Getting in the mood for AU2014
If you are suffering “Autodesk University Excitement Fade”, maybe my tweets about the AU Extension in Australia might help get you back in the mood for learnin’… “we believe we are on the brink of the…
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Autodesk InfraWorks 360 2015 Links
Your portal:https://infraworks360.autodesk.com/portal What’s the difference between Infraworks and Infraworks 360? Infraworks 360 is the ‘big brother’…Autodesk InfraWorks 360 Questions and Answers | I…
Want a cloud manager using BCF with free addins and ability to collaborate across your team?
If you are interested in issue tracking, BCF, and multidisciplinary coordination, then the new “BIMcollab” offering from Kubus may be worth a look: http://www.bimcollab.com/en/BIMcollab/BIMcollab It l…
BIM, Revit, FM and Health
Detailed and informative article re-published on AHDC (Australian Health Design Council) website. Quote (underlining is mine): Managing the technology The post-occupancy incorporation of building data…
NWC Batch Export from Revit – multiple Revit views to multiple NWCs with one click
Have you seen the BIM One Batch NWC Exporter? Its a free little addin for Revit that allows you to select multiple views and export them to NWCs all in one go. It works well, but it doesn’t have all t…
Import Terrain from NASA Reverb Into InfraWorks using QGIS
… workflow for obtaining terrain from NASA Reverb using the open source (free) GIS tool called QGIS and then into InfraWorks: Open embedded content: www.youtube.com Credit to Nick Falvey, via Civil FX…
Free Model-Based Estimating and Quantity Takeoff Lessons and Tutorials
I have posted about the Autodesk BIM Curriculum before, but it is worth mentioning again. It is a great collection of resources, videos, whitepapers, downloadables, and targeted lessons that can help …
Data Sovereignty and Autodesk Cloud Products like BIM360 (at AU2014 AUx)
Who owns and can potentially access your project data in the cloud? What are the legal implications? Many potential users of BIM360 and other products are concerned about this. Here is Scott Reese (Vi…
What does BIM for MEP look like in 2014?
Check out the survey results from Design Master Software – interesting that 2/3 using Revit over AutoCAD: And how does MEP industry take-up of BIM compare with what was expected in 2011? As with any s…
Tested: Using Able2Extract to convert PDFs to Vector information for use in CAD and BIM
Able2Extract can export a pdf to various formats: In my testing, I opened a 97mb pdf file in Bluebeam and extracted one page to a separate pdf file for conversion. I opened this pdf in Able2Extract an…