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Very interesting update from Autodesk about ACC below (wonder if this is related to processing costs on the ACC infrastructure side?): “We’re updating how files uploaded to the Files tool in Autodesk …
Sometimes you have to say goodbye to old technology to welcome in new ways of doing things. This is the case as BIM 360 Team basically almost dies in 2 weeks… The key message here is: A360 and BIM 360…
As part of a very bad Cloud Model upgrade experience (a story I will tell some other time…) some models failed to upgrade. I was trying to upgrade a file from Revit 2018 to Revit 2022. After upgrading…
Problem: I was recently trying to link Revit models to a federated file on Revit 2021. The models were failing to link, but no error message or warning was provided. The federated host model and the l…
First, let’s manage some expectations – Aconex is generally viewed as a closed platform. They seem to deliberately resist platform-level integration with other tools like BIM 360 and Revizto. However,…
When a recent update to Autodesk Desktop Connector forced a migration to Autodesk Docs, file paths were generally change like this: FROM – C:\Users\USERNAME\BIM 360\YOURFOLDERS TO – C:\Users\USERNAME\…
Today I was trying to open a particularly stubborn DWFx file. In Autodesk Design Review 2013 it would stall completely. ADR 2018 would throw an error, crash or stall as well. I ended up using Autodesk…
In the old pre-BIM360 days, if you really had a problem where a Revit user didn’t relinquish elements in a workshared model, you could either Pretend to be that user and sync (yes just by changing you…
What happens if you enable BIM360 Design Collaboration on a project, but would then like to switch it off? I asked Autodesk this question, and here is part of the response (in italics): Unfortunately …
Try this first: Using the latest installation file – Uninstall Autodesk Desktop Connector Restart and then re-Install Autodesk Desktop Connector Login with your details Did it launch? Other things to …