scott Sheppard now Fits in his Britches (sort of)
Published. January 1, 1970

It’s a Friday, so let’s talk about something besides Autodesk technology. Here is something that happened two Fridays ago. In a previous blog post, Scott Sheppard is Too Big for his Britches, I talked about how my tuxedo pants did……

Revit w Polsce

Autodesk Design Review – program niedoceniany?
Published. January 1, 1970

Between the Poles

Using machine learning to identify real emergency alarm events
Published. January 1, 1970

In a very interesting presentation at HxGNLIve in Las Vegas, Chris Klimmm, a subject matter expert with Hexagon Safety and Infrastructure, reported using Microsoft Azure’s machine learning capability to develop a model to winnow out likely real burglar alarm events……

Civil - Made in France

Civil – Made in France

[AKN-article] Simuler facilement et rapidement une crue en études préliminaires
Published. January 1, 1970

L’article d’Autodesk Knowledge Network intitulé “Preliminary flood simulation workflows” synthtétise l’approche à suivre pour simuler une crue dans un modèle InfraWorks. La méthode est simple est offre de grandes possibilités : une fois la simulation créée, elle peut être rejouée sur des variantes d’aménagement du site (terrassements, ouvrages…) l’interopérabilité entre InfraWorks et Autodesk Civil 3D permet de tester dans InfraWorks des modélisations Civil 3D l’outil RiverFlow2D…

The MEP CAD Engineer

Notes from the Support System – Revit Lighting Analysis
Published. January 1, 1970

Autodesk continues to expand its analysis capabilities, with the addition and improvement of the Insight 360 tools, heating and cooling load analysis, lighting analysis and solar analysis. I’ve been seeing more trends of users taking advantage of these tools, but encountering errors that at first glance seem un-explainable. The lighting analysis tools have had a rush of support questions lately, so let’s clear up the air on this tool, and help you get it working for you.First, refer to this document…

Manufacturing DevBlog

iLogic to copy iProperties from Drawing Document to Model Document.
Published. January 1, 1970

By Chandra shekar Gopal Sometimes, iProperties of Drawing document need to reflect same information in Model document. Basically, Model document could be Part Document or Assembly Document. In this blog, four iProperties are considered to copy from Drawing document to Model document. It can be extended for other iProperties. The……

Up and Ready

Autodesk Desktop Connector Setup command lines
Published. January 1, 1970

Autodesk Desktop Connector Setup help for silent install e.g.DesktopConnector-x64.exe /install /quiet would install this silently More details here…

Don

Don’t Think: Do Revit

Initial Yard Operation
Published. January 1, 1970

Squeezing in one night a week over the last few weeks I’ve managed to get the new yard operational. All of the track is not laid yet so I still am lack my three storage tracks, but the arrival/departure, run-around, caboose track, engine track and yard lead/throat are all up and running. I took some time last night to do some switching to see how it all played and I was quite pleased. For such a compact yard it seems to work very well. It was also unexpectedly easy and satisfying to use the throttle…

AutoCAD DevBlog

Set origin while creating a hatch using .NET
Published. January 1, 1970

By Deepak Nadig We had an issue raised by a customer regarding setting origin(image) during hatch creation. It was found that origin of hatch has to be set in a transaction other than the one in which it is created for it to work correctly. Below code can be used……

The Geospatial Navigator

Können Zeichnungen von AutoCAD Map 3D 2018 / 2019 zum Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server 2017 publiziert werden?
Published. January 1, 1970

In der Autodesk Knowledge Base (ALKN) gibt es ein Update zum Publizieren von Zeichnungen aus AutoCAD Map 3D 2018 / 2019 in den Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server 2017. In Abhängigkeit der FDO-Provider ist eine Publizierung von Projekten aus AutoCAD Map 3D 2018 oder AutoCAD Map 3D 2019 in den Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server 2017 ohne Mehraufwand möglich….

AEC DevBlog

Forge NextGen webinars!
Published. April 17, 2018

Are you ready to learn about the new technologies that will become available on the Forge platform? Then you should not miss these webinars 🙂 Date : 26th April 2018 Time : 8.00 AM PST Duration : 90 minutes Title : The Future of Making Things on Forge: Sneak Peek……

Being Civil

Upcoming Changes to InfraWorks Services
Published. January 1, 1970

In order to improve the security of your data by meeting SOC2 standards, and to conform to new EU data protection regulations, we need to make some changes to InfraWorks. To continue using analysis services, as well as web and……

Mod the Machine

“The installation failed” for app store plug-ins
Published. January 1, 1970

When installing a Fusion 360 app from the Autodesk App Store, the installer simply copies the so called bundle (hence the .bundle extension on the folder) into the appropriate “ApplicationPlugins” folder – the location depends on where you installed Fusion……

Infrastructure Modeling DevBlog

Boston Forge Accelerator
Published. March 20, 2018

The Forge team is accepting proposals for the upcoming Accelerator taking place in the Autodesk Boston office from April 30 – May 4, 2018. It is a great opportunity for your software development team to learn and work intensively on a Forge-based project with one-on-one support and advice from Autodesk……

Civil 3D Reminders

Surveying Related Ideas
Published. January 1, 1970

Often times we need to create rectangles to represent existing features that look like rectangles. To save time surveyors will shoot two points and then in the office convert those two points into rectangles. With lisp we can automate the rectangle creation down to picking two clicked points. This forum post has some lisp code that does just that. Here is a link to a text file with the code extracted in case the forum post goes down. To run the lisp save it to a text file with the extension…

AutoCAD Insider

Clouding your Changes
Published. January 1, 1970

Ha! I like the theme of this post, it combines ch-ch-ch-changes (aka revisions) with clouds! Revision clouds are a quick and easy way for you to indicate changes on a drawing. Access the Revision Cloud tool from the Annotate ribbon……

Around the Corner

Compiler versions for Maya 2018
Published. February 2, 2018

This is an update on previous posts, for older versions, they can be found here: Maya 2017, Maya 2016 Extension 2, Maya 2016,Maya 2015, Maya 2014, Maya 2008 to 2013. Basically, the windows build environment of Maya 2018 was upgraded to Visual Studio 2015. The details are listed as follow with links. Maya 2018 Windows 64bit: Win7x64 SP1 Visual Studio 2015 Update 3(14.0.25431.01), WindowsSDKVersion=10.0.10586.0 .Net framework 4.5.1 Intel Composer XE 2016 Update 3 (16.0.3.207) Linux 64bit: RHEL/CentOS…

Under the Hood

Got an Idea? Let us Know!
Published. January 1, 1970

Do you have an idea you want to share with the Vault team? We want to hear from you on our Idea forum. Your thoughts could help us improve the product quality and efficiency by telling the group what areas we can improve to help you get your work done…….

BIM Toolbox

Bim 360 Document Management update
Published. January 1, 1970

Autodesk has been putting a lot of time and effort into creating the BIM 360 offering over the last couple of years. It’s Common Data Platform, BIM 360 Document Management is a clear example of Autodesk’s commitment to Connected BIM. I would encourage all to check out the current status……

BIM Toolbox

Bim 360 Document Management update
Published. January 1, 1970

Maya Station

Maya 2018 Update 2
Published. January 1, 1970

Before the Christmas break Autodesk released Maya 2018 Update 2. This release follows up to a big Update 1 that was released a few months earlier. The release notes can be found here. Downloads are available through the Autodesk Accounts Portal for current subscription users. Cheers! Nelson…

AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera

AutoCAD Electrical symbols – breaking the 99 pin wire connection barrier
Published. January 18, 2018

Protection/Control relays often have > 99 wire connections. If you need to show such a relay as a single smart AcadE symbol, there is a problem. The available wire connection attributes X?TERMnn, TERMnn, and TERMDESCnn come up short after number 99! AutoCAD Electrical does not cleanly support going to a three digit suffix for these […]…

Beyond the Silos

You Made This a Winner, AU 2017 Attendees!
Published. January 1, 1970

A few days ago, Autodesk announced the winners of the AU 2017 Speaker Awards. As I scrolled through the post, I was very pleased to find my name and lab session listed as winner of the Top-Rated Autodesk Speaker award in the Hands-On Lab category.THANK YOU SO MUCH!With a late surge, I had over 70 participants in my lab, “Integrating Structural Design and Analysis: The Basics of a Revit-Robot Structural Analysis Professional Workflow”. And those of you that attended and submitted…

Beyond the Paper

Updated: What’s so hot about that Autodesk Forge thing?
Published. January 1, 1970

Let’s say you’ve been an Autodesk customer for a long time. You’ve got decades of your intellectual property captured in AutoCAD drawings. If you’d like to leverage that data to showcase your work to your customers, then Autodesk Forge is……

Beyond Moldflow Insight

New Article for the new centerline feature
Published. January 1, 1970

On Autodesk Knowledge Network a new article was published that described How to use the new centerline feature in 2018.2 follow this LINK…

Beyond Design

SmartPlant 3D loaders for Navisworks – Updated!
Published. January 1, 1970

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to provide an update for SmartPlant 3D (.vue) file format support in Navisworks. On Friday we published updates to the 2016, 207 plugins and published a new 2018 version of this popular plugin for Navisworks. The update incorporates fixes for some customer reported issues, as well……

Beyond Design

SmartPlant 3D loaders for Navisworks – Updated!
Published. January 1, 1970

Land Development Engineering

Feature Line Editing
Published. October 10, 2017

Today is just a short reminder, again, to not use layers to control visibility with Civil 3D objects. I’m doing a project where I was given a file that had contours (same at elevation but most were not), text next to 2 lines in an X arrangement, spot elevations that were pointing to random spots […]…

Revit +

E o Blog “REVIT +” está mudando de plataforma
Published. January 1, 1970

A partir de hoje, todas as novas postagens do Blog serão feitas no ” MAIS BIM ” ou ” + BIM “. A Autodesk pediu para padronizarmos todos os blogs oficiais e estamos usando a plataforma do WordPress, então convido vocês para o novo endereço: http://blogs.autodesk.com/mais-bim/ As postagens antigas já……

Games, Limb from Limb! | Eric Plante

Games products @ 3December
Published. September 16, 2017

?Mathieu Mazerolle and I presented our middleware products at the 3December event last week….

BIM Blog

Der Autodesk BIM Blog erstrahlt in neuem Design auf neuer Webseite: blogs.autodesk.com/bimblog/
Published. September 12, 2017

Nach genau 7 Jahren und beinahe 1000 Blog Einträgen haben wir den Autodesk BIM Blog auf eine neue, einheitliche Autodesk Plattform gebracht, wo er schon seit Wochen in neuem Glanz erstrahlt und uns viele neue Möglichkeiten bietet. Alle alten Einträge haben wir natürlich übertragen, auf diese haben Sie weiterhin Zugriff…….

3D by Dorian

Exécuter du Python au démarrage de Guerilla
Published. September 11, 2017

Un peu comme Maya et son userSetup.mel, Guerilla permet d’exécuter des scripts au démarrage, mais que du lua. Voici un petit truc rapide pour exécuter du Python : Si vous allez dans le nœud Preferences, dans LocalSettings/Directories/User Plugins vous pouvez définir une liste de chemins (paths). Sachez que tous les fichiers lua présents dans ces différents chemins seront exécutés au démarrage de Guerilla. Sachez aussi que le lua de Guerilla intègre une passerelle vers Python….

CG Samba

3ds Max 2018.2 Update
Published. August 30, 2017

The 3ds Max 2018.2 update brings users procedural spline modeling and animation tools, batch processing for some background tasks, and many improvements and bug fixes requested from you, the community….

Being Inventive

Autodesk Answer day – (APAC Series)
Published. August 23, 2017

Hello Inventor Users, Did you know that Autodesk Answer Day is coming up on Sept 21st, 2017, as the second installment of the Autodesk Answer Days (Asia Pacific Series) ? This time we’ll be answering questions on Four of our most popular Products : AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, Inventor, Revit. Head over to the Autodesk Answer Day homepage (Asia Pacific Series) for more information. We hope to see you there for this live Q&A online event hosted right here in the Autodesk Community!…

REVIT Structure Learning Curve

A More LT Version of LT
Published. July 28, 2017

Post have been on the thin side on this blog primarily because I don’t really have a need for full blown Revit these days populated with lots of information. I’m more into the BM than the BIM for small domestic schemes that I do these days.As and existing Avanquest Software customer I was offered 3D Architect Express version 18 software for £10 usual RRP £25.99 and thought why the hell not, lets have a play and see how user friendly it is. I had a scheme where the…

Lynn Allen

Lynn Allen’s Blog

AutoCAD 2018 Tips and Tricks Booklet is here!
Published. July 17, 2017

Have you been on the edge of your seat waiting? Well wait no more (and I really hope you weren’t on the edge of your seat because that just sounds so uncomfortable). Now you can download my latest AutoCAD Tips……

CAD Application Development

Everybody Lies….
Published. June 21, 2017

One of the ongoing themes of the show “House” (a medical drama from a few years back, starring Hugh Laurie as a modern medical Sherlock Holmes) – is that “Everybody Lies”. This credo is applied generally to patients, some of whom lie deliberately, and some of whom lie incidentally. In either case, these lies present obstacles and sometimes trainwrecks in the way of getting to the truth…I’ve recently run into a couple of examples of this with the Revit API. If you’ve discovered this page, maybe…

Cracking the Vault

Using the LifecycleEventEditor to remove Third Party lifecycle transition Jobs
Published. May 4, 2017

This short movie shows how to use the Vault SDK’s Lifecycle Event Editor to remove third party lifecycle transition jobs…

The Revit Clinic

Cloud rendering maintenance this weekend
Published. January 1, 1970

This weekend there is scheduled maintenance for the cloud rendering service on Sunday March 5th 7AM – 8AM PST. During this time, cloud rendering will not be available. The Health Dashboard has been updated with this information and will be……

Cloud & Mobile DevBlog

We’ve Moved
Published. January 1, 1970

This blog has now moved to become part of our Forge website. Please change your bookmark to: https://forge.autodesk.com/blog We’ll be posting the same types of programming tips and tricks in the new blog – along with additional items, such as events, case studies and Forge product roadmap updates. See you……

Autodesk 360

#ILookLikeAnEngineer A360
Published. August 12, 2015

The A360 team in Tel Aviv joins women from all over the world in the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign. …

Civil 3D Br

Troca de Plataforma do Blog
Published. January 1, 1970

Olá pessoal! Movemos para uma nova plataforma e novo blog MUNDO AEC mundoaec.autodesk.com Autodesk Mundo AEC…

Inside the Factory

Inside Live
Published. November 23, 2016

At The Factory, we strive to involve customers in shaping our products in many different ways, from interviews, usability testing, Preview Release testing, the recently added Revit Ideas site and something we call Inside the Factory. Inside the Factory Live……

Buildz

Karma
Published. August 12, 2015

The Boy and I just sat down to a new project, we’re going build a quadcopter, because they’re awesome. We thought: let’s give ourselves a break, not bite off more than we can chew. Nothing so easy as out-of-the-box stuff, something a little DIY, but we’ll steer clear of anything with soldering your own boards or trying to source our own pieces.So we get a kit, choosing among RTF (Ready to FLY), BNF( Bind aNd Fly, essentially just pairing with a controller is needed) and ARF (Almost Ready to Fly)….

Angel

Angel’s Civil 3D Thoughts

Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2017 v1 Enhancements Available for Download
Published. January 1, 1970

Today, I was notified by my Autodesk Desktop App that an update to my AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 was available.There are a few ways to get this update, but for me updating via the Autodesk Desktop App is the easiest.For those that wish to download, you must log in to accounts.autodesk.com.This update includes new functionality and updated functionality and content.Some of the new functionality includes:Add Property set Data to LabelsAnalyze Gravity NetworksSwap Pressure Network PartsThe updated…

Virtual Reality

Autodesk University 2016 Class
Published. September 5, 2016

PD20690 – Simulation for Everyone – Come and visit me at my Inventor Stress Analysis class at AU 2016 in… Read more Autodesk University 2016 Class…

Talking Transportation

Blog Consolidation
Published. January 1, 1970

I’m excited to be joining Jerry and Jeff Bartels on the Civil Immersion Blog (http://civilimmersion.typepad.com/). Since the three of us post similar material on similar topics, we think having the “one stop shop” for all things related to civil infrastructure will make things easier for our followers. Please join the……

Talking Transportation

Blog Consolidation
Published. January 1, 1970

CAD and GIS (Integration and Beyond)

Cara Root Asus Zenfone 4 Ke Lollipop
Published. January 1, 1970

Tutorial Root ini di lakukan di OS Windows 7. Baterai mesti terisi minimum 60 persen. Unduh Intel USB Driver DISINI, sebelumnya install di PC. Unduh cwm-zen4. rar DISINI, sebelumnya ekstrak di PC. Buat folder anyar sebelumnya berikan nama cwm-zen4, lalu semuanya hasil ekstrakan masukan kedalam folder itu. Unduh Up-date SUperSU-v2. 46. zip DISINI, sebelumnya copykan ke media penyimpanan internal Zenfone 4 Kalian. Aktifkan USB Debugging Zenfone 4 Kalian,…

iRevit

Converting Wall-based casework to Face-based in Revit
Published. July 26, 2016

Recently there was a need for a custom piece of Revit family casework which was inadvertently made using a wall-based family template. I came across this post about switching lighting families from wall hosted to face-based and with a little tweak, made it work for casework.This is how you do it.1. Open up the family you need to convert to face based. Note the “Host” is currently set to “Wall” below.2. Click on the “Family Categories and Parameters” button3. Change the Category type to…

Suite-ish | Lee Fraser

Maya 2016 Ext 2 Live in New York and Atlanta
Published. January 1, 1970

Join us in New York and Atlanta for consecutive weeks of Maya 2016 Ext 2 presentations. May 3rd and May 12th….

Point-to-Point

AutoCAD Electrical 2017 – Released
Published. January 1, 1970

If you haven’t heard by now, AutoCAD Electrical 2017 has been released. We are very excited about the features that are part of this release, especially since the features were all customer requests. If you are a subscription customer, you may have seen some of these updates in the AutoCAD Electrical 2016 Subscription Advantage packs. Optional SQL Server Support You can now choose to use SQL Server for the catalog and footprint lookup databases. The databases are supplied in Access format as in previous…

Everything Autodesk Revit & BIM

BDP join forces with Nippon Koei
Published. January 1, 1970

In more exciting news, BDP (Building Design Partnership) have been acquired by Japan’s largest engineering consultancy Nippon Koei. More details can be found here.http://www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/japanese-firm-sna1ps-bd7p-102m-gain-technolo3gical/I’m proud to be BDP’s customer success manager. Exciting times ahead!…

From the Ground Up

Geotechnical Sections and Log Strips in AutoCAD Civil 3D Webcast
Published. January 1, 1970

Our partners in Geotechnical Keynetix are holding another webcast. UK Webinar – 13:00 GMT, Friday 4th March North America Webinar – 12:00 EST, Friday 4th March Click below for more information and registration http://www.keynetix.com/holebasesi/4th-webinar/ /Jack Strongitharm…

Autodesk University

New year. New start. New blog.
Published. February 3, 2016

We’re excited to announce we are moving the AU blog to a new platform! As of next week we’ll only be posting on the new blog, so be sure to bookmark it or—better yet—subscribe to our feed and stay up……

AU BLAUG

AU classes featured in AEC Magazine
Published. February 1, 2016

Yep, we’re making headlines again. The latest issue of AEC Magazine features 4 top AU Las Vegas 2015 classes for CAD managers that are now available online. Download the magazine and check out “CAD Manager’s Guide to the Galaxy” for……

AutoCAD 360 Blog

A New Drafting Experience
Published. January 18, 2016

We’ve created a new drafting experience for AutoCAD 360! Many traditional AutoCAD users have voiced their preference for key commands vs. more modern touch techniques, and we are excited to introduce our new keypad that accurately draws lines, polylines and rectangles, available for iPad. Now……

MaxStation | Max Team

Paul Neale’s video has been posted – Autodesk University 2015
Published. January 1, 1970

Making Fast and Effective Animation V2: Procedural Animation Tools in 3ds Max…

My Oh Maya! | Steven Roselle

Maya BonusTools – Create Audio Wave Node
Published. January 1, 1970

Learn how you can use audio files to dynamically create animation and effects in Maya….

Mayalicious | Cory Mogk

Want to try Sketch-based Animation with Project Draco?
Published. January 1, 1970

Autodesk Research has made Project Draco available on Autodesk Labs for Feedback…

The Desk | Daryl Obert

Maya Monday – Baking Dynamics to Joints
Published. January 1, 1970

A super quick and easy demos showing how to transfer Spline_IK driven by a nHair simulation to joint rotations…

Inside the System

Introducing Autodesk Insight 360
Published. January 1, 1970

Over the past few years, you might have noticed that the Autodesk Building Performance Analysis team has had a fair amount of projects in Autodesk Labs or marked as beta that have been making their way into Revit or FormIt……

Building Performance Analysis

We’ve moved!
Published. November 17, 2015

In addition to the release of Insight 360 today, the Autodesk Building Performance Analysis blog has also migrated to a new platform. Be sure to update your bookmarks and check out blogs.autodesk.com/insight360 to continue to get the latest from the Insight 360 team….

3D SDK and Scripting Mayhem | Christopher Diggins

MCG: Visual Functional Programming
Published. January 1, 1970

Max Creation Graph, or MCG for short, is a visual functional programming language embedded in Autodesk 3ds Max 2016. In this post I wanted to take a deeper dive into the MCG programming language aimed at a programmer audience….

The 3ds Max SDK Blog

MCG: Visual Functional Programming
Published. January 1, 1970

RobiNZ CAD Blog

Revit 2016 R2 update
Published. January 1, 1970

Revit 2016 R2 brings bunch of enhancements and new features. Haven’t had a chance to play with them yet but from the intro videos ‘draw visible elements’, ‘global parameters’ and ‘enhanced Revit Links’ look the most useful of the improvements. Check these, and 17 other updates, out in this series……

It’s All Just Ones and Zeros

Vault API Support
Published. January 1, 1970

Please go to the Vault Customization discussion group if you have any questions about the Vault API. Don’t use the comments section in this blog….

The BIM Bulletin

Pengetahuan Dasar Tentang Diesel Engine
Published. January 1, 1970

Mungkin paling dapat dipercaya mesin pembakaran pusat di sekitar adalah motor diesel powered. Berbagai bisnis instalasi, mesin diesel powered dimanfaatkan karena memimpin penggerak untuk kelompok usia yang melibatkan kekuasaan dan berkaitan dengan oksigen darurat kompresor. Itu telah sah sebenarnya tahan lama, namun pada dasarnya yang paling penting atribut jenis-jenis mesin dapat menjadi kenyataan mereka bisa mulai dengan panduan cranking. Dengan keluar dari jalan daerah, mesin diesel powered bisa…

Autodesk Manufacturing & Digital Prototyping Solutions

Future of Product Development – Coming to a City near You!
Published. August 4, 2015

As many of you will already know, we’ve been hosting a series of free to attend educational seminars across the UK and Nordics this year for small to medium sized manufacturers and product developers. The goal we set for each event was to make it educational – share what we……

Autodesk Manufacturing, Northern Europe

Future of Product Development – Coming to a City near You!
Published. August 4, 2015

(bim)x

Two Perspectives & One Report on Return on Innovation Investment
Published. July 25, 2015

A few years ago, I co-chaired a building industry conference on ROI2 (Return on Innovation Investment). We really wanted a conference with answers: what is the ROI of innovation – specifically Building Information Modeling (BIM)? How do you calculate it? But, like any good conference, I left with more questions than answers. (Which, as an aside, is one of the reasons I adored the recent World Domination Summit.)At this point, I somehow manage to concurrently hold two dueling perspectives on calculating…

HOK BIM Solutions

Propagate Extents for Grids
Published. July 23, 2015

An update to an older post…PROBLEM: The Propagate Extents command in Revit for grids does not seem to work. Is it broken?SOLUTION: Don’t waste your time changing grid bubble locations view-by-view!. The Propagate Extents enable to apply a consistent override of grid bubble placement across multiple views in the project.But for this command to work, both the “source” view with the bubble override and the “destination” views should be parallel (i.e., horizontal level views, parallel elevations…

The Smoke Learning Blog | Grant Kay

Round Tripping from Smoke 2016 to Avid Media Composer
Published. June 24, 2015

In Smoke 2016, you can now send your sequence back to Avid Media Composer for creative editorial, versioning or cutdown with the sequence structure intact….

Duncan’s Corner | Duncan Brinsmead

3D Web Fest
Published. May 8, 2015

The first ever 3D web fest event is happening Maya 13th in San Francisco….

Max Nation | Chris Murray

3ds Max – Open Subdiv or Turbosmooth? Whats the difference?
Published. May 5, 2015

Chris Murray explains the difference between the Open Subdiv modifier and the Turbosmooth modifer…

Amalgamation | Gary M. Davis

Take a Tour of 3ds Max 2016 (NAB 2015 Theater Presentation)
Published. April 17, 2015

Take a Tour of the New 3ds Max 2016; NAB 2015 Theater Presentation…

Without A Net

Build your AutoCAD IQ!
Published. February 10, 2015

You are invited to join our series of free Webinars. These are technical discussions hosted by the Autodesk Product Support team and brought to you by Subscription Services. The basic format is a 20 – 40 min period of in-depth……

Do U Revit?

Underlay Visibility Issue in Linked Models
Published. November 26, 2014

NOTE: This is a re-post from the HOK BIM Solutions blog. Sorry it’s a bit late, playing catch-up! It appears that this problem has been around since Revit 2011 but I have not personally come across it until a few weeks ago. We frequently separate Furniture and Furniture Systems into their own models on certain projects to improve on model performance and general working efficiency. Recently one team member noticed that underlay behavior differed when these element categories were in a linked model…

Louis Marcoux Blog | Louis Marcoux

Template Based Chart Graphs : How To Build Customizable Graphics with 3ds Max
Published. November 21, 2014

In this blog post, see how to create customizable chart graphs. You’ll see multiple examples and different techniques that you can pick and choose from in order to build template based graphics….

Beyond the Box

File Name and Location Conventions with Vault Data Standard – Part 1
Published. September 15, 2014

As its name suggests, at the core of Vault Data Standard is standardisation including file names and directory structures. With some simple configuration VDS can apply complex directory structure and naming standards that are specific to your business needs. The basics of this are covered in the help documentation, in……

Beyond the Box

File Name and Location Conventions with Vault Data Standard – Part 1
Published. September 15, 2014

BIM Apps

Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon – Sept 20-21, 2014
Published. September 9, 2014

An online event with an opportunity to receive up to US$100 per app published and win one of eight iPad minis! You are invited to join the Autodesk Exchange Apps Hackathon — a virtual web based hackathon that runs from 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on Saturday, September 20 to……

dODDS and ENDS

Add 2D PDF sheets with Autodesk Navisworks 2015 PDF reader
Published. August 28, 2014

Lee talked in a recent post how 2D support is the #1 shocking thing you never knew about Autodesk Navisworks. As the post explains 2D is still widely used, and one of the formats that many of you receive day……

At Land

At Land’s End

Getting prepared for AU!
Published. July 23, 2014

Hi folks, 7 days to go for Autodesk University 2013 in in Las Vegas (December 3-5). Check out the interesting workshops, sessions and keynotes right here http://au.autodesk.com/plan/overview and there http://au.autodesk.com/las-vegas/keynotes-forums or get the AU app for a better planning and overview. In order to prepare yourself here is a link……

Blend & Comp | Ken LaRue

Smoke 2015 Tutorial: 3D Compositing in ConnectFX
Published. June 18, 2014

Smoke 2015 Tutorial: 3D Compositing in ConnectFX…

Phil Bernstein

Phil Bernstein’s Blog

The Best Education?
Published. June 1, 2014

After a long blog hiatus, I’m back. I stumbled upon Rory Block’s ARCHDAILY exposition on architectural education “Are Ivy League Schools Really Giving the Best Architectural Education” over my Sunday coffee and a few thoughts come to mind. First, disclosures: (1) I have taught professional practice at Yale for a……

AutodeskHelp

Your AutodeskHelp Blog has moved!But don’t worry, we will…
Published. April 29, 2014

Your AutodeskHelp Blog has moved!But don’t worry, we will continue bringing you the latest and greatest Tips & Tricks, Solutions and Behind the Scenes @ Autodesk features.Our new blog is hosted in the Autodesk Community, which will enable us to bring you more relevant content based on data pulled directly from the Community Product Boards and IdeaStations!Click here and check out the new and improved AutodeskHelp Blog!…

3ds Max & Moritz | Alex Horst

The Rebirth of Giana Sisters in 3ds Max
Published. April 24, 2014

Thanks to Black Forest Games we just published the latest Meet The Experts Webinar, which shows how the classic C64 game Giana Sisters got rebooted with 3ds Max….

Engineering Education for Mechanically Inclined

Frankentech Challenge #4
Published. April 10, 2014

If you are a student who enjoys creating new things check out the Autodesk Fusion 360 Frankentech Challenge. Use your creativity and Autodesk Fusion 360 to blend different devices here to create something amazing. In this challenge you have a……

The MudRoom | Craig Barr

Announcing Mudbox 2015
Published. March 18, 2014

Announcing the upcoming release of Autodesk Mudbox 2015!…

3D Roadie | Shawn Hendriks

Now Announcing 3ds Max and Maya 2015
Published. March 18, 2014

Hey everyone, I am happy to announce our new 2015 3D animation software releases….

Voice of Community

Rituals and Community
Published. March 14, 2014

Rituals play a critical role in the major religions of the world, whether it’s the Latin incantations and incense of Catholicism, the times of the day and orientation of prayer in Islam, or the dietary rituals of Judaism, they all play a key role in reinforcing who you are why you exist and why you are doing what you are doing. Similarly in community, rituals play a key role in at least two of McMillan’s key aspects of commmunity spirit: membership (the feeling that members have of belonging), and…

Dances With Elephants

Successful Desktop Developers Failing to Make the Transition to Cloud and Mobile – Part 3 of 3: Build It, Validate It, Monetize It
Published. March 3, 2014

#1 Build It You need to sit back and envision how you can address long term customer challenges and needs that cloud and mobile technologies are uniquely positioned to help you address. The obvious low hanging fruit is customer needs/challenges that happen away from the desktop. Tools for sales people,……

You and M&E | Darren Brooker

How Autodesk helped out Oscar-nominated short filmmakers
Published. February 24, 2014

How the #AutodeskExperts became a part of the moviemaking process on the Oscar-nominated short The Voorman Problem…

Flame Premium can do that | Bill Ennis

Mattes: Getting your hard work into Grading
Published. February 2, 2014

A tip on interoperability between Flame & Lustre – The Flame Premium suite. Utilizing multiple mattes in a Lustre timeline….

Revit MEP

Using Revit as a Team. Use Same Builds.
Published. November 21, 2011

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 month of the release,…

A Beginner Revit Blog

Revit Clinic Post – 3 Levels of Masking
Published. December 16, 2010

The Suite Spot | Graham Bell

AZARKANT
Published. November 13, 2013

Very cool trailer to the new short sci-fi film Azarkant…

With Design in Mind | Eddie Perlberg

Extension for Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014
Published. September 16, 2013

Subscription customers, add these 3ds Max Design extension apps…

pointSnap | Fianna Wong

froTools + froRetopo by Froyok [Fabrice Piquet]
Published. August 12, 2013

Scouring through the online forums, I came across an interesting set of tools for Maya. froTools and froRetopo are a collection (or consolidation) of existing Maya tools with added custom functionalities that the author, Froyok aka Fabrice Piquet, had written for himself. Now, his tools are used by everyone from his classmates to artists at Blizzard. The following is our conversation about his motivation for writing custom tools, juggling his time between his personal game project ‘EXIL’…

CADDHELP

Autodesk Revit wants you
Published. June 5, 2013

It has been too long since I last posted here… I’ve been busy. It’s a good thing in this economy! Anyway, I just got a note about an opening at Autodesk for their Revit program.You are an expert in modeling for construction. You pursued this career path because you are energized by complex problems, passionate about getting the details right, and convinced that technology can shape our environment. You are a designer at heart. You are able to lead and also follow. You want to work collaboratively…

openRevit

Getting Started with C# API for OpenStudio
Published. April 23, 2013

I’ll admit I was a bit reluctant to go ahead and learn Ruby just so I could develop on top of OpenStudio and SketchUp. Luckily for me (and for you) the great developers over at NREL have provided C# bindings for OpenStudio application development. Read on! →The post Getting Started with C# API for OpenStudio appeared first on BIM SOURCE….

Typepad

test
Published. April 23, 2013

Revit ArchCenter

System Requirements for Revit 2014 Products
Published. April 11, 2013

Instead of copy/pasting a giant list of requirements that Autodesk has listed, below is a link to the System Requirements page on Autodesk’s website: System requirements for Autodesk Revit Products Please, please note that Windows XP is NOT listed!! If you are still using XP (or even Vista, which I rarely run into), you’re going to need to upgrade your OS! Not to say that Revit 2014 won’t…

Knowing What You Don

Knowing What You Don’t Know About CAD

Indicating Double Home Runs Correctly in Revit MEP
Published. March 14, 2013

Revit MEP will allow you to indicate double home runs when circuiting electrical fixtures. This can be done by simply dragging a home run arrow from one electrical circuit to a fixture that is on a different circuit. The result will show a double arrow head on the home run and the circuit tag will call out both circuits. Two Single Home RunsDouble Home RunThe one thing that has always bugged me about this is that Revit would also still show the home run arrow head tying the two circuits together….

Marc’s Blog | Marc Petit

“The Adventures of Tintin” Screening
Published. February 6, 2013

“The Adventures of Tintin” Screening…

Into the pixels | Jean-Francois Yelle

A Long due 3ds Max SDK post
Published. February 6, 2013

I’ll leave the Pixels and rename the blog “Into the bits” for today. I’d like to bring to your attention 3 neat initiatives our SDK team pulled out lately. I’m really pleased to announce that they are not tied to a specific max release and are really targeted in helping out our little plugin developer community….

Maya in Motion | Marcel de Jong

Maya DirectX 11 Technology Preview – Update 2
Published. February 6, 2013

A picture is worth a 1000 words … and a video a 1000 pictures :p … update 2 Added a link to a couple of turntables of the same character….

The Art of VFX | Vincent Frei

REAL STEEL: Erik Nash – VFX Supervisor – Digital Domain
Published. February 6, 2013

Erik Nash began his career in 1979 on the film STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. He joined Digital Domain in 1995 and work on projects like APOLLO 13, TITANIC or KUNDUN. He then became VFX supervisor and take care of the effects of films like RED PLANET, I ROBOT, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END. In the following interview, he talks about his work on REAL STEEL….

3d Latino | Victor Herrera

AU2012: Tecnicas de render avanzado con Vray, renders de 15 min a tan solo 1 min
Published. February 6, 2013

Una breve guia para acceder a este magnifico tutorial en la plataforma de Autodesk university 2012….

Planet Softimage | Mark Schoennagel

New York Softimage User Group – TOMORROW NIGHT!!
Published. February 6, 2013

A little short notice, but tomorrow night, Wednesday June 6th, we are going to do a user group in the Autodesk Media and Entertainment offices. 7pm @ 38 West 21st Street, 9th floor….

Taking it to the 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….

In the Machine

Inventor 2012 is here!
Published. February 6, 2013

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….

What A Mesh

Product Design Suite in Buenos Aires
Published. February 6, 2013

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……

Between the Walls

AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and AutoCAD MEP 2010 Update 2 Released
Published. February 6, 2013

Autodesk has released Update 2 for AutoCAD Architecture 2010 and AutoCAD MEP 2010. http://bit.ly/d3HfrA & http://bit.ly/9ApjyI…

The Dirt

Corridor Solids for AutoCAD Civil 3D on Autodesk Labs
Published. February 6, 2013

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……

geoExpressions

Debate Continues: BIM versus GIS
Published. February 6, 2013

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…

GIS Exchange

Moving Next Door
Published. February 6, 2013

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……

LT Unlimited

Quick Edit Attributes
Published. February 6, 2013

Ever want to just edit an attribute like you would text, without going through a dialog? Guess what? You can! (You knew I wouldn’t ask unless the answer was yes.) To quickly edit one specific attribute, simply hold down CTRL……

DaVinci

WoodStEx 2011 — European Engineering and Design Students At Work
Published. February 6, 2013

via www.youtube.com…

Morphorm

Alias Beta Testers Wanted! That means you!
Published. February 6, 2013

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
Published. February 6, 2013

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……

Ellipsis

Observations and Random Thoughts on PLM
Published. February 6, 2013

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……

Family Jewels - Creating Quality BIM Content

Family Jewels – Creating Quality BIM Content

“Don’t Judge Me by my Size – I’m Pretty on the Inside!” (Smart family file quote.)
Published. February 6, 2013

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…

Easter Island Prokect Diary

Ask the guy who carved them
Published. February 6, 2013

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 Topobase Insiders

Industry models in embedded DWG and SQL Server – Part1
Published. February 6, 2013

Since AutoCAD® Map 3D 2012 we introduced the embedded DWG that contains the same industry models, as in Oracle, in an embedded SQLite database. In AutoCAD® Map 3D 2013 we introduced SQL Server industry models. Both DWG and SQL Server……

Classroom Connection

Animation Academy – Providing Another Pathway…
Published. February 6, 2013

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……

The Sustainable Design Toolbox

Autodesk Building Performance Analysis Blog
Published. January 21, 2013

With this blog being mothballed I wanted to mention that you can now find out Building Performance Analysis related information, news, and learning material at the Autodesk Building Performance Analysis blog run by Emile Kfouri and John Kennedy. Access it here: Building Performance Blog…

Civil 3D with Dirt Diva

Autodesk Civil Visualization Extension
Published. February 6, 2013

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…

Avid User of Civil 3D

Number of Pipe/Structure in a network BREACHED. Workaround.
Published. February 6, 2013

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…

Jason Grant Blog

The Future of 3D Printing
Published. April 20, 2012

Why stop at 3D printing your face or a small representation of a building… why not 3D print an entire house….

Bad Revit!!!

a tip about windows schedule cost field
Published. February 6, 2013

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…

Revit Tips and Tricks

Creating a Quick Trellis in Revit using a Curtain Wall
Published. February 6, 2013

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…

Bolt Out of the Red

Compiling and running .NET4.0 Revit commands
Published. May 31, 2010

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,…

REVIT Workflow

Let’s Try this Again
Published. February 6, 2013

Okay, AU2012 is just around the corner which means I try to kick start my blog back up. Hopefully one of these years it sticks and I stay consistant with posting. I certainly have plenty of stuff to talk about which is why I haven’t been posting, too BUSY!If you see me at AU give me a jab and tell me to start blogging….

Maxed Out | Ken Pimentel

Moving on
Published. February 6, 2013

This is my final blog for all things 3ds Max. You’ve got a new product manager!…

Isto é Protótipo Digital

Conheça o Novo AutoCAD WS 1.5
Published. February 6, 2013

O novo AutoCAD WS 1.5 já está disponível para Apple IOS, e Android e nos navegadores da WEB. Estenda o poder do AutoCAD para além de seu Desktop, o AutoCAD WS 1.5 introduz as funcionalidades de colaboração social, que agilizam a criação do projeto, análise e processo de aprovação. Agora……

CAD Botequim

Relato de Um Arquiteto sobre o AutoCAD WS (Autodesk 360)
Published. February 6, 2013

Pessoal, As redes sociais sempre foram fonte de inspiração e meio de estreitamento de comunicação entre empresas e clientes. Tive o prazer de conhecer o Arquiteto Flávio Radamarker a um tempo, RT pra lá e pra cá e um dia apresentei a tecnologia AutoCAD WS, hoje parte integrante da solução……

Estos son Prototipos Digitales

Mejor Aplicación Artística
Published. February 6, 2013

SketchBook Pro es nombrada major aplicación artística de 2011 http://bestappever.com/awards/2011/winner/rtst Feliz semana! Juan Carlos…